American Idol San Juan and New York City Auditions January 29 Recap (Video)
American Idol headed to San Juan, Puerto Rico and New York City for the final auditions. Check out the recap below, which included auditioner Jackie Tohn, shown in the video clip
New York City
- Adeola Adegoke, 19, Bronx, NY – sang “And I Am Telling You” and… she shouldn’t have quit her day job. That’s a no to Hollywood. Aw, but Simon Cowell gets her her job back!
- Melinda Camille, 22, Stratford, CT – Huh. She’s into dancing naked and sings “Feeling Good” – she gets all yes’s to Hollywood!
- Jackie Tohn, 27, Silver Lake, CA – sang “I’m Yours” by Jason Mraz and she gets the yes to Hollywood.
- Kate Cassiday, 27, Great Meadows, NY – No.
- Antyon Smith, 24, NY, NY – No.
- Jasmine James, Brooklyn, NY – No.
- Mike Perlman, 25, Boston, MA – No.
- Nick Mitchell (Norman Gentle), 27, Brookfield, CT – Sang “And I Am Telling You” and “Amazing Grace” – and they gave him a ticket to Hollywood? Such a surprise.
- Ashley Hollister, 21, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ – Yes!
- Kenny Hoffpauer, 16, Havertown, PA – Yes!
- Kendall Beard, 23, Austin, TX – Yes!
- Nicole Laraway, 24, Northampton, MA – No.
- Mark Granata, 26, West Haverstraw, NY – No.
- Michael Sconiers, 27, Rochester, NY – No.
- Alexis Cohen, 24, Philadelphia, PA – oh, here we go… crazy girl is back for a second go-around. She’s all cleaned up though and less crazy. But is she any good? She sang “Like a Prayer” and the judges think she got worse from last time.
San Juan
- Jorge Nunez, 20, Carolina, Puerto Rico – sang “My Way” and “What a Wonderful World” and he’s very good – the judges loved him and he’s through to Hollywood!
- Jessika Baier, 20, Jackson, MI – she won a contest to get to the Idol auditions, sang “I Surrender” by Celine Dion and Simon thought it was awful. It was no’s across the board.
- Carlos Santos, 21, Bayamon, Puerto Rico – No.
- Joel Contreras, 23, San Juan – As Simon says, it’s excruciatingly bad. NO to Hollywood.
- Monique Garcia Torres, 16, San Juan – has the cute kid brother; sang “You Can’t Hurry Love” and although the judges didn’t think she was quite ready, Paula and Simon put her through! She’s adorable.
- Patricia Lewis, Roman, 20, Caguas, Puerto Rico – Sang “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” then changed it up when she didn’t impress the judges… and she gets through!
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