After much anticipation and shameless promoting, The X-Factor finally premiered last night on FOX. I have to say I was very excited leading up to the premier, and sure enough, it didn't disapoint. Between the good, bad, crazy, delusional, and sometimes Nude contestants, it was a very solid two hours.
It was fun to see Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul back together, and the addition of LA Reid and Nicole Sherzinger made the show even better. Plus the contestants were entertaining; and yes, very delusional at times.
The show got off to a good start with 13-Year-Old Rachel Crow who performed an ok rendetion of Duffy's Mercy. I say ok because why she has a good voice, she lacked control and seemed to hold the opening notes too long, "I'm begging youuuuuuu."
Although we got off to a good start with some really good auditions, including a 14-Year-Old boy who performed Cee Lo Green's Forget You causing every young teen girl in the audience to spontaneously have a seizure and a heart attack at the same time.
After a few good auditions like I said, the Auditions started to get Weird. The first Weird audition from the night name from the Artist regretfully known as Simeze. Yes Simeze had the confidence, and yes, the Arrogance to be a major superstar, he didn't measure up when it came to his voice, or his dancing.
Simeze, who said he idolized Prince performed a song and dance that would make any nursing home patient in america flatline due to shock. This included him dancing on the floor, and taking his shirt off to reveal what appeared t obe a see-through piece of material equivalent to a Wal-Mart bag.
Now of course the Judges didn't pass him through......think again. All the Judges, except for Rand...I mean LA sent him through to the next round.
Another reason the show was more like getting your teeth drilled into came in the form of a very old couple, Dan and Vanita, who said they would travel the world visiting retirement homes in an Rv if they won. This migh tbe better in the long run, considering most of their audience won't care what the hell they sound like. they wailed Unchained Melody, Simon's favorite song. Next time they need to make sure they start the song at the right time, because they started a verse late, and seemed to screech the song more than sing it.
We also met delusional, and possibly insane Nici Collins, who performed Best of my Love by the Emitions. I would have rather hear William Hung sing the song instead of her. The song wasnt even recognizeble, and included screaming the words.
Finally, the most weird audition of the name came in form of possible Mental Hospital escape patient Geo Godley; and Godley he is not. It started off rather tame, as he sang about being a stud, however it culminated when he literally went against Larry Platt's advice and dropped his pants, revealing his "Backup mic." He not only scarred millions of people, but caused Paula to vomit.
We also saw two very good auditions from Marcus Canty, who performed an awesome rendition of Stevie's Higher Ground, and recovering Addict Chris who performed an original song.
Tonight we see another Audition episode that HOPEFULLY doesnt feature any flashers, or Prince wannabees.
Taylor
