Lil Rounds made quite the impression on American Idol judges during her eighth season audition.Randy Jackson said she is a mix of...
And then there were five.
American Idol is coming down the home stretch of season eight, as it eliminated two more contestants last night (due to last week's save of Matt Giraud by the judges).
Lil Rounds accomplished two impressive feats last night:
Following an incredible performance by Rounds (pictured below) of Mary J. Blige's "Be Without You," the rarely-coherent judge said: "I think we'll be seeing you in the next rounds... and the next rounds... and the next!"
From 147 to 36.
That's the number of contestants that were approved for Hollywood this season, along with the number that will advance to this season's final 36.
While the opening night of American Idol was dominated by Katrina Darrell and her bikini, the second installment of season eight auditions revealed a few contenders.
Foremost among them? Lil Rounds, a singer Randy Jackson referred to as a mixture of Fantasia and Mary J. Blige. Wow. Should we just hand her the trophy right now?
A series of changes are in store on season eight of American Idol.
While new judge Kara DioGuardi is most prominent among them, the show will also focus more on the early auditions of actual singers, as opposed to complete and utter trainwrecks.
