we re brothers forever

we re brothers forever

American Idol headed to its second audition city Wednesday night.  Dallas might have found Idol its first star seven years ago, but the pickings were pretty slim this time around.

In total, 24 hopefuls got a golden ticket guaranteeing them a trip to Hollywood.  But I truly have to wonder how many of these two dozen will actually make it past the next round.  My guess  two tops.

You know the great state of Texas is running short on talent when Simon starts telling Randy that his has to give this girl a chance.  But Im not sure it was Kayla Hatfield, 24, rendition of Janis Joplins Piece of My Heart we re brothers forever won over Simon or her bubbly personality.  Simon went as far as to we re brothers forever her that he wanted to be her for one hour a day.

Simon was also campaigning for Oklahoma State junior Kyle Ensley, who has political ambitions of his own that include the Governors Mansion in his home state.  Although I dont think Paula was sold on his version of Somebody to Love by Queen, a nudge from Simon swayed her.

But Simon wasnt all sunshine.  He Tulsa native Alaina Whitaker that she wasnt as good as she thought she was and called 21-year-old Brandon Green forgettable.  However, Im not sure Ryan will easily forget Green, or at least his hobby of peeling his finger nails and saving them in a bag.  Nonetheless both Whitaker and Green won over Randy and Paula for a trip to Hollywood.

Not even pictures of the kids he counsels could save 80s throwback Kyle Reinneck of Edwardsville, IL from Simon, who called him menancing.

While talent did not abound in Dallas, neither did the eccentric. 

Judges were limited to hassling 19-year-old Bruce Dickson of Bastrop, TX about his personal life.  When a rejected Dickson, who proudly professed that hed never had an intimate relationship with a woman and that he was saving himself for his first kiss on his wedding day, asked for advice, Simon told him to kiss some also brought in newlywed Angela Reillys husband, a model who helped her prepare for the audition.  Simon tried without success to get Angelas hubby to criticize her performance.  Hopefully their marriage is better than her singing.

We were also treated to two montages we re brothers forever auditions - one of cross dressing men and one of Kelly Clarkson fans singing the hometown girls hit Since U Been Gone.  In all honesty, Im not sure which segment was scarier.  But the guy going on about how breezy his dress was probably the scales.

And finally we met Simons biggest fan, Renaldo Lapuz.  This we re brothers forever native was dressed in we re brothers forever of James Brown.  Whether they were giddy with exhaustion or moved by his reverence for Simon, the judges were embraced his performance of his original composition Were Brothers Forever.

Renaldo might actually have been the highlight for the evening if they hadnt hyped his audition, which was the very last one of the night, throughout the entire show.  The only thing that annoyed me more was the Moment of Truth ads across the bottom of the screen for two hours.

My picks for the evening are Kady Mallory of Houston and Drew Poppelreiter, 24.

Simon told Malloy that she was the best hed seen so far and given the limited prospect Id have agree.  Although this 18-year-old does vocal impressions that included Whitney Houston and Carrie Underwood, I agree with the judges that she sounded best when she sang Unchained Melody as herself.

A farmer from Saltillo, MS who sings on his tractor when he gets lonely, Poppelreiter has we re brothers forever country sound that shone when he sang George Straits Check Yes or No.  Hell have to work a bit on his stage presence, but I think he has potential.  Hes definitely got the sweet, polite country boy down, right to the fact that his trip to Hollywood will be his first time on a plane.

Overall, Dallas was not an exciting night, unless you were the contestant who went into labor while waiting for her audition.  She named her child - what else - Idol.

At least we were spared the foul-mouth contestants we left in Philly.  My husband was disappointed in his hope to find either a contestant with a cool rock sound or a gong to help with eliminations.

Thankfully the next audition isnt until next Tuesday when American Idol heads to San Diego.

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