{"id":4459,"date":"2010-08-03T16:58:58","date_gmt":"2010-08-03T15:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=4459"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:28:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T11:28:11","slug":"leroy-wells-best-tv-audition-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/leroy-wells-best-tv-audition-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Leroy Wells: Best TV Audition Of All Time?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4463\" href=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/leroy-wells-best-tv-audition-of-all-time\/leroy2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4463 lazyload\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"leroy2\" src=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/leroy2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"122\" \/><\/a>Not that I watch these sorts of things, but; what do you think the best televised audition of all time is? Subo reminding Simon and Piers that not all ugly people are useless (I mean look at Stephen Hawking), Jed-ward upsetting a nation or maybe that old woman feeling the onset of dementia during last year&#8217;s BGT finals?<\/p>\n<p>Well, I think that the title actually belongs to this little genius &#8211; Leroy Wells, pictured above <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxesonidol.com\/cgi-bin\/ae.pl?mode=1&amp;article=article1661.art&amp;page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">after being arrested<\/a> for the umpteenth time. One can&#8217;t help but wonder what might have been for Leroy, were he not shunned so publicly.<\/p>\n<p>Hope you enjoy it as much as I always do, every time I watch it. Please link it around to as many people as you can.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>If you have discovered something that you would like to see posted on  this blog then please get in touch; luke@routenote.com or on twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/monkeyhotel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@monkeyhotel<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"American Idol Audition - Leroy Wells\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VrpTF5-mFuw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not that I watch these sorts of things, but; what do you think the best televised audition of all time is? 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