Brandy Does Birmingham...

Tonight's auditions in Alabama were a bit lacking in true entertainment value. When you have to resort to a 50 year old woman pretending to be 26 dressed up as big bird you've definitely got problems? And, that long segment with the like-a-virgin Brandy was a bit much don't ya think? Instead of dragging out that mess they could have shown us a few more of those that got through to the hollywood round.

First up was Erica Skye. Bye the way, I just have to throw in here that her accent is quite like mine. I kep thinking she was saying scat instead of skye. Anyway, she wasn't the worst person I've ever heard audition but she wasn't good either. Too bad.

Katie Bernard...um, I don't like her "speaking" voice. I won't be able to take much of it. Surely we won't be seeing her past the hollywood round.

Tatiana. Wow. A good, strong singer but there's not really anything special about her that at this point makes me think she could be the next American Idol.

Jamie Lynn Ward, the girl with the overly dysfunctional family story line. I'm just wondering why Daddy's not in prison? And, am I the only one who kept thinking about the little girl Sheryl (played by the now big girl Hayden Panettiere) in Remember the Titans, when she said, " In Virginia, high school football is a way of life, it's bigger than Christmas day. My daddy coached in Alexandria, he worked so hard my momma left him, but I stayed with coach, he needed me on that field". Think Jamie is the new Kellie Pickler? Well, we don't have to worry about her not getting any votes now do we? She's got the guy vote I'm sure with that look.

Chris Sligh. He's got a great personality and a great voice. There's something about him that's likeable. I think he will do very very well in this competition. Could he possibly be the next American Idol?

The worst audition of the night with a bit of entertainment thrown in was Brandy, of course.

Ok, that's about all I've got for the night. Tune in for tomorow night's recap in Texas or California? Which is it?