>>I caught the NY auditions of AI on Sunday. Man were there some wackos! That gay guy who obviously HATES us limeys and has no talent whatsoever other than self promotion (the people who say he's a superstar are his friends, family and his 2 analysts). Then that girl with the cowboy hat, who couldn't sing. She had the sweetest smile - her whole face lighting up - and one thought of her as being dippy, self-effacing and a lot of fun. Then she got rejected and turned into raving mad, salivating, raging monster!
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>>Ai Caramba!
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>These are the character that makes the show fun to watch. The later rounds gets to cheesy for me to watch. There were few that I thought were pretty good in past seasons, one thing for sure, they're all better then me.

Sort of agree. I prefer to see the terrible ear-wrentching auditions though, than following some ego-maniac no-mark around so he/she can get his 15 mins.

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>My favorite one was the guy who tried to sing Modanna's "Like A Virgin"... Now he was funny... although he wasn't trying to be.
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>If Simon Cowell ever stops doing the show, I'll stop watching.

He can be obnoxious but he is totally honest, and gives credit where it's due.
The others don't want to mar their nice-guy images in the US and so are too diplomatic some times.

It was good to see Carol Bayer Sager after all these years (I remember her "You're Moving Out Today" song from back in the day - very clever).