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Lauren Beckham Falcone Wednesday, January 24, 2007
“It’s not funny ... it’s rubbish.”
Simon’s words, not mine.
Last night’s two-hour NYC auditions weren’t so bad. We heard some good singers in the mix, including Taunton’s own Nicholas Pedro, 25, who made it to Hollywood last year, but bowed out because he couldn’t seem to the learn the words to “Fill Me Up, Buttercup.” He fared better last night with his rendition of “Fly Me To the Moon,” which flew him straight back to La-La Land, proving that if at first you don’t succeed...
Other highs and lows:
Sarah Burgess, the 19-year-old with major Daddy issues. Sobbing into her Razr phone, she called her unsupportive father and said: “Dad? I have something to tell you!”
His response? “Who is this?” Okaaaay.
Ashanti Johnson definitely gets the Razzie for worst impression of Deidre Hall. Her daytime-dramaesque diatribe will either land her a spot on “The Bold and the Beautiful” or a seat on Jimmy Kimmel Live, America’s first prize if you subject yourself to public humiliation.
Um, does Abdul remember the whole Corey Clark flap? Her leering at 16-year-old Jenry Bjarano like he was a bottle of untouched Percocet, was so, so wrong.
And what about Simon not showing up for half of the auditions on day two? The guy rakes in millions of dollars for his opinion and he doesn’t even get there on time? As he might say: Appalling.
And lastly – when the camera panned from the incredibly preserved 59-year-old guest judge Carol Bayer Sayer to the slack-jawed Abdul, I kept thinking about a different version of the old public service announcement about substance abuse – “This is your face, this is your face on drugs.”
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Simon Says | Boston Herald
You are hereHome Simon Says
Lauren Beckham Falcone Wednesday, January 24, 2007
“It’s not funny ... it’s rubbish.”
Simon’s words, not mine.
Last night’s two-hour NYC auditions weren’t so bad. We heard some good singers in the mix, including Taunton’s own Nicholas Pedro, 25, who made it to Hollywood last year, but bowed out because he couldn’t seem to the learn the words to “Fill Me Up, Buttercup.” He fared better last night with his rendition of “Fly Me To the Moon,” which flew him straight back to La-La Land, proving that if at first you don’t succeed...
Other highs and lows:
Sarah Burgess, the 19-year-old with major Daddy issues. Sobbing into her Razr phone, she called her unsupportive father and said: “Dad? I have something to tell you!”
His response? “Who is this?” Okaaaay.
Ashanti Johnson definitely gets the Razzie for worst impression of Deidre Hall. Her daytime-dramaesque diatribe will either land her a spot on “The Bold and 
the Beautiful” or a seat on Jimmy Kimmel Live, America’s first prize if you subject yourself to public humiliation.
Um, does Abdul remember the whole Corey Clark flap? Her leering at 16-year-old Jenry Bjarano like he was a bottle of untouched Percocet, was so, so wrong.
And what about Simon not showing up for half of the auditions on day two? The guy rakes in millions of dollars for his opinion and he doesn’t even get there on time? As he might say: Appalling.
And lastly – when the camera panned from the incredibly preserved 59-year-old guest judge Carol Bayer Sayer to the slack-jawed Abdul, I kept thinking about a different version of the old public service announcement about substance abuse – “This is your face, this is your face on drugs.”
Lauren Beckham Falcone Print
Dustin Pedroia briefly leaves Red Sox for family matter
Guregian: Patriots insiders dispel idea of Tom Brady-Bill Belichick rift
Howe: Patriots' pass rush yields secondary gains vs. Panthers