It's very unusual that I am home on a Wednesday night to see the show... but I am leading worship at our Louisville campus this weekend and our band rehearsals are on Thursday nights. So... I will actually get to see one of my very first Wednesday night shows ever. It's group night... and who will survive to go on to the next round?
It is always interesting to see what the contestants come up with when they are forced to collaborate. When they are expected to agree on a song... learn harmonies (which most have never done)... choreography... AND actually blend with 3 or 4 other vocalists. Now THAT'S when the real drama begins. I just hope the judges are able to see through all of that junk... and still send the best on to the next round. So far... my favorites are: Andrew Garcia, Casey James, Katie Stevens, Janell Wheeler and Mark Labriola.
Once again... I am going to blog as I watch the show. Now... these are just my opinions. You don't have to agree with me. So here we go:
Yep... the drama has begun. Auugh! Enough with the fighting already... get on with the music. It is amazing to me... how many really good singers cannot harmonize. WOW! It sure doesn't HELP them on group night. So the first 20 minutes was dedicated to nothing but... DRAMA.
Well... it's all happening so fast that it's hard to really post any details of what I'm hearing. It seems that for many of these groups... all of them are making it through.
Mary Powers is really getting on my nerves. The whole "taking charge" thing is way over the top. Nobody wants to listen to her... including the AI staff. AND... that team is absolutely falling apart. No surprises there.
No Way! Mark dropped his words! He's done! Ladies and Gentlemen: Mark Labriola is officially OUT of the competition. That dude could "bring it"! What a bummer. I guess Simon's no tolerance rule is in effect. He said,"If you forget the words... you're going home". I just can't believe that it is happening to Mark... .and yet so many average vocalists are moving on to next round.
Janell sounded great! She's through!
Andrew rocked it! Great! He's through!
Casey nailed his part too! (OK... the 3 Men and A Baby group was "stacked"! They all went through.)
OK... here is Mary's group The Dreamers. WOW! They are pretty bad! They put Mary through to the next round? No way! I didn't think ANY of them would go on.
Well... 71 made it through to next week... but only 24 will continue from there. It should be a good show next week. I am just bummed that Mark won't be there. Oh well... see you then!
1 comments:
Hi Danny -
I actually loathe group night...it seems so unnecessary, and so many of the good ones get cut. I feel like they do it solely for the drama factor, because there are always a couple groups that just can't get along and end up totally stinking. And they're not auditioning to be in a group! Gah.
I love Andrew Garcia, I think he's great. Wasn't he the one that Avril Lavigne said no to, because he "has too much on his plate"? Pfft.
I can't remember all the other names at this point, but I really liked Katie...and there seemed to be a lot of strong girls from last night's round. I liked Lilly, but I missed part of the show, and I don't know if she made it through (white hair, sang a bluesy-ish song, I think?).
Mary drove.me.nuts. I REALLY liked her audition, but she was just obnoxious tonight. I was glad to see Hope go through though, from her group.
We'll see what they put them through next week...can't wait to see who the top 24 are!
Emily
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