Confessions of a City Slicker

Idol moves to the Lone Star State.

Started off pretty slow tonight, with very few characters for the Hall which got me thinking that Dallas people are pretty tame.

Little did I know they saved the best for last.

The Birdman Cometh

Seacrest couldn’t have said it better.

Renaldo, with his winged white hat (with Simon’s name emblazoned, I might add), silver cape and white pom poms on his shoulders might as well have been Big Bird’s crazy cousin.

You are my brother, best friends forever

Singing this song that you love

This is the oft repeated phrase in his original composition song that had everyone singing along

And oh yeah, he idolizes Simon where others cower in fear of him.  Not our birdman.  Nope, he thinks Simon is a saint.

The Witches

Saw 2 girls dressed up as witches.  One was a mime dressed up as a witch and the other actually went to the trouble of painting herself, and I mean ALL of her, green!

Crossdressers

Also spotted 2.

One had the hottest pair of legs for a she-male.  In fact, the whole package was a knockout!

The other one kinda reminds me of John Travolta in shampoo.  He had on this really auntie dress with tights underneath.

Memorable quote: "You guys should try this.  Pants are so restrictive.  I’m actually feeling a breeze where I’ve never felt them before."

The Guy Who Wouldn’t Leave

This guy saves his voice, I mean literally.  When asked to shout and cheer for the cameras, he kept quiet.  Says he heard Christina Aguilera saying that if you don’t know what you’re doing, you could do some serious damage to your voice and he doesn’t want that.

So come his audition time, he goes into the room and asked to be allowed to warm up then proceeds to this very strange ritual that sounds like monks chanting in Tibet.  Well, if only the sound he produced was that soothing.

Needless to say, he can’t sing to save his life, but still insisted on going through his strange ritual and singing again and again and just refused to leave.

Second guy that got thrown out by security so far.

Woman of Few Words

Ask her a question and she will give a very brief answer, then……long pause. Urm, I’m just not feeling the excitement and enthusiasm here.

Of course, not all of them were bad.

Like this guy who is saving his virginity and his first kiss for his future wife.  He wears a key around his neck and his father wears the heart that the key will fit in.  When he gets married, his father will give the heart to his wife and it will be the symbol of their love and commitment.

Awwww…..that’s so sweet.

Well Honey, if you’re going to Hollywood, you’d be hard pressed to save your virginity and your first kiss :p

Anyway, I didn’t manage to find out whether he made it or not because I got interrupted by the phone

Guess I just have to wait till Hollywood week.

There’s also this farm boy with the smouldering eyes and rosiest cheeks I’ve ever seen.

I noticed in this episode that Simon is actually nicer to people.  Hey, has the Brit lost his edge?