X Factor Recap: Fame and Whores (Auditions 5)

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By PearlBlackDragon | Wednesday, September 26, 2012 | 11:20 pm | 12 Comments
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Dinah Jane Hansen – If I Were A Boy by Beyonce

 Um hmm. The low parts were well out of her range and she needs to open her eyes while she sings.  And while she could hit the upper range she did it with too much vocal gymnastics. I am on the fence with this one.  The judges however adore her and she gets four YAY!’s.

The next person to light up our life is Arin Ray and he is 16. Apparently Arin was on the show last year but in a group called “Intensity”. They failed so he came back as a solo artist this year. He is confident that he can do it on his own. To prove it he sings an original. Le sigh.

Arin Ray – Count On Me by Arin Ray

Arin is very nasally and flat. But the judges love him.  How differently do we in TV land hear things because he was not as great as they think. His song wasn’t awful but his vocals weren’t great.  While the judges LOVE him and his confidence I can’t see him making it past judges houses. There are way too many strong singers out there that will beat him.

We are now treated to a montage of YAY!’s but not ONE of the YAY’ers is over 18. WTF is with all these babies that have dreamed of this their “whole lives”. Give me a few more over 18′s plox. Some unknowns with actual life experience and really have dreamed of this their whole lives.

In a fun, the producers must have known my complaint and are out to make me eat my words we meet the enchanting Changyi Li – 52. Changyi is an unemployed sailor who wants to be the next Micheal Jackson. She is only one amusement park/monkey/molestation scandal away. Good luck girl!

Changyi Li – My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion

OH MY LANTA! I cannot stop laughing. She sounds how I imagine I would after 43 tequilas and two really good huffs of helium. Best audition in life. The judges are absolutely horrified and Britney tells her that she should take up dancing instead. HA!

Since I must have learned to be careful what I wish for we watch two young ladies stalk Austin Corini – 16. These two little girls are ALL over him and ask him for his autograph. And a hug. And then they squeal and leave. I ask the resident teen girl who turns around and goes “meh”. Austin wants to be famous and gets in trouble all the time for singing and playing guitar so maybe he is good;

Austin Corini – Wanted by Hunter Hayes

He sounds like he’s breathing the song and his voice doesn’t have any power behind it. I think he would get lost in this years more powerful singers. BUT I can see the judges playing on his “cute” factor and sticking him in a boy group if he does well at boot camp. The judges give him four half hearted yay!’s.

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12 Comments

  1. 1
    Meaghan
    Posted September 27, 2012 at 6:06 am

    PearlBlackDragon, I was in the audience for that session of taping in Providence, so I might give you a little insight here:

    Yes, “OG” really was that hilariously bad. Demi and Simon kept mocking them for the rest of the show, and afterwards, the emcee said, “well…that just happened.” Ha! Oh, they were so bad, my mother and I couldn’t stop laughing and making fun of them (we still do!).

    Dinah Jane actually didn’t start off singing “If I Were a Boy”–she sang something else first, Simon stopped her shortly into it and asked if she had anything else, and that’s what she went with. They let her do almost the entire song. Editing! I was pretty far back from the stage, so I couldn’t see her very close up, but yes, she looks way older than “15″.

    Changyi Li was HILARIOUS. Oh man, Demi was nearly peeing herself with laughter. After awhile, Simon just said, “what the hell” and let her do the entire song. I’ll agree, best audition ever. Again, edited for time, but he really did say the bit about her being cast as the iceberg in a remake of Titanic, which was awesome. Love you, Simon!

    I’m not sure if they showed the group of 3 who made it in the montage, as I was at drama club rehearsal, but if not, I’m sure we’ll see them at boot camp.

  2. 2
    KartofflMuter
    Posted September 27, 2012 at 9:46 am

    I agree with you on just about everything. Tired of babies declaring their ”whole lives ” have been spent dreaming of this one chance. Yuk! And Gene Simmons isn’t a great singer.He has a gimmick. Now he has money. That doesn’t translate into a voice for the daughter. She was -bad-really bad. Tara was better-but her attitude made her bad news.Universally,the auditioners that get ahead are polite, humble, and endearingingly sincere. They have personalities, not just funny hair or odd hats or famous dads. I have to watch Dinah again.
    I thought she had something odd about her but I thought it was perhaps,backwoods dentistry.
    Really thought the judges yes-ed too many people-and calling them stars? Criminal.

  3. 3
    juddfan
    Posted September 27, 2012 at 10:17 am

    I agree too, they must have a diaper vendor truck in the parking lot at these things!!!

    @Meaghan, we’re you there to try out, and did you?

    I was home late, after a night out, so I didn’t really focus much on this running in the background. No one knocked me out.

    Looks like the kiddies have a tough cookie to crack . . . unless they get lumped into lammo vocal groups . . . sigh . . . like how well the kid who was back did. I will say, he was rather adorable, cute dimples, and his song was well done, very modern, moved the right way, seemed simple enough, and he sang it ok. Not bad for an audition with an original.

    I want to write, “If I Was a Girl”, just so all my friends can say, “You mean you’re not!?”

    No one has been as good as some of the kiddies from last week . . . I do kinda like boot camp. Last time, at judges houses, everything screamed sleaze to me . . . so we’ll see if this goes any better.

    I would have told Changy Li to try comedy. She was reminding me of Judy Tenuta a bit . . .

  4. 4
    itchy itchy
    Posted September 27, 2012 at 11:12 am

    I always wonder what the children of people like Mr. and Mrs. Simmons think, as they watch their parents slowly transform into freaks of plastic surgery?

    I agree these auditions shows are awful. And incredibly drawn out. It would make a lot more sense to just focus on the people who make it to boot camp, show their auditions and leave it at that. Kind of like the Voice does. But I don’t think the Voice has auditions?

  5. 5
    juddfan
    Posted September 27, 2012 at 12:00 pm

    Parts of these shows move rather fast, IMHO, and I do think the soundtrack running in the background through most of it, is usually upbeat and modern. LA must get rights to songs much more easily or something.

    @Itchy, agreed! Dr. 90210 should hang his head in shame!!! (not sure it was him) Gene was never much to look at without the make up, but she was gorgeous back in the day, there is like no remnant of her former self left in that face . . . sadly . . .

    Wow, I was going to paste a link to a google search . . . but that Shannon was one drrrty grrl!!! Definitely NSFW, hee.

  6. 6
    sheesh sheesh
    Posted September 27, 2012 at 12:46 pm

    Shannon Tweed looks scary scary scary.

  7. 7
    Meaghan
    Posted September 27, 2012 at 5:39 pm

    @juddfan , I was in the live audience. I’m a terrible singer; that’s why I’m a crew member for drama club!

  8. 8
    Tally
    Posted September 28, 2012 at 5:41 am

    I love Trevor’s YouTube videos. He does all of these dance videos at the Apple Store. Well, I loved them when I first watched them. After a couple, it gets old. I’ve never heard him sing, though. If I had as many subscribers as Trevor, I would be taking advantage of that. But he just posts dance videos.

  9. 9
    itchy itchy
    Posted September 28, 2012 at 6:23 am

    Right, so it’s up to me to ask all the REAL questions? Like, it’s obvious where Ms. Kiss Jr. inherited her rack from. But did she get papa’s tongue?

    Talk about X-factors!

  10. 10
    TNT lover
    Posted October 6, 2012 at 4:36 pm

    Hey! Where are the latest recaps! We are missing three of them now! Please return! I miss you so :(

  11. 11
    speegee
    Posted October 8, 2012 at 5:50 pm

    I’m hoping for more recaps too. I hope you haven’t decided to abandon ship. The Kardashian news was a low blow but carry on! YOU CAN DO EET!

  12. 12
    XxinnocentexX
    Posted October 9, 2012 at 8:03 pm

    On Audition 4 recaps: “OH! And PBD, I’ve been meaning to compliment you on your quick recapping skills. LOVE IT!”

    I feel like I cursed it. :( Hope everything is okay, PBD, but we miss you and your recaps terribly! :( It kinda feels like not worth watching a television show if there’s no recaps to go along with it.
    Hell, who am I kidding? I love watching this garbage!

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