Then someone tell me why every single other city gets a month in between the executive producer round and the celebrity judge rounds?

Every single city should be worked the exact same way. People with a month in between auditions have an edge, plain and simple, they have an edge over every single person who auditioned in Houston.

Not exactly, most people confirmed the reports that Randy was starting to play Simon's role. The girl with the letter "C", Randy gave her a no as well, and she was "traditionally" good..a female voice that fits the standards of what a "good" female voice is

But I hope you do, by that point I'll have a lot more material on the Internet from live performances to recordings, etc. I can't wait to see how they spin it either, or just how bad the footage they use is. And I plan on using every second as publicity for my own career.

I don't see how telling people to never let anyone put them down, always be true to themselves, and to show the industry what they're made of and who America really is in anyway is being an asshat. If anyone watching believes I'm an ass hat because I believe everyone should be true to themselves and that the majority of people are not represented by Scotties, Laurens, and Lees.

It's almost like you guys love the Idol machine by the way you reply to my posts. Like you are happy someone who doesn't believe in the standards of the industry is going to get humiliated on national television. Like you'd hate it if an average joe became president, or in this case, if some random loser off the Internet became the next American Idol.

Hi therevolution,

It's not so much that everyone is against you here, or however you took the replies...

It's that you're taking a karaoke show SO SERIOUSLY. American Idol does not produce famous stars. They don't. The last "star" they made was Carrie Underwood. The previous star they made was Kelly Clarkson. Every other "winner" in between has been a failure.

Why, if you're a LEGITIMATE artist, would you WANT to be on this show? You said something in your first post about how "singing in bars and clubs just isn't doing it" (pardon my paraphrasing), but honestly, it's the singing in bars and clubs that GETS you to the famous road. Of course, not everyone that performs in the shitty venues makes it. But certainly, being on a karaoke show gets you even less. You lose your credibility, you lose yourself as an artist. All AI wants are people they can mold into singing whatever dreck Kara Dioguardi writes.

You have to realize that Idol is going to give you the "asshat" edit. They are not going to scrap all that time they spent on you---no, they're going to make you look like a delusional fucking retard. It's sad. But true.

Anyway, Good luck.

Jesus Christ, I can't read all this shit.

Someone let me know if I need to do something here.

I don't know why anyone still auditions for this lame show seriously That completely baffles me.

I wouldn't want to waste a perfectly good weekend on this shit.

I understand that the industry is hard to break into and requires a lot of luck, but YOU SERIOUSLY THINK THAT AMERICAN IDOL IS THE ANSWER!?? Have you not watched this show for the past 5 years?

I recently read that Kathryn Stockett, the author of that book The Help, had her book rejected 60 fucking times before someone said yes. Stephenie Meyer (of Twilight fame, not saying that's a good book at all, but more power to her for making millions off of fraus) got rejected from all but one of the publishing companies she sent it in to. Several actors/actresses have spent YEARS trying to break into the business, some of them close to quitting before they get discovered. Taylor Swift (again, she sucks, but at least she made it into the business without Idol) was rejected from many, many record labels until someone gave her a chance.

Idol will not be the answer you're looking for. In fact, it would probably have only hindered your chances of breaking into the biz, because no one respects that show anymore.

They did you a favor by not calling you to Hollywood.

Also, I agree with everything FAG, Joey and Nikki said.

It's just another delusional Idol contestant. Sounds like he was a pre-Hollywood "bad audition". As if we don't have enough of those already.

Edit: I should mention that I didn't read any of his posts.

Dear TheRevolution,

You are a self absorbed wanker. Get a life.

Best wishes,

WahWah

PS - I'm with FAG on this one, didn't read a word of your whining drivel.

I was kinda digging the insight into the audition process until I got here.

Then you lost me.

Grow up.

I'll admit, this really seems like it's going to be one of the bad auditioners. So I guess we'll see if we can match him up with his audition come next year.

Just an FYI, Jenny Not From The Block was born and raised in Da Bronx, New York, and while married to Marc Anthony, lived on Long Island, in New York.

Steven Tyler (Taliaferro) was born in Yonkers, New York, and grew up in Massachusetts.

Not New Jersey.

Katy Perry had two major label record deals which didn't pan out before she became famous. After each deal ended, she had to start from the bottom.

Besides, lets say you made the Top 10 and went on tour. Some weeks they do three nights in a row in three different cities. Would you have been too tired for that?

The more I think about this, the more I think this guy is either:

1) Just fucking around with us to be funny

or 2) Is actually delusional and made more delusional by Nigel lying to him and telling him he was amazing, that way he's one of those losers who boast about how great they are and how they're going to win to the judges, only to suck and becoming the laughingstock of the episode.

I'm voting for this being someone's creative writing project.

Why? Well, someone with a "normal job, house and family" is probably older than the age limit. Another proof of that is 99.99% of the morons who audition for this show have never heard of, let alone can quote from, "Network".

The length and actual correct spellings and punctuation of the initial post also signal that this is not a teen or young 20something.

Some people will do anything for attention, I guess.

It's not about growing up. I had wonderful parents and witnessed a beautiful example of domestic life at its finest.

I know myself very well though, and believe me, sitting behind the counter of a cell phone store and going back home to pay bills, and repeating ad nauseum isn't how I want to see my life when I'm old and wrinkled.

It has nothing to do with growing up, but with knowing exactly what I want. To make people outside my blooodline and circle of friends happily, to have the power and the presence to one day change lives for the better, to stand up and be listened to.

Not tired at all. I've done musicals a week straight performances every night. I've sang in choirs outdoors in the rain. The grind of the lifestyle doesn't bother me one bit. The part that really helps in these cases is you HAVE the job, you know the job is yours, now all that's left is to bring it. Most of the time when performing for an audience, the sheer adrenaline you get when hitting the stage, and the energy of the people watching you can carry you through it.

This "audition", if it can even be called that, is completely different. Once you step into that venue, it's all on the line. You feel the anticipation, the nerves, the anxiety. From day one you are grinded, whether it be standing outside a stadium hours on end or being in a holding room with no restrooms and cell phone signal blockers, it is a very arduous process.

The process is really designed to be as tense and as nerve wracking as possible. Everything from concessions [mostly dairy products, lots of people went without eating because of that] to the lines [for example, the first day of producer rounds, even though we were only about 200 people, they had us outside in 106 degree weather for about 3 hours straight]

Lots of the stuff happening at these auditions wouldn't fly if it was AFTRA or SAG work. Additionaly, reading through reports from AGT and Voice auditions, the other shows don't treat the "hopefuls" as badly.

"The Network" is an incredible film, that's all I can say.

I hate to inform you I actually in my twenties. And thanks for complimenting my use of the English language

I hope most of you know. I'm on your side. I've been following this website for years. Oh, and if you want confirmation about another bit of info I gave you all..

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20525446,00.html

This is about the girl whose first initial is "C", the one who got truly robbed

^I agree with you that "The Network" is an incredible film - and that is all you needed to say to reveal yourself!

It is ironic that "The Network" stars Peter Finch, a Brit who migrated to Australia. Brits star in films, Americans star in movies! Brits/Australians take Aural Training; Americans take Ear Training!

Folks, therevolution is not an American and certainly not a Houston native bent out of shape because the New Jersey audition shortened the Houston audition cycle. therevolution is obviously an AI staffer, probably the one assigned to monitor the VFTW site, who decided to fill some down time by trying to get us to take umbrage at the way the Houston auditioners were treated. therevolution is a Brit and/or Australian (similar to Nigel's son Simon, an AI producer) who knows too much about the AI audition process and too little about the realities of an aspiring musician's life.

There are too many red herrings in therevolution's teal dear postings for them to be real. The core issue is that he ostensibly comes here to bitch about the mistreatment of the Houston auditioners; but when we don't take the bait, he too readily abandons the core issue to launch a point by point rebuttal. The intent was obviously getting a rise out of VFTW.

Many have pointed out that he writes like an old man but purports to be in his twenties. He thanks us for complimenting him on his use of the English language - no American would use that phrase. Only a Brit who thought it was ironic that Americans would have the hubris to say anything about using language well would use that phrase (or a non-native ESL student but I don't think that is the case here).

This piece of fiction is riddled with purposeful misspellings - the funniest one is misspelling Lythgoe / Lythegoe while trying to convince us he is your best buddy and thinks you are the world's best singer.

So therevolution, good try - actually too good. If you were indeed on our side, you would know that we think the people who audition are idiots who get what they deserve. It is not enough to be delusional, as you tried so hard to appear, one has to be sublimely delusional. You, sir, are a limey but are not sublime. Good night!

TLDR

I'm actually a little offended that he/she didn't rebuttal me!

I've been away for a few days and came back to find this nonsense.

Does this sort of crap always happen at the start of a season or is this just an extra-special spectacularly deluded loser?

Oh we get a couple every season, it seems.

Dear The Revolution, I have analyzed your posts here and I have come to the conclusion that you suffer from the following delusions:

Delusion #1: American Idol is supposed to be fair to everyone who auditions.

Er, no: they don't have to be fair to any of the delusional hordes who want to become famous without really trying. Life's not fair and nobody owes you a shot at anything, get used to it.

Delusion #2: People that show up to the cattle-calls have a legitimate shot at making it on to the show.

Fail: the cattle-calls are there to provide fodder for the audition shows and the 3/4ths who get cut in Hollywood week and never had a chance anyway. Unless you were invited by 19E (or one of their hired hands) to audition, you have more-or-less zero chance of making it to the TV rounds.

Delusion #3: AI is a singing competition and they should pick the best singers.

Epic Fail: AI is a popularity contest and they select contestants to appeal to specific demographic groups. They could care less if you are a great singer if you don't fit one of the "types" they are looking for, because you won't do anything for the ratings.

In short: you wasted your time auditioning for this show and now you are wasting our time trying to complain about your treatment.