AI Auditions Week 1

January 17 cont'd
OMG!! Another Ok kid from some of the same venues as my dd. Colton Swon and his brother both perform around the area. They also competed on the Gimme the Mike show although I think they were on the year after Alaina's sister. He really does have a good voice. Better than the audition showed. Okay, moving on.

1) I was thinking that I had the Simon thing figured out. I thought he was actually just trying to take the whole thing more seriously than he has the past couple of years. Then he goes and pulls a stunt like putting through people like Kayla and Kyle. Kayla is a sweetheart with a capital S but she is not that good of a singer. And she is going to trash her voice with that affected growl. And Kyle? This was not an Il Divo audition Simon. Or a political campaign....
2) Katie Malloy was very good, not to mention gorgeous but I don't think she was the best they heard so far.
3) They let people like Kyle through and not the Virgin Lips guy? Were they holding his values against him? He had a really good voice. Sure, he needed to find the right style. Like Kyle showed style?
4) I think the nails guy is adorable. He needs to throw away the icky baggie and get by on his voice and his cute brady bunch boy looks - he needs no gimmick.
5) Farm boy Drew: "As far as the city... I usually like my hay fields." I feel you man!! I love it. Simon doesn't get classic country. It's that simple. I'm not sure he'll make it past Hollywood because they have to be good performers and very versatile to do that but I LIKE HIM. AND he is adorable. If they can put Kayla through because they "like her" then I can root for Drew because I like him! And those Southern farm boys really are that polite, BTW. When I took catalog orders at Bass Pro, I always knew when I had a Southern boy on the phone. Just sayin'. The girls are going to fall in love with this guy.
6) I almost forgot; Nina is too old-fashioned for Simon?!?. The same Simon who took little "politician" frat-boy Kyle on his glee club performance. Okaaay.
7) I really didn't pay a lot of attention to the freak parade tonight. I fast forwarded through most of them but Cape Guy at the end? I don't care who ya are; that's funny right there8O)