Rounding out the auditions in American Idol Season 11 Episode 7 were Johnny Keyser and Lauren Gray. Now it’s time for the 309 contestants who survived to head to Hollywood.
They will all perform one more time, this time in front of an audience of their peers. In each group of 10, half of them will be cut today.
Johnny Keeser is full of confidence and not at all nervous. Heejun Han, however, is exactly the opposite, telling his mother to not bother packing much for the trip, and trying to figure out how he can stick around with these guys all being so pretty. They both survive.
Elise Testone, Baylie Brown, and Hallie Day make the cut.
Jen Hirsh overcomes her nerves with an excellent performance of Up to the Mountain. Lauren Gray follows with another good performance.
Heather Youmans, Sascha Julian, and Candice Russell, whoever they are, fail to impress.
Phil Phillips has never flown before, at least not on a real plane. This time he’ll have to perform without his guitar. Reed Grimm has been on stage since he was 2, so this is home to him. Travis Orlando was sent home in Hollywood last year after round 1. Phil and Reed make it, but Travis is cut again.
Travis is joined by Ramiro Garcia, Wolf Hamlin, and Jenni Schick. At the end of day 1, 68 people are gone.
Adam Brock has been told there is a large black woman trapped inside him. Jane Carrey lives in shadow of famous father Jim Carrey. Adam makes it, but Jane does not.
Shannon Magrane is the one who Steven commented, to her father, is hot, humid, and happening. David is the obnoxious guy who thinks he’s a player. Jessica Phillips has come to LA with her boyfriend, who recovers from a stroke he had last Easter. They all make it to the next round.
Angie Zeiderman and Brittany Kerr also advance, as do Erika Van Pelt, Creighton Fraker, and Aaron Marcellus.
Lauren Mink has a rough go at it, but Jennifer loves Jeremy Rosado. Jumping ahead from them, though, we head into the conclusion for the night, with a performance by Symone Black. From what I gather, she fell off the stage. Too bad Fox can’t properly program this show any more than they could before, as I for one did not see what happened. 1 hour means 1 hour, Fox. Not 68 minutes.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of American Idol Season 11 Episode 9, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on Fox.