The search for the next American Idol again looked grim Wednesday. In the second two-hour episode, “American Idol” Season Six went to Seattle, Wash.

And the end of the two-day stint, they walked away with a handful of singers to take on to the next round of competition. This goes with the other handful of winners from the first show in Minneapolis. They usually have more contestants by now.

Although Seattle did have a lot of horrible singers and the judges seemed very frustrated, calling the day the worst auditions ever, a few musicians seemed a little promising:

-Blake Lewis: I admit it – I had a bad first impression of him. He looked liked Ryan Seacrest and he had on a weird green shirt and tie with a jacket that made him look like a doctor. Then, he said he’s a beatboxer and does his thing for the judges. After that, he sang his “real” song and did pretty
well, even though he threw in a little beatboxing in there.

-Brother and Sister Duo: Don’t ask me to spell their names because I would mess it up. All I know is that they sounded like “Shanyamayla” and “Sinjaya.” Close enough. I always think that people shouldn’t try out with their family or friends or whatnot because that could cause problems, especially if there is a duo or group trying out, since the judges sometimes still only pick one of them. These siblings did try out separately, but I
was nervous for them at first. They both sounded OK and made it through, even though the judges said the brother was better than the sister.

The other few people who made it through didn’t really impress me, but a few of the bad people were pretty memorable:

-The guy who ruined Simon’s favorite song, “Unchained Melody.” This guy was totally not in tune, didn’t sing one good note and his eyes were about to pop out of his head with a goofy look on his face. I was waiting for that high part in the song, as I’m sure the judges were too, and it was pretty horrible, as I imagined from the start of the song.

-Then there was the Taylor Hicks wannabe. I’m totally not a Taylor Hicks fan, but this guy made me want to listen to Taylor. My favorite response from Simon: “Are you drunk?” Then the guy, who’s a hair dresser, tried to put stuff in Simon’s hair and the security guards came over. I did love how on the information bar that ran across the bottom with his name and age, it said “Age: 28???”

-And the show went from bad to worse when “Red” sang Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Most of what was coming out of his mouth was just air and bad notes.

Do you think they will find more people in Memphis, Tenn. (which airs next week), or any of the other audition cities? Do you think the judges are being too harsh/mean on the contestants?

DAY 1
I’m not sure where Prince’s talent came from. It certainly wasn’t his hometown.

Season Six of FOX’s “American Idol” debuted Tuesday night and showcased the “talent” (::coughcough::) of Minneapolis, Minn., Prince’s hometown.

Jewel also was a guest judge. But I bet she wished she was in a different city.

Even the singers who Simon, Paula and Randy let through to Hollywood weren’t great.

Does anyone have a favorite yet? I hope not.

In case you missed it, highlights from the night:

- The cowardly lion woman. When Ryan interviewed her, she showed off her “talent” of growling like the lion in “Wizard of Oz.” Then she sang the “King of the Forest” song for the judges.complete with the growls. Needless to say, she didn’t make it through.

- The vocalist “teacher.” He had about three good notes. Randy
called him out on being a bad teacher.

- The guy Simon made sing an Abba song. Then he cried at the end.

The ones who you will see again:

- The Shakira look alike. The judges made her sing Shakira after her Blondie song flopped. She didn’t want to be compared to Shakira, but she did sound better.

- The guy who sang Rascal Flatts. Lots of country people showed up (perhaps from the success of Carrie Underwood and some other country Idols). This guy was OK, as was the other country woman they let through.

The biggest shock of the night for me: Jason, the guy with the props (batons) – he seemed so quiet and innocent, but he then he flipped out when he was rejected.

And I think that lady who was BFF with “American Idol” was a total joke – I don’t think she was for real at all. I think she was just acting and wanting to get her 15 seconds of fame with Simon and the gang. What do you think?

Do you have any predictions for this season based off this first show?