I am so glad you caught the "Jasmines Are" sign - I had to pause it to make sure I was reading it correctly. Seriously, there were 4 people in that group, and not one of them noticed the sign was wrong?


I also loved the cousins - the first one was hilarious, and it looked like the judges thought he was pretty funny too.


Loved the door montage. You know the reason they didn't put a "Please Use Other Door" sign on it is because it was so funny to watch everyone go to the wrong door.


Ashlyn drove me nuts. Her voice was ok, but her facial expressions were killing me. She needs major improvements. Or she should have tried out for Grease.

As I was watching, I tried to read Jasmine Holland's family's sign. I couldn't believe my eyes when it said "are American Idol". I turned to my boyfriend, laughed, and said "are American Idol?". I too felt bad for her family. I was in shock! Then, her mother asked where Simon was from? The country of French? No, British? I was guilty for laughing too hard!

But, did you hear Ryan's voice over when he said that before Simon flew back to British, there was one more audition? I lost it!

Oh, well..I can't wait for the Hollywood week - it seperates the wannabees from the real talent. But, I think tonight's episode will be fun (by the preview).

I don't really have any favorites from last night. The last gut to audtion was really good though.

On a completely unrelated but kind of related note, I'm so glad you mentioned Kristen Wiig's Target lady because I love when she does that lady on SNL and I think she's completely underrated. It's nice to see someone else is watching her!

B-Side are my favorite righter of all time.

Too bad, I liked him too! On a lighter note, crazy facial expression chic has a little history herself!

http://www.tmz.com/2007/02/07/idol-hopeful-nixed-from-hwood-for-pot-rap/

Did anybody else wonder how Baily's dad convinced her mom that he was the last man on earth? Seriously? How did he pull that off?

I loved the cousins! And was so glad that the second one could sing.

One thing I thought was weird, were Randy and Paula's instant turn-arounds after hearing Simon thought Ashlyn deserved a second chance. I felt like it made them look like they did whatever Simon said. (Which is probably true)

I love when people question Randy and Simon's involvement in the show. Isn't Simon like the producer/creator of the show? Like...you dumbass, there wouldn't be a show without them.

With such impeccable grammatical skills, Jasmine's family must have orchestrated the whole "All your base are belong to us" mess from a few years ago.

The only future top-24 contestant that we saw last night would probably be Baily. All the other golden ticket recipients weren't particularly great or memorable.

I liked Ashlyn, how was she acting arrogant? Her facial expressions were weird, but you can tell she's a very good singer. And of course the other two judges were gonna say yes if Simon says yes. From now on to avoid this in the future just let Simon judge first then the other two can follow suit. Love him!

I am SO GLAD you commented on that little rub down Simon was giving himself. Honestly, I couldn't believe what I was seeing, it was awful/awfully funny!

OMG I just read the TMZ article on Akron and Ashlyn, how sad! Both are kicked off.... But Akron's charge was back in 2003, don't people deserve a second chance?

The hilarious part of Simon's (as B-Side so wonderfully put it) "mantit rub-downs" was that they were talking about breaking habits that distract. I could not look away or pay attention to what he was saying! :-P

I agree that it was sad about the low education that Jasmine's family showed, but I couldn't help laugh, too. Damn you for making me feel shame, whoever decided to leave that in, damn you!

The cousins were quite likable. It was great that the first one took it so well, but inadvertantly made his cousin uncomfortable. I was worried even though he said his cousin could sing better.

Chief 113, you mean b sides are favorite righter of all time.

Remy11, the producer/creater is actually Nigel Lithgow.

And I didn't think that Ashlyn's facial expressions were any weirder than lots of other people we've seen on the show. Or other singers who actually have careers. John Mayer? Whitney Houston?

Ashlyn's faces were truly bizarre.

Jacob Tutor has Rosie O'Donnell to thank for Fox not airing what Simon really said about him (I bet it was witty and hilarious).

I was just wondering who would be the first contestant to be booted due to a police record.

I missed the first twenty minutes and was debating whether or not I should download the whole episode just to catch the small bit that I missed.

However, when I heard that I had missed a wrong door montage, the decision was clear. And it did not disappoint, I've been waiting for that all season!

Also, Simon's self-groping was the most bizarre thing I've ever seen, if not the most hilarious.

B-Side, you are too funny.

I was a little shocked that they gave Ashlyn such a hard time about her expressions. Doesn't anybody remember Clay? He used to look like he was doing a bad imitation of a bad lounge singer. He got over it. (mostly)

Couchpotato, it may be a moot point now, but I believe the arrogance displayed by Ashlyn came after she got her ticket, and sauntered out of the audition room with a look on her face that seemed to say, "Yeah, I knew I was good enough to go." I agree with B-Side, that didn't sit too well with me, after she was handed a second chance to prove herself.

"It was probably the product of her upbringing and various struggles in her life and whatnot. I can't make fun of that.

But on the other hand, she did say "He needs to go back to British," and dammit if that's not hilarious."

My feelings exactly. I thought that was great. Ryan even threw in the "British" comment later ("Simon will finally get to go back to, uh...British."). Is it me, or was he actually kinda slightly funny this year? Maybe? It's probably me.

I did not notice the "are" on that sign until you referred to it here! AHAHAHA! Thank you, B-Side!

And puh-leeze! Don't feel bad about pointing out that family's lack of education.

If no one ever says anything, how else can they learn the truth?

Maybe pointing out such mistakes publicly will motivate them to figure out where "French" is as opposed to the country of "British".

And how to use a spellcheck to boot.

Well that was a bad episode. The horrible singer segments were not very interesting and not very memorable, aside from Jasmine's family there, which was funny. The highlight of the show, bar none, was the door montage. Second best segment of the year behind Ashanti Johnson. The 5 singers they showed getting the golden ticket are either boring or horrible to me... I can't understand it. And out of 11,000 people, you know there were far more golden tickets. Were these SERIOUSLY the best auditions in San Antonio? I don't think our Idol is coming from here, TVgasmers. Oh well. Hopefully we'll see the better San Antonio auditions later tonight on the clip show. Here are my thoughts on tonight's tickets:

Haley Scarnato - She was reasonably good... I'm not blown away, but she was easily the best they bothered showing. Hopefully she'll get better and her prettiness won't be her only factor in staying around. Simon was right for worrying about the unique factor. I think she's probably gone before the Top 24. Oh well.

Baylie Brown - I thought she was horrible. Her voice was cracky and it made me sick. I'm getting sick of these country girls, even if she was far less country then Mrs. "My Father Shot Hisself." At least Kellie had more of a voice, and I recall her actually being good in her audition and in maybe... 4 performances out of 10 the entire year (I hated Kellie, fyi). I can't understand why the judges were so for Baylie, and if she breaks Top 24, I call bullshit. We don't need another dreadful country girl making it to 6th place.

Akron Watson - First song: Cracky, slightly out of tune, and yes, absolutely boring. Second song: Showed a bit more charisma, but it wasn't much better. He won't break Top 24. Not much else I can say, I was bored.

Ashlyn Carr - Boring, cracky voice, a little out-of-tune, stupid facial expressions, whatever. It sucks that she got beat up as a kid, but, damnit, I didn't like her that much. Very interesting that she's the first Hollywood contestant to be brought back in after being denied, but whatever. Her second song was a little better, if short, but I just say "Meh." And yeah, her cocky display afterward was disgusting. I hope she's eliminated first round of Hell Week.

Jimmy McNeal - I heard maybe 3 different tones? I didn't like him that much. Boring, uninteresting... I actually liked Ruben, so that comparison was retarded. Whatever. Not Top 24 material. What a boring show. I'm gonna go watch my videos of Sundance and Chris Sligh again. :D

I'd like to know the real reason some chick kicked Ashlyn's ass. It sure wasn't jealousy over her singing; much more likely that they couldn't stand looking at her while she sang. She'll never make it past Hollywood.

I had a big laugh at Jasmine's family. Their sign was funny enough but "Where he from? French?" That's comedy GOLD!

Simon, um, pleasuring himself is nothing new. He did it fairly often back in the earlier seasons of Idol. I remember one time in particular while Fantasia was singing. The powers-that-be had put a stop to it but it was entertaining to see it leak in once again. Wonder how long before they put a stop to it again.

The wrong door montage was great. Glad they included Simon using the wrong door in it. That was the best part!

I figured that Ashlyn got beat up not because she could sing so well, but that the other girl felt that Ashlyn was making faces at her!

I can't believe there was NO screen cap of Jasmine's major CAMEL TOE! I lost a bet to my husband over that. I swore there would be one on tvgasm today.

Please can we just get to Hollywood??

Yeah, the auditions are getting a little tiring but Jasmine's family highlighted a pet peeve of mine: are = our. Or my favorite: your = you're. I work at a Fortune 500 company where most of my co-workers have at least a bachelor's degree. I can't tell you how many emails I've read that substitute "your" for "you're". ARRGH! and for that reason, I can't blame it on poor education or struggles in life, but just plain bad grammar. As for the France = French, I do blame that in part on American/state isolationism, don't take it for granted but large numbers of people can't ID countries outside of the USA, let alone States outside of their own. Poor education? Consider, you never leave your neigborhood, you don't know what's out there. You don't use what tidbits you pick up in school, you lose it. This reminds me of the time I asked someone if they spoke Mexican, knowing that there is a Spanish language--Ai Yi Yi! Head slapper moment.

Yeah, the auditions are getting a little tiring but Jasmine's family highlighted a pet peeve of mine: are = our. Or my favorite: your = you're. I work at a Fortune 500 company where most of my co-workers have at least a bachelor's degree. I can't tell you how many emails I've read that substitute "your" for "you're". ARRGH! and for that reason, I can't blame it on poor education or struggles in life, but just plain bad grammar. As for the France = French, I do blame that in part on American/state isolationism, don't take it for granted but large numbers of people can't ID countries outside of the USA, let alone States outside of their own. Poor education? Consider, you never leave your neigborhood, you don't know what's out there. You don't use what tidbits you pick up in school, you lose it. This reminds me of the time I asked someone if they spoke Mexican, knowing that there is a Spanish language--Ai Yi Yi! Head slapper moment.

Holy hell, where to begin? As many people have already stated, the moment I saw the sign Jasmine's family had made for her I KNEW it was gonna be mentioned on the 'Gasm somewhere. Same goes for Simon's tender moment with his pecs. I had a good thorough giggle at that.

Smoke_Rulz, amen to you brutha/sistuh. Bailey can bite my shiny metal ass. I found absolutely nothing special about this girl. She came off as kinda cunty to me. "Oh, well, I'm from the country, but I hate everything about the country, I'm so much better than the country, look at the clothes I bought at Target. I didn't buy them at Walmart cuz I'm not country. City girls shop at Target." Not to mention her singing was subpar at best. People we've seen turned down had better voices than her. And just to hate on her some more, I don't like her nose or her butt chin. Yeah, I said it. Butt chin.

Pressing forward. I initially liked Ashlyn, I liked that she didn't beg for another chance like so many other people do. But when she got her second chance and still made those weird faces, I lost a little like for her. Now I hear she poured sugar in an ex-boyfriend's gas tank, I think I like her a whole lot more. Crazy = entertaining.

Finally, I feel for that Akron Ohio guy. I don't care enough to look up his actual last name, but I feel for the guy. He most likely wouldn't have made it very far in the competition, but damn it, I liked him, he at the very least deserved one of those on the beach at sunset moments we've seen in the past. So what if he got busted for pot? It's not like he was beating his girlfriend or blowing snow ::coughscottsavolcoughbobicecough::

And I'm calling out the winner now: That dude with the long hair and beard that sang the Johnny Cash song. I'm totally in love with this mountain man Judd Nelson looking motherfucker.

@ #7 post: Haha, I remember that robot music video back in the day. Give the phamily a break. At least the sign was well made.... "go back to british!!"..The look on Ryan's face...lol..good stuff.

When I heard that one pretty girl sing "I can't make you love me", one of the most difficult songs to sing, it reminded me of Carrie Underwood when she sang that song for her audition. It really shows how hard it is to sing that song, especially to hit the higher notes. It also reminded me how good of a singer Underwood is. I went back to the best of season 4 DVD and watched her sing Heart's 'Alone'. She is one great talent! I overlooked her this whole time.

Jacob Tutor scared me. Seriously - he looks like an axe murderer. Creepy.

I thoroughly enjoyed Jasmine's family. I was laughing so hard that I couldn't hear the next few minutes. That French line is absolutely classic. It totally made my evening.

~Georgia~

I wonder why B-Side didn't put "PASSION!!!" as caption beneath that photo of Ashlyn. Oh well, perhaps he got tired of that old joke.

B-side, the past two recaps I've guessed right on the screenshot you leave off with: creepy panther boy and manboob Simon. That makes me proud.

Anyways, this episode was just okay. I was sad to read about Ashlyn and Akron getting kicked off the show, but I'm assuming that's because they weren't honest with the show in the first place. As far as I know, if they had told the show about the arrests and been upfront about it, they wouldn't have been kicked off. Their loss.

I'm not sad! Not after reading this link:

http://idol-mania.com/american-idol-fan/2007/02/07/ashlyn-carr-american-idol-arrested/

So if this is confirmed, the auditions were in August, and she committed her crime, for which she was arrested and jailed, in November. She didn't disclose it, because she hadn't committed it yet. Stupid, very stupid. She's ruined her own chances. Good, maybe she'll learn when you do something juvenile, after having a great opportunity handed to you, there are consequences.

brendahamLincoln (#24) - Heheh, thanks for the props. And I'm male. :) And I don't think Sean Michel will be making it to the Top 24, sadly. :( He's one of my favorites too, but, I think he'll be overshadowed by the likes of Sundance and Chris.

killbondnow (#29) - Wow, I never saw that. I'm not sure if that makes her eligible for disqualification, but I would hope so. She shouldn't really be arrested, though, because sugar in a gas tank won't ruin anything. She's technically committed no crime.

Thank you angie (post#21) here I was thinking the same thing and wondering why no one else had commented on it. Even the camera man lingered on that hideous sight (for just a little longer than most contestants) as she put her number on, and then we got a treat with a nice view of her backside too! I wouldof lost a bet too because I was certain we'd get a chance at seeing one or both of her in a screencap too.

Now Simpon caressing the Man Boobs... now that bet woulda been a sure thing to be a screen cap. Glad to see that made it in!

ok so basically you stupid fucks dont know what its like to be nervous in front of three main dip shits of america. I bet most of you fuckers dont have voices or the balls to go up and sing in front of simon so if i were you guys i would shut the fuck up.. You guys dont know what its fucking like. And all i can say is how far can you make it in the auditions process probably not very far since you mother fuckers are jealous and have nothing else better to do other than bash others.. Get a fucking life... And do the world a favor and kiss my ass...

ok so basically you stupid fucks dont know what its like to be nervous in front of three main dip shits of america. I bet most of you fuckers dont have voices or the balls to go up and sing in front of simon so if i were you guys i would shut the fuck up..