Antonio "Skii Bo Ski" Wheeler, our favorite American Idol 9 auditioner so far who made it to Hollywood (of course), was in court back in 2006. Turns out Skii was arrested by police after he told them that he swallowed some crack cocaine. Skii apparently refused to let the hospital do a urine test and became violent according to witnesses, so an officer jumped on him and tazered him. Skii's family said the officer had no right to do this, but the jury ruled in the police's favor. We knew Skii was someone special, and with this story coming up, it makes us love him more. Check out the whole court case here. Skii Bo Ski, baby!
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Episode 2 of American Idol 9 is coming up tonight, and we're hoping that the Atlanta auditions are going to be entertaining and produce some VFTW legends. Join us in the play by play thread and keep an eye out tonight for Artheria La'Bry, Dureyea Collier, Genesis Moore, Holly Hardin, and others.
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Jackie Tohn, one of our favorites from season 8, has recorded a kick ass cover of "Crazy in Love" with her super awesome group Power Fox and Pony Mane. So check it out, because it's 100 times better than anything you'll see on Idol tonight.
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(None of these contestants are 100% confirmed in Hollywood, but we have sources that suggest they've made it to Hollywood for season 9 of American Idol)
Dureyea Collier from Atlanta, Georgia auditioned with the song "Rehab". He's a theatre major at Columbus State University. After seeing him in the above video lip syncing and knowing what song he auditioned with, we can see some true potential in this guy. He seems hilarious and totally VFTW funny. Don't let us down, Dureyea. We're counting on you to make it through Hollywood and bring the entertainment.
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(None of these contestants are 100% confirmed in Hollywood, but we have sources that suggest they've made it to Hollywood for season 9 of American Idol)
There doesn't seem to be much information about Stephanie Daulong available online except that she's from Austin, Texas. Smart girl, she actually took down most of it. What we do know is that she's blonde, pretty, has an annoying voice in the song above), and most importantly she doesn't seem to wear pants. What's with the no pants thing? With all the "glory glory hallelujahs" is she the token religious girl this season? Idol usually throws about a bazillion bible beaters into the mix, but since there's no real info about Stephanie online, all we can do is speculate. Do religious girls wear pants?
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(None of these contestants are 100% confirmed in Hollywood, but we have sources that suggest they've made it to Hollywood for season 9 of American Idol)
John Park is a member of an acapella group at Northwestern University called Purple Haze. John is a junior economics major. We don't see him going very far for 2 reasons: 1) Idol likes to make Asian contestants the butt of jokes, because Idol is racist and 2) John's friends are already leaking information about his participation on the show. Once Idol finds out, they might shitcan him. We shall see.
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TMZ has Skii Bo Ski's many mugshots from his various arrests for crimes such as posession of marijuana, posession of cocaine, and providing fake ID to an officer. This guy is way too good to be true, so we know he's probably already been cut in Hollywood. Skii Bo Ski, baby!
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