There wasn’t a great deal going on in South Carolina in American Idol 7 Episode 4, but we did get a glimpse at the potentially annoyingly perky Amy Catherine Flynn, along with a couple of loud siblings Michelle and Jeffrey Lampkin. It was largely an uneventful city, as half the people who got through were fairly unimpressive, while half the people who got rejected were better than the people they normally let go to Hollywood.
Tonight, American Idol heads to… Omaha, Nebraska?
Chris Bernheisel is up first, and we already know he sucks before he even opens his mouth in the audition room because we heard him practicing. He sings Kelly Clarkson’s Since You Been Gone. Or at least tries to. After being rejected, he auditions for reporting on the finale. Simon accepts him and wants him to tell the local Fox affiliate to let him in. We all know Simon’s just looking for someone to replace Ryan Seacrest. Fox 42, if you’re watching, you’re pretty much stuck.
Jason Rich is from a town in Iowa of about 500 people. He sings Keith Whitley’s When You Say Nothing at All, which sounds good, but he can’t remember the words past the first sentence. On his fourth try, he finally gets it. Good enough to go through to the next round.
Rachel Wicker wants to arm wrestle Simon. Simon’s chicken and says no. She sings Don’t Tell Me by Lee Ann Womack. Simon thinks she sounds old and rejects her, but he’s outvoted, despite Randy’s concerns about her half yodeling.
Goth former pro wrestler Sarah Whitaker is clearly looking for attention and not much more. Simon’s able to muster a “You’re just really strange.” Seacrest questions why she didn’t get through, and they offer him the chance to be a judge, so he swaps with Paula.
This gives Samantha Sidley a chance for camera time she wouldn’t have gotten otherwise. It’s not long before they throw him out of the room and have to tell him “other door.” Taking Ryan’s lead, the judges let her through. Her getting through leads to a montage of people who don’t suck, which Seacrest is quick to accept credit for.
Angelica Puente, who moved out to live with her grandmother due to problems she’s had with her father but still wants to make him proud, sings The Power of Love by Celine Dion. She’s nervous and told she sounds too much like the original, but there are worse things. She gets through to the next round.
David Cook says he brings something a little different to the show (different meaning similar to Chris Daughtry). He’s a rocker with a good voice.
Johnny Escamilla, “one of the weirdest guys you’ll ever meet,” is up next. Oh, do we even need to watch this to know what’s going to happen? Simon hates… everything.
One last person to prevent Omaha from being pointless, Leo Marlowe. He sings A Song for You and has one of the better voices we’ve heard thus far.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of American Idol 7 episode 6, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on Fox.