Since my review was eaten last night by computer gremlins, today I’ve decided to do something a bit different. Rather than just giving my run-down, I’ve rounded up the YouTube videos

Jason “Sundance” Head— Sundance is the son of Roy Head, a 1960s singer who had a chart topper in 1965. Sundance is from Porter, Texas, by the way. That’s a hole in the wall about 45 minutes from where I live. Simon was very impressed with Sundance, saying he would be “amazed if you don’t make it to the finals” and commenting that he “blew Taylor out of the park”.

Danielle McCulloch— I think it’s a good thing she was cute because Randy turned her down and if she had been ugly, I think Simon would have, as well. What I can I say? Sometimes it pays to be cute and blonde. The only You Tube video I can find of her so far is at the tail end of a really bad audition. So, just ignore that and get to the second half, which contains Dani’s audition.

Sean Michel— Unexpectedly good. Looks like a young Fidel Castro, so we’ll see how far he makes it.

Melinda Doolittle— I haven’t been able to find You Tube video of her yet, which is a real shame because if you missed her performance last night, you really should see it. Simon said she was “brilliant”, “top 2% of good singers this year”, and Randy said she had “one of the best auditions ever”. I’ll keep looking for video. An interesting note, as I mentioned yesterday, Melinda is a professional background singer. One album she contributed to was former American Idol contestant George Huff’s Christmas album. I’m most impressed, however, by the fact that she sang background vocals for the late Rich Mullins who was a great musician.

Philip Stacy— Missed the birth of his second daughter to get his golden ticket. Split the judges (with a vote from Randy and Paula) and nearly caused a riot among them.