Thaindian News

By Ranjan Bhaduri
Jan 28, (THAINDIAN NEWS) American Idol’s preliminary auditions brings a lot of entertainment value to the audience and the judges. Be it ‘Pants on the Grounds’ or be it the ‘bikini-girl-fighting-with-Kara’. However, this time it was Erica Rhodes, the girl with the ‘whip’.

Erica Rhodes has appeared on ‘Barney and Friends’ which is practically a kiddie show. It looks like the contestant wanted to get rid of her kiddish image, which she eventually managed. The 23-year-old girl came in clad in black leather clutching a large whip in her hands. As soon as the girl entered, the judges made her sing the song from Barney and Friends. It turned out to be quite weird seeing a leather-clad-whip-carrying-lady singing ‘we are a happy family’. However, all the weirdness vanished the moment she started her original performance that was “Free Your Mind”. There was very little whipping involved during her performance, nevertheless the judges enjoyed it to the hilt. Simon Cowell even went on to say that she has “definitely made an impression here”.

When asked what her big dream was Erica Rhodes very smartly and assuredly answered that “the little girl from Barney and the Kids now wants to grow up.” She did spoil all her tough-whip-lady-act when she shed a tear or two at the judges yes. However, even that seemed to impress the audience who have been blogging about her since the episode aired. The episode got some gem of singers including Dave Pittman, Kimberley Carver, Lloyd Thomas, Todrick Hall, Megan Wright and Christian Spear. However, the ‘Dominatrix’ Erica Rhodes seemed to have taken the cake from the audience this time.