American Idol fans first saw 25 year-old Blake Lewis of Bothell, WA when he auditioned in Seattle, WA. He started off by doing a little beat-boxing at Randy Jackson’s request; Lewis said he was the local beat box champion and quite frankly he’s pretty good. After impressing Paula Abdul and Jackson, and apparently boring Simon Cowell, Blake Lewis started in with his version of “Crazy” by Seal. Simon Cowell felt that Blake was “good, you’re just very over the top Blake.” Randy Jackson felt that the beat boxing was “better than the singing, I just think it was the wrong song.” All three judges gave their yes votes – Welcome to Hollywood Blake. Watch Blake Lewis’ American Idol audition and judge for yourself.
Lewis definitely has The American Idol “look” – he’s unique enough to stand out of the crowd but not too over-the-top. He seems to have a genuine attitude and while confident doesn’t quite reach the cocky realm. If you check out Blake Lewis’ MySpace page you’ll gain a little insight into “BShorty” as he calls himself. His music choice includes his own rhymes mixed over his own beat boxing. It has a funky beat to it. He also has two other songs that can be downloaded from his website: Blake Lewis’ website.
I hope to see a little more dynamic from him while in Hollywood; when I first saw him although his voice was OK he wasn’t memorable. I had to go hunt down his audition video and rewatch it to remember who this “Blake Lewis” in the top 12 males was. Wow me in Hollywood Blake!
February 10th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
If I may request, but can I please have a feature on Rudy Cardenas and Chris Richardson. Thanks and more power to your site.
Jess Hannah, Colorado
February 11th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
Hi Jess, I did a little story about Chris right after his auditions because I was quite impressed. Here’s the link http://www.idolwire.com/auditions/chris-richardson-the-next-justin-timberlake.html
I’m working on one for Rudy Cardenas and will get it up asap for ya!
Thanks!
February 14th, 2007 at 3:32 pm
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