Simon suggested he'd be best off in a cabaret, wearing "ladies underwear and red lipstick." In a classic bit of personal understatement, Gene Simmons told him "peculiar is a good way to make a living. The judges couldn't figure Daron out either. Before launching into an odd version of Tom Jones' "Delilah," he announced with a completely straight face that he wanted to be the American Idol in order to "change the music industry." Apparently part of his plan for changing the industry involved a form of music where singers stop in the middle of a song to. He had a John Waters-style moustache, a bit of Johnny Depp crossed with an old melodrama villain in his hairstyle, and a suit with a red pocket square that was last seen on the old guy pictured on Monopoly cards. John Stevens' Teen Martin image felt refreshing and different when put up against so many other pop wannabes, but eventually, he just outlasted his natural vocal talents.įlailing for individualityTuesday night, Texan Daron Beck threw a variety of images into his audition. There is an occasional box for a singer who goes his or her own way, but eventually, that image wears out its welcome. As anyone who's ever seen the Johnny Bravo episode of "The Brady Bunch" knows all too well, you have to, as Greg did, "fit the suit."Īuditioners wrongly seem to believe that if they can stand out from the mass of humanity that crowds the "Idol" auditions, they stand a good chance of either making it through to the judges or going beyond that and somehow impressing the judges with a unique look.īut instead of spending money on bright hair dye or a unique outfit, these would-be "Idols" would do better to buy themselves a couple of months of voice lessons. Guys generally choose the clean-cut Archie Andrews box, but the soulful whatever-the-male-version of-a-diva-is box is also open. ![]() Girls might fit into the sexy looker box, the wholesome ingenue box, or the brassy diva box. There are certain "American Idol" boxes into which judges are eager to put contenders. "Image" doesn't matter because all "American Idol" finalists and winners eventually will receive the very same image, one that's prepackaged and sanitized for your protection, as commercial and mass-marketed as a Twinkie. (Simon mentioned something about Bobby's voice sounding like he'd been sucking on helium, an apt description.)īut what the little screen test proved more than anything was that image doesn't matter in "American Idol." But not for the reasons you might think. Bobby's voice wasn't strong enough to make it to Hollywood, even if his looks were removed from the equation. ![]() Screen or no screen, the guy was a yodeler.
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