American Idol 15: Hollywood Solo Rounds

Howdy! This is where they show if they are ready. I am ready for it! I will writing about each contestant and giving them a YES or a NO. 


Stephany Negrete - Right song choice for your voice! It added a different texture to the song. Powerhouse vocals. YES

Thomas Stringfellow - Lots of cracks. Wrong song choice IMO. NO

Avalon Young - Another horrible song choice for her voice. I think that she could have picked a better song for her. YES

Olivia Rox - I liked the original song. Bold move but it worked in her. YES

John Wayne Schultz - I dig his personality. I think that there is a disconnect when he sings for some reason. His voice is pretty good. YES

Mackenzie Bourg - Yea I felt this! I would buy a song from him. Wow I was mesmerized. YES

Shelbie Z - She delivered. Her vibrato got a little carried away at times. YES

Kory Wheeler - Nothing about him is exciting. NO

James VIII - 10 points off for the name lol. I feel like he is limited in his vocals. NO

Tristan McIntosh - Very polished. I want her to let her guard down a lot more. YES

Sonika Vaid - I liked the change up to the melody. Her vocals are so clean. Now I want to believe that she wants this. YES

Lee Jean - Pretty good vocals. It took a minute for me to get into the rhythm of it all. I just want to see more of a mature performance. YES

Sara Sturm - Her tone is gorgeous. There is a longing in her vocals that I totally dig! She doesn't seem afraid to take risk. YES

Jenn Blosil - Something so real about her performances. I am feeling her. YES

Emily Brooke - Much better than previous performances. She still needs to gain better vocal control. YES

Malie Delgado - Oh this is heartbreaking. She gave her best effort and she gets bonus points for giving up her song choice. Even though she was sick, she gave a great performance. YES

Mionne Destiny - She needs to step out of herself more. NO

Jessica Cabral - Come on here!!! SHE SANG! If this is her at 50%, I can't wait for her at 100%. THAT TONE!!!! YES

Joshua Wicker - Wrong song choice. He was too emotional and manic. NO

CJ Johnson - Nothing super special about him. I don't know if that was his best. NO

Jeneve Rose Mitchell - She needs to get more vocal control. She is not ready for this. NO

Dalton Rapattoni - I loved what he said about comfort. One of my favorite things to live by. I questioned the song choice a lot. I felt like he could have picked a better song for this round. His vowels weren't consistent. NO

I have got say that being an American Idol judge would be a dream job! Being a contestant, not so much lol. The room situation would drive me INSANE!

So sad to see some of the people in Room 2 go. But the show must go on! I cried when the two rooms saw each other!!! AHHHHH so much emotion! 

Until next time......



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