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It's slowly becoming less funny and more and more sad.
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What gets me is this -

Don't many these people have family and friends who listen to them objectively and tell them the truth about their lack of singing ability? They can't all be tone def, biased or in denial, can they? Geez, you'd think that after watching brutal auditions in previous seasons the participants would have a clue. :P
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I have to agree with you.  C'mon people, some of these people CAN'T SING!  There are a few who can (who should have made it, IMO) but a large majority of those who throw fits are horrible!  I was shocked at the girl last night in Houston who sang 3 seconds and they told her to stop and told her yes.  Granted, she was one of the better ones, but I think at that point, they were just happy to hear a few notes out of someone's mouth that didn't make their ears bleed. ;D

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No.  The girl sang annoyingly and it was right for Paula to call her on it.
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She was planted there by the show?

No way!

I... I just can't believe it.

<Sarcasm> ;D

All in the name of ratings, right?  ::)

I hope them people get paid well for embarrassing themselves like that. :P

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Paula Abdul is A BABY!Shes delusional too.That one girl who auditioned and Paula said she was fake?She was not fake just trying to make an impression.I was agreeing with Randy its the voice that matters and she had a decent voice.Then Paula has a hissy fit and walks off?Grow up!I don think she had the "flu" and couldnt judge ::)You better do this easy job because its the only thing that keeps you a celebtrity
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I think that may have been deliberately added for a bit of drama.

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I mean, after all, that is how Paula Abdul's singing career was done. :PEnd Quote

That's idle gossip.

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That's idle gossip.
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Or Idol gossip.  8)

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Or Idol gossip.  8)
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;D LOL. 8)

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It's slowly becoming less funny and more and more sad.
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This was exactly the way I felt on watching this, Kenny. We get the Americal Idol stuff on one of the cable channels we subscribe to here in the UK.

It just became obvious that they're going to a city where 10,000 people show up for tryouts, then a group of judges (NOT Simon, Paula and Randy) pre-select a few hundred and pass them through to the televised audition. Hence they are DELIBERATELY passing through some hopeless, deluded cases for ritual humiliation, purely in order to give the viewers a good laugh at their expense. I guess I always knew this, it just became much more obvious on this series.

This just makes it seem more sad and cruel and less funny.

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It just became obvious that they're going to a city where 10,000 people show up for tryouts, then a group of judges (NOT Simon, Paula and Randy) pre-select a few hundred and pass them through to the televised audition. Hence they are DELIBERATELY passing through some hopeless, deluded cases for ritual humiliation....
This just makes it seem more sad and cruel and less funny.
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If I was the one guy in San Fran (I think) that had the awesome voice,
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He wasn't awesome.  He was all right at best.  And he was blatantly phony and tedious.

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If I was the one guy in San Fran (I think) that had the awesome voice, but answered the question about what he would do with the money by saying he would give most to charity has a legitimate reason to be pissed.  
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That guy got dumped because his answer was BS.  Before the question, as I recall, he said that he wanted to win Idol so that he could help the poor, etc...

But when asked what he would do with the money, he gave some BS answer that he would give 10% to charity, then some unintelligible discussion as to what he would do with the rest.

Besides, his voice stunk anyway.  I would have passed the "She Bangs" guy before this one.  At least the "She Bangs" guy was real even if he couldn't sing if his life depended on it  :P.

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He wasn't awesome.  He was all right at best.  And he was blatantly phony and tedious.
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And 90% of the others that made through were being totally themselves...Right ::)

Hey, you never know, maybe he would have given some to charity.  Heck, he'd have to in order to offset the taxes Uncle Sam's gonna take.  All I'm saying is that he was better than some of the people who were let through mostly on their looks/personality.

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Me personally - I cant sing !  And for that reason alone I would never rock up to an audition.

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I've actually thought about auditioning before....just for laughs! (too smart to know that I'm not actually qualified)

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My favorite "bad audition" was the engineering student who did the song-and-dance "She Bangs".

The singing was terrible, and so was the dancing, but underneath all of that he really was giving it his all.  After all 3 judges told him he sucked, he said "You know, I've never had any professional singing or dancing classes".

Though the performance sucked, somehow I gotta give the guy some credit for a nice effort and attitude!  :D

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Hey, I beg to differ!  I think that guy was a great singer.  I would definetly buy one of his CDs!  And I thought his dance went well with his song.

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Also was really happy to see that Alan go too. Although he was very nice to look at, but he came across as a jerk and a mannequin.

Who I'm rooting for now:
Amy Adams (the girl with the pink hair---she seems really nice
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I, too, am very glad to see Alan go.  He was so struck on himself.  He was his own American Idol.  

I really like Amy Adams, too.  She's my favorite female.  I hope she goes really far.

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Scooter Girl was easily the most annoying thing on the show, except Paula.
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Scooter Girl was a cuckoo bird ::)  

I personally thought that chick with the pink/black hair had a very beautiful voice.  Star quality.  

I liked that guy Erskine's voice too.  

I liked that kid that sounded like Dean Martin.  Killer voice. ;D

The rest sucked. :P
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Who's Erskine?

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Erskine was the black guy with the hat.  I think he was from Las Vegas.  
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Oh, the fellow who looks "old for his age".

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Oh, the fellow who looks "old for his age".
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No, no, the guy with the pimp hat.  The old looking guy didn't make it.

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The old looking guy didn't make it.
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That sucks...I liked George.

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I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE AMERICAN JUNIORS AGAIN.. IM A 12 YEAR OLD SINGER AND I REALLY WANT TO GO BIG WITH MY SINGING CAREER.. I HOPE THEY DO IT AGAIN!!
Look For Me !!  ;)
Lexi -New York
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My problem is I'm comparing them all the Clay.  IMO, he was by far the best talent ever on that show.  I do agree with Paula that the one girl was acting fake.  
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Rubin was WAY WAY better than clay