Author: SkyTate19
Title: Reluctant Idol
Summary: After being raised by only his father since he was 4, Bridge now has a new obstacle ahead of him: gaining the respect of his high-school classmates! Can he gain their respect by his hidden singing talent and maybe even find some true love? Find out!
Disclaimer: nothing is mine, just the idel of mixing American Idol with Power Rangers!
Chapter 19
As they were walking toward the stage entrance, Bridge was wondering if anything would happen that week like the previous one. In the same moment, a guy was taking place in the audience. He got an e-mail the day before where to find Bridge, and he was waiting for the boy going on stage.
As the same time, a man was trying to reach the studios, but he was blocked in the traffic "come on, come on!"
He swore to God he would be there, and nothing would stop him to do so…
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"Welcome back to American Idol. We've already seen four fantastic performances. Let's keep on going with the competition. Up next is Cole" Ryan said from his sit on the side of the stage.
The tape started, showing Kian talking about the next performance "Cole decided to take on a duet and going solo. Hearing Diana Ross and Lionel Richie as one is strange, but he's done a very good job with it"
The music started and the camera was pointed to a side of the stage, were Cole was waiting for his moment wearing a grey suit
My love,
There's only you in my life
the only thing that's bright
And I
I want to share
all my love with you
No one else will do...
And your eyes
your eyes, your eyes
they tell me how much you care
He reached the center of the stage, where a microphone stand was set for him. He put the microphone in it and, with the help of the backup singer, finished the song.
Because no one can deny
this love I have inside
and I'll give it all to you
My love
My love, my love
My endless love
He saw Jen in the middle of the crowd and his eyes started watering. He didn't know she would be there. Randy lifted his hand to take the boy's attention "Listen dawg! Kian was right, it's actually strange hearing that song like that, but you've made a good job, nothing special"
Cole nodded a thank you and turned to Paula, who was smiling at him "I know why you are crying, I saw her too. She has to be proud of you Cole, that was a beautiful serenade. The fact that you didn't know she would be here helped you a lot"
The man smiled at the woman's kindness and turned to Simon, who saw sighing "Cole I'm sorry but for me you went from really great of last week to mediocre of this performance. You have to come back strong next week because you are one of the contestants who can win the competition"
Ryan approached Cole and shook his hand "You really didn't know your wife would be here?" "Not at all! This was a very good surprise indeed. I love you Jen" he blew a kiss at the woman, making all the others in the crowd go wow
The host smiled softly at that "If you want to vote for the romantic Cole the number is 866-467-IDOL-05. Remember you have to wait till the end of the show. Let's continue with the performances. Next is Ronny"
Another tape started, this time showing the beautiful smile of Nikky Byrne "The second of my gorgeous trio is Ronny, who decided to sing the Streisand classic – The Way We Were – that's a very hard song to sing, but she pulled it off very well at the end."
The camera focused on the girl in the middle of the stage, trying desperately to remember Nikky's advice "start softly, go strong…"
Memories,
Like the corners of my mind
Misty water-colored memories
Of the way we were
Can it be that it was all so simple then?
Or has time re-written every line?
If we had the chance to do it all again
Tell me, would we? could we?
Then she decided to apply her mentor's advice and she raised her voice to sing the last part
Memories, may be beautiful and yet
What's too painful to remember
We simply choose to forget
So it's the laughter
We will remember
Whenever we remember...
The way we
She stopped for a moment and looked around at the cheering audience. She took a big breath and then she sang the last note
were...
She smiled at the people in front of her, than she looked at Randy "wow, I don't even know what to say at that so…" her eyes grew wide as the big man stood up to clap his hands.
Paula smiled "Ronny that was amazing. The way you performed the song was absolutely sensational. Was Nikky who told you to sing it like that?" Ronny nodded "well, we absolutely has to hire him for another time!"
Everybody laughed at that. Simon rolled his eyes "You want to hire him for his look don't you?" "Of course! Right girls?" Paula said turning to the women in the audience, who screamed madly at her comment.
The British man sighed "Anyway Ronny, that was fantastic. Totally your best performance so far"
"Yeah!" Ronny said jumping up and down at his comment. Ryan approached her laughing "what do you think about Nikky?" "Well, Paula is right. He is amazing. He knows lots of things about music…" she looked around smiling "…plus he is absolutely gorgeous"
"Well, I'm sure he's happy about that. If you want to vote for Ronny call 866-467-IDOL-06. Now it's time for our youngest contestant. Up next is Bridge.
In that moment, the guy who took his place before Cole sang smiled evilly. Now he was in for a very big laugh.
The presentation tape started and Mark appeared on the screen "As you know, I've worked with just two of them. The first one was Sky, the second is little Bridge. He totally blew me away when he started singing: I didn't know he had such a beautiful voice. I totally saw big things for him…"
The camera focused on the boy, who walked straight in front of him to reach the microphone as the music started.
I gotta take a little time
A little time to think things over
I better read between the lines
In case I need it when I'm older
He looked around and stopped horrified when he saw a guy laughing in the audience. "oh my God… Jack?"
The guy, Jack, saw Bridge looking at him and smiled at him. That made the boy nervous as he almost missed the note for the next part
In my life there's been heartache and pain
I don't know if I can face it again
Can't stop now, I've traveled so far
To change this lonely life
Just then, a man run in the studio panting. When he saw the boy singing, he smiled: he's made it on time. Both Bridge and Jack so him. The first smiled happily to see him, the second one was terrified: Mike Carson was looking at Jack "What the hell are you doing here??"
The boy, scared of the man, replied "I-I-I-I've got an e-mail that said I had to come here to scare Bridge. I don't know who sent me it, it was signed with a T" he said and then he stormed out of the studio like a baby.
Bridge saw the scene and smiled. That was the moment he was waiting for, his revenge on Jack. He then finished the song looking in his dad's eyes
I wanna know what love is
I want you to show me
And I wanna feel, I want to feel what love is
And I know, I know you can show me
I wanna know what love is…
The crowd went wild when he finished singing. He saw his father jumping up and down with them and he laughed at that. Randy notice his laugh and smiled "I'm happy to see you laugh because that, my dear, totally made you back in the competition!"
Paula nodded "he can't be more right then that! This is totally you best performance. Welcome back Bridge!"
The boy smiled happily and turned to Simon "ok, now you're back in the competition…"
His smile grow wide then before at that. He saw Ryan approaching him and hugged him "I take that as you're happy right?" "Of course I am! There's my father over there!" he said pointing in the middle of the crowd
Ryan looked at Mike "Are you proud of him?" Mike raised his hand and made a thumb up making Bridge blushing.
The host smiled at him "He is proud! If you want to vote for little Bridge, and after tonight you want trust me, call 866-467-IDOL-07. Well done boy" Ryan said giving the boy a high five "let's see what the last of this group has prepared for us. Adele is next"
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Bridge stormed out of the stage and found Adele waiting for him "I'm so proud of you! Let mama Adele hug you" she said engulfing the boy in a big hug "Adele… I can't breathe!" the boy said almost turning blue.
The woman let him go quickly "Oh God! I'm sorry! Well, if you excuse me, I have an audience to impress" she said smiling and went out on the stage, leaving a smiling Bridge behind.
The boy reflected on his performance. He was so happy he saw his father, he missed him so much. But a question was floating in his mind: how Jack found him? He was sure he didn't tell anybody he would take part of American Idol, and he was sure Jack would never watch the saw in a million years.
He sighed and started walking back to the red room, not seeing a pair of angry eyes looking at him "that idiot will pay for this…"
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The tape started once again, this time Shane appeared "I don't even know what to say about Adele. She is outstanding! She can sing the phonebook for me and be fantastic. Tonight she decided to sing Roberta Flack most famous song, and I'm sure she will be excellent"
The guitarist started playing softly the intro of the song, making a sign to the woman when to start singing
The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
And the moon and stars were the gifts you gave
then the violist and the drummer started playing
To the dark and the empty skies, my love,
the first time ever I saw your face,
your face,
your face,
your face
she reached the highest note for the last mart, astonishing everyone in the audience. They give her a standing ovation that least a minute, the judges took part of it once again that night.
Ryan went near the woman "Simon I want to know what you think about that.."
The British smiled "The only thing I want to say is whatever will happen in this competition, and I'm sure you will win, you will find someone who will give you a record contract" "and I think I know who that one is…" Ryan added smiling.
"if you want to vote for Adele call 866-467-IDOL-08. We take a last break and when we come back Tyzonne, Syd and Wes will close the show"
The camera focused on the three of them on the side of the stage smiling at the crowd. Then the commercial started.
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Ok! The second live show is almost done! Who have sent the mail to Jack? Will Bridge find out who sent it? And who will leave the competition? Stay tune to find out! Review are well accepted!!!!!!!!