by Michelle Davies
Everyone's taking about...Pop Idol's hilarious wannabes
While we never doubted for one moment that the Pop Idol judges would return on blistering form, we have to confess we had doubts about the hopefulls auditioning for them. Not because we feared there wouldn't be a potential Gareth or Will among them, but because we thought there wouldn't be enough dodgy performers to keep us amused in the early shows.
Could they really find someone to measure up to Caroline Buckley, whose rendition of YMCA has gone down in TV history? Or Cha Eva Montana, the 32-year-old who pretented to be 21 just so she could sing her audition piece, Oh Christmas Tree? And what about the kick-boxing champion who offered to take Pete Waterman outside to show him where he could shove his opinion?
The answer is, of course, a resounding yes. Ten minutes into Saturday's show and we knew that this years Pop Idol was going to fulfil all our expectations.
So lets give it up for Hayley Freeton, whose weird sheep noises had us bleeting with laughter (every pub intended), leather-clad Sulman Khan, whose flapping arms indicated he really did believe he could fly, and Fiona McClean, who auditioned in her bra and petticoat. We also salute Natalie Abban, the first contestant before the judges, who fell to the floor and sobbed when they rejected her, and Marie-Lousie Jeffries, who played a tape of her chosen songto the judges before she auditioned, thus serving to emphasis how bad her own rendition was.
Guys, you were truely crap. But we loved your performances all the more for it. Roll on Saturday night!
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