Miss Baton Rouge’s audition was pretty memorable. After all, it’s not often an American Idol auditioner shows up on crutches, vowing that her leg could fall off, but she wasn’t about to miss her opportunity to go to Hollywood.
Add Maddie Assel’s name to the list of American Idol contestants bound for Hollywood because they were nominated by a relative. Maddie is from Centreville, Va., but traveled to New Orleans for what she thought was a college audition.
Paul Jolley appeared on our TV screens from the Baton Rouge auditions after American Idol had featured a string of contestants who weren’t exactly Hollywood ready. He turned that trend on its head in a big way, turning in one of the best auditions we’ve heard from a male singer in Season 12.
One of the most impressive vocals during American Idol’s Charlotte auditions came from someone who didn’t try out on her own. Isabelle Gonzalez was nominated for an audition by an aunt, who said she’d be too shy to try out on her own.
Taisha Bethea was the happy beneficiary of the new tie-breaker rule during American Idol’s Charlotte auditions. With four judges on the panel, 2-2 deadlocks are possible. That’s just what happened after Taisha finished singing Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison” and Alanis Morissette’s “You Oughta Know.”
Seretha Guinn is the young woman we met at the end of American Idol’s Charlotte audition episode. The 26-year-old from Charlotte has a boyfriend who nearly lost his life in a serious motorcycle accident.
Not surprisingly, American Idol’s Charlotte episode brought out plenty of aspiring country singers. Among the ones earning a golden ticket to Hollywood was Jimmy Smith.
We met Brian Rittenberry early in American Idol’s Charlotte audition episode. He’s the guy whose wife was diagnosed with stage four cancer, leaving him wondering how to explain to his young son that she wouldn’t be around much longer.
The number of golden ticket recipients from each American Idol audition city far exceed the number of contestants we meet on the show. Here are some of the female singers we didn’t meet during the Chicago audition episode.
The number of golden ticket recipients from each American Idol audition city far exceed the number of contestants we meet on the show. Here are the male singers we didn’t meet during the Chicago audition episode.
