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Handicapping American Idol 6

Episode ONE - MinneCRAPolis
Wednesday, January 17, 2007

If the title wasn't a giveaway, color me underwhelmed by the field of talent in Minneapolis. According to the show's wrap-up, out of an estimated 10,000 who showed to audition, on 17 made it. SEVENTEEN. That means that about .0017% of Minneapolites (?) are talented with respect to singing.

Sad.

I had only three standouts in the crowd that they showed from tonight's auditions.

  1. Denise Jackson - this was the 16-year old with the heart-wrenching backstory yet an uncharacteristically mature confidence and courage. I liked her voice - let me correct that - I saw the extreme potential of her voice. To my ear, there were a few pitch issues but they were minor and corrected. She's probably my top to watch from the Minneapolis auditions.
  2. I like Jerrod Fowler, the Navy Seaman who had the "Reagan Idol" backstory. He had a nice voice, though again - I would say that he had his own pitch problems.
  3. I also liked Matt Soto, the 16-year old boy who sang "California Dreamin'". He was a nice looking kid with a better-than-boy-band voice. I don't know how far he'll make it, but in an evening of utter dreck, he was refreshing.
I did kinda-sorta like the Columbian girl, and that was purely on the strength of her personality and her look. And while Sarah (I think that's her first name) Kruger had a wonderful voice, I found her whole demeanor off-putting. She was quite the "well I knew you'd take me" type, and that's a turn-off of the highest order.

So Minneapolis?

::YAWN::

Thank goodness we're on to another location because so far no one has knocked my socks off.

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