Dallas brought us Lloyd Thomas, Kimberly Carver, Erica Rhodes, Dave Pittman, and Todrick Hall in American Idol Season 9 Episode 6. Tonight we head to Denver, where Chris Daughtry was discovered. Victoria Beckham returns as a guest judge.
Mark Labriola is told he looks like Jack Black, the ugliest guy in Hollywood. He sings Tempted by Squeeze. The judges are pleasantly surprised.
Kimberly Kerbow is there with her 5 year old daughter. She sings The Way I Am by Ingrid Michaelson. Simon worries she is trouble, but she is through to the next round.
Danelle Hayes hosts karaoke and sings in a cover band. She’s crying almost immediately after walking in the room but pulls it together and sings I’m the Only One by Melissa Etheridge. Kara says this was the most moving audition, which people will look for.
Casey James was in a motorcycle accident at age 21. Despite the pain, he continues to play guitar. Simon calls it a bad audition, but the girls like his look. The judges are in agreement that he needs to work on his personality. Then Kara gets him to start stripping. To back up the girls, Randy says yes.
Tori Kelly, 16, sings Gravity by John Mayer. Simon thought she was almost annoying, but he’s again outnumbered 3-1. Victoria says that was the best voice of the day.
Austin Paul’s 42nd goal in life is to make it to Hollywood. Well, looks like he’ll be stopped at 41. The judges want to knock him off his pedestal by saying no.
Kenny Everett says he’s the world’s best singer. So pretty much we can expect this to suck. He gets stuck on the same thing repeatedly like a jukebox that needs to be kicked. Nonetheless, he continues to believe he’s the greatest, and he takes his torture out into the lobby.
Nicci Nix is currently living in Italy. X Factor Italy probably would have been a shorter trip. Simon just wants to know if she’s eaten any helium. The judges are surprised that her singing voice does not sound like a cartoon character, and she is through to Hollywood.
Haeley Vaughn has a goal of being a successful black pop country singer. Simon likes that she’s different.
Next up. Bikini guy. Unlike bikini girl, he’s not hot enough to pull this off.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of American Idol 9 Episode 8, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on Fox.