CI Auditions 2

Tonight’s (June 10th) show starts off with dwarf versions of the judges and Ben. Yes, this part is so easy a child could do it, we get it, believe me.

Jonny from Petawawa has a nice country-ish friendly calm vibe and good tone. He’s got the troops behind him.  I don’t know if he’s got the talent, but charisma is a huge part of this, and we’ll see how far it takes him.

Kelsi, who thinks she sounds like Kelly Clarkson, is cleary deluded, but ultimately very huggable.

Lisa Closs shouts out of tune and Celine Donnely, who can’t wait for the criticism, gets it from all sides.

Dan Young gives us our first big tear jerk moment of the season, getting through to Toronto for his dieing mom. His guitar playing is bad, but he has a nice raspy voice.  Will his heart be in it now that his mom is gone?  What an emotional time for him. 

Cute little blonde Kristine, university business grad and bartender is told by Sass that she appears to have the brains it takes for this competition. Well, that’s a new one. If only they’d mentioned that requirement at the beginning of this process, they’d be seeing a heck of a lot fewer people.

Ryan Mawla gets everybody weeping again and a great big hug from Jully. The judges concur that being a 17 year old girl in a boy’s body is enough stress in one’s life for now.

And we’re off to Hamilton, home of Brian Melo, where everyone and his dog now believes there is something in the Hamilton air that makes you talented. Maybe it’s true, because 27 people from here get gold tickets.

Nicholas Gordon Pappy J. Ozmond does another version of the rehab song and gets put through because he has a very unique sound. Annoying as hell is suddenly unique.

Rufus from Kitchener is positively delightful after that, with his fun and free spirited personality. 

Next we’re subjected to Barbara the wedding singer. Holy. She must normally be accompanied by very loud pipe organs or something.

Now that we’re all wildly alert, Bill Smith does his impression of singing while asleep, and Sarah Dillon wins first as the worst.

Jade Padua is an awesome little package; mixed up ethnic background, singer, dancer, actor, bubbly personality.  I think she’s one to watch.

Jessica Shepherd is back for another try this season after coming THIS close to making the top 22 last year. She can riff. Not everyone is a fan of riffing, but looks like we’re gonna hear some more of it.

Adam Costelli, motor cycle riding carpenter, is another emotionally touching guy, and gets to hang up his tool belt for awhile.

The East Coast (Halifax and St. Johns) audition coverage is mercifully short!

Mark Day with a 90 year old baby face and goofy charisma goes on.
Lindsay Barr gets a no from Zack, but the other three like her natural performance ability and think she has huge potential.

We are treated to a long series of clips of extremely bad guitar playing and the judge’s imitations of all the bad things you can do when you try to sing and the horrid sounds they produce.

Then Mitch MacDonald, Cape Breton step dancer, sings and plays and I’m thinking he should just stick with his group and not attempt it solo, but all four judges give him a yes.  Possibly he came right after 20 horrid ones.  Not sure how else to explain that one.

Finally Luke and Jock provide background music for a series of disappointed faces who have all been told No.

Maybe the first two shows were too upbeat and they felt the need to have a big downer?? As usual, there are WAY too many contestants to weed through. How crazy must it be for the judges to get the number down from 200 to just 22.  Plus having to get all four of them to more or less agree, when Jake and Zack rarely agree on anything.  Lot’s of teary moments to come.