"are you ready to go?" "Look at the camera." ""A" Game." "hi." "look at those shoes." "I'm great." "How are you guys?" "hey, what's your name?" "marrialle." "how old are you, baby?" "all right, well, what are you so I'm gonna be singing" "Grenade all right." "â™?" "Easy come, easy go â™?" "That's just how you live â™?" "Oh, take, take, take it â™?" "But you never give â™?" "I should have known â™?" "You were trouble â™?" "From the first kiss â™?" "Had your eyes wide open â™?" "Why were they open?" "â™?" "I gave you all I had â™?" "And you tossed it â™?" "In the trash â™?" "Tossed in the trash â™?" "You did â™?" "To give me all your love â™?" "Is all I ever asked â™?" "I'd catch a grenade for ya s â™?" "I'd throw my hand â™?" "On a blade for ya â™?" "I'd jump in front â™?" "Of a train for ya thanks." "You are gonna be a nightmare for" "The other competitors in this competition." "wow." "Your voice had such a beautiful tone and presence" "To it." "You really surprised me." "I just didn't expect that to come out of you." "I think you have a really great voice." "thanks." "Guys, but this is 1/3 of thisr ticket that I'd like to offer" "I'll give you mine too." "hey, hey, hey, do me a favor" "Before you leave." "Wait, what camera can she look" "Into?" "All right, I want you to say," ""My name is marrialle sellars, and I plan on being the next" "American idol." I just want--I want to see you my name is marrialle sellars," "And I plan on being the next american idol." "yes!" "â™?" "45 00:03: 00:04:07,112" "â™?" "48 00:04: 00:04: today's the day we're finally on our way for my american idol audition." "hello, we're here." "Life could change today." "I'm hoping that I have" "Success today." "today is the day." "this is me, having the best" "Day of my life." "We are now going outside to" "Say hello to the contestants who are waiting to audition today in" "Foxborough." "Get 'em fired up." "are you ready to take this home and head back to hollywood to become the next singing superstar?" "Is that why you are here?" "Here we go!" "it feels good." "A little deja vu." "good to see you again." "Back here." "man, I am fired up." "How you doing, man?" "really well." "Good." "hey, guys." "Hey." "It's so cool for me to be sitting with y'all because" "You've done it." "And as a viewer for so many" "Years, to see the process, it's a completely different" "Perspective." "You really feel the lives of these people." "Right." "I think you have an immense responsibility, in a way." "it's fun, but at the same time, it's serious about finding" "Somebody great." "Yeah, because it's their big" "Moment too." "This is, like, everything to" "Them." "Yeah." "I don't know what kind of judge I'm gonna be, other than" "To say that I have to be honest." "To send somebody out of the room" "Crying is a terrible feeling." "But if it's the right thing to" "Say, I think you have to say it." "I really love it." "I really feel like there's a magic to what happens here," "Watching somebody's dream come true right before your eyes." "I mean, the best part is when we give somebody an opportunity" "To get the break they're looking for." "We're all in greenish today." "This is a good sign." "wow, wow." "This is a good sign." "the auditions in boston start" "Right now." "But who will get the first ticket of season 13?" "my name is troy durden, and I'm from boston, massachusetts." "I'm really good." "Like, I--if a 10 is the highest," "I'm 100." "Most of the time I get, like," "Standing ovations, and people love it." "They feel it." "You know what I'm saying?" "It's not even just about the applause." "It's about them feeling the music." "I got this golden ticket because I know that I got what it takes." "It's about fighting to the top." "And that's it." "how you doing?" "Hello." "How are you?" "how are ya?" "I'm good." "where you from?" "I'm from boston." "I'm from here." "What's your name?" "my name is troy." "Nice to meet you, troy." "hi, how are you?" "I'm good." "I love to twerk." "Okay." "do you know how to twerk, j.Lo?" "I'm not much of a twerker these days." "sure, you were doing it in the green room." "shut up." "Would you mind twerking with" "Me?" "I would like to see you" "Twerk, though." "Okay, that's cool." "Can you give me--can y'all clap your hands with me, please?" "yep." "Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey," "Hey, hey." "I can twerk better than that." "oh, that's it?" "I bet you can." "no, I don't have my twerking" "Outfit on." "Um, you go, sweetie." "â™?" "Someday I wish â™?" "Upon a star â™?" "And wake up where the clouds so did not expect over the rainbow right now." "â™?" "Behind me â™?" "Somewhere â™?" "Over the rainbow â™?" "Bluebirds fly â™?" "If birds fly â™?" "Over the rainbow â™?" "Why then â™?" "Why can't I?" "I kinda love that." "I would like to see" "Somewhere over the rainbow while twerking." "yeah!" "Twerk over the rainbow." "â™?" "Somewhere â™?" "Over the rainbow â™?" "Bluebirds fly booty, booty, booty, booty." "aw, yeah. â™?" "Birds fly â™?" "Over the rainbow â™?" "Why, oh, why â™?" "Can't I?" "ask, and you shall receive." "I think we should vote." "troy, I vote yes." "I vote yes." "abso-frickin'-lutely." "Oh, my god!" "Thank you so much." "Thank you, baby." "Listen, I want everybody to take you seriously too, though." "We have fun, and we do it, but there's a voice there." "And you need to work on that and get up in there-- did you say he needs to work on that?" "can you twerk on it?" "You might twerk on it" "A little bit more, okay?" "Thank you so much." "yes." "it is a long shot, but it" "Just might twerk." "and now we're back." "we're so back." "We're back." "are we ready?" "We're rolling." "oh, my gosh." "Mom, there's so many people" "Here." "You know, this could be the" "Start of the biggest thing of your life." "yes." "My name's sam woolf." "I'm from bradenton, florida, and I'm 17 years old." "I lived with my mom for most of my life." "And when I was about 13, she left, and so then I ended up" "Moving in with my dad." "He had some depression problems," "So I had to move in with my grandparents." "I'm sure they'll love you." "Just be yourself." "papa roy's pretty much like my father." "He's always there to support me whenever I sing and tries to get" "Me places to sing." "I'm sort of his "Agent."" "I call him "Mr. Wonderful." When I walk in, I'm just" "Gonna be confident and just do my thing, sing my heart out." "Thanks for all you guys coming out." "This first song is called lego house by ed sheeran." "â™?" "171 00:10: 00:10:44,242 â™?" "I'm gonna pick up the pieces â™?" "And build a lego house â™?" "And if things go wrong â™?" "We can knock it down â™?" "My three words â™?" "Have two meanings â™?" "But there's one thing â™?" "On my mind â™?" "And it's all for you â™?" "But it's dark â™?" "In a cold December â™?" "But I got you to â™?" "Keep me warm â™?" "If you're broken â™?" "I will mend you â™?" "And I'll keep you sheltered â™?" "From the storm â™?" "That's raging on â™?" "Now I'm out of touch â™?" "I'm out of love â™?" "I'll pick you up â™?" "When you're getting down â™?" "And out of all these â™?" "Things I've done â™?" "I think I love you â™?" "Better now â™?" "And I'm out of sights â™?" "I'm out of mind â™?" "I'll do it all â™?" "For you in time â™?" "And out of all â™?" "These things I've done â™?" "I think I love you all right." "Good lord, your pitch is incredible." "thank you." "man, I really, really like your voice." "I like that you play and sing." "And I've never heard lego house" "Done so fast like an auction song, but-- that's such a difficult song." "But it was really, really good." "Thank you, thanks a lot." "yeah, I liked it a lot." "You know, when you first came" "In, it was just like--it was like, "Ooh, I'm a little bit" "Scared." "I'm not gonna look up from" "My guitar." "I'm gonna look down." "I'm gonna look up." And all of a sudden, it just" "Kinda opened up like a flower." "Like, it started revealing" "Itself." "And it was really beautiful." "I really enjoyed that." "Thank you." "I'll tell you what I didn't like." "I didn't like the fact that you have a treble clef tattoo on" "Your arm." "And I have a 17-year-old" "Daughter, and I've been telling her that she can't have" "A tattoo." "And that tattoo looks frickin'" "Great on you." "Does it?" "yeah." "Oh, thank you." "not to mention how well you sing... yeah." "And how good the entire" "Package is." "Well, thanks a lot." "I appreciate that." "Let's vote." "What do you think?" "I'm gonna say yes." "I'm gonna say no to the tattoo but yes to you." "okay." "Oh, god." "I'm gonna say, would you like" "To go to hollywood?" "Yes." "come and get your card, dude." "Thank you so much." "Oh, my god." "Awesome, man, absolutely." "thank you, sam!" "Yay!" "whoo!" "Yeah!" "whoo!" "He sounds frickin' great." "both:" "Oh, my god." "His pitch, you know." "that was so hard, what he did." "beautiful pitch." "I loved the whole thing." "Like, I would go and listen to that." "mm-hmm." "that was nice." "My daughters are gonna go" "Absolutely crazy over that kid." "this is my amazing boy who never ceases to amaze me." "there was a little thing that" "He did that you do, which is that-- brilliance?" "Yeah, brilliance, right." "please." "imagine your future... this opportunity means" "Everything to me." "I'd rather die chasing" "A dream than die giving up." "You, as a worldwide" "Superstar." "It's what I've always wanted" "To do." "It's worth every sacrifice." "you can make it happen." "It's the american dream." "That's why I'm here." "Today's the day." "it's not easy, but, man, is it worth it..." "I worked so hard for what I want." "as we get to know... both:" "Mwah." "the kids aiming for the stars..." "I'm done parking cars, baby." "I'm going to hollywood." "I'm coming back to brooklyn with that american idol slip." "I think I'm gonna win this competition, hands down." "by following their heart." "When I walk into that room" "Today, I'm gonna blow the doors off the place." "if you're not the best, you're not working hard enough." "audacious... come on, you've disrespected the process." "There's people that wait their whole life for this." "intimate... music was my medicine." "and that guitar seemed like it basically kinda saved his we'll share this journey" "Together as we continue our" "Two-hour, two-city audition" "Tour." "It's all right here on idol," "Because this is your story." "America, this is your show." "oh!" "to find america's next" "Superstar..." "We hit the road." "We set up auditions in seven" "Cities coast to coast, making" "Stops in small towns along the" "Way with our idol bus tour." "the fact that y'all would come here is just awesome." "but however they got here, they're going to have to sweat whew." "I'm really nervous." "the last stop before the" "Biggest moment of their lives in front of the best panel we have" "Ever assembled." "Starting with a big welcome back" "And celebrated superstars in the" "Business." "I missed the show, I missed the singers." "It's such a big opportunity for someone, and they know that this" "Is their moment." "And if they seize the moment, jennifer lopez is the" "Ultimate triple threat, selling" "More than 75 million albums" "Worldwide and racking up over" "A billion dollars at the box" "Office." "The multimedia superstar has" "Transformed the global" "Entertainment scene." "And we're thrilled to save a" "Seat for four-time grammy winner" "And guitar god keith urban." "With five consecutive" "Multiplatinum albums already," "This country superstar's latest release fuse has taken the world" "By storm, debuting at number one here in the states, canada, and" "I want to give them the best" "Critiquing and guidance I can, but not sort of have them be" "Humiliated in front of everybody." "and the newest addition to" "The judging panel is three-time" "Grammy and two-time emmy winner" "Harry connick, jr." "He began his multifaceted career" "As a five-year-old piano prodigy" "In new orleans." "And we now know him as a" "Multiplatinum singer, musician," "Songwriter, and composer." "And as an actor, he has dazzled" "Us in the world of film," "Television, and broadway." "But with all that expertise," "What is he hoping for?" "what I want more than anything this season, I really" "Want it to be a dogfight." "I want the people watching at" "Home to say, "How do we pick?"" "but all three have one" "To find america's next" "Superstar." "And they just may be in this" "Very crowd." "I'm so excited." "The adrenaline is just keeping" "Me thumping." "I know, I couldn't sleep at" "All." "I had to take the bus here," "Then had nowhere to stay," "So I slept in the park." "but it was the morning's" "Talent, which truly found a home" "On the idol stage." "â™?" "I've been fighting â™?" "With the wind for so long â™?" "And I am close to giving in â™?" "But I won't" "I've always believed in meant-to-bes." "And it seems like when things happen in my life, that they go" "In the right direction, as long as you're being positive and" "Continually focusing on what you want to do." "â™?" "Please don't pull me down â™?" "Pull me down again â™?" "Please don't pull me down â™?" "Pull me down again â™?" "Hold my hand â™?" "Ooh, baby â™?" "It's a long way down â™?" "To the bottom of the river â™?" "And if you fall" "I want that golden ticket so bad." "I've always wanted it." "Ever since the show started" "When I was, like, five or six, I've always been like, "Mommy," "I'm gonna be on that." "Mom, I'm gonna be on that show." "Just wait." â™?" "Hold my hand â™?" "Ooh, baby â™?" "It's a long way down oh, we--we grooving over yeah." "â™?" "If you ask me â™?" "How I'm doing" "When it comes to music, the moment I have a guitar in my" "Hand or the moment I'm onstage or there's music playing, like," "That's when I feel complete." "Like, that's the only time that" "I feel myself. â™?" "At a table set for two â™?" "And finally I'm forced â™?" "To face the truth, yeah â™?" "No matter what I say â™?" "I'm not over you good lord." "I like your tone a whole lot." "I like the soul and passion you've got." "love your look." "Love the whole thing." "I frickin' loved it." "So I'm gonna vote no." "Just kidding." "Come on." "no, no, no." "yay!" "welcome to hollywood." "can I hug you?" "yes, I know-- look at-- anybody's ever asked to hug me." "I got to tell you, only because will  grace was one of" "My favorite shows in the entire world." "that's so sweet." "Thank you so much." "â™?" "415 00:23: 00:23:31,275 Oh, jen." "I am impressed by the rocks that" "with so many golden tickets going to hollywood!" "it seemed boston was on a hot streak." "I'm taylor hildack from westfield, massachusetts, and" "This is my idol yes, hi." "what's your freaking name?" "I'm freakin'" " I'm taylor hildack." "taylor freakin' hildack." "there she is." "Nice to freakin' meet you." "nice to freakin' meet you." "I freakin' love you, by the way." "I would kiss you, but but that would be yeah, it'd be weird." "both:" "Mwah!" "hi." "good." "How are you?" "you guys look beautiful." "thank you." "What's your name?" "what do you do?" "I'm a jazz vocalist at a community college." "Hey." "And-- are you winking at me for the community college part?" "oh, oh." "and I get my associate's next semester hopefully and then" "Transfer on to a more, like, prestigious music college." "what are you gonna sing today?" "I can do before he cheats, good.Nderwood." "â™?" "Oh, right now â™?" "He's probably up behind her â™?" "With a pool stick â™?" "Showing her â™?" "How to shoot a combo â™?" "Oh, but he don't know â™?" "That I dug my key â™?" "Into the side of â™?" "His pretty little souped up â™?" "Four-wheel drive â™?" "Carved my name â™?" "Into his leather seat â™?" "I took a louisville slugger â™?" "To both headlights â™?" "Slashed a hole â™?" "In all four tires â™?" "Maybe next time he'll think â™?" "Before he cheats okay." "I feel like your voice is really strong." "For the most part, it was really, really good." "I really liked it." "I just think that the voice" "Needs a lot of work, baby." "I really do." "okay." "I feel like you have" "A strength, but the range was an issue with limitation in" "Your range." "Yeah." "vocal-wise, I-I think you're good." "I don't know if I would put you in the great category." "I think if you practiced, you could get your sound open." "There's a quality there that is a grating quality." "And it didn't--it just didn't do it for me." "okay." "All right, let's take a vote." "Uh, I'm gonna say yes." "Thank you." "I think she's worth seeing in hollywood for sure." "I-I have to say no." "Okay." "I think singing is a big part of it, and I don't think your" "Voice is strong enough." "Okay." "Please, keith, please." "Oh, you always put it on me." "I can prove you wrong right now if you want." "I know you can, baby, but today is the day." "I have to say no." "Okay." "whew." "Wow, guys." "thank you, guys." "Thank you." "bye, have a good day." "You too." "huge mistake." "You think so?" "I think so." "are you willing to fight for her?" "I thought I was." "I guess I lost." "It's okay." "We can go to the next one." "oh, harry was harsh." "But he just gave good advice," "I thought." "You could never have made it" "In the dance world if you didn't have a huge repertoire of" "Technique." "You can't just go out there" "And shake it." "You got to know your ." "yeah, you do." "And with that, the bar was" "Officially raised." "There's touches of nice" "Singing, but it's just not enough." "this is my seventh time, and I've yet to make it." "you're just coldhearted." "No, I just feel like" "The standard has to be a little bit higher." "you know what I'd describe you as?" "Harsh." "no, the word on the street is you're harsh, harry." "growing up in a time where they have pitch-correcting" "Software, and you could really use it." "this is her dream." "I know, brother, everybody wants it bad when they come in" "Here, but there wasn't enough for me to feel it." "well said, dude." "yeah." "You're okay." "You're okay." "You're okay, you're okay." "you're adorable, sweetie, but it's a no." "it's a no for me today." "it's a no." "Thank you." "It's been, like, a dream of mine." "I really wanted to make it." "it's the worst part of the" "Job." "You're so good at it, though." "you're right." "join me over here when I call you." "99325 and 57344." "Just join me right over here," "Okay?" "All right, so just follow me this way, and I'll take you to" "Your audition, okay?" "Our jersey girl stephanie," "Here." "Yes." "16?" "16 years old." "I'm a jersey girl." "I love going to the shore and" "Hanging out with my friends." "And what about your favorite" "Artists?" "Who do you like?" "my favorite artist is jennifer lopez." "well" " I'm gonna meet her!" "are you?" "Where is she?" "she's in the room." "I would love to follow in j.Lo's" "Footsteps." "She is such a great role model" "For girls." "It's time for a jersey girl to" "Win this, and I hope that girl's me." "Hello." "What's your name?" "stephanie hanvey." "I'm not sure if you're" "Familiar with this lady, but-- yes." "her name's jennifer." "I know." "I'm so honored to be here in front of you." "You opened so many doors for latinas." "aw, thank you." "That's sweet." "you look like you're ready to audition for american idol to yeah, I've been ready." "â™?" "Seems like everybody's â™?" "Got a price â™?" "I wonder how â™?" "They sleep at night â™?" "When the sale comes first â™?" "And the truth comes second â™?" "Just stop for â™?" "A minute and smile oh, my god." "I can't even believe that says" "American idol." "â™?" "It's not about â™?" "The money, money, money â™?" "We don't need â™?" "Your money, money, money â™?" "We just want â™?" "To make the world dance the singing, for me, needs" "Some work, but it's not just a singing show." "There's more things goon." "You got a great way of" "Performing." "And that--I found that really" "Interesting." "There's, like, a composure" "About you that was very powerful." "I-I think your voice needs some time to develop." "What do you say?" "I-I like you." "I like you." "And he's right." "You do need some work." "I just felt like, I don't know," "There was something emotionally lacking to me." "And maybe it was your nerves." "I don't know." "should we vote?" "Hmm." "I know." "hmm." "I'm gonna say..." "Yes." "I feel like there was some nice stuff in there." "It just--it was so inconsistent." "I'm gonna say yes." "I want to see her one more time just for your information, there you go!" "Oh, no." "oh, my god!" "Oh, my god!" "oh, mom and dad." "oh, my god!" "Oh, my god, baby!" "oh, my god." "here, this is for you." "oh, my god!" "It's jennifer!" "come over here, and give jen" "A hug." "Come around the back." "come over around the back. thank you so much." "congrats, man." "She did great." "thank you." "oh, my god!" "I'm so just honored to be" "Here and grateful." "And I want to say, back home," "I'm gonna do this for all of you." "I'm gonna win it all!" "So let's go!" "aw, that makes me feel so yeah, that was a good one." "she just--she can die happy now that she met you." "one of j.Lo's biggest fans" "Has reason to celebrate." "But can lightning strike twice?" "you're such a good role model to me." "You're such an amazing person." "You're such a talented person," "You know." "It just--you make me want to be thank you." "not you so much, harry." "it was apparent." "oh, that's nice." "what are you gonna sing, paris by okay, let's get it." "â™?" "You've got me â™?" "Down on the floor â™?" "So what'd you bring me â™?" "Down here for â™?" "You've got me â™?" "Down on the floor â™?" "So what'd you bring me â™?" "Down here for â™?" "If I was a man â™?" "I'd make my move â™?" "And if I was a blade â™?" "I'd shave you smooth â™?" "And if I was a judge â™?" "I'd break the law â™?" "But if I was from paris â™?" "If I was from paris â™?" "I would say ooh la la â™?" "La la la la la la cute." "I could hear that you were" "Losing your breath." "And I know that's nerves." "but I feel like you have thank you so much." "you're 15 years old, which I cannot believe." "You have a lot of confidence." "It's not easy to get up there" "And, as you're losing breath, still find, pull, and make it thank you." "thank you so much." "I think it's important that, as an artist, to figure out the" "Songs that are right for you." "And in this case, in your case," "Specifically, songs that are kind of age appropriate." "Considering you sing about shaving me smooth really was all right." "you're such a dad." "I mean, I'm a mom, but" "I just think there are other songs, like, that I would like" "To hear you sing, things that a 16-year-old should be singing." "maybe I'm old-fashioned that okay." "but I was so thrown by your song choice." "This is gonna be a tough one." "I have to sit on this for okay." "I wasn't bothered by the song choice at all." "well, you're from australia," "I'm listening for--I'm mean-- and that's as southern as it gets." "I'm listening to--I mean, tanya tucker singing delta dawn" "At 13, and I just think-- what are the lyrics of" "Delta dawn?" "I'm just saying-- they're not shaving you smooth and making love in a car." "anyway, I like your voice a lot, baby." "Absolutely love it." "Thank you so much." "I do too." "Let's vote." "I'm gonna say yes." "I'm gonna say yes." "I say yes." "yes!" "You're going to hollywood." "you're going to hollywood, baby." "thank you so much." "You're welcome." "good luck." "Congrats." "and tell your mom thanks." "Yeah, no, she's in love with" "You." "She has all your cds." "I got it, no, I got it." "Oh, my god." "that creeped me out, man." "What did?" "That she was singing-- 'cause you have daughters that" "Age." "Got a ticket!" "so morgan's off to hollywood," "The land of dreams." "But perhaps our next contestant" "Was already there." "How you doing, america?" "I'm james, and I'm from" "Norwich, connecticut." "I razzle-dazzle burgers, I flip 'em, and I'm 22 years old." "The music industry sucks, man." "You know what I'm saying?" "Any time I turn on the radio," "I'm like, "What is this?" "What is this?" "I don't want to listen to that." "Mama, turn it off."" "mom pick this out, james?" "Oh, yeah, yeah." "She said, "Son, whatever you do, you do it with your heart."" "good luck." "Let's make her proud." "james." "hello." "Both:" "Hey." "how you doing, man?" "How are you?" "I'm doing great." "You're doing great?" "yes, I am." "What's your name?" "I'm james earl." "James earl." "how you guys doing?" "James is cool." "yeah, see--that's right." "He's letting us know." "if I could be that cool, walking into the room" "That's just natural for you, isn't it?" "yeah, it's very natural." "what kind of music do you like?" "What do you want to sing?" "Who do you want to be as far as" "An artist?" "As an artist, I got to say" "I want to be like r." "Kelly, michael jackson, and" "Luther vandross." "You know what I'm saying?" "oh, I love luther." "I used to walk back from high" "School listening to my walkman and study luther." "luther was my favorite singer." "really?" "What year was that?" "That was, like, '83." "oh, so I wasn't even born yet." "I was-- yeah, yeah, yeah." "I know I look great." "yeah, yeah." "It looks like you ain't aged" "A bit." "Thank you, thank you." "I love him." "I do too." "You are perhaps the coolest guy I've met in a long time." "thank you." "Yeah." "I'm gonna go to sleep happy now." "aw." "I'm gonna sing one of my own" "Songs that I made." "It's called everything in life." "â™?" "Three minus one â™?" "And one plus one â™?" "That equals two â™?" "Life with you â™?" "There's no dividing us apart â™?" "There's no subtracting â™?" "From the heart â™?" "Maybe that I'm blind â™?" "Just in my mind â™?" "Can you tell me â™?" "What you see â™?" "Everything in life â™?" "Is so much pain â™?" "And it feels so good â™?" "You know my name" "You know, just a little razzle-dazzle, that's all." "yeah, really entertaining." "I truthfully think you're really" "Cool." "Oh, man" "I'm cool, man." "Didn't get a word of that." "I'm sorry." "I do that sometimes." "I don't know why." "As much as I really wanted" "You to kill it... mm-hmm." "the voice wasn't there." "Oh, okay." "do you do anything el, other than sing?" "well, I do little jokes here and there." "you got a good joke for us at least?" "why did the dog go in the water?" "why?" "He didn't want to be a hot dog." "I like it." "You ask my opinion, that's" "Your calling." "Oh, thank you now." "It's all right." "As a singer, I'm gonna have" "To say no." "Okay." "I love your many talents, man, but it's a no for me." "no problem." "Thank you." "thank you so much." "Thank you." "oh, man, they said they didn't like it." "They did not like the razzle-dazzle." "I loved him." "I love him." "I want him to, like, open my show." "yeah." "My life hasn't ended yet." "Till the day I die, then that's when I quit." "â™?" "821 00:46: 00:46: â™?" "It's almost too good â™?" "To be true â™?" "You're the perfect man â™?" "For me â™?" "I love you â™?" "I do it's pretty." "I like your voice." "what are you looking at me for?" "'cause I wanted to see what you'd do." "I'm not as taken by the smoke and mirrors of pentatonics as no." "I-I'm not-- no, it's tone." "There's tone, and it's not just it just didn't do it for me." "you have something special, and you have something really," "Really to build on, a real talent." "And whether it's the pa-pa-pa-pa thing, it doesn't matter." "You have a good voice." "And I think that you should" "Really stick to it and maybe come back next year." "It's a no for me." "I'm sorry." "it's a no, I'm sorry." "what's the thing you're pentatonics?" "yeah, it's basically we have you're gonna throw these" "Things at america, and america's gonna be like, "What the--"" "no, but, you know, what's wrong with challenging america?" "okay, so here it is." "challenge me!" "Tell me what the hell it is. yes." "you know how you have do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do?" "there's also do, di, re, ri, yes, yes, yes." "there's 12." "Pentatonics are the classic" "Go-tos for rb singers, gospel singers, jazz musicians." "those are the five notes that" "You hear everybody do the runs on, those five notes." "you know too damn much." "I have boston bing cherries." "Boston bing, a buck a bag." "How many, how many, how many, we should eat some lunch" "Right now." "You should definitely eat no, I'm fine." "tea with a little honey." "lemon." "I'm fine." "My name's austin percario." "I'm 17." "I'm from warren, new jersey," "And I'm a senior in high school." "My mom is such a stage mom." "drink a lot of water to hydrate yourself." "I am hydrated." "She loves to coach me and loves" "I love valerie." "It's my favorite song, I think, that you sing really well." "I'm going to do what I feel is best for me at the end of the" "Day, so I love you to death, but stop." "okay, hi." "Hi." "tell us about yourself." "My name's austin percario." "I'm 17 years old, soon to be 18." "So if I do go to hollywood week," "I will be alone without my nice!" "so I love my mom, but she's sort of a stage mom, so-- where is she?" "Outside." "bring her in." "Bring her in." "oh, my god." "She's gonna cry or pee," "Whichever comes first." "Both:" "Or pee." "I hope she cries first." "Hi." "You're a stage mom." "You didn't see the stage." "I know." "I bumped into the stage." "How are ya?" "how are you?" "How excited are you right" "Now?" "I'm really nervous." "he said you were gonna cry." "well, we're excited to hear him sing." "we're just glad you cried first." "yeah." "What are you gonna sing?" "how about titanium yeah." "okay." "yeah, she's not nervous at that's how I would be if my she's already good enough to yeah." "already." "Just that move alone, you got" "The gig with me." "So if nothing else works out" "I've never seen her this uncomfortable." "are you ready?" "lookit." "â™?" "I'm bulletproof â™?" "Nothing to lose â™?" "Fire away, fire away â™?" "Ricochet â™?" "You take your aim â™?" "Fire away, fire away â™?" "You shoot me down â™?" "But I won't fall â™?" "I am titanium â™?" "You shoot me down â™?" "But I won't fall â™?" "I am titanium" "I like you." "I think you have a nice voice." "I think you know your voice" "Well." "You have a great look." "the pentatonics, see?" "that's my girl right there." "and it was good." "That's right." "yeah." "thank you." "I was fascinated by the" "Voice." "It's like justin bieber at 00 a.M. I bet he sings like that." "It had this kinda raspy, cool, haggard-y thing with this nice," "Clean pop thing with it as well." "It was a really interesting mix." "I think the fact that you" "Referred to your mom as a stage mom is a good thing, because in" "My opinion, she's gonna be spending a lot of time on and hopefully." "I'm gonna say yes." "keith?" "mom's like, "I'm gonna kill" ""I will."" "thank you." "welcome to hollywood." "Lookit." "she's gonna take the ticket." "yeah, here you go." "That's for you." "she peed." "they called austin a star." "I'm going to hollywood" "Without my mom!" "I just really want to be able to stand out 'cause there's so" "Many people here." "It's crazy." "There's tons." "Hi." "I'm awesome." "both:" "Good." "tell us your name and everything." "oh, my name's kaitlyn jackson." "kaitlyn jackson." "so what are you gonna sing" "I wrote a song called" "Another angel." "When I was younger, I was, like, 11, I opened for mark wills at the chenango county fair." "oh, yeah." "And during that, my" "Grandfather had a heart attack in the grandstands during the" "Last song." "Wow." "and so--I'm sorry." "They were able to save his life." "thank god." "I'm really sorry." "I didn't think I was gonna cry." "Mm." "they were able to save his life that day, but" "Unfortunately, he did pass away the day after I wrote it, so he" "Never got to hear it." "We want to hear it." "â™?" "He was out in the crowd â™?" "Drowned out the speakers â™?" "For cheering so loud â™?" "I had just dedicated â™?" "His favorite song â™?" "When I noticed â™?" "The cheering was gone â™?" "He'd fallen in â™?" "The arms of a stranger â™?" "An angel who saved him â™?" "From danger â™?" "Sometimes you don't â™?" "Get a moment to pray â™?" "And this time â™?" "It could have gone â™?" "Either way â™?" "I guess god didn't need â™?" "Another angel that day there you go." "I love that, whoo!" "yeah." "Thank you very much." "mm." "If you can write a song like" "That and be inspired by that and need to write about that, and" "You're 15, wow." "I want to give her a ticket." "yeah." "You mentioned that your" "Grandpa never heard it." "I disagree." "he'listing in heaven." "I can start the voting" "Process by saying 100% absolutely." "absolutely yes for me too." "Thank you so much, guys." "beautiful job." "That was awesome." "thank you." "Beautiful job too." "ooh, thank you so much. 15." "congratulations to you." "It was great to meet you" "Guys." "You too." "I'll see you guys in hollywood." "yes, you will." "Yeah." "that was crazy." "That's gonna be fun watching" "Her week to week." "That's gonna be really fun 'cause she's smart and she knows-- she's smart, and she has heart." "yeah." "I am so excited." "I never expected this." "Oh, my goodness gracious." "We've got much more from" "Massachusetts as idol auditions roll on from boston after the" "Break." "so we know who you are and that sort of" "I wonder what the judges are" "Kind of looking for." "â™?" "1058 00:58: 00:58:" "I guarantee the winner is in" "This room." "my name is keith london." "I am from hazleton, what do you do back there?" "I just do, like, odd-end jobs all over--all over the country." "I sing on the street." "Painting things, lifting things for elderly." "that's good?" "all right." "I support myself." "Student loans hit me hard every right." "so I thought, "Why not take a chance and try out for the show" "And maybe make a better life for me?"" "well, good luck, man." "Nice to meet you." "appreciate it." "how's it going?" "hey." "what's up, guys?" "I'm good." "your name's keith london, right?" "and you're 21." "What are you planning on singing?" "I'm gonna sing roar by katy perry." "all right." "all right." "â™?" "I used to bite my tongue where am I starting?" "good time to bite your tongue." "â™?" "I used to bite my tongue â™?" "And hold my breath â™?" "Scared to rock the boat â™?" "And make a mess â™?" "So I sat quietly â™?" "Agreed politely â™?" "I guess that I forgot â™?" "I had a choice â™?" "I let you push me past â™?" "The breaking point hmm." "mm." "yeah." "â™?" "I got the eye â™?" "Of the tiger â™?" "The fighter â™?" "Dancing through the fire â™?" "'cause I am a champion â™?" "And you're gonna hear me â™?" "Roar â™?" "Louder â™?" "Louder than the lion â™?" "'cause I am a champion â™?" "And you're gonna hear me â™?" "Roar okay, stop." "I don't want you to ruin it." "'cause I kinda like it because, um, I like that song, but you oh, thank you." "there was something about the way he sang it... and just made me hear the" "Words a little bit more." "Maybe I wasn't paying attention no, when you do a song like you know what I mean?" "and it has nothing to do with the artist who sang it, yeah." "right." "that's right." "that's, like, all I'm listening for." "It's fantastic." "Harry, did it move you?" "it didn't move me as--I get what you're sayi" "Like, when you strip all the drums and production out of" "Of course it's gonna sound more intimate." "yeah." "that doesn't do it for me." "I thought it was okay." "And if they are feeling something, that says a lot about" "The type of stars that this show produces." "This show produces stars that move people." "at the end of the day, I'm" "Gonna remember you because you have a unique look, you have a" "Unique way of being, and that's enough for me." "yes for me." "I--honestly, I don't think you're a good enough singer." "congrats, man." "yeah, man." "thank you." "you guys were totally digging" "It, and I was kind of all right with it, but I'm like, "That's yeah." "that's entertainment." "so keith is off and running." "next." "but maybe the race is already over." "I think I'm gonna win this competition hands down." "my name's sam, and I'm from" "Taunton, mass." "And I love music." "I've written so many songs, countless amount of songs." "I've been playing the guitar for ten years, and what I love most" "About it is just the-- just the-- um-- since I'm pretty good at singing" "And playing now, basically, I don't practice anymore." "I just want to learn, like, as much about music as possible." "yeah." "No, that's great." "I don't want to put all my eggs in one--I don't want to put" "All my chickens in--I don't want to count my chickens before they" "Hatch." "I'm gonna blow these judges away" "By just completely blowing the roof off the place, you know." "I'm sam." "you guess that on yourself-- what?" "no, I'm a guitar player." "oh, are you?" "Excellent." "Fantastic." "where are you from?" "taunton, massachusetts." "taunton." "Some people say it "Taunt-on."" "some people say it "Tan-ton."" "whatever." "you can call it whatever you want, I don't care." "You can call it boston for all I care." "that's hometown--exactly." "Excellent." "What song are you gonna do for well, do I have the" "Opportunity to sing three songs or-- perhaps the first one might tell us the answer to that." "well, 'cause I had a plan to sing an original song because well, do the worst one first." "so you want me to do the original one first?" "okay." "do the original." "the original tells us a lot it's called love doesn't last" "Forever." "That's true." "Go ahead." "it is true, isn't it?" "All right, here we go." "â™?" "Haunting memories â™?" "Of you â™?" "Are all â™?" "Gone â™?" "And never to return â™?" "And I've learned â™?" "That love doesn't last â™?" "Forever â™?" "Love â™?" "Doesn't last forever okay. 'cause that song was lasting" "Forever. â™?" "Forever that song lasted forever?" "yeah, it wasn't-- it wasn't good." "all right." "So should we vote?" "we will." "That's a no for me." "yeah, it's a no." "I'm sorry." "it's a no?" "Me too." "all right." "It's all right." "Thank you, sam." "thanks, sam." "He's pissed at you two." "yeah, but he was looking at yo no, he wasn't." "Oh, yeah." "this time he was-- they weren't looking-- no, he was-- he was looking at the two of" "You." "Oh, god, I crack myself up. "This is a singing competition." "You got to be a good singer to make it in this competition."" "I have perfect pitch." "You know, I'm probably a better musician than j.Lo and keith" "Urban and tony connick, jr., combined." "Sam atherton signing out." "But no offense to harry, most" "Of the boston contestants were here for one reason and one" "Reason only." "If I were to sing in front of" "Jennifer lopez, I literally might cry." "I think I'm most excited to, like, see--like, just to see" "J.Lo. Hi, j.Lo." "hello." "you're gorgeous, j.Lo. Obviously you know that, though." "they all walk in and stare at you, jen." "they do?" "Yeah, we're like bookends up" "Here." "Nobody even looks at us." "I do track." "I did track." "really?" "We have a lot in common." "yeah." "Yeah." "so, harry, what were you doing the other day?" "well, I went to the bar, and I got drunk 'cause nobody knew" "Who I was." "Oh, my god." "Jennifer lopez is looking at me." "what about us?" "It's all about jen." ""I want to hug you." "You're my idol."" "We're--I'm just sitting up here." "Great." "I'm actually a mensa member." "You're assuming that we're" "Not mensa members." "Oh, I am." "I'd be about 143." "What are you?" "142." "Exactly." "Continue." "Wow." "I've never been this close to celebrities before." "neither have I." "I have to say no." "Our panel." "thank you now." "It's all right." "yes." "absolutely." "welcome to hollywood!" "now you be the judge." "â™?" "They call â™?" "The rising sun â™?" "And it's been â™?" "The ruin â™?" "Of many a poor boys before the break, we asked" "You if erin christine was going" "To hollywood or going home." "â™?" "In new orleans" "boston pride." "Seriously, you've got the greatest sports teams in the" "World, right there, all over it, bar none." "ready?" "shanon, what style singer are" "I am an rb style singer." "I sing back home in texas a lot." "It was always school, football, what position did you play?" "okay." "You're looking at a former offensive lineman." "I guarantee you there's one" "Person at home thinking I'm making this up." "Ryan seacrest, dunwoody high" "School." "the way you just looked at" "Me, I don't know if I do." "Okay, what am I gonna be, a yeah, sure." "That's a great stance." "You ready?" "â™?" "1319 01:11: 01:11:31,486 Oh!" "â™?" "1320 01:11: 01:11: all: touchdown." "he won." "anyway, good luck in the thank you, sir." "still got a little speed" "I'm just afraid." "That's all." "Ugh." "â™?" "It's crazy how â™?" "Your heart just has â™?" "A mind of its own â™?" "Y â™?" "Like when it smiles â™?" "And makes the choice â™?" "On its own â™?" "Mm â™?" "Well, the funny thing â™?" "About this heart of mine â™?" "That knows what it wants â™?" "See my mind tries â™?" "To deny it â™?" "But, girl â™?" "I can't fight what I know â™?" "I know falsetto's a biggie." "â™?" "Girl â™?" "Ooh, ooh, ooh â™?" "See I want you â™?" "Baby" "I want you." "you're going to hollywood." "man, what, no key change?" "no key change." "congrats, man." "thanks for everything, you're welcome." "yeah!" "was that crazy?" "the lord dwelleth in hollywood." "whoo!" "â™?" "1353 01:13: 01:13:16,858 So-- oh!" "he, like, really zoned into you." "yeah." "who would you sing to if you walked in here singing a love if you were a guy?" "I'm just--oh." "yep." "oh, we got someone coming in." "hi." "I almost wore that exact thing." "I'm surprised it still fits yeah." "my name is stephanie are you a cheerleader?" "yeah." "no." "I've just been practicing and what are you singing for today I'm gonna be singing" "Grace potter, ooh la la." "Okay." "â™?" "You got me here â™?" "On the floor â™?" "So what'd you bring me â™?" "Down here for?" "â™?" "Oh â™?" "If I was a blade â™?" "I'd shave you smooth â™?" "If I was a judge â™?" "I'd break the law â™?" "And if I was from paris â™?" "If I was from paris â™?" "I would say â™?" "Ooh la la â™?" "La la la la la â™?" "Oh, yeah â™?" "If I was a man â™?" "I'd make my move â™?" "And if I was a blade â™?" "I'd shave you smooth â™?" "And if I was from paris ooh, la la." "yes, ooh la la." "I'm worried about your voice." "I was watching your abdomen," "And that--I mean, you have a lovely abdomen." "But I was just watching you sing, and it seems like it's" "All coming from here up... yeah." "and I just wonder how long you could sustain that." "how you can sustain that." "Yeah." "obviously, you know how to move, and you know how to be in" "Front of a crowd and stuff, but it has to be an entire package." "And vocally, I wasn't really feeling it." "hmm." "It's funny because I disagree." "I feel like she-- don't argue with me," "Jennifer." "Jennifer, I will slap you on" "National television." "I have no problem." "I'm sorry." "That would never happen." "you're right." "I'm just kidding." "I feel like she had more soul than I expected." "I don't know, maybe I'm judging bo by its cover." "It's not a lot of a cover, but-- it's like a pamphlet, I think." "right, right, right, right." "The voice, to me, soul-wise was" "Surprising in a good way." "Yeah, I felt the same." "It's weird." "I almost had a combination of" "These two because they're--I kept wanting her to sing" "Longer... mm-hmm." "yeah." "To see some of the nerves go" "And see you start to become, you know, more you." "'use I feel like that's in there." "yeah." "I'm gonna go out on a limb." "I'm gonna say it's a yes for me." "Thank you." "honestly, I don't think you're a good enough singer." "okay." "You know, I would say no." "right." "I'm a bit on the fence." "Um..." "Gosh." "And I think if I'm on the fence, it would have to be a yes today." "oh!" "Yes." "okay." "this is what it means." "thank you, thank you." "I'm definitely gonna get a" "Hug on this one." "Yeah." "don't hug him." "I'll give you a hug." "thanks." "Thank you." "Hey, rest your voice." "oh, it's-- wow!" "oh, my god!" "it's a yes." "If there's four of 'em, it's a" "Yes." "Sorry." "I didn't know that was part of" "The package." "You need four more." "I just said no to four cheerleaders." "That's--if I had that chance in high school" "I think I know why her voice went out." "yeah, exactly." "I'll." "that's not a split." "This is a split." "no." "Here we go." "hard to do." "don't go away." "More unforgettable auditions as the judges drive deep into the" "Heart of austin, texas, in search of the next" "American idol." "The other competitors are" "Gonna be very intimidated by you." "you perform with everything." "that might be my first" "Goosies of the season." "Absolutely unexpected." "whoo!" "All right, let's go back to" "The ranch." "Oh!" "it's such a--such a pleasure" "what's your name?" "jacob." "And where you from?" "where on earth is that?" "you know what I love most what's that?" "after everything you say, you strum that same chord." "can I just say something and yes." "but you gotta find--he's gotta find the fitting okay, jennifer, you look" "Lovely today." "Jennifer, you don't look so good today." "jennifer, you could look good." "oh!" "oh!" "welcome to a land tucked between western folk and indie" "Rock." "it's the live music capital of the world, so if you can't" "Find music here, you're not looking in the right place." "whoo!" "to austin, texas. â™?" "1533 01:21: 01:21:" "austin is such a music town." "You know, I think I'm from the" "Music capital of the world in new orleans." "But, you know, austin will make you think twice about that." "I'm representing." "Come on." "I don't know what to expect." "I'm always ready to be surprised." "keith, will you take a picture with me?" "bye." "oh, my god!" "He smelled so good." "Oh, my god, he was fabulous!" "the part a lot of people forget is how daunting it is" "Coming in and standing in that studio in front of, you know," "The three of us, with no band, no music." "You got cameras everywhere, lights." "And, you know, you can see that moment happen." "I mean, I would freak out." "I really would." "you guys are totally real." "a little too real sometimes." "by the way, my mom said that when you walked by, she smelled that was me." "okay, one of you guys smelled really good, and-- what are you gonna sing?" "cupid's got a shotgun by carrie underwood." "â™?" "Oh, we gave up on arrows â™?" "A long, long time ago â™?" "Turns out I'm too hard â™?" "To hit no pressure." "no pressure." "Big smiles." "it's hard." "â™?" "Cupid's got a shotgun â™?" "And he's pointing it at me can I ask you a question?" "so are you, like, the person" "That they write in your yearbook, like, "Most likely yeah--I don't want to be that's--no, no." "it sounds like you're a big okay." "american idol is the biggest possible platform you could yeah." "are you ready to bring it week in, week out against and it's hard because you can" "Be nervous sometimes, right?" "And I get it." "I'm gonna say yes." "I still feel like you have a lot of work to do." "but it's a yes." "as much as I don't want to" "Say it, I'm gonna say no." "all righty." "â™?" "1582 01:23: 01:24: aw, baby. â™?" "1583 01:24: 01:24: that one hurt." "you have next year, okay?" "I told keith urban you said he smelled good." "next." "â™?" "Emeralds from mountains â™?" "Thrust towards the sky â™?" "Stop me â™?" "And steal my breath all right, all right." "It's just not there yet." "â™?" "Blown away you have a nice voice, but it takes more than that." "he gave it a shot." "I think I just got scared." "it sucked." "I work so hard for what I want, and I'm just so happy yes!" "whoo!" "yes!" "truth is all â™?" "1604 01:24: 01:24:59,526 â™?" "That I can hear" "when you want something that bad, you work really hard for" "It, and it just feels good to know that your hard work paid and I'm gonna be here next" "Year, and I'm gonna work my butt off until next year." "I'm gonna be right here next year." "she--she's got a little fight in her." "lots of new elements this" "Season, one of which is this." "The chamber." "This is the final spot where contestants can prepare before" "They face one of the most important moments of their life." "all right, I can do this." "I can do this." "little bit nervous." "More excited than nervous, what the hell am I doing when the light goes green, hey." "hey." "we're so good." "eight years I've been trying now, wait, why didn't you" "I-I" "I didn't feel I was creative enough yet." "what's your name?" "my name is savion wright, and I'm from jasper, texas." "One of the hardest things for me, as a kid, was school because sometimes his behavior could music was one of the outlets mm, good luck." "all right, thank you, ma." "My parents bought me my first and that guitar seemed like" "It basically kinda saved his life." "what I say is musicas m medicine, and it still is." "I just--I want to compliment" "Y'all so much." "Like, I've been listening to you do know who I am, right?" "yes, sir." "Harry connick, jr." "no, I am chris isaak." "Wicked game." "What are you feeling?" "I'm just so excited." "yeah?" "And then I'm in suspense at" "The same time." "It's too much--it's too much" "To deal with." "It is." "what are you gonna sing?" "I want to show y'all some" "Of my creativity." "I want to give y'all an" "Original." "Okay." "great, give it all you got." "â™?" "Hiding in fear â™?" "Of what I really am â™?" "Afraid of the pain â™?" "That I will cause come on. â™?" "I don't want you to see â™?" "The dark side of me mm." "â™?" "I'm afraid you'll believe â™?" "The dark side of me â™?" "If you believe what you see it's a good song." "â™?" "I'm afraid you'll believe â™?" "Both sides of me yeah." "That was really great." "Really great." "You wrote that, huh?" "yes, ma'am." "Well, the one thing that came" "To mind that I think you really are gonna have to work on is how" "To be nice to people..." "Because the other competitors, if my counterparts share my" "Sentiment, are gonna be very intimidated by you." "thank you so much." "You know what's great?" "You perform with everything." "Everything about you is" "Happening." "You can't look away." "I mean-- there's a performer there." "There's a real performer there." "Yeah." "I want to vote." "It's no for me." "yeah, me too." "Me too." "terrible." "Awful." "we're just kidding!" "Yes!" "oh, my god!" "I'm gonna just give you this." "Eight years." "she's bringing it to you." "Eight long years." "it was worth the wait." "That's for you." "thank you so much." "You're welcome." "my mom... oh, hi, mom." "is, like, your biggest fan." "Hi, mom." "I'm so happy for you." "Oh, my gosh." "Oh, my god!" "Thank y'all so much." "You're welcome." "congratulations." "Hard work pays off, right?" "yes, sir." "Oh, my god!" "I'm so happy." "what kind of mind does it take to say, "I'm gonna wait,"" "And next year, "I'm gonna wait again, I'm gonna wait"?" "like, "I'm not good enough to myself yet."" "I really dig that." "That's crazy." "yeah." "That's really cool." "â™?" "1742 01:33: 01:33:" "I got to call somebody important." "keith, how are ya?" "I'm good." "You know what's really weird?" "I'm speaking upside-down on are ya?" "well, you are australian." "go!" "the city's probably gonna be" "Pretty busy today because american idol is in town" "Filming. â™?" "1754 01:34:" "01:34: but no matter if they came to us by car... american idol!" "Plane, or the american idol" "Bus... ready for auditions." "all the austin contestants were ready to bring it home." "gonna meet j.Lo. Super excited." "one little day could, like, change my life forever." "I've always envisioned myself just being in that spot," "Auditioning for the judges." "It's a must that I get this" "Golden ticket." "I won't leave here without a â™?" "Believe me â™?" "Dear, when say" "I have two mothers, my biological mom and my" "Godmother." "They've been there for me" "Through everything." "I look up to them." "â™?" "Whispered good-bye â™?" "As she got on a plane â™?" "Never to return again â™?" "But always in my heart â™?" "Oh I'm a valet parker." "I've been doing that since I was 18 years old." "Any way I can make money, really, doing music, I try to" "Do, and the other thing is just parking cars." "â™?" "Her heart is breaking â™?" "In front of me â™?" "I have no choice â™?" "'cause she walks â™?" "Downtown with a suitcase â™?" "In her hand â™?" "Looking for â™?" "A mysterious dark-haired man" "I'm from mason, texas." "My dad is a cowboy." "â™?" "He was meeting you â™?" "Here today" "Our life has pretty much revolved around cattle and" "Horses. â™?" "In the sky thank you." "Thank you." "like miranda lambert when she was 15." "sweet. 15, 14 years old, right?" "if you want to pursue country music, I think you got a great" "Voice for it." "Yeah." "I'm gonna say yes." "I'm gonna say yes too." "I'll say yes too." "Yay, justin!" "â™?" "This is gonna be â™?" "The best day of my life congratulations." "You're welcome." "you are so handsome to me." "Oh, bless you, baby." "and I'm just me." "whoa!" "I'm done parking cars, baby." "I'm going to hollywood." "I'm going." "whoo!" "Yes!" "all right, let's go back to" "The ranch." "Oh!" "oh, my gosh." "my gosh." "All right." "I have a good feeling about today." "keep it ." "Keep it rolling." "hi." "How's it going?" "hi." "Good." "you're from the south?" "I am." "I'm from georgia." "Okay, good." "What are you gonna sing?" "I'm gonna sing" "Up to the mountain." "Hit it." "We're ready." "â™?" "Some days I look down â™?" "Afraid I may fall mm-hmm. â™?" "And though the sun â™?" "Shines â™?" "I see nothing â™?" "At all â™?" "Oh, when I hear your â™?" "I can hear your sweet voice â™?" "Whoa â™?" "Oh, come and go â™?" "Telling me softly hmm. â™?" "I love â™?" "I love you so mm." "don't say another word, please." "Oh, my god." "You want to sing a little bit" "Of something else?" "Take a deep breath." "don't cry." "You're gonna make me cry." "sorry." "Don't cry because it'll make" "It hard to sing." "Why do you wanna hear another" "Song?" "I didn't." "I mean, that's beautiful." "I didn't want to hear" "Anything." "I said, "Don't talk." "Don't do anything, just--" All right." "So can you dance maybe?" "No, I" "I think we should just vote." "That's a yes from me." "oh, my god." "It's a double yes from me." "I want you to think about something." "Some people on this panel are very easily impressed by licks." "what?" "What?" "it's true." "Let me tell you something" "About you, okay?" "That's not true." "as I was saying, some people on this panel are very easily" "Impressed by..." "Runs and" "Well, don't listen to me." "Congrats!" "that's what you get that's what you get for" "Insulting me!" "You were more--you were" "Focused on the golden ticket." "I wish you the best of luck." "I was gonna give you some advice, but" "I would love--no, I would love to hear it, I really would." "you will hear it in hollywood." "Congratulations." "Oh, my god." "Thank you." "Thank you, thank you so much." "great job, madelyn." "Oh, my god, oh, my god." "thank you, baby." "Nice work." "thank you so, so much." "Congratulations." "come on." "we are not impressed because she did licks." "how do you know I was talking about you?" "you said some people." "How do you-- there's only two of us!" "What?" "some people means more than one." "every time somebody sings the slightest lick... you didn't say "Some--" I can hear both of y'all go," ""Ooh, ooh." No, no, I didn't think" ""Ooh!" Do one thing." "roll the tape back. â™?" "Oh, oh mm-hmm." "mm." "I will punch you in the" "Stomach." "Or somewhere." "yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!" "I told you." "ahh." "more auditions coming up from austin right after this." "Please don't move." "Is he talking to me?" "yeah, don't move." "knock, knock." "who's there?" "control freak." "Now you say, "Control freak" "Who?"" "I know." "that would be original." "They wouldn't expect it." "I'm about to go in front of the judges." "I'm a little nervous." "I definitely want to show the" "Judges that I'm different and not like everyone else." "I plan to plan maroon 5's love somebody on the ukulele," "And I hope that that sets me apart." "â™?" "I really want to love â™?" "Somebody â™?" "I really want to dance â™?" "The night away â™?" "I know we're only â™?" "Halfway there â™?" "But you take me all the way â™?" "Take me all the way â™?" "I really want to touch â™?" "Somebody â™?" "I think about you â™?" "Every single day â™?" "Taste of the poison â™?" "Paradise â™?" "I'm addicted to you â™?" "Don't ya know â™?" "Which way is right?" "â™?" "Which way is wrong?" "â™?" "How can you say â™?" "That I need to move on?" "â™?" "You know we're headed â™?" "Separate ways â™?" "Whoa, whoa â™?" "And it feels like â™?" "I am just too close yes." "â™?" "There's nothing â™?" "I can really say that might be my first dude, you got a great voice." "Really great voice." "And I was shocked." "here, take it." "You're going to hollywood." "going to hollywood!" "golden ticket." "yes, yes, yes, yes!" "when I--when I watch the show, it's mostly a cappella," "So it's kind of a different vibe for me seeing so many people whoo!" "I think that it does give them a little bit of a leg up 'cause they have their key, and they have background music." "â™?" "Down down down â™?" "Down down down" "Look, I need to learn how to play the acoustic guitar." "Like, it was one of them guys that was back there playing it," "And I got kinda jealous 'cause I don't know how to do it yet." "Now, y'all told me I could bring my guitar." "I haven't learned how to play it yet, so this is my buddy," "Airy." "This is my air guitar." "Y'all ready for it?" "Yes." "humming bass line to" "Wow!" "Oh, yeah." "â™?" "Very superstitious oh, come on." "â™?" "Writing on the wall â™?" "Hey â™?" "Seven years of bad luck â™?" "The good things in your past so natural." "â™?" "Oh, no â™?" "When you believe in things â™?" "You don't understand â™?" "Then you suffer â™?" "Yeah it's so natural for you, I wanna throw this pen at you." "is that a piano on your arm?" "You have a... yeah." "keyboard or something?" "I was checking that out." "that's how I keep tune, man." "That's how you keep tune?" "yeah, yeah, yeah." "You take this real seriously?" "extremely." "Like, this is my life." "I'm in--I'm literally in love with music." "If I could marry it, I'd totally do it." "I think your voice is something special." "thank you, thank you, thank you." "yeah, I think you know you can sing." "both:" "Yeah." "And you believe it, right?" "my tattoo says, "I am music," And I believe every bit of it." "I'm gonna say yes, yes, and double--you're my triple yes" "Today." "Oh, well, then we don't need" "To answer." "Right." "her triple yes is more powerful than our yes." "it's a yes." "Whoo!" "Yes!" "Oh, my god!" "no, he sounds great." "Oh, yeah." "yeah." "He can sing." "I thought he was the best singer today, for sure." "yeah, I agree." "Hold on one second." "Whoo!" "A whole powerful bunch of" "Yeses in there, huh?" "Yeah." "J.Lo gave me a triple yes." "A triple yes." "That's good news." "Yeah." "well, congratulations." "Appreciate it, man." "we'll see you in hollywood, malcolm." "I can finally--when they put that camera in my face and" "They say, "How was it?" I'm like, "It was great!"" "yeah." "It was awesome!" "â™?" "2011 01:52: 01:52: hello." "I'm doing good." "Jennifer lopez, I've been tracking you since day one." "yes, ma'am." "how does it feel being this close to jennifer right now?" "that famous laugh." "That famous, beautiful laugh." "I just--oh." "I got a glance of you... and I started tearing." "he does--he has no idea I'm even sitting here." "he's not liing you." "right." "they don't get us." "they don't understand us." "you know what I mean?" "I know how it feels to be this close to jennifer lopez." "I want to know what you think" "It feels like to be this close to your hero." "I mean, it seems--it's amazing, jennifer lopez." "I got a quick glance of you, and I just started crying 'cause oh, my god." "oh, oh, my god." "Please don't cry." "Oh, babe, come here." "why are you crying?" "But don't cry about it." "Oh." "'cause I was never planning to meet you this soon, you know." "just to be able to hug you" "And to see you, to know that you're really here with the rest" "Of us, it just makes me feel so good inside, jennifer lopez." "But I'm gonna get it together, right?" "we got to get it together." "yes, ma'am." "you're a sweetie." "Ful." "Oh." "you know how you know you're" "A megastar?" "When they say--when they call both names." "isn't that right, keith urban?" "that is, harry connick, jr." "I know, that's right." "we got it, jennifer lopez." "you're so sweet." "Okay, baby." "what are you gonna sing for" "I want to sing one of your okay." "the hold it don't drop it." "Okay." "you got me in the spirit." "All right, go ahead." "â™?" "You don't know â™?" "What you're doing â™?" "What you're doing to me â™?" "Try to stop me â™?" "Can't stop me â™?" "'cause you got what I need â™?" "You got me all open â™?" "And now you're trying â™?" "To leave â™?" "Hold it, don't drop it â™?" "Can't stop it, stop it â™?" "Can't drop it, won't drop it sorry, it's all like, "Ooh!"" "I know, it's coming out like that, but I promise it sounds a" "Lot better." "Oh, my god, you're so cute." "What do you think, keith?" "Oh, roland, you're just the" "Sweetest spirit... oh, my goodness." "but it's a no for me." "It's a no for me too." "I'm sorry, baby. â™?" "You don't know â™?" "What you're doing â™?" "What you're doing to me no, I didn't make it." "Oh." "I know." "It's just, when I seen her," "It didn't come out." "It was like, "Ah!" You know," "Like--but I got to hug her and everything, so that's" "I'm happy." "It was a dream come true for" "Him." "He got to meet harry connick." "junior." "You say the full name if" "You're a superstar." "It's not every day keith" "Urban, j.Lo, and..." "Harry connick, jr., gets to" "Come see you sing." "He had to think who you were" "For just a split second." "I noticed, I noticed." "There's nothing like keith urban, jennifer lopez, and-- yeah, that guy." "what is that guy's name, the one--the new guy?" "j.Lo, keith urban, and, um-- oh, he is?" "Yeah, henry-- mister..." "What is his name?" "Harry." "Can you google him right now?" "I mean, I hope he doesn't see this and get offended, but I" "Didn't even know who he was." "Hello, keith, jennifer." "Hey!" "Harry connick, jr." "What a good-looking guy." "harry connick, jr.?" "yeah." "I'm actually the biggest celebrity, which is why I'm" "Actually a hologram." "I'm at home in my bedroom." "it rhymes with robert downey, jr., or something like that." "he's from louisiana." "Is he black?" "no, he's white, but he sounds black." "hey." "Oh, my god." "I've been waiting for the last year, like, couple years to" "Meet you." "Let me guess." "Keith and jennifer." "Probably j.Lo's gotten most" "Of the attention today, but I read your wikipedia page every" "Day before going to sleep." "Who are we talking about, me?" "who, me?" "Me?" "Harry." "really?" "See?" "I got one!" "It was you!" "I got one!" "He's the guy that's been" "Reading it." "Cue the music." "You know who I am!" "oh!" "It's so nice." "My dreams are coming true." "I'm touching you." "There's something weird about" "That, harry." "It's very weird." "I could actually hear the music in my head." "yeah." "It's all slow motion." "it's all gonna happen." "Could he actually sing while" "You're holding him?" "That would be-- we could try that." "Yeah." "I'm up for that." "How about this?" "If you blow us away on the first song, I'd like to pick you up" "And hold you like a baby on the second." "that is a weird incentive." "all right, baby, what you gonna sing for us?" "oh, my god!" "What's your name?" "munfarid zandi." "And where you from?" "I'm from sugar land, texas, but I was born in lahore," "Pakistan." "I like how you said..." "I'm from texas and pakistan." "It was like--that's my favorite part." "what song are you gonna do today?" "I'm doing crazy for you by adele." "hit it." "all right." "uh-oh, I'm getting my biceps warmed up, baby." "that's right, you need to-- â™?" "Found myself today â™?" "Singing out your loud â™?" "Your name â™?" "You said I'm crazy â™?" "If I am â™?" "I'm crazy for you â™?" "Sometimes sitting wow." "â™?" "Wishing you were here â™?" "Well, it's you â™?" "Who makes me lose â™?" "My head check out how he's snapping." "â™?" "I keep on trying â™?" "Fighting these feelings away â™?" "But the more I do â™?" "The crazier okay." "I know." "yes!" "aww." "there'll be music to here we go." "Okay." "what are you gonna sing?" "okay, what are you gonna sing for us now?" "okay, okay." "there you go." "You can put your head on my shoulder." "uh... â™?" "I just want you close â™?" "Ooh â™?" "Where you can â™?" "You can be sure this is phenomenal." "Give him his ticket." "harry, you've never sounded so good." "we'll see you in hollywood!" "I'm bringing him to my hotel." "I love you." "congrats." "yeah!" "'cause I love him." "oh, my god!" "When he said "I just want to yeah." "and while munfarid celebrates" "His triumph, news arrives that" "Keith urban's release fuse" "Topped the charts in not one," "But three countries." "â™?" "Hold me close â™?" "Don't let me go" "Am I heavy now?" "Uh, pretty much." "should one of us go limp?" "Mm." "outside, there were more" "Celebrations for those headed to hollywood." "â™?" "So people like us â™?" "People like us â™?" "We've got to stick â™?" "Together â™?" "Keep your head up â™?" "Nothing lasts forever â™?" "Oh, whoa, oh, whoa, oh â™?" "We are all â™?" "Misfits â™?" "Living in a world â™?" "On fire â™?" "Oh, whoa, oh, whoa, oh â™?" "Sing it for the people â™?" "Like us â™?" "The people like us golden tickets were handed" "Out to folks from texas, oklahoma," "Arkansas, louisiana," "My home state of georgia, and as far away as michigan," "Making that 21 from the austin auditions." "And combined with the 24 from our boston chapter, you get a" "Grand total of 45 going to hollywood." "â™?" "Oh, whoa, oh, whoa, oh â™?" "Sing it for the people â™?" "The people like us tomorrow night," "More big texas talent takes" "Center stage for day two in" "Austin." "girls are going for this." "Word." "yeah!" "yeah!" "Then our extensive search" "Heads west to the city by the bay." "whoo!" "Oh, my god, oh, my god, oh," "My god." "Join the gold rush as idol's" "Two-night premiere rolls on." "you got a bit testy." "sometimes good theater is scary." "it's gonna be a good season."