Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Drama on Group Night

With Hollywood week well underway, Group Night brought its usual share of drama as the 168 performers who were left after the last round of cuts, were asked to form groups. But there was a twist- each group had to have a mix of performers from Day 1 and Day 2. which complicated things.
They were given just one night to perfect a song and dance routine.

The contestants ran around auditioning for one another and trying to form groups or to be accepted into a group already formed.

There was chaos and a hint of desperation as some of the contestants could not find a group willing to accept them. A case in example was Tiffany Rios from New Jersey. Tiffany is better known for the stars she had emblazoned across her chest in her audition. During the first round of Hollywood auditions she had boasted of being better than the other contestants. The net result of this was that no one was willing to accept her in a group. She was forced to form her own group with another contestant. the soft hearted Jessica Yantz, whom she managed to pull away from another group 'The Sugar Mamas'. Normally a group must have a minimum of three contestants but the judges were forced to make an exception when no one else was willing to join the duo.However all the drama was to no avail as the performance of the pair was below standard and both of them were knocked out of the competition.

Ashley Sullivan was lucky to be accepted by the Day 1 group 'The Hits'. However just when things seemed to be going well, this highly strung, emotional and slightly crazy singer decided to call it quits and back out of the competition.Her group were forced to make adjustments but just when things seemed under control Ashley changed her mind and wanted to rejoin her group. Despite the inconvenience ' The Hits' willingly accepted her back. The group impressed the Judges and all the members including Ashley made it through to the round.

There was another piece of drama when Scott McCreery, famous for his deep voice, wanted to join ''The Goaps'. The group eagerly accepted him but decided to kick out 15 year old contestant Jaycee Badeaux. This cute little boy with an excellent voice was shocked to find himself without a group right at the very last moment. A bewildered Jaycee had to start searching for a new group. Finally, he was accepted by the group 'Sugar Mamas and the Baby' who were singing  'Mercy' a song the young teenager was not familiar with. With the limited time left to perfect an unfamiliar song, Jaycee stumbled over the lyrics but continued to sing by making up his own words begging the judges not to send him home.The judges decided to keep the whole group including Jaycee, who had already endeared himself to the judges in previous rounds.After a few stern words to 'the Goaps' for their heartless behavior, the judges  kept the entire group who  gave a brilliant performance.

The last group of the night was 'Three is Company'. It consisted of ex couple Bob Bolin and Chelsea Oaks and  Jaqueline Dunford ,  whose boyfriend had been eliminated on Day 2. The two girls got on well and Bob was the odd one out. He just could not master the lyrics or the dance moves.The two girls made it through but a depressed looking Bob forgot the words and was voted out.



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