American Idol Flashback: The Audition
OK, so I think it’s time to bust out the old American Idol footage and do some Chris Daughtry AI flashbacks. It was just a matter of time before this day came.
So, clearly, we should start with his audition. I need to stick my own Chris Daughtry fan testimonial in here:
I have been a little, *cough* OK extremely obsessed with American Idol every year, whether I wanted to be or not. Especially after Season 4 when I fell in love with Constantine Maroulis (but that’s a completely different story). So I was waiting with bated breath for Season 5 to start.
When the commercials started coming on for the Season 5 premiere in January, I was already paying close attention. Now, if you will recall, they played part of Chris’ audition in many of the commercials. From the second I saw/heard him on the commercials, I knew he would be my pick for the season (you gotta love the rockers, hence Constantine… again, another story for another day)
Here’s the video of his audition:
I loved his audition, I loved (and still love) his kind of scruffy rocker voice and his whole image, LOVED the song he chose. Needless to say, I was looking forward to seeing how far he would go in the competition.
Now, I’m sure I was yelling at the screen at the time, but I completely forgot that Simon said no! I can’t believe that! In retrospect, obviously that was a bad choice and I’m sure Simon regrets that. BUT, in his defense (kind of) you could tell that he was very nervous, especially seeing how he is now. So I suppose I can understand his point…even though he was wrong. It’s kind of scary when Paula makes the most sense out of any of the judges.
And until I could remember his name, I always referred to him as the bald guy with the crying wife. Gotta love that they sucked people in right away with his heart-warming story.
So, that’s my tale. I’ve loved Chris Daughtry since the moment I saw the clip of his audition on the preview commercials. True story…pathetic, but true.
Chris Daughtry, American Idol, Constantine Maroulis, Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul, Audition
October 25th, 2007 at 10:01 am
So who is keeping a running tally on all of the most sucessful MALE contestants that Simon has said no to? LOL. This just proves that the man has no sense of what the public wants to hear as far as the men are concerned…make me Ill Divo anyone? Now when it comes to the ladies…he chooses from his “other brain”
October 25th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
I think you should start the list LOL Makes me Ill Divo! LOL You are hilarious. And we all know what kind of girls Simon likes…
November 25th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
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