When Symphony Howlett’s name flashed on the screen during American Idol’s Detroit audition episode, I thought it sounded familiar. For good reason. Back in Season 10, she made it all the way to Idol’s Vegas round as Symphony Music Howlett before being eliminated.
Harry Connick Jr. has apparently been looking for someone who can sing “Loving You” with all its high notes. Enter Sydney Arterbridge, a 15-year-old who wowed the judges with her range at the Detroit auditions.
Right before her Season 13 American Idol audition, Nica Nashae said she wanted to deliver something memorable. Within a couple of notes of her performance of “Natural Woman.” she had Harry Connick Jr. and Keith Urban tapping along with her singing on the judges’ table.
Sam Burchfield is the Phillip Phillips fan who walked into the audition room looking a bit like Phillip, right down to wearing flip flops. But his audition was nothing like Phillip’s.
Lauren Ogburn walked into the American Idol audition room determined to be a different type of contestant — a country singer who’s “a little rough around the edges.” The 19-year-old “tough” gal from Lake City, Fla., left the room in tears.
Remember the young man who had trouble staying awake in the waiting room for the American Idol auditions in Atlanta. His name is Jesse Cline, and the 19-year-old was so tired because he’d driven eight hours from Ashland, Ky., after working a shift as a gas station attendant at Racer’s convenience store in Cannonsburg.
Majesty York showed up in the American Idol audition room in Atlanta with a band of flowers in her hair. It was an attempt to stand out, to be different, something she tries to do musically as well.
Caleb Johnson is a Season 13 American Idol contestant looking for redemption. He came within a whisker of the semifinals back in Season 11 before he flubbed his final solo performance in Las Vegas.
At just 15, Bria Anai got the final spot in the Atlanta audition episode. She captured the judges attention with bright purple sparkle lipstick.
His real name is Deneco Pittman, but he performs as Neco Starr. And this is at least his third stab at American Idol fame.
