ART - Guys night

OK – the top 12 guys. Were they better than the girls last night? . . . . Well, yeah, but not by much. There were three that stood out to me – the rest . . . . Not so much.

Ryan – Back to the suits we go – bland gray suit, white shirt, no tie and as the usual Ryan – no pizzazz! He’s just so freakin bland. He needs to see the sun once in a while. Did you notice how well his suit matched his hair?

Todrick Hall, 24 – ‘Since You Been Gone’ – Pretty cool leather jacket – but you see it everywhere you go though – gray shirt, black jeans – all of it just OK. Totally did not get the glove thing – just not necessary. Bad Ass he ain’t. Those boots were not workin at all. Didn’t get the remix of the song. I think the guy can sing but he tried way too hard on this to show what he can do and wound up showing what he couldn’t. Agree with Randy, he’s a dancer trying to be a singer. Go hit Broadway up bro – this ain’t fer you.

Aaron Kelly, 16 – ‘Here Comes Goodbye’ – Plaid AE type shirt, jeans – yep, what a 16 year old would wear so I’m good with it. The swaying back and forth while he was singing made me dizzy. Country is totally his genre. He didn’t do totally awful on that – He did OK (just OK) – he’s one of these that he would probably sound better if you didn’t look at him sing . . . . And, he still reminds me of the Chicken Little dude from a few seasons ago – you know that Kevin dude. His voice don’t fit him.

Jermaine Sellers, 27 – ‘Get Here’ – The hat looks OK on him but totally rocks on me – Have it. The judges loved his look but it was just a little too much going on for me – I mean the tux jacket with the girl rose lapel pin – That wasn’t right. Black Henley shirt – staple in every guys closet, Express looking pants that were tucked into his boots (I am sooooo over that look!) – yeah – to much to look at. OK, I love this song (it’s a really old song) – but did not like what he did with it. He seemed totally pushed the whole time – screamed parts of the song where he shouldn’t – I’m giving this an overall rating of . . . . Nah!

Tim Urban – ‘Apologize’ – Now I know why they didn’t do a segment on him when they did the top 24 show – I KNEW I didn't miss it! - This is the guy that replaced the dude they kicked off for having a contract already. Dude has great hair – Sweet gray leather jacket – love it – want it – will have it – the search begins – black shirt and jeans – all of it worked for him. Now the guy totally has the look but when he opens his mouth to sing it all goes south! If he could have just stood there he would have been OK but unfortunately (for all of us) he has to sing. All of that was just bad – just plain bad. If he makes it through it’ll be on his looks cause the dude got no talent. Go model at A&F or AE or somewhere – this ain’t for you.

Joe Monoz, 20 – ‘You and I Both’ – Black jacket, black jeans, blue shirt and a big ole silver/black scarfy thing. I actually liked the scarfy thing. He wasn’t too bad and at this point has been the most tolerable of the bunch to sing so far. But so forgettable - As a matter of fact . . . . Joe who? What did he sing? Yeah – totally ten minutes ago.

Taylor Grady, 20 – ‘American Woman’ – Still looks like a 70’s porn star to me – especially the way he was dressed – have to admit that the purple shirt was totally rockin – loved that shirt and didn’t mind the purple long ascot type thing around his neck – black leather pants – have um. Now this guy thinks he’s hot and he totally has a very high opinion of himself. Let’s humble him down a little bit shall we? Him trying to be a rock star is like me trying to be tall – not gonna happen. When he sings that jaw looks like its gonna dent the mic – he needs a lotta work – and needs to wipe that ‘Look at me I’m great’ look off of his face.

Lee Dewyze, 23 – ‘Chasing Cars’ – Loved the printed ‘t’ – loved the green long sleeve shirt under – jeans were cool – if he would have had a beanie on – that would have topped it off nicely. Yeah – outfit was cool. First one of the night that I actually liked! I like this guys voice – liked it in Hollywood week and still like it. I hope he sticks around for a while cause I want to see what he can do. I think he’ll get better and better but on his performance here – Great job!

John Park, 21 – ‘God Bless The Child’ – Black suit coat – nice – purple v neck ‘t’ – nice – black pants – nice – BROWN SHOES?!? – WTF?!? Here we have another one – Like Tim – dude has the look but when he opens his mouth it goes high and to the right. That entire thing was a flat as road kill that had been run over by 13 semi’s! Now that’s pretty flat people. I’m giving this one a . . . . Totally sucked! I was expecting more from him but totally didn’t get it. Nah . . . .

Michael Lynch – ‘This Love’ - He’s a Personal Trainer?!? – Really?!? – Seriously?!? Yeah I know I’ve said that before but this is a real friggin ‘beef’ of mine – If you are going to train people – LOOK THE PART! Looks to me that all he can train people to do is eat! Sorry, but that just really gets on my nerves! I have a feeling that if Mike Tyson sang – this is what he would sound like. That’s what this reminded me of – Mike Tyson’s voice – this high squeaky voice coming outta this big ole dude. Didn’t fit. Plaid shirt and jeans – nuttin special . . . . just like his performance. Didn’t care for it – to pitchy. And, I am sick and tired of hearing about his ‘story’ – They had a child while he was in Hollywood – happy for um – now move the hell on! Damn – let it go!

Alex Lambert, 19 – ‘Wonderful World’ – Did he copy that haircut straight from Carol Brady or what! I’ve told ya’ll this before – 70’s – they are here to stay – they ain’t leaving! (I have soooo had that haircut before and have the pic’s to prove it – they are under lock and key though!) Tan suit coat, blue Henley and jeans – insert shoulder shrug here . . . . This guy was a nervous as a dude getting a prostrate exam for the first time! I could pick out some parts of that that were good (not many) and if he loses his nervousness he may be able to show us what he can do – until then – See ya!

Casey James, 27 – ‘Heaven’ – He has Bucky Covington’s hair. Freakin awesome white gauzy shirt with the pattern on the shoulders – I mean totally awesome – know why? Yep, I have it – I fill mine out a lot better though cause we all know this guy has never seen the inside of a gym. He really needs to work on that. The jeans were awesome – I have about 12 pairs of them like that and the boots were kickin – Yep – I approve of his attire. F*(K&^G FINALLY ! ! ! ! That was kick azz! Perfect song choice – great look – great stage presence – Yep – dude rocked it and this is/was the best of the night!

Side note – Kara is just to ridiculous for words – and that shirt she had on looked just as trashy as she is!

Andrew Garcia, 24 – ‘Sugar, We’re going down’ – Black shirt, jeans – standard staple – I’ll let him pass but that’s his last pass he’ll get from me – you only get one. I am so not digging the Buddy Holly glasses. Them some big azz glasses! I was hoping that this guy would do better than what he did. I was disappointed – He sang the song well – like the tone of his voice but the song wasn’t right for him and he played this way to safe. He needs to pick it up. He’s good but was way too ordinary for me tonight.


OK – here’s my top 3: Casey, Lee and then Andrew – in that order – the rest at this point doesn’t matter – they can send home whomever they choose as long as those three stay.

We’ll see what happens tonight.

Peace out!

DJ Jumper
ART President