Welcome to charleston,south carolina,one of the most beautiful cities in the nation,
and recently named the friendliest city in america.
But will it be generous with fresh,untapped talent?
We hope so.
Back in the south,friends.
This is american idol.
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American Idol Season07 Episode04
Tonight we sure are glad y'all could join us
as the idol auditions march into charleston,south carolina.
It's our first visit to america's eighth state,and we found a very special place,
rich in history,beautiful architecture,good old southern hospitality.
Is everybody ready this morning?
And over 10,000 contestants who came out to greet us from all over the country.
All the way from alaska!
Hello,charleston,from honolulu,hawaii.
American idol. Remember this face.
With so many contestants,could we find the next ruben,
or the next fantasia,or the next kelly?
Could one of these people be the next to change music history?
The contestants couldn't wait first,simon had to figure out where he was.
Wait,we're on the west coast,yeah?
S the east coast,south carolina.
And we we well,almost.
Oliver himan would have been the first contestant of the day,
but his wife had other plans.
It's my and my wife's anniversary,and she's also 37 weeks pregnant and her water just broke,
so we're gonna take her to the hospital real quick.
And hopefully,hopefully,we'll make it back in time today.
If not,we'll figure something out about american idol,but the baby's the most important thing,of course.
Meanwhile,back in line,the most important thing for rishard was his afro.
My name is rishard henderson.
I currently reside in atlanta,georgia.
I'm unemployed.
Hopefully I can get a job today being the next american idol.
I'm just a complete nut.
I'm always smiling.
I think I'm gonna die like this
Who would you compare yourself to?
Clay aiken.
They call me the black clay aiken. That's what they say.
I think clay is a very great singer,
but I think I'm unique because I think I'm different from him.
I want to be rishard.
Come on in,don't be 'fraid.
I love the hair.
What's your name,man?
My name is ray henderson,but I go by rishard.
What do people usually say when you sing? Do they love yousinging voice?
They say,"you know who you sound like?
That guy that was on season two of american idol.
" Which guy?
Clay aiken.
No. What you gonna sing,dawg?
I'm gonna do I can't make you love me.
- Good song. - Go ahead.
Thank you very much.
God,it did remind me of clay aiken.
Is that a good thing,simon,or a bad thing?
- It's not a great thing. - I think it's different.
A little bit over the top,maybe.
I wouldn't have been surprised if you would have done a magic trick in the middle of that.
Okay,randy,what do you think?
Uh,dude,it's just,you know,it was just so over the top.
Yeah,it,I mean,very theatrical,not pop style.
Find out who you are,who you want to be.
Stop all the vocal antics.
It's almost like you're mimicking people.
I'm me,I'm rishard.
It was very,actually 1970's cruise ship cabaret.
Randy,yes or no?
No,dawg,not ready,man.
Paula.
- I'm sorry,sweetheart. - Sorry.
- Thank you so much. - But we enjoyed you.
Thank you.
- Thank you,man. - Nice to meet you.
Next in line was another contestant about to follow in the footsteps of a previous idol,
though not necessarily in the same shoes.
My name is deanna purvat.
I'm 27 years old.
I'm from albemarle,north carolina,and I am a waitress.
- Albemarle? - Yeah.
- I only know that because kellie pickler's from albemarle,right? - Right.
- Ab. - Ab.
- Marl. - Merl,okay.
- Marl. - Albemarle.
I'm hoping that american idol will like me almost as good as kelly pickler.
If I don't sound any better than kelly pickler,I really don't want to be here.
I like her sassy song red hot heels,I really do.
She struts around in her red high heels,destroying what they had to lose.
I don't really care.
If I'm gonna lose you,I am more likely to run you down with a baseball bat than to strut around in high heels,
'cause I'd be breaking my neck in the heels.
Yeah.
Hello,how are you?
Good,how are you?
I'm good,what is your name?
Deanna.
And what do you do?
I waitress.
Who's the worst customer you've ever had?
I can't really pinpoint a customer.
The worst crowd is the sunday crowd,especially since we got the new all-you-can-eat in.
Pile it on.
It's not a buffet. It's order as you go.
When they finish that plate,they order more,so they run us to death,
and they love to leave a whole dollar.
That's terrible.
Do you ever tell them,"you guys should be ashamed of yourselves"?
Absolutely not.
That's not professional.
I would.
I know you would,and that's why you're in the business that you're in and not waitressing.
And what are you gonna sing,sweetheart.
- I'm gonna sing fancy. - Okay.
Thank you.
You're a little tiger,aren't you,dina?
- Deanna. - Deanna.
Deanna. That's right,correct him.
That's why I spell my name with a capital "a," just to eliminate the whole "dina." It's deanna.
- Okay. - That's right.
Simon,what do you think of deanna?
Uh,it was a bit angry,wasn't it?
Yes.
It's supposed to be an angry song.
It was those sunday people who eat all that lunch,isn't it?
Yes.
Yeah. It puts you in a bad mood.
I don't think you've got a great voice.
I think,you know,I like all the passion and the anger and the getting down on your knees.
Okay,so simon,yes or no?
I'm gonna say no.
Okay.
- Paula,don't- - I'm gonna have to pass.
It's a no from me too,but thank you for coming out. We enjoyed you.
- Have a great day. - All right.
And if I came for lunchi would only have one helping,i really wouldn't dare it be more than that.
Kidding.
But we are coming back for more.
Coming up,idol brought them together.
We first met right by that trash can.
But will simon drive them apart?
That was a horrible audition,if I'm being honest with you.
And the lampkins get down.
Hey,simon,enjoy some southern hospitality!
Welcome back to charleston,friendliest city in america.
But no one was friendlier than this young couple.
My name is crystal ortiz.
I'm currently living in raleigh,north carolina,and I'm 26 years old.
My name is randy stark.
I live in abilene,texas,and I'm 27.
- The two of you are an item? - Yes.
Okay,and how did you meet?
We met on americanidol. Com message boards.
I'm pretty well known as one of the gurus on there,
giving out advice and tips and suggestions.
Master yoda take you to simon he will.
He was patient with all my stupid questions.
We just hit it off.
We first met right over there,right by that trash can.
Crystal and randy certainly had chemistry with each other,
but how will they make out in the audition room?
Welcome to american idol season seven.
Thank you.
So,uh,what's your name?
My name is randy stark.
I like that first name a lot.
What's your name?
My name is crystal ortiz.
All right,so what are you guys singing?
It's called she's more by andy griggs.
Okay.
Okay,all right,well,that was complete torture.
It says here that you give advice about auditions on the message boards.
What do you say?
I talk more about the audition process and what to expect,'cause I've done it before.
I mean,randy,that was a horrible audition,if I'm being honest with you.
But the good news is,is that you found each other.
- Good for you. - That's romantic.
That's cute,man.
Randy,yes or no?
Well,as far as the singing,definitely not.
Should I not sing it at family stuff and--
No,if I was in your family,I'd ask you not to.
I just wanted to know if my parents were blind.
- Deaf. - Yeah.
Congratulations on the love,though,man,what about love?
Go and check into a hotel.
Oh,let's have a kiss.
See you later.
Couldn't keep their hands off each other.
At least crystal and randy can always be heard on the message boards.
But would the partnership of michelle and jeffrey lampkin be anything to write home about?
Ooh,I feel it.
Groovy,baby,groovy,oh!
I'm michelle lampkin.
And I'm jeffrey lampkin.
- This is my big sister. - And this is my little brother.
You seem like you'd be shy.
Now,you really like to come out of your shell and perform?
I'm shy.
anybody can sing.
But you gotta have that "ow" factor.
Yeah,girl,ow!
- What are we snappin' about? - We're ready,ow!
Hollywood,here we come!
I want to see that in the wings. Give that to randy right now.
Yes,yes,yes!
- How y'all doin'? - Yes!
Now,now,now,now what's going on now?
- Who is who and what--what- - This is uncanny.
- Hi,simon. - How are you?
Hi,paula.
- What's up,randy? - What's going down?
What's your name?
- Michelle. - Michelle and--
My name is jeffrey.
Now jeffrey,where did you get your influence from?
Okay,well,this is from paula--you make me hot with my hot pink.
Then randy,you know,the little sportswear and also the shoes.
- You like the shoes? - Yeah,I like,I like.
Simon,I have my dog tags on for you,'cause you have that military presence,but I love it.
- Military presence,yes! - Yes!
What are you gonna sing?
We're gonna do a piece of I'm your angel by R. Kelly and celine dion.
Right,okay.
Okay.
Very nice.
Slightly inappropriate at the end,but it was good.
No,it's a song.
- Come on,it's a song. - Well,you know what I mean.
Okay,jeffrey,in my opinion,I thought you were better than your sister.
I did. I like you,though.I like you both.
- Thank you. - You're funny.
America needs a good laugh these days.
No,no,listen,after what we've seen today,
you two are a breath of fresh air,I've got to tell you.
Well,thank you. Thank you so much.
- I think the two of you are very special. - Thank you.
Yes,you are,you have great chemistry,you two.
You have a beautiful tone to your voice.
You have to really work on it,though,'cause you have a gift.
- Dawg,I thought you were the bomb,man. - Thank you.
I thought it was really,really good and entertaining,and it was all in pitch,
in tune,I'm like,yeah that's what it's about.
Okay,randy,yes or no?
Uh,yes to jeffrey.
And no to the sister?
- Yeah. - Paula.
I say yes to jeffrey and yes to michelle.
- And I'm gonna go-- - It's up to simon.
With paula.
- Welcome to hollywood! - We made it!Oh,my!
- I can't--I can't split- - Two seconds,just two seconds,simon.
1,2.
I can't split you two up.
- Oh,man,south carolina! - Jeffrey,jeffrey,jeffrey,jeffrey,jeffrey,jeffrey!
Yes,yes.
- You have three months to get your sister in shape. - Okay.
- Work on the vocals with her,dawg. - Okay.
You're both going to hollywood.
Welcome to hollywood,both of y'all!
Finally we've got a couple who has made it through,
and they've got golden tickets to hollywood.
Ha ha,I got my ticket,ha ha,I got a ticket,ha ha,I got a ticket--
Hallelujah to you!
Thank you,god!
You can't split those two up,randy.
Finally a result in charleston.
But can they continue to bring the heat?
I'm hot,I'm hot,I'm hot!
We'll find out after the break.
Coming up,words fail...
Tempers flare.
This show is fake and rigged.
What did you say?
And a cheerleader tries to save the world.
I'm a stars panelist,students teaching and respecting sexuality,
so I preach about abstinence.
Yep,I'm gonna try and live by that code.
Welcome back to charleston.
The talent trek continues with little success.
No.
Oliver himan and his wife are hoping for a better result.
This is our first baby.
We're having a little girl.
We're gonna name her emma grace,and hopefully we won't have her in the car.
It looks like it's gonna turn out to be an exciting day in a totally different way,so we're ready.
But driving through an unfamiliar city was proving difficult.
I think I'm lost.
I missed the street.
And I even have directions,ladies,I have directions.
Meanwhile,our judges were lost for words as our contestants schooled them in the fine art of revenge.
I'm sorry man,I--um,then it goes--but I'm gonna skip the rest of that verse
and then I'm gonna go into the next verse,where it goes,um...
Hey,let me look one more quick time,man.
Don't disqualify me,man. Let me do this,man.
Come on,man,I'm--hey,man,this is the next american idol.
Thank you.
*******
Lesson learned.
Love really does hurt.
And someone else with a message was 16-year-old amy catherine flynn.
I'm a junior at knoxville catholic high school.
I'm the captain of the dance team.
I do that every day.
I really enjoy doing that,
because I know that I lead and,like,everyone respects me.
I do stars.
It's students teaching and respecting sexuality,and so i go to schools
and talk about abstaining from sex and drugs and alcohol.
I just like to be able to be there for everyone.
Hello.
What's your name?
I'm amy catherine.
Amy,amy catherine,A.C.,Whatevs.
So amy,besides being a student,what else do you do? What's going on with you?
I'm the captain of my dance team and I'm a stars panelist,
students teaching and respecting sexuality,
so I preach about abstinence and--
Simon needs that course.
Wrong,randy jackson.
Yeah,simon needs that heavily,simon.
I could give you a good speech if you'd like to hear it.
Okay.
Like let's say that you're like, oh,I really love my boyfriend--or girlfriend,
whichever way,you know.
And you're like,oh,I've been with him for so long.
I should have sex with him. Like,it's totally cool.
We've been together for forever.
Then you're like,if you're gonna marry them,why can't you wait another five,six years,
and then you're like,oh,then we're gonna do it then,
and then you're like,we waited all that time,
and now it's like really special,like,we have such self-control.
Amy,I think you're absolutely right.
I love that. I think that's nice.
Yep,I'm gonna try and live by that code.
I like simon a lot.
We're on the same page,amy,right?
He's learning a lot from you right now.
So what are you gonna sing,amy?
Reflections by christina aguilera.
- Good song. - Go for it
Okay.
Paula,what do you think of that vocal?
Amy,I like you.
There's moments of your voice,especially towards the end,
that are just so pure,innocent,beautiful.
I'm gonna say yes.
Simon cowell. Come on.
This isn't gonna be quite so thumbs up,I'm afraid,amy.
I personally thought the song was too big for you.
- Big for me? - You know,it was a little bit like a annoying girl singing in the bedroom.
I think that's a bit much to say.
Sorry.
- I really do. - Sorry.
A lot of people are gonna find you annoying,amy.
No,they're not.
- No,they're not. - No,they are.
- No,they're not. - A lot of people will like you,amy,
and then there's a lot of people who are gonna find you very annoying.
Why do you say that?
Because you are very,very confident.
I don't think you're as good as you think you are.
Okay,so simon,yes or no?
- I loved it. - Yes.
Okay,guess what? I like your voice.
I think you've got mad potential.
Mad potential.
You've got to work on it.
Yes,welcome to hollywood!
- And stay away from that ryan seacrest. - Thank you.
Yeah,give him that speech too.
- Ryan really needs it. - Yeah,you should give him a long speech.
I love her.
You didn't find her annoying?
No,I think she's adorable.
- Oh,come on,paula. - And I think she sang very well.
Paula.
She's got a golden ticket I've got a golden ticket
I agree with that speech,by the way,simon.
One week in L.A. ,It'll all change.
Coming up,she put singing on hold to care for her dad.
You're focused on your father who,every day could have been his last day.
Will london finally realize her dream?
And we meet aretha.
Simon,you are going to love me.
She has the confidence,but can she rack up another golden ticket?
The first day in charleston is wrapping up,and the judges are starting to flag.
Thank you,amanda.Aminda. Whatever.
Still hoping for a chance to see the judges is oliver himan,
who left the auditions earlier because his wife went into labor.
Well,we finally got in a room,so we're in for a long day,but we're looking forward to it.
Simon,paula,randy,hopefully i get to see you soon,though.
Back at the auditions,the la contestant of the day warmed up.
After a tough three years,she hopes american idol can bring a new beginning.
My name is london whiteberg.
I'm 24 years old,and I'm from charleston,south carolina.
Growing up in charleston was beautiful.
I grew up right on the beach.
It was surreal to wake up every morning to the ocean,
you know,just the sounds of the waves.
My family is with me today,my mom and my fiance.
She's been singing ever since she's just been a little girl.
This is what we've wanted for her.
It's been her dream.
Our family's been through a lot.
I lost my dad three years ago to cancer.
He was always extremely supportive of music.
When my dad was sick,i definitely had to put music on hold.
You're focused on your father who,you know,every day could have been his last day.
That was very traumatic for our family.
It lit a fire underneath me to really pursue my dreams and that life is short,you know?
And you only have so long to seize every opportunity.
- Hello. - Hello.
Your name is...
London.
London is a fantastic name.
Right,what do you do,london?
I'm a full-time musician.
And what are you gonna sing today?
I'm gonna do a billie holiday song,good morning,heartache.
Okay.
- Okay. - Very nice.
Randy,did you like that?
- I think you've got a nice tone to your voice. - Thank you.
It wasn't the best audition I've seen,but I kind of liked it.
Paula.
I gotta tell ya,the tone of your voice,it's engaging.
It's pleasant. It's nice,it's got a pop quality but also a bluesy quality.
- I like it,I really like it. - Thank you.
I thought it was a good audition,london.
Having said that,there are thousands of singers like you all over the country.
Good-looking girl,good voice. I don't hear anything unique.
I say you're worth coming to hollywood and hearing what your repertoire of songs is.
- So you're saying yes. - I say yes.
- Paula says yes. - Thank you.
I'm gonna say yes too,based on just your vocals.
Okay,you're through. Off you go.
Welcome to hollywood!
It was a tough day for the judges,but they did manage to find a handful of people to send to hollywood.
Welcome to hollywood,david!
You're through to hollywood. You made it.
I'm going to hollywood.
We're going to hollywood.
Day one in charleston,15 people leaving the south,
headed to hollywood,but what will day two deliver?
Find out when we come back on american idol.
Coming up,she can fly a plane bigger than a football field.
I fly c-17s for the U.S.Air force.
But will she crash and burn in the audition room?And watch out, jennifer hudson
Welcome back to charleston.
Beautiful places and smiling faces.
It's day two,and everyone's happy.
Sounds like a good day for an audition,and that's a good thing,
because the judges weren't impressed
*******
I am expecting better today.
I don't want another day like yesterday.
It hasn't been great yet,charleston,but,uh,I know the south's gonna represent,
'cause I keep saying the south's gonna rise again,you know what I'm saying?
They're gonna be so much better.
So they settled in and hoped for the best.
It was up to air force pilot lindsey goodman to get day two off the ground.
Welcome to charleston air forcbase,and this is a c-17.
Hi,I'm lindsey goodman,and I fly c-17s for the U.S.Air force.
I decided to go in the air force because my dad was an air force pilot in vietnam.
He loved flying,and I just grew up around airplanes my whole life.
There's a lot of preparation that goes into getting ready to go into and out of iraq,afghanistan.
We're transport planes.
We transport troops,tanks,helicopters,medical evacuations of patients,you name it.
When you're inside the cockpit,you feel like this is my space,
and I know what I'm doing with this,this,this,and this.
But when you land and you actually step outside and you look up,
you're like,oh,my lord,I can't believe I just landed that.
It gets you every time.
My squadron mates and my friends in the military all over the years have been like,
"you need to try out when you have time. You have to,you have to,you have to.
" If she sings as well as she flies,she'll go far in life.
I grew up wanting to do two things,
fly and sing,so I got to fly and I got to check that box,
and now I'm getting to live out another one of my dreams.
Here we go,clear for takeoff.
Hi,lindsey.
Lindsey,lindsey,lindsey. How are you?
Good,how are you?
And what do you do,lindsey.
I fly c-17s,the globemasters,the big,huge,gray planes that you see flying back and forth.
I never would have guessed in a million years.
Well,thank you.
Looking at you,that's what you would have done. Seriously.
Well,you'd be surprised.
There's a lot of female pilots in charleston that would put,
uh,put some pageant queens to shame.
And what are you gonna sing?
It is black velvet by alannah myles.
Take a deep breath.
Yeah,relax. Shake it out,shake it out.
Okay,lindsey,thank you. Randy.
Um,I liked it. It had a couple of pitch things.
Pretty good. You've got a voice.
You definitely have a voice,lindsey.
I'm concerned that your nerves--
I could see the quivering and the--the nervousness,
which is something you've gotta beat,'cause it held you back in the performance aspect.
Lindsey,I think you are a very good cabaret singer.
I don't think you are a contemporary recording artist.
Um,very cute girl.
Performance,song-wise,I don't get it.
Yes or no?
Yeah,I gotta say no.
I don't think you're really quite ready.
- It's a no,sweetheart. - Okay.
- Okay,thank you. - Thank you,though.
Thank you.
It's a no.
The air force couldn't cut it,so it was time to send in the big guns.
My name is aretha codner.
I'm from buffalo,new york,and I'm 22.
All of my family is originally from jamaica.
My mother came to this country and first heard aretha franklin sing
and was just amazed by her voice and said,"you know what?
The next child I have"--which was me--
she said she was gonna name her after aretha
because she wanted me to sing just like her.
I'm here.
- You're here. - Hello.
- Hello.
- How are you? - Great.
Um,uh,so what's your name? Aretha...
Codner.
And you were named after the great...
- Yes,I was. - Aretha franklin.
Yes.
Right,and who are you as good as?
I'm as good as fantasia and all the other idols that are out right now.
I am as good.
- As good,oh,yeah. - Okay.
Okay,and what are you gonna sing?
- Whitney houston,I have nothing. - Good.
Okay.
Okay,okay.
Aretha,can I be honest with you? Right.
The funny blue dress,the huge belt,the screaming,
it didn't work,and the singing was terr-- and the singing was terrible.
Oh,I have a beautiful voice.
- No,you do not have a beautiful voice,aretha. - I do have a beautiful voice.
- Aretha,you murdered that whitney houston song. - My voice is amazing.
- It is amazing. - To who?
To my family,to people that don't even know me.
I stop crowds.
- Yes,I bet. - I do,I stop crowds.
People listen to me,because they're just like,"wow.
" You mean the crowd disappears when you sing?
You know what? They come a little closer.
Holding anything?
Oh,simon.
No,aretha,come on.
You seriously murdered the whitney houston song.
- No. - You did.
I think I did a good job.
- No,it wasn't good. - I think I did a great job.
- You know,aretha- - It wasn't good,pitch problems.
Honestly,the pitch,you were--you changed keys and honestly--
I think I really did good with that song.
Aretha,you can't sing.
I can sing.
I'm not even gonna hear that.
I love your confidence.
I am,I'm confident because--
- All right,randy- - I like the belt.
Yes or no?
I like the belt,but no,you weren't good enough toda baby.
Paula.
I'm gonna have to pass.
- Right,it's a no. - It's a no.
That means it's a no,it's finished.
Thank you,aretha.
I almost don't even believe this,because I really can sing.
I really can sing,and I heard a lot of the people that you did let through here.
I heard a lot of people,'cause that was my strategy,to hear other people sing and how they sung the song.
- Aretha,nothing is gonna- - And they weren't even that--you know,
I mean,some of them was good,don't get me wrong,
- but some of them was really not up to par. - Aretha,aretha,aretha,aretha,good-bye.
- Thank you,aretha. - Good looking out.
I don't--I don't even believe that.
Well,it's happened.
- Can I get one more chance? - No!
- I can't sing a carrie underwood song that I just learned? - No,aretha,it's over.
Aretha,it's over.
Yeah,yes,no,no,yes,yes,no.
Is she married? Her poor husband.
- Just heard.Just heard. - Yeah,they got...
Bad opinions on music,totally.
Why did you keep mentioning the belt?
Well,'cause it was huge.
Honestly,I think I'm great.
I have a wonderful voice.
I know I do.
And not only do I have a wonderful voice,but my voice is mature.
Well,maybe,you know,maybe they're hearing something different.
I don't know what they're hearing.
Not feeling any respect,aretha heads home.
It was now up to joshua bosun to bring the low country back up to par.
Randy.
Uh,um,god,um...
I can sing something else.
It wasn't a great audition,joshua.
Well,I haven't had any voice training or anything like that.
Dawg,you've got a voice,but it ain't good enough.
I don't have a good voice?
It ain't good enough.
Well,guess what?
Y'all should have never,ever come to south carolina, 'cause this is what you gonna get.
Joshua,you've got a great attitude.
This show is fake and rigged.
What did you say?
Fake and rigged,because i can sing.
I knew I was gonna get cut. I told everybody that.
Joshua,you are rude and deluded.
- I'm not rude and deluded. - You are.
Well,I'll just leave it at that,'cause I'm a good person,and you're not.
Joshua,I think that,um,I think you've got a lot of personality,but it wasn't the best audition.
So yes or no?
Based on up here,I'm gonna have to pass,but I--
Give me a break.
I did not make it,and they say I can't sing.
They said nobody here can sing,basically,in south carolina.
No,they didn't say that,did they?
Yeah,they said,they have no talent in south carolina.
It's been on every news station that south carolina sucks.
I have a feeling the guy's really gotten mad.
American idol sucks.
The judges sucks,not american idol.
The judges suck.
Yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah remember,they cut this.
Anybody out there looking for talent,it's josh bosun.
You will see me.
My talent is too big for this competition to hold.
I'm not looking to be the next american idol,really.
I'm looking to be the next world idol.
So guess what? The joke is on them.
They won't have the best artistses that made it off american idol.
Thanks for the opportunity.
You're welcome,joshua.
Coming up,charleston fights back.
American idol.
And oliver returns with a special delivery.
Welcome back to charleston.
It's 4:00,and the auditions continue.
The judges had high hopes for day two,but the contestants had other ideas.
no,tyra.
Yet another disappointed face came through the door.
In fact,the city could be summed up in one word.
No.
American idol.
No,no,no
I'm gonna say no.
- Pardon me - no
- excuse me - no
may I stay,can I go
no,no,no
No,no,no,no,no,no.
Randy called me a disney character.
Randy said I sound like a chipmunk.
I refuse to cry,'cause like,why?
They wouldn't even give me a chance.
Finger pointing eyebrows low
mouth in the shape of the letter "o"
no,no,no
Oliver and his wife had had a much more productive time.
He's been given a second chance to audition,but this time,he's a new man.
I'm oliver himan,I'm 27 years old.
I'm from cornelius,north carolina,and I'm a new daddy.
She's a great little baby,and she was born at 8:03.
I mean,could you have timed this better,because this is a big deal for him.
- This is really important,this american idol thing. - I know,I was like,oh,no.
This isn't good.
You hope everything goes well,you know,when you're going in front of the judges,
but,you know,there's other things that you need to take care of as well,
so hopefully randy,simon,paula,they hear it.
Oliver himan.
Yes,sir.
- 27 years old. - Don't laugh too much,randy.
And your wife went into labor.
The morning of the audition,I got a phone call.
She says,"hon,my water broke. I kinda gotta go to the hospital.
" And like,I got her,and we went down,and at 8:03,we had a baby,so...
What's her name?
Emma grace.
Aw,that's beautiful. Congratulations.
Well,thank you. I appreciate it.
All right,oliver,what are you gonna sing?
- I'm gonna sing get here. - Oh,cool.
- You guys ready? - Ready.
Oliver,oliver,this is so over the top,
all this warbling and the weird falsetto.
It's just corny,old-fashioned,not very good.
Bad vibrato,dude,and the whole thing was just really--
Okay.
It was killing you,man,plus,I mean,when you do that,your voice gets really small,the sound changes.
- There's a lot of problems. - So be more loud,be more loud,okay.
Paula.
Oliver,I think you really do have a nice voice,but it didn't work in the audition.
Okay,okay.
Randy,yes or no?
- I gotta say no. - Paula.
I want to say yes,but I'm gonna have to say no.
Sorry.
You guys want to at least see my baby?
- Yes,let's see that baby. - Is that okay?
- Bring that baby in here. - She's cute as a button,so...
Such a nice guy.
Hey,al,come here a minute. Okay.
Look how beautiful.
I feel like this is my baby.
In a strange way,I do.
It's an idol baby. I love that.
- Oh,my gosh,she's beautiful. - How cute.
- Thank you very much. - Emma grace?
- Emma grace. - Emma grace.
- Oliver,nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.
Glad to see you,man.
- Alison,congratulations. - Thank you very much.
Congrats,alison.
Good luck this season,guys.
- Emma grace,rock on. - Thank you.Bye.
- So we'll be seeing her in 15 years. - Yeah,right?
Only if you're still here,simon.
Aw,that's sweet.
I want to change my mind.
We have a great story to tell when she grows up,so...
Even though oliver didn't make it to hollywood,he still has a reason to celebrate.
And that was it.
Thank you,everybody.
It wasn't easy,but from a crowd of 12,000,
the judges picked a total of 23 contestants to join us in the next round.
Welcome to hollywood!
Hollywood,here they come.
Right here.
Tomorrow night,we head to the corn belt,omaha,nebraska.
Welcome to nebraska!
Where we'll discover new talent.
We want to see you at the final.
Oh,my god!
And I try my hand at the judges' table.
How do I pretend to be overpaid for doing no work?
Then things just get weird.
Are you gonna hit me?
It's gonna be a scream.
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