More of the same in San Antonio

I once again didn't blog the Wednesday audition show, but there were so few good singers shown from the L.A. tryouts (even though apparently 40 people went to Hollywood)that I really didn't have much to say. And I don't really have that much to say about tonight's show--some good singers, some bad singers, and can we please get to Hollywood already?

I guess my main puzzlement from tonight was why they were so tough on Haley Scarnato--even though they eventually did let her go through. She had a good voice, she was cute--isn't that usually the criteria? Haven't they allowed much lesser voices through in the past couple weeks? I understand what they mean when they say she wasn't all that original, but they heard her sing for 20 seconds. Kelly Clarkson wasn't all that original in the early going and blossomed into something special once she got to the final 10. Carrie Underwood was never particularly original--she was just a good singer. But Haley got through, so I'll stop complaining.

Having said that, Bailey Brown sure was cute, but her country singing didn't excite me all that much. But considering Simon said she was "commercial with a capital C" and every final 12 needs at least one country singer, we might be seeing her for a while.

Really liked the guy at the end who sang "Cupid"--Jimmy McNeal--but didn't he actually start by singing a verse of "Another Saturday Night"?

And finally, I love the people, like the girl in the first half of the show tonight, who go off on on the judges and ask them how come they're qualified to judge her. Well, actually, it really doesn't matter whether they're qualified to judge her or if they're good singers. The fact is, they're the judges on the show you're trying to get on--so if they don't like you, you're out of luck, no matter what their qualifications. Why don't some people understand this? It's mystifying.

Only one more audition show to go. Fingerhut out.