Jan 29 2009
Girls to the rescue - the talent and desire to be the next American Idol
Salt Lake City is home of the Osmonds and, perhaps no surprise, there is a new generation of singers on the rise, including David Osmond who decided to audition for American Idol. If that doesn’t prove the power and importance of Idol then I don’t know what else could.
As it happens, David (photo 1) has a good voice and received the votes necessary to get to the next stage in Hollywood.
A different story for the next hopeful who said you can’t judge a book by the cover, although heavy metal goth tends to be a fairly conclusive style. Anyway, Tara Mathews (photo 2) sang Fly Away from the Moulin soundtrack - it just was not good enough. Simon was direct and the other judges felt a bit awkward, but someone needs to tell some people they need to think of very different careers.
A good luck rabbit - life-size - just about caused Simon to explode, when Greg the Rabbit (photo 3 with Simon Cowell) supported Chris Kirkham. Neither the rabbit nor Chris got the votes. It was looking like David Archuleta was the exception to the rule for Salt Lake.
Fortunately, the girls were the stars of yet another audition show. Frankie Jordan (photo 4) has a smooth jazzy style to her vocals and received 4 “Yes” votes. Megan Corkrey was certain Idol was another crossroads in her life - especially as the audition took place on her 23rd birthday. With another jazzy voice and a great range, the votes were positive. Go the girls !!
Simon said Megan (photo 5) was one of his favourite auditions, and Kara “loved the glow” so another 4 strong Yes votes. And then along came 16-year-old Taylor Vaifanua with a tropical island background - just the sunny style to woo the judges, and she did.
This episode’s heart-warming story concerned 17-year-old Rose Flack (photo 6) who lost her dad when she was 13, and then lost her mom 2 years later. The death of both parents was a great shock, but Rose found some inner strength to carry on, along with help from the Bye family. Choosing to sing I Feel The Earth Move by Carole King was also brave, but the judges again responded well to a jazzy vocal.
Looks like the Hollywood stages are going to be fierce and emotional.
