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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
1:41 pm
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Tagged: Beatrice Miller, britney spears, Carly Rose Sonenclar, demi lovato, desperate people trying to become famous, funny, justin bieber, LA is a dick, la reid, old people singing, over choreographed, Over25, parody, RaeRae, recap, simon cowell, Teens, TV, tvgasm, Vino Alan, will.i.am, x-factor, xanax, young people singing
Welcome back to the X Factor! It’s a shorter episode, and I’m a lot less nervous to recap than I was last week, so, YAY! Let’s dive right into the episode. We’re back at the Judges’ Homes, where the contestants are performing to earn a spot at the live shows. This hour is going to focus on Britney Spears with the Teens at her home in Malibu and LA Reid with the Over 25s at his home in Beverly Hills.
The first category to go will be the Over 25 category. All 6 contestants are gathered in their waiting area as LA gives them his version of a pep talk. LA Reid reiterates rather dickishly that he does not like hanging out with talented people his own age, and that he prefers the company of young artists like Justin Bieber.
“The scent of Bengay and dying dreams in this room is KILLING me.”
Up first is Jason Brock, whom LA actually gave a standing ovation at the audition. He wasn’t too old then, was he LA? Huh? HUH?! Asswipe. Anyway, Jason goes before LA, Justin Bieber and Biebs’ manager Scooter Braun and sings Fergie’s “Big Girls Don’t Cry.” It’s awesome. He sounds to me—and this is gonna be weird—like he grew up listening to the heavyset black lady that taught Journey’s Steve Perry how to sing. It’s pretty damn cool. LA & Co. agree that Jason is incredibly talented vocally, but they’re worried about the whole package. It’s unfortunate, but I have to say I understand the concerns they raise. Because while I love hearing his covers, I can’t imagine purchasing a song written and produced specifically for him to sing. But then again, I don’t purchase music at all, so maybe that’s a different conversation.
You ain’t never lied.
Next up is David Correy, the dude who wants to sing himself into his birth mother’s arms. David gives a beautiful, if over choreographed, performance of Jessie J’s “Domino.” LA says that some of David’s notes gave him “chill bumps” and Bieber believes that David Correy could be a solid packaged artist. I agree. LA is concerned that David wouldn’t be viable in the market. Does he mean that there are a bunch of artists he resembles? I suppose that’s true. But the dude can sang.
Then we have Darryl Black, our chocolate dude who just happens to be the most vanilla person on the show. He turns out a pretty solid rendition of Hall & Oates’ “She’s Gone,” but he’s so goddamn boring, I don’t care. I don’t think the producers care either, and they don’t even give his performance the same amount of screen time as the other contestants have been given.
“Yeah, I know. I bore me, too.”
Scooter and Justin find some nice things to say about Darryl’s singing ability, but LA thinks there is nothing unique about Darryl’s voice. Yup.
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Ugh, David really bothers me…it’s just that his whole “sob story” is very contrived…if you want to find your birth mother, it would most likely be easier to go through the agency that you got adopted from? Like who thinks singing is the one way in which you can connect with your long lost family? I read that she did find him, but I think it was intervention on the producers part. I mean honestly, what’s the likelihood that she watched the show (she was from another country I believe) and just thought to herself, “well, I gave up my son, that must be him!” I don’t find him to be that great of a singer either. They had some better overs that they let go before judge’s houses. I do like Vino a lot though.
And Beatrice is the cutest. I think she is the one to beat. Carly is good but she knows it, and I can see her attitude becoming off-putting. I’m not sure Diamond is up to par with those two girls. In any case, all 3 of those little ones are INSANE.
Answer to your concerns about David: He’s totally ripped off August Rush. I loved that movie. He should be ashamed. If you’re going to have a sob story, be original!!
Also, my hometown isn’t too far from Jillian’s. From what I’ve been told, her bullying story at school was BS. However, there are rumors her mom is bat shit crazy and was actually the one bullying Jillian telling her she’d never make it. I still like her voice, it’s smoky and distinctive, but girl needs to quit crying! It’s constant and she’s an uglier crying than Farrah!
I think the teens have 2 of the best vocalists, technically speaking, with Carly and Beatrice. They are both great and will only get better. However, the overs have my 2 favorites with Vino Alan and Jason Brock. They have amazing voices and incredible emotion to go with it, which is something the teens lack, because, well, they are 13. I’m having trouble relating to them, but the 2 teen girls are good. Vino is my horse in this race, he’s the only person, so far, that i would vote for or buy music from.
Innocent- Jillian is a bit emotional, but Paige totally stole the annoying cry over everything person. At least in the last episode someone finally introduced her to waterproof mascara. I’ll reserve more comments from that episode for the recap.
I like Jillian, and i didn’t from the beginning. She won me over during the 2nd round of boot camp when the girl she sang with forgot the words. Jillian not only tried to help her with the words, but stood up for her to the judges. Much better attitude than people like Cece or Tara.
Yes, yes, Beatrice Miller is very cute, she sings quite well, etc. etc. But she’s clearly a product — she’s been manufactured into this, probably from the time she was a baby. She just makes me suspicious — mostly because at 13 years old she’s already dying her hair blonde, which to me is just a step below getting botox at that age. And then the fake nerves/crying thing?
Of course, I get the same stage baby vibe from the other teenybopper but at least she’s not pretending to be anything other than a robot.
Ugh. I get that Disney needs a constant supply of young’uns for their TV shows, and I suppose, well, why not use X-factor to drum up interest in them? But still. It just seems unfair to put these kids up there when they’re barely out of diapers. And unfair to the older people too. It’s the equivalent of using 14-year-old models to sell couture clothing to the 40-year-old women who can afford them.
The Vino guy… yes, he can sing. And he clearly needs this. But only a jackass tattoos his skull.
Paige’s crying IS annoying, but at least it’s not ugly! PS, we already HAVE a Rihanna, why do we need another who can’t even sing that well?