After eight weeks of miserable audition episodes filled with sobbing contestants and sappy judges, American Idol got mean last night as 164 hopefuls hit L.A. for Hollywood Week. The rules had changed: singers performed three times and were allowed to play instruments, though the ability to strum or drum whilst singing didn’t prove an asset for most. So who got cut? Abstinent teenager Amy Flynn, car-crash victim Kayla Hatfield and beauty queen Brooke Helvie. Who won big? Bryan Adams, who had his songs performed every five minutes, and these five folks:
5. Emo car-dweller Josiah Leming is far more charming screeching like Mika than warbling like Brandon Flowers.
4. Pleasant surprise David Hernandez didn’t get any airtime during auditions, but works the stage better than some nameless Grammy-nominated artists.
3. Simon’s complaint about rock & roll nurse Amanda Overmyer is that she’s predictable. Predictably awesome, that is.
2. Tattooed Irishwoman Carly Smithson tackles Heart’s “Alone,” the song that made Season Four winner Carrie Underwood.
1. David Archuleta slays ‘em with Bryan Adams’ “Heaven,” a song that came out nine years before he was born.
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