“Best” has double connotation in this episode, I’m guessing. Because eight hours of auditions hasn’t been enough so far, they decide to give us another hour of auditions which weren’t good enough or funny enough to put in the first eight hours. Although if I recall correctly, there were a few really good auditions in last year’s “best of the rest” show that I was surprised hadn’t been highlighted the first time around. Anyway, the real good news here? Next week is Hollywood week! And the good news there: we’re almost to the competition part, which I like better. The auditions are just getting old for me. For whatever reason, I still enjoy the auditions on Australian Idol; perhaps because it’s just a better show. I still need to finish watching last season (for which I’ve amazingly remained unspoiled).
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Debbie
I am very ready for Hollywood, but not the drama of it. I am anxious to see how the instrument thing plays out (I did not mean to make a pun) Will using instruments be seen as more superior than not? hmmm
Debbie
I am very ready for Hollywood, but not the drama of it. I am anxious to see how the instrument thing plays out (I did not mean to make a pun) Will using instruments be seen as more superior than not? hmmm
Jandy
Heh, true. Hollywood does tune the drama up even more than the auditions most of the time. On the instruments, all I know is it helped the Australian version of the show A LOT. It added more diversity, and allowed styles other than diva and boyband to share the focus. Not playing an instrument didn’t hurt the really excellent singers, but being able to play did help the singers who were less mainstream types. We’ll see how it works out here–especially since most of the people they let through the auditions seemed to be pretty standard and not terribly diverse. And not terribly musician-y, either.
Jandy
Heh, true. Hollywood does tune the drama up even more than the auditions most of the time. On the instruments, all I know is it helped the Australian version of the show A LOT. It added more diversity, and allowed styles other than diva and boyband to share the focus. Not playing an instrument didn’t hurt the really excellent singers, but being able to play did help the singers who were less mainstream types. We’ll see how it works out here–especially since most of the people they let through the auditions seemed to be pretty standard and not terribly diverse. And not terribly musician-y, either.