Atrocious moment Australian Idol contestant, 19, refuses to leave after slaying Sam Smith’s ballad in car crash audition: ‘You have to go’
The Australian Idol reboot premiered on Monday night and the judges were stunned after an auditionee mangled a hit song and then refused to accept their comments.
Kyle Sandilands, 51, bluntly told Imogen Ledell, 19, that her rendition of Sam Smith’s ballad Lay Me Down left him unimpressed.
‘The voice isn’t great at all. You must know that it is quite lamentable. Not well, he told her.
The Australian Idol reboot premiered on Monday night and the judges were stunned after an auditionee mangled a hit song and then refused to accept their comments. (Photo LR: judges Kyle Sandilands, Meghan Trainor, Amy Shark and Harry Connick Jr)
However, Imogen told Kyle that her criticisms were just her “opinion” and asked to hear what fellow judges Harry Connick Jr, Meghan Trainor and Amy Shark thought.
Unfortunately for her, Harry agreed with Kyle.
“I’ll be honest with you, singing isn’t for you. Making a living as a singer is not in your future,” he said.
Imogen always refused to accept their comments and insisted on having a second chance to wow the jury, and even tried to sing in French.
Kyle Sandilands, 51, bluntly told Imogen Ledell, 19, that her rendition of Sam Smith’s ballad Lay Me Down left him unimpressed
This prompted all four judges to shout ‘no’ in unison as a shattered Imogen left the stage, with Amy admitting the whole ordeal was ‘scary’.
It comes after Kyle lifted the lid on his ‘feud’ with fellow Australian Idol judge Harry Connick Jr.
Speaking to Sunrise on Monday ahead of the show’s premiere, Sandilands claimed the American singer had made it clear he wasn’t a fan of his from the start.
‘He doesn’t like me. Not that I care. I liked Harry – before I met him,’ the KIIS FM shock jock told hosts Natalie Barr and David Koch.
‘The voice isn’t great at all. You must know that it is quite lamentable. Not well, he told her. Imogen is pictured
‘He’s a nice enough guy, but you know…you can tell someone doesn’t like you. You can’t help thinking, ‘Oh?’
Sandilands speculated that Connick Jr. didn’t like him even before they met, telling the Sunrise hosts: ‘Not that I’m everyone’s cup of tea, but maybe I he googled a few things [about me].’
“You have to go back to page 16 to find something nice. So he probably did what we all do – did a little googling and thought, “This guy’s not for me.”
Australian Idol continues Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. on Channel Seven
Harry dashed the young hopeful’s dreams, telling her, “I’ll be honest with you, singing isn’t for you.” Making a living as a singer is not in your future’
After being told ‘no’ by all four judges, a shattered Imogen finally left the stage
