I'm almost positive the girl with the rock star dad made it through, does anyone else remember?

Ash, yes, the girl with the rocker dad did make it through. I cannot believe they let through that weirdo with the Michael Jacskon dance through (John Williams?), but they did not let Heidi with the beautiful voice through. They let so many other people through with the promise they are going to "work hard" before they actually get to Hollywood, why not her? Also, why only one day in San Franciso and not two?

Dan... I love you, but "utterly average" for Katherine McPhee? I usually only watch the auditions for the morons, but she was so good actually made me cry.
Mark my words- top 3 for her, along with Paris Bennett.
No kidding, my 2 dogs started growling when Shawn Vasquez was singing. "Dressed like a barcode on a cereal box."- priceless.

Katherine McPhee=suck
Shawna White=going to Hollywood
Dan Renzi=please stop now

I can't believe the Michael Jackson dancing guy made it through either. But then the bar was set on night one when they let that guy Dave (?) through and he wasn't even so much singing as he was having a seizure. All the iffy/questionable talent that passes through is a direct result of that I think. I don't really blame Simon for getting fed up, even though he's making gazillions off of AI.

Is Deborah Dawn Tilley really 27? I don't think so. She doesn't even look like a hard 27. She looks more like 37 or 47. I thought the judges would end up calling her out on her age like they did a contestant last year, but instead it devolved into a silly argument over "what's wrong with Simon." I thought it was kind of a bizarre end to the show, but that won't keep me from watching again next week.

I thought Simon said that Deborah McRockerson looked more like 47. At least in the previews, I think he said it.

And Dan, "Randy gets all malignant on him." So did he actually throw a tumor at him or something or did he become indignant? I'm just sayin'. Peace and love.

The Svan appreciates Dan Renzi . Brilliant review.

Ugh, this guy writes terrible columns.

I think Dan's a great writer. If you go to his blog he has a couple of Project Runway recaps that his "brother" wrote that rival TVgasm's. To me AI is just a crap show now -- crap show = crap recap. Just my two cents.

I agree....Dude, your review sucked more than that guy Shawn's singing and Paula's lips on former contestant's man meat.

I'd say "Don't quit your day job!", but...well, that would involve ACTUALLY having a day job.

I DO like that you were the guy caught masterbating in a movie theater though. I think that was funny. Can you do a review/post on that?

What are you talking about? This is brilliant!

yes, I agree with BrugaCMH: could Dan please review the movie theatre incident?

Love American Idol, but ca nnot stand the way Paula and Randy act towards Simon Cowell. 99% of the time I agree with what Simon says. He just tells the truth, and if you cannot take the truth in an audition, you should just go home and forget about a singing career.

You people need to relax. This review is on the same par as all the others. You're only pissed that it's Dan from the Real World, if you didn't know it was him, you'd like it just fine.

I agree hmb1974!

I just think he's trying too hard to be funny. Didn't laugh once on this one. :o(

True dat, hmb1974. Just because it's Dan from the Real World (he was one of the more colorful characters anyway) doesn't mean we should all hate on him.
Remember how he told Flora off? God, that brings back memories. Good times.
Oh, and wannabe-Constantine's daughter DID make it through, horrible chicklet teeth and all.

Dan - you know that you're a smart sexy guy who is a great writer. I appreciate your writing style and your observations. And of course I also appreciate the other things I know about you, including your comment about going against Mike in the inferno.

"If the Inferno is breaking blocks against your head, I may not have a chance. But if its naming Madonna tunes, I would so win!"

Classic. I appreciate TVGasm letting you write here. It also reminded me of your blog, which I had forgotten about. I need to get over there and catch up. I love you!

I have no idea who Dan is, so I have no pre-formed opinion about him. His recaps are ok (I did laugh at the thought of Ryan heading to the Castro) but not as good as J-Unit or B-Side. After all, they are the ones who got me addicted to TVgasm in the first place!

He's so funny on his own! I thought he wrote a nice, thoughtful essay about what he thinks about the show, he wasn't only trying to tell silly jokes. I appreciated his point of view.

i don't know Dan from Adam, i have never watched Real World/Road Rules, but i did not laugh once during this post. sorry, dan. better luck next time.

Dan's post isn't bad, it just doesn't cover enough-although this was one of the worst AI's ever. Delta Dawn-no way is she 27! Dressing like a 20 year old & teasing your hair only accentuates your age, it doesn't disguise it.
It wouldn't be AI if Simon didn't have at least one meltdown-I agree, if someone was asking me every 2 minutes "What's up dawg?" I'd walk out too.
I don't think anyone from SF will make it. Poor, deluded, opera girl. She probably thought she'd bring some class to the show & they'd all be so bowled over they'd let her through. Then again, who really likes opera anyway?

Hey Dan, entertaining re-cap. Thanks, keep up the good work.

I like Dan's recaps too. Of course, if he can survive the psychopaths that populate reality TV, he can probably survive a few snide comments from posters.

If Deborah Dawn Tilley is 27 then I am 16... No way, man. Don't they have to show ID when they audition?
I, too, find it annoying that they are sending obvious nut jobs to Hollywood to prove a point to each other. It was obvious from the first episode when Paula let that barefoot "David Hoover" guy in. I think he was homeless and crazy. Because of this- some who are actually talented are being turned away. Stupid idiots.
And Dan, I am glad you are re-capping. I loved you on the RW and the challenges. But rather than do re-caps, just start a column at the gasm dishing dirt on the Real World/ Road Rulers (especially the evil threesome). Now THAT would be entertaining!

this re-cap was really quite amusing. THANKS DAN.

and if i think its amusing, well thats all that really matters, no?

no??

oh.

Are we not entertained?

ooops- didn't mean it like that- sorry.

Not funny. "I am not entertained".

Tough crowd!

Yeah, no doubt- ease up, guys...

Not to split hairs, but didn't Simon walk out after the asian woman who sang. She was pretty good, not outstanding, but was confident and looked half decent. I would've said yes, obviously not everyone going to Hollywood needs to be top 10 material since the herd gets thinned out by 2/3 (?) anyway, and some middle-of-the-packers do manage to capitalize on the opportunity. I think by that point, Simon was just going to say no to anyone. Not that it makes much difference, but it didn't quite go down as described in the recap.

As for Dan, I have no idea who he is. Recap was not bad, not great; But it's fair to say the thing I enjoy most about TVgasm recaps are the inspired (imho) references, clever wordplay, and maximum snark. Could do a bit better in all three; but everyone has their own style I s'pose.

Oh yeah, screencap captions are always welcome. Sometimes a good screencap will have me positively in stitches.

Feel free to use screencaps of Toral. Doesn't matter she's not on AI. She should be.

I think Dan should quit writing the re-caps and let b-side do it. B-side is way funnier.
I have nothing against Dan, I just don't think his recaps are that funny.

B-side, the only reason the crowd is so tough is because you set the bar so high. I also have never heard of this Dan guy before, and he is just okay, no where near as funny as B-side.

This was better than just funny! It was interesting. His last "American Idol" post WAS really funny, but this time he had something to say more than just crack jokes. And there were funny parts just because he's a funny guy. I hope he keeps doing the recaps. I don't care that he was on some stupid reality show anyway.

yeah, I like this show, I live in Japan. I saw the part of it from msn. Soon I can see this from satelite channel.
Recently, I'm interested in podcasting. Good luck & see ya.

I find I'm torn on this whole guest recappin issue. I understand that we keep demanding that tvgasm recap more and more shows, and that B-Side, J-Unit, EdHill, sg-dub and copygodd only have so much time to do that - so of course they need a little help. I think Dan did an ok job- I enjoyed his recaps. But I confess, and am embarassed to confess, that when i saw who wrote them - I did take a step or two back. Whenever you guys get in all cozy with the very people you snark - it makes me nervous. I know I've been vocal on this in the past. But when you become too buddy buddy with them... you stop seeing them as "them" and then what happens to the snark?

For the love of snark - tread lightly on this inbreeding with the reality tv personalities.

Come back, B-side (please!).

What Tinkerbell said. I thought TVGasm was here to mock reality show participants, not hire them.

Also, this guy is not up to the Gasm high standards of funny and clever, although he seems pleasant enough.

Hilarious review for a hilarious episode. The 50 year old "rocker chick" had me in stitches, and Sharlisia's "Sounds of the Ghetto" had me cracking up. Loved the "Hot Oil" comment. What WAS up with her hair, anyway?

Ok this is my last comment on the guest commentator issue and then I'll be quiet (at least on this particular recap page). Part of what makes TVGasm so great is the interaction between the writers and the loyal fans (that's people like me). B-side, J-Unit, et al - respond in the comments sections. They not only write for us they read us too.

Is our guest columnist reading TVGasm (and that includes us lowly comment people) or does he just phone it in?

TVGASM JUMPS THE SHARK!

I think the recap is okay but I agree with other commenters that the snark gets compromised when we muddy the mix.

No offense to Dan. But maybe he should post on Fishbowl.com and leave TVGasm to us Hollywood outsiders.

RhonettaJohnson.com our American Idol

Oh snap, no you didn't subgenre! You are so right. TVgasm jumped the shark!

Shout out to TinkerbellAPixie. made me nervous too to see in-breeding. Compromises the snark. Unless guest is willing to send up self and turn harsh spotlight on insidery information which I don't see happening...

That Katherine McPhee has to be one of the best I've seen this season but she's not listed in the spoilers so I hope they're not right.

Hey,young Shawna White did indeed get a yellow ticket to go on to Hollywood. Too bad she only got four bars of the Alicia Keyes song. She's good. Way to go Shawna.