Cynthia Bailey
speaker
450 appearances
9 recordings
2 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 11 May
Cynthia Bailey’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
Trend
recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 1 in all, peaking in May 2026 with 1.
Appearances
yeah oh yeah like i would never say no no if i had an opinion if i had an opinion on that i would never say it i mean now you won't know this is the truth but the truth is they're both like so sort of witty and funny and it's just like it's not fair and they're like gorgeous and like just also like the fact that they're actually talented and smart you're like oh it's like even more annoying come on
yeah i do have like a really dying burning question how did your parents feel when you went on american idol were they like hell fucking yeah or were they like this is a disgrace no um my parents are very much a hell yeah group of people yeah i knew that about them she went to see my finals yeah i was in top 36 which was the only year there was ever a 36 tv star and a real star
suppose so I mean I don't even know that I'm either but for this instance I'll say yes it's so fucking cool Idol was such a weird charmed experience until it wasn't but yeah that was like this really weird year where instead of picking 24 they were like changing the format they added Cara Diaguardi so it was Simon, Paula, remember that whole thing? Randy, it was that decade or that era.
And then they added Kara and then they were just changing it up. And so they did a top 36 and then 24 people got eliminated immediately. And it went from 36 to 12. So many of us just got the hatchet. What was your audition song? Well, I initially tried out for not me and Barney. I went to Heidi Klum's Halloween party and walked the carpet. Yeah. And walked the carpet with Barney. There we are.
There I am. Look at me go. Wow.
No, those are actually mine. Okay, perfect. For what it's worth, I got her. So what was yours? My American Idol experience was so interesting and bizarre, but it was fun. Would you do it again?
That's right, that's it. And Kelly. Both of them would wipe the floor with me. I'm a very different singer. Those girls are like, yeah. I'm more of a style singer than like those girls are. I mean, I could sing, but those girls are like two of the best, idol or not. They're just machines. Unbelievable. But yeah, it was cool.
But that top 36 fucked us because not to, you can never say, but if I was going to, if there was a 24 and then it was like two off per week, I would have, I have very, in very good faith feel I would have made the top 24 and then I wouldn't have been gone so quickly. So it was such a weird thing. They were just like, sayonara, 24 of you.
Well, I think one of the major reasons I got eliminated was because he just like ripped me to shreds after that. What was really weird is it was so charmed that I was like, is this what reality TV is? Like everyone was cool with me. Everyone was lovely with me. Paula went on late night and Jay Leno, speaking of the devil, asked her, I haven't said the name Jay Leno in about 12 years.
I've said it twice in the last 45 minutes. Jay Leno was like, so who's your favorite? And she just was like, I can't say. And then like looked at the camera and was like, it's Jackie Tone. So I remember being like, I'm about to win American Idol.
Then the top 36 enters and they sort of made me sing the song that I sang, which was Little Less Conversation by Elvis Presley, which I had never heard in my life. But at the time that... They were setting you up. That Fatboy Slim version of Little S Conversation, it was like a DJ remix, was a hit. And then somebody years ago had like one with the song and they were like, you're high energy.
We want you to put on a show. And I was like, can I play my guitar and do like.
And they were like they were there was so much like obviously it's never rigged because that's illegal and they would never fuck with that. But there was so much producing that it like borderline. It was what it was.
Len. Yeah. Okay, but what's that song?
If only you had a computer one millimeter from the tips of your fingers.
Steal my sunshine. L-E-N-C. Steal my sunshine.
It's a good song. Oh, it's fine. I mean, it was a hit and it was fine, but it was like, They the songs I put on my list were like, you got me begging you for mercy. Yeah. And like Amy Winehouse and like Carole King and Aerosmith and Pink. And they didn't approve any of them. None. They were like, we can't get these approved. And it's like, you can't.
And then like this girl a week later had my whole did my whole song. I was like, wait, did I write her song list? You know, I was like, weird. It was weird.
It's true. And you know, it's really interesting. The number of people I met on American Idol who have come back later in my life and affected my life or changed my life for the better is actually a large number. Like there's a guy named Toby Gorman. Who was like a segment producer on American Idol. I mean, he wasn't a high level guy.
And he I went to take a meeting over at the Magical Elves, which is like best in class reality production company to create a top chef project runway. They're beasts. They're amazing. And I had a meeting over there. Apparently, Netflix was doing a cooking show called Best Leftovers Ever. By the way, full circle. Those Craig's pictures genuinely maybe got me the job. Yes.
Showing 361–380 of 450 · page 19 of 23
← Previous
Next →