Paging Colonel Sanders! Put on your best hat and sink your teeth into a hot brown sandwich because it's time to live-blog "American Idol's" Kentucky auditions, y'all!
We're three episodes into the eighth season of "Idol," and so far, (cue "The Joshua Tree") I still haven't found what I'm looking for. I have yet to be floored by an audition. I still don't have my Tami Gosnell or Briana Ramirez-Rial or any other singer that I become totally obsessed with and root for all season long. Seriously, the only person I'm rooting for this season is Grandma Furney!
Before we get to the festivities, I want to give a shout-out to MTV.COM user ripitkyle77, who wrote on last night's live-blog, "I checked out Tamarama, the band Jay from The City plays guitar for. They're really good, and he's a pretty good guitar player." Thanks for staying on task ripitkyle77! I appreciate your attention span. (PS - The name Tamarama reminds me of the amazing HBO show, "Summer Heights High," where Mr. G wrote a musical called "Tsunamarama," which told the story of the tsunami using the music of Bananarama.)
7:57 pm - My wife is taunting me by watching today's "Martha" on our Tivo. Doesn't she know that it's "Idol" night? I have to live-blog, honey!
7:58 pm - OMG Martha's making cupcakes. Do you think I'll get fired if I live-blog this instead?
7:59 pm - TV crisis averted. One more minute!!
I love working for MTV News because I love music. And as a singer, I knew "American Idol" could be an awesome opportunity, though I wasn't sure about the reality-show scene. But my curiosity won in the end — what was trying out really like? I had to go see what it was all about, so off I went to try out for season eight at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Yesterday, MTV News' "Idol" expert Jim Cantiello