Mar

8



Antonella Barba and Sabrina Sloan were both voted off American Idol tonight, but for two vastly different reasons.

Let’s start with Sabrina Sloan – I picked Sabrina to be in the top 3 contestants at the end of the show and possibly be the final winner, so what happened? Here’s a theory. Sabrina is the only contestant of the top 24 that we didn’t get to see her audition tape and I don’t believe we got to see her at all during Hollywood week, except for when she was picked to be in the top 24.

Most every other contestant we saw their audition, we saw them during rehearsals at Hollywood week and we started to identify with them and we became followers of theirs. In other words, all the other ladies had a following building for them from the first time we saw them at the original audition. Unfortunately, this didn’t happen for Sabrina, no audition, no Hollywood week exposure, not following. And that’s a serious bummer, because she had the talent and the looks and the special “it” to win it all.

I don’t believe a contestant that the public doesn’t get to see their first audition will ever win American Idol.

And now for the reason Antonella Barba got voted off American Idol – She can’t sing.

Alan

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Feb

10



If you remember the Birmingham American Idol auditions you might remember Chris Sligh. He had a great sense of humor and his American Idol goal was to make David Hasselhoff cry (David was seen shedding a tear at last year’s Idol grand finale). I came across Chris Sligh’s Idol Audition and thought I’d post it just so you can see what a funny and likeable guy he is.

I also found his band’s mySpace page and was quite impressed. Half Past Forever as they are called has four songs posted on their page and In A Moment was playing when the page loaded. Wow, it was really good. I hardly ever go to MySpace because it irritates me so much and when a song starts playing I turn it off because it irritates me even further, but I actually listened to In A Moment. They sound a little like an updated version of ELO (I’m showing my age here). You should go check out their music.

Chris’ American Idol audition is below as well as a band video of Know.


Alan

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Feb

7



Baylie BrownBaylie Brown graced us with a beautiful rendition of Faith Hill’s Stronger last night at the San Antonio auditions. But Baylie is not just “another kid singer” as you might think already, she is a “seasoned professional” as proclaimed on her web site.

Baylie has been singing for many years according to information on her web site and has been the opening act for Janie Fricke, appeared at many music venues, sang the National Anthem at many a sporting events and has also won Entertainer Of The Year for the 2003 Main Street Country Music Showcase (that’s quite a name for an event).

Miss Baylie Brown also has a country music CD out and has quite a list of musical accomplishments. She is a country girl at heart, attends her local First Baptist Church in Krum, Texas and apparently loves her country music.

All this to say, how well do you think she’s going to do on American Idol? Pretty darn good I imagine, compared to what we’ve experienced so far. As long as she’s not under any contract per the Idol rules, she’s got a great shot at beinig in the top 12 at least.

There’s a clip of her over at Youtube.com, but I’m sure it will be gone soon. They’re removing most American Idol videos shortly after they’re posted.

Alan

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