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American Idol

Las Vegas, NV Auditions

Season 5, Episode 5, Aired 1/31/06

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The best and worst of auditions around the country from Las Vegas, NV.

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The WoRsT AuDiTiOn Ep Ever!!!!

6.3

"Fair"

By kristen014, Jun 19, 2006 Report Abuse

I really hated this ep,because we hardly found any talented people here! It\'s hard to believe only 11 people made it through out of those thousands that auditioned! But out of all those untalentless singers,I found my fave Ai winner:Taylor Hicks!!!!He was the only really good part of the ep.
Patrick Hall was okay,but not great.And the mecca person,I liked.I think she should have atleast got in to the top 24.And I really liked Heather,but when she made it into The top 24 ,she went downhill from there.Although I think Simon was alittle harsh at her sometimes.Her problem,I think was that she didn\'t pick the right song choices.moreless

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Vegas didn't do so well.

5.0

"Mediocre"

By kirezemog, Feb 10, 2006 Report Abuse

Mecca (the belly dancer) was really good. She's got a look about her that is interesting. I can see her going pretty far.

Heather sounded great. Like Paula said, not the most challenging song, but the voice was there.

Jason sounded great. I don't know why they passed on him. He definitely deserved a pass to round 2 in my opinion.

Taylor sounded ok, but I don't see him going forward to far.

I was dissapointed with Vegas. We usually see more good talent, and it just wasn't here this time around.

The rejects keep finding ways to surprise us with how bad someone can suck and yet think they sound great.moreless

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Hilarious

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By Shardyk, Feb 01, 2006 Report Abuse

There's few things I enjoy more than watching Simon and the gang make fun of bad singers. There were some really awful ones this time. The belly dancer was the highlight of the show. She was pretty cute. I think Simon was a little hard on the guy from Birmingham. He had a pretty good voice. Hard to believe only 11 out of all those thousands made it through.

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No gay bashing!!!

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By friendsrulez, Feb 01, 2006 Report Abuse

For this season, I'm very disappointed about the anti-gay persona that the show has put on. It's everyone's fault for making it such a big deal. First of all, it's the judges' fault, especially Simon, for making all those rude comments. It's also the producers' fault for not cutting them out. And it's also the auditioner's fault for putting themselves in the situation to be rediculed. It's also our fault (including me) for still laughing about it.

AT least this episode didn't have that too much. But it also wasn't a show full of talents. But I really do like graceful losers; they give me hope that our society isn't that horrible.moreless

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- Usually Simon is pretty accurate when making predictions, but not in this episode. He said he didn't think Paula and Randy would put Taylor Hicks through to the live singing part of the competition. Not only did they do it, but he won.
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- Taylor Hicks' age is stated as 29. The age limit is 28. Even at the time the original audition took place (not the one in front of the judges) he was 29. The rules state that contestants must be between 16-28 (age restrictions for that year) by August 4th of the year of auditions (2005 in this case). His birthday is October 7th, so he was eligibleeven though at the time of audition he was older than the maximum age.
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- Some of the Golden Ticket winners from Las Vegas Mecca Madison Age:18 Las Vegas,NV Heather Ward Age: 28 Salisbury, MD Taylor Hicks Age: 29 Birmingham, AL Patrick Hall Age: 27 Gravette, AR Edit
- This episode marked the return of the psychic who predicted she was going to be in the top 10 the previous season. Edit
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- Ryan Hart: I'm too hard core for you man. Simon: Absolutely. You're really frightning Edit
- (Dylon introduction) Randy Jackson: That is the weirdest Jamaican accent! Edit
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- There was a section called CSI: Criminal Singers Investigated where they showed clips of bad singers then made up a fake sentence they would serve. This is a spoof on the show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, which takes place in Las Vegas.
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