Chris Golightly – More American Idol 9 FOX Promos – Plus “Michelle”
UPDATE: I knew that wouldn’t take long! His name is Chris Golightly, but he also calls himself Orphan. Check out his myspace HERE, and a really terrible dance/electronic song HERE. ETA: He really IS an orphan! (My Space) Cue the music! We’re going to be seeing more of this dude, for sure.
thank you angel78
Check out these new (to me) American Idol 9 commercials, after the jump.
Do any of you spoiler experts recognize the blond curly haired guy singing “Stand By Me” in the first video?
The second video is a quick 15 second deal, but you do get a nice montage of some potential candidates.
ETA: Just added another promo. It’s a two parter. The first half introduces the audience to “Michelle” who loves the show. “But Can She Sing?” flashes across the screen. The second part airs a few commercials later: “Did You Guess Right?” Michelle sings…beautifully. The judges advance her to Hollywood.
Videos after the JUMP…
Stand By Me
15 second promo
“Michelle” Part 1
Michelle Part 2
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LOL — Isn’t Justin Guarini ineligible? Why are they showing him singing Stand by Me?
The guy singing Stand By Me is this guy ( Chris Golightly )
http://www.myspace.com/officialorphanmusic
Ha ha
Why are they showing him? Is he the best they’ve got?
Hahaha it’s Justin Guarini Jr!
I liked how he sang stand by me. He made it his own. 
Chris Golightly is his name? 
Is he related to Holly Golightly? ROFL!
karenc says
Maybe they have a statute of limitations on how long it could be before you compete again
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OR what Kramer on Seinfeld says.. It’s statue of limitations ROFL!
It’s Justin II. Heh That electronic song is horrible!
Oh, he’s an orphan. They’re gonna make a big deal about that. This is his only chance!!!
Oh, I LIKE him for the show. While the electronic dance song wasn’t very good, I LOVE that he did one. I also liked the way he sang Stand by Me. Oh, and the music on his my space page is also more contemporary sounding and definitely not pop/soft rock/easy listening, which YAY. Add in the foster kid back story and if he’s got a halfway decent personality he’ll be a shoe in for the top 12. Crossing my fingers that this guy is someone that can mix things up a bit.
haha i thought i was gonna be original in saying justin guarini
i guess they’re going for small, pretty voices this season :-/
complete with sob story too, my guess is this person is gonna be in the top 10. hey i fell for gokeys sob story in his first audition and said “this guy is going to the top!” well that fizzled once the top 13 hit.
He’s on the IDF spoiler list.
That’s absolutely horrible.
LOL!!
“They all end up somewhere.”
im gonna go out on a limb here and say during the auditions we’re gonna get about 5 Adam Lambert’s, a few Fantasia’s, 2 Clay Aikens, a Kelly Clarkson and a Carrie Underwood or 2, and maybe a Kris Allen, oh and this Justin Guarini character. should be hilarious to see!
I saw that promo on Fox last week. I like his voice when he’s singing a capella, but I didn’t like what I heard on his MySpace. He’ll at least be shown during auditions and Hollywood- his looks and voice combined with his back story will be irresistible to Idol. They probably thanked their lucky stars when he showed up for auditions.
None of these people are that good looking.. but sometimes, Idol can work wonders on people. Like David Cook. So not the drama when he first auditioned, but man, somewhere along the way boy got hot! So I hesitate to comment on their looks. We probably shouldn’t anyway, they’re people, with feelings.. but.. eh.
I find his singing very unpleasant. I don’t enjoy watching/listening to untalented people (and this is why I generally skip the auditions). Never bought the back story fluff either. Sing well, sell records, and draw crowds. No one really cares about your back story – it won’t sell tickets or records.
He CALLS HIMSELF ORPHAN?? Seriously? Yuck.
I think he looks kinda cute… I like the back story stuff… that’s what sold subo????
Given how popular the auditions are, and the fact that contestants whose back stories are shown tend to go further in the competition, I think it sells TV shows, which is what Idol cares about. WhatNottoSing.com has studied this phenomenon:
http://www.whatnottosing.com/library/editorials.asp?id=51
They found that contestants whose backstories are shown are 4 times more likely to get into the Top 10 than contestants who receive little to no air time prior to the semis (aka “cannon fodder”). Kelly, Kris and Allison are 3 of the rare exceptions. Showing a contestant’s back story or not is one of the producers’ most powerful tools for manipulating the make up of the top 10.
LOL David was featured in not one but two different early commercials and he looked like SUCH a hot mess. The voice was there but no way did I look at him and think “woah now there’s our next winner!” ROTFL so yeah I’m hesitant to base much based on these promos.
Hee! I just sang this to the tune of a “The Twelve Days of Christmas.”
Does anyone know how well the people heavily featured in the promos usually do?
ETA: Oops! Missed Trina’s post. Didn’t realize David C. was featured during season 7.
Omg a real orphan… moar sob stories! D:
Now I’ll go listen to this song of his….
I think I’ll have to approach this show with a big sense of humor or else I will end up cringing and hiding a lot. ^____^
Hmm. That gives me renewed respect for Adam not going the “look at me, I’m a poor persecuted gay boy” backstory route. *dips hat*
Michelle is very pretty with a nice voice , definitely Top 24 potential
her name is Michelle Delamor
http://www.myspace.com/angelaceboogie
singing in church
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES9lZiIxaZA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eavzKCJzWrY
It is weird that he calls himself Orphan. He’ll def have one of those “I’ve taken the bad stuff that’s happened to me, embraced it, and made it a positive” perspective. One of those “I don’t let it define me, except i talk about it a lot and it’s at the core of who I am” type things.
It is unfortunate that a lot of us will fall for it. Not that we shouldn’t feel for him, but at the heart of it, this is a singing competition. But we’ll want to be a part of “giving him a life he never had.”
but it is true.. his backstory will be interesting, and we’ll want to hear about it, so they’ll give him more screen time.. then you know, the familiarity principle. We like things we are more familiar with.
I’m going with Michelle as my early favorite. I love her. Can we get more info on her. I hope she makes it through Hollywood now that we know she makes it. I think TPTB have found one of their girl favorites
Wow now Michelle is very pretty. She is a PACKAGE. And she can sing.
I do always worry about pretty girls on this show though.. I think she should strive to come off as very sweet and humble. Just a nice family-lovin church-goin girl-next-door.
She definitely is a package. Very marketable and a great set of pipes. I think she can go the Leona route competition wise but what sets her apart from Leona is this girl has some personality from the looks of the clip and won’t bore the public. I usually never find a fav this early so I really hope she makes it to the top 24.
Huh, Orphan (lol, what a terrible nickname) sings decently. I don’t really wanna bother with that electronic song, though.
Michelle could be an early favorite. I usually like the black girl singers they promote early on (hence being an early fan of Lil last season) >_>. She sounds like she had a great audition, I think she has lots of potential.
Michelle is gonna sail through to top 24. she has nothing to worry about if she was featured so prominently in a 2 part promo like this.
shes very pretty, nice personality, and she can sing. but she sounds like absolutley every other female singer out there. i dont really see any originality, but since its just the first audition maybe she’ll show more originality when shes in the top 12.
Yeah, Michelle is pretty good vocally, but like melirose said, there’s nothing interesting/identifying about her or her voice or her performance yet.
lol! That may be the best route for winning… but so boring.
I like this kid with the curly hair. He is, at least, as good as the other kris.He writes his own songs….He might need more practice at that! Like Kris,if, and a big if, he makes it through to the top 10, he may also need to take vocal training.
I believe most people love a good backstory(some protest too much) and it allows us the fans to begin an empathetic journey of codependency with other fans. Gives us stuff to talk about! Please, I hope he doesn’t go by
Golightly( That just gives me images that make me shudder.) At least
Orphan is original to Idol and is technically acurate. How about “”Chris Orphan”, as a stage name….Solid!!!
I’m gonna puke! The next Danny Gokey sob story! pathetic
Wow, Michelle seems amazing. I really hope that a great (possibly female) singer wins this season. After season 8 letdown I want someone good to win.
Any of y’all ever heard of Ben Deignan? He is an Atlanta performer and a pretty good songwriter. He opened for Taylor Hicks at a shadow show. Check him out on my space(sorry don’t know how to link) particularly a song called “Sexy Black Dress”. When I heard him I thought he would be perfect for AI. He’s talented, cute. Only problem is he looks a lot like Kris Allen so I guess competing the year after Kris won wouldn’t work.
and Michelle will go nowhere, Another what’s her name that got eliminated with the Puerto Rican guy! can’t even remember their names!
At least she’s better than Lil Rounds though!
The “orphan” guy has one of those voices where he sounds really good singing the SAME NOTE over and over again.
Listen to him again. The entire time he is singing the same note.
Michelle looks just like Simon’s favorite from X-factor a few years back (don’t recall her name). She has great, multi-textured voice and is good looking too. I predict Top 5 finish.
Exactly. S8 was my first time watching and I didn’t really understand what the was about. Now, I’m coming at it from a different perspective and I think I’ll be able to laugh, cheer and celebrate each week w/o getting attached to any one contestant or caring if they ever have a career after the show is over. The show is the end goal in and of itself.
And this guy could easily fill one of the back story type slots they so love. As long as they highlight his back story, I think his personality will determine more than anything else how far he gets.
ETA: Michelle’s upbeat cheeriness in her speaking voice grated on my nerves. But she’s really cute and looks like she might be able to take on the roll they wanted Lil Rounds to have (which she never managed to fill) last season.
Great clips! I know I’m in the minority but I’m really gonna miss Pauler this year.
Michelle didn’t wow me. I really want to hear more from Chris Golightly. Holly golightly’s brother ROFL. I cant wait until January!
I am going to miss Paula too!
Seriously, who calls themselves Orphan. That’s like calling yourself Cancer if you’ve had it. Seriously who does that.
Me three! Honestly, no matter how much people complain about her inability to speak clearly, I think she is very skilled in identifying talent during the audition rounds. I will miss her positivity too.
I was surprised to see a commercial dedicated almost solely to one contestant. I don’t ever remember that happening.
Both made the top 24!!!!!!!!!
don’t be fooled by chris golightly..he may seem like the innocent orphan that wants you to feel sorry for him for your votes..truth is he just wants to get ahead in life using his story for your sympathy..i should know he has done that trick on me and he got me good..he may say he’s changed and is more truthful now but i don’t believe him..he is a very good liar and a con artist..for somebody who was an orphan he should appreciate what people do for him..but all he does is think about himself..he’s a hypocrite..he auditioned last year and lied his whole way through the auditions..but best of wishes if you want someone like him to be your american idol..
I wish you all the luck
I have a son and his name is Chris Golightly
It is unfortunate that a lot of us will fall for it. Not that we shouldn’t feel for him, but at the heart of it, this is a singing competition. But we’ll want to be a part of “giving him a life he never had.”
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