No really, I do. And they have their own versions of Idol infinitely more entertaning than anything we have here. But I didn’t even think about the fact some version of American Idol is now aired in nearly every country until my friends in Croatia informed me of this fact. (Because honestly, before I got sucked into this inanity, I didn’t really think about American Idol much at all.) When I looked up videos of Hrvatski Idol on YouTube, I sent them to my Croatian friend Bartica and she replied something like “No, no, no. Stop watching. You will damage brain.”
This Croatian guy is awesome. And luckily, the video is under 40 seconds so I don’t think it did much damage. I think he was drinking with friends and they just happened to find out auditions were next door and thought, oh, we should go try out. That stuff totally happens, for instance, recently a friend and I ended up crashing a sorority party because we saw a line forming next door to a bar we were at. There was a punch bowl and pledges passing around chocolate-covered strawberries and petit fours. I should mention I am 30 and my friend is 34, but you know, we wondered what was going on next door. I’m sure that’s how this guy ended up trying out for Hrvatski Idol.
It’s nice that chicks sing G’N'R, too. Like in Hungary. This chick sings Paradise City, and while it’s not exactly a musical spectacular, Gabriella Toth’s resemblance to Ashlee Simpson is uncanny, especially since she’s actually singing. I would like to have Axl Rose be one of those Idol coaches. That would be incredible. I think he would end up trying to fight Jason Castro just because he would start halucinating and think it was Slash. Like you just know when Axl brawled with Tommy Hilfiger, it was likely because he confused him for Duff.
Everyone has already seen the priceless “Ken Lee” clip from Bulgaria’s Music Idol. Luckily, she got so popular they brought her back to perform the entire song! I love Valentina Hasan. They really need to put her on the season finale of American Idol. Regardless of what anyone says, she still speaks English better than Kellie Pickler. I also love the Bulgarians’ attention to detail, even if they really do need a bigger stage. Check out the Paula judge! She looks like Paula…but better AND much more lucid. They also have a big white bald guy and I bet that’s the “Randy”, which is probably pretty accurate because you know when Randy Jackson stares at himself in the mirror, he sees a big bald white dawg staring back at him.
This Czech guy almost sounds and looks like Jon Bon Jovi, especially if you were really drunk in a bar where a Bon Jovi tribute band was playing. I bet 7 / 10 times that guy takes a drunk chick home, she’s like “sing Livin’ On A Prayer for me.”
March 30, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Dude, what kind of lame sorority party were you crashing? I hope I am not affiliated with them. Times have sure changed since the Animal House days of yore!