American Idol, "New Orleans, LA Auditions": Ryan Seacrest can't speak French

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Talent and wonderfulness and full abundance in The Big Easy. 

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Review, American Idol, "New Orleans, LA Auditions"
(S1002) A shorter episode than the last, but no less talent and wonderfulness were in abundance. And you know, this episode's relative shortness is perfect for another reason: there really is such a thing as too much good stuff. Three hours of Idol in 24 hours is just short of musical overload, but thankfully, there's lots of really good singing to keep it from blowing the ol' circuits.

Best of Auditions #2: Piano Teacher, The Abs (who, oddly, wasn't in the Jersey episode) Who Sang Spanish, The Girl Who Knew Randy (and had an amazing voice), The Ginger (us redheads need to stick together), The Good Mom, and my personal favorite, The Kid With Soul. I'll even call him by name, I loved him so much -- Jacee Badeaux, the fifteen-year-old kid-brother sort who really wailed on "Dock of the Bay." This kid's great. All quiet and sort of awkward like he hasn't even hit puberty yet, and then he lets out that Voice. Brilliant.

This show is really off to a fantastic start. 

More thoughts on American Idol, "New Orleans, LA Auditions":

  • New Orleans is a weird place full of strange people. But they sure looked like they were having fun in the spaces between auditions.
  • What was up with that guy with the huge white collar? Well, if he wanted to be on the show and be sure of getting clipped for the webs, he accomplished that like woah.
  • This is entirely a personal reaction: about four of the kids shown in this episode looked like people I actually know, and that weirds me out. Is human variation so limited that one area has that many people who look like other people??
  • Whenever I start thinking I can sing, I think I'll just watch all the poor rejected singers on these early-in-the-season shows and remember why I don't sing in front of people.
  • Video for American Idol, "New Orleans, LA Auditions"
    Check out this clip of Jacee Badeaux's audition:

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