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- "American Idol" - Hollywood Round #1 - Feb. 8, 2012 We start with video montage of people being awakened and getting ready to head off to Hollywood. Ryan tells us there are 309 of them. Then we get the sequence of planes landing, buses arriving, people jumping on beds, and prepping to sing at the theatre. The judges give a pep talk. Now conestants come out in groups of 10, sing a cappella, get no feedback and then the sudden death decisions. We remeet Heejun Han and Johnny Keyser from auditions. Johnny sings Amos Lee and does well. Heejun is next and is nervous, and as we see in video, not very confident in general. He sings his audition again and we overhear JLo say to Randy that she loves him. And he does do well. They are both put through to next round, as well as three other people from their group. We meet Elise Testone who sings Jamiroquai and gets good feedback. We see Baylie Brown again as well as Hallie Day. Those three are put through as well as others from their group. It's 10 am and Ryan tells about the stress and pressure and a few auditioners admit to nerves. We see Jen Hirsh and she sings Patty Griffin's "Up to the Mountain" quite nicely and Steven doesn't want her to stop. We watch of a montage of the rest of her line perform including Lauren Gray who misses the cue to stop. Both women are put through. We get a montage of folks who don't do as well with bum notes and nerves doing them in. It's now 12:15 and Steven heads backstage and gives a pep talk to the next set. Next is good old Phil Phillips who does a growly "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" and then Reed Grimm who scats his way through "I Got a Golden Ticket" from "Willy Wonka." And then up is Travis Orlando who got cut during round one last year and has the tough backstory with his mom leaving and homelessness. Phil and Reed make the cut but Travis is cut yet again in the first round. We get a montage of other folks crying after they were cut, including Ramiro Garcia the guy born with no ears. 68 people were cut by the end of day one. Day 2 dawns with a montage of excited and anxious contestants. Adam Brock isn't nervous, however. He has been told that it sounds like there's a large black woman trapped inside him. We watch him tearfully say goodbye to his daughter. He sings Marc Cohn because JLo mentioned him at his audition. Then we remeet Jane Carrey daughter of Jim. She sings CCR and is cute if not spectacular and is kind of awkward at the end. Adam is put through but not Jane. We get a montage of whose who take no well and others who don't and resort to begging. We see David Leathers again the confident, funny, cute teen who once beat Scotty McCreery in a singing contestant. We're also re-introduced to the teen that Steven called hot in front of her dad, Shannon Magrane. We also remeet Jessica Phillips, the girl whose boyfriend had a stroke. She's even better here than she was in the audition.They are all put through. (He is particularly good.) We get a montage of folks who did well and were put through Erika Van Pelt and Creighton Fraker and Aaron Marcellus. (Although I thought the middle guy was a little rough.) Next up is Lauren Mink the smiley, friendly woman who works with adult with disabilities. And then it's Jeremy Rosado. Jlo doesn't love Lauren but Steven seems to and Jeremy gives Jlo goosebumps. Next is Symone Black a teen with a very supportive stage dad. She sings "Dock of the Bay" but at the end as she chats with the judges she stumbles and falls off the stage. Thus, ensuring that even those who were bored will tune in tomorrow night to make sure that she's okay.
- "American Idol" - Hollywood Rounds Pt. 2 - Feb. 9, 2012 We get a recap of last night and . And Ryan also tells it's the most intense Hollywood week ever and that people are dropping like flies all over the place. Including young Symone from last night.She hadn't eaten for a while and apparently needed to up her blood sugar. JLo comfort her. The other contestants pray. She heads to the ER. The show continues on. We remeet Lauren, Jeremy, Ethan-- whose dad was in rehab. Only Jeremy was put through. Symone also gets a yes but we only overhear that she's at the hospital when they make the decision. 185 people made it to group rounds and we watch them celebrate. We get a montage of the ills of past group nights, the "worst" night of "Idol" auditions in which they have to huddle up, pick a song, create choreography in one night. They are told they have to have groups of 4 or 5 with folks from both days. The mad scramble is on. Amy, the girl who lives in a tent in the woods, is having trouble finding a group and has the flu. Some groups are already heading off to rehearse. Amy finds a group with the cop Alicia. One girl named Brianna keeps turning up her nose at people's song choices. There are defections and alliances. Most people have moved on to preparing and working out harmonies and choreography. Except Alicia is still looking for a group. She finally intimidates one into letting her in. We meet several groups with new faces and old, including one girl who made it through group rounds last year. We get commentary from her mother about her bossy daughter and the weakest voice in the group opening the act. Symone returns from the hospital. She was dehydrated. Now she has to find a group. Her "not a stage dad' stage dad tries to "help" her. She finds one. We watch folks rehearse, some sound great, some are struggling with harmonies and choreography. Some are trying to steer clear of Amy who is sick. Others are sick as well. Some complain about their fellow group members to the camera. It's midnight and the stress is ratcheting it up for some while others are feeling good enough to go to bed. Alicia the cop's group is struggling with the words and their male member is illing. The group including Heejun and Phil Phillips, four guys, and they can't get along or agree on anything. Heejun keeps complaining about cowboys, because the cowboy-hatted guy in his group Richie is very bossy. He actually says "we're going to do this my way and that's it." A female group called the Bettys can't seem to get it together with most arguing that sleep is more important for their voices than rehearsal. All but one heads to bed. She cries into the phone that she will feel terrible if she's sent home and one of them stays. One returns and they team up to help each other and say that they're going to let the others fend for themselves.They go to bed at 5. At 7 some are already up rehearsing. The episode closes on the precipice of the actual performances starting with the Bettys. And then the episode cuts away.
- "American Idol" - Hollywood Round, Part 3 - Feb. 15, 2012 It's group day and after all of last week's drama, apparently there will be more: puking, collapsing, crying. Another day in Hollywood. The first group, the contentious Betties fares very poorly both individually and as a team even earning a "that was really bleak" from Randy. Two of the girls Jennifer and Cari are put through. Next is a group called Groove Sauce that includes Reed, Creighton, and Jen. It's good and ends even better and all are put through. Next is 679 which includes Brielle and Shannon. It's an uneven performance and four of the five are put through The next group includes Amy, the girl who lives in the woods and got so ill last week (or last night I guess in show time.) Another girl also gets sick and may have to drop out but ends up pulling through. They're all pretty bad, dropping lyrics, goofing the tune and generally overdoing it. Only one is put through, a guy named Mathenee. We get a montage of lyric goofs. The group with the pushy cop Alicia and the kid who got very sick Christian is up next and it's not pretty and they're all sent home. And we've got another collapse, a girl named Imani. Her group, Area 451 which includes Johnny Keyser, is shocked and worried for her. She is exhausted and may not be able to continue but at the last minute she does make it backstage and is prepared to go on. They struggle, the first guy can't remember the words but they start to pull it together. But the other female in the group doesn't sound good. The girl who collapsed collapses again onstage. She gets up but is visibly shaky. The other three head to the front of the stage and she takes a chair. They send everyone but Johnny home. Next up is David Leathers' group. They do "Mercy" and it sounds and looks great and their parents look on jubilantly. They're all through to the next round. Their parents run onstage and hug them. We get a montage of dejected contestants walking away including Simone the first girl who collapsed and W.T. the expectant father. It's now 5 and the final group MIT goes on. This is the group with the "cowboy" Richie, Jairon, Phillip Phillips, and Heejun. After their group confession, which Richie dominated, he heads back into the confession room and talks about how he's compromising and infighting. They all seem dejected as they head onstage. They sing well individually for the most part but struggle with the "group" dynamic. They're all going through even though there were pitch issues and the judges saying they're basing this advancement on cumulative judging. We get a montage of others going through including Erika Van Pelt and Elise Testone. After they leave the stage Heejun apologizes for the trash he talked about Richie since he knows he's going to see it on TV. It's a new day and time for the remaining 98 singers to go solo with the band and they can also play an instrument. Steven and Randy and some contestants jams with the band on a scat-tinged version of "Walk This Way" during soundcheck. First up is Joshua Ledet who almost walked off the plane. He sings "Jar of Hearts" well, very soulfully and emotionally connected. He gets a standing O from the judges and much of the contestant crowd. Next is Colton Dixon who sings "What About Now" and plays piano. He's very passionate. Next is Phillip Phillips doing his Dave Matthews-y thing with his guitar, which Randy admires. Next is Jen Hirsh who does a torchy and dynamic, "Georgia on My Mind." She also earns a standing O. Next is Creighton Fraker who does "What a Wonderful World" it's a bit overwrought and nasally but gets a great response, standing O and whistling. Ryan gives us a weather update. It's raining Pasadena. Next are several people thrown off by the thunder and lightning which makes them forget words and stop mid-song. Next up is Reed Grimm who had planned to sing a cappella but is informed he has to sing with the band. He only has 30 minutes to prep with vocal coach Peisha McKee. He's having trouble focusing. He calls his mom. On the stage is Shannon Magrane doing "What a Wonderful World." It starts a little tentative but gets stronger even though there are a few pitch issues. It ends strong. She also gets a standing O. Reed is still stressing in the rehearsal hall. Associate music director Michael Orland steps in to help. Reed doesn't know if he can do it. He calls his mother. She offers her love and support. He is freaking. He takes a moment and gets an idea. He gets up to play the drums for some reason. Orland is nervous. He sings "Georgia on My Mind" and the drums seem to calm him. He makes it work and even seems to have fun. The judges love it. We get a montage of people singing that we don't hear and people leaving the stage dejected. Next is Skylar Lane who went to the hospital in the early morning from getting sick every few minutes. She sings "You Lie" and pulls it together for the minute she's onstage. Steven calls it one of the best performances of the day. Next is Rachelle Lamb who forgets the words near the beginning and has to start over. She pulls it together and sings "The House That Built Me." She's worried about her performance. Next is Adam Brock who sings "Georgia on My Mind." He starts low but builds pretty quickly. The judges, especially Steven, love it. He then talks about his good luck handkerchief. Now the wait begins in the holding room. We watch the judges deliberate. The groups are separated into four rooms. We get a breakdown of familiar faces in each room and get flashbacks for some of them. The judges enter room 1 and tells them that they're all through including Colton Dixon, Johnny Keyser, Joshua Ledet, and Adam Brock. In room 3 tensions run high and people are bickering. They are given the bad news. In room 2 they get the news they're going through including Reed Grimm, Skylar Lane, and Phillip Phillips. In room 4, more good news, including Heejun, Richie, and Baylie.