Savannah brought us Gabi Carrubba, Shannon Magrane, Schyler and Colton Dixon, and Phillip Phillips in American Idol Season 11 Episode 1. Tonight we head to Pittsburgh for another and thankfully abridged audition night.
Heejun Han doesn’t know why he’s here. It turns out he’s the Korean Michael Bolton. I’m not sure if that’s a good thing, but it’s good enough for Hollywood.
Reed Grimm’s been part of a family act since he was 2. His rendition of the theme song of Family Matters sounds interesting enough, though the weird stuff he does with his body is distracting.
Aaron Marcellus and Chase Likens will be joining Reed in Hollywood.
Samantha Novacek has pointlessly brought her sister, Patricia Bell, along with her so that she can plank in front of her while she sings. Disregarding this, we find a decent voice in Samantha.
Creighton Fraker sings a song he wrote on the way there. I don’t get it. Then he sings a real song. Over the top, but good.
Eben Franckewitz hops in his parents’ van for a road trip. He sings Ain’t No Sunshine, and he’s one to watch, another in the string of talented younger auditioners.
Travis Orlando was rejected last year. Since we last saw him, he dropped out of high school after his mom left his family. Decent enough voice, and he narrowly makes it through.
Erika van Pelt is a mobile DJ and a wedding singer. Simon would have a field day with her, but she turns out to have a decent voice.
Shane Bruce followed the family trade out of high school… he’s a coal miner. Not good enough, but I think he’ll be back. So begins a not yet montage.
Hallie Day dropped out of high school at age 15 and moved to New York to join a girl group. That went about as well as could be expected. She sings I Will Survive, and Jennifer thinks she could win.
The next episode will be on Sunday. Oh, not this creative scheduling nonsense again.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of American Idol Season 11 Episode 3, which airs Sunday at 10/9c on Fox.