American Idol Alum, Jon Peter Lewis Auditioned for The Voice 4!

By On 02/26/2013 · 39 Comments · In American Idol, Jon Peter Lewis, The Voice

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One of my very favorite American Idol alums auditioned for The Voice 4. Season 3 alum, Jon Peter Lewis will be the first American Idol finalist to compete on the competition reality show when it returns to NBC on March 25.

Jon Peter made the announcement Monday night via twitter:

Hey all. I auditioned for The Voice on NBC! Check it out on March 25th to see how I did. #thevoicemarch25

People, we are going to be partying like it’s 2004. And I’m not gonna lie, I’m kind of excited. No, really!

Jon Peter, or JPL as Ryan Seacrest dubbed him or THE PEN SALESMAN as Simon Cowell called him (he showed up to his Idol audition in shirt sleeves and a tie), was eliminated in 8th place season 3. He was literally the first WGWG to compete in the finals. Except in those days, guys weren’t allowed to play guitars, and the themes were mostly R&B, pop and country.  Season 3 was the year of the diva, with Fantasia eventually taking the crown.

I always believed that if JPL auditioned a few years later, when he could sing with a live band and could from a wider array of tunes and genres,  he would have fared much better in the competition.  The Voice should provide a much more hospitable environment for his talent. So this should be good.

After American Idol, JPL released two really solid albums, the 2006 release Stories from Hollywood and Break the Silence in 2008.

The Voice panel better swivel those damn chairs for him, or I’m going to cut a bitch. Ha.

 
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  • mjsbigblog

    IDK. Lance Corporal A$$hat was probably the first according to the definition that includes Scotty McCreery.

    Well, the definition of WGWG has become so elastic at this point, it includes just about every pale guy who breaths. Heh.

    My own definition of a WGWG does not include Scotty, who rarely plays guitar, and is straight up country rather than a variation of rock. I can’t ever remember seeing Josh Gracin with a guitar in his hand, but maybe I missed it.

  • breakdown

    Yea, I just remember him as a likable guy without much of a voice.

  • Incipit

    Lance Corporal A$$hat was probably the first according to the definition that includes Scotty McCreery.

    Wait. What? Bwahahaha! Looks like I missed some interesting stuff in an overview of the first six seasons – and not just Cowell’s head exploding either! “Lance Corporal A$$hat?” I’ll have to look that up. 

    JPL’s voice, or songs that I have heard him do aren’t the kind I like to buy or listen to – but hey – if he has another shot and is able to take advantage of it – more power to him. At least Kirsten didn’t consign him to the A$$hat Battalion. Heh.

  • maymirabella

    LOL JPL was entertaining, that is for sure. He did make me laugh but some of us back then were saying JPL stood for Just Plain Lousy.  LOL. But the guy does make me laugh. 

  • maymirabella

    He was on the same season as Jennifer Hudson too. So he can always say he competed against and lived in the same mansion with an oscar winner.  That would be cool to be able to say.  I admit, I am a big JHud fan but thought JPL was so funny and different and unconventional.  I do not think Simon liked him at all.

  • Niall

    I wasn’t a JPL fan, but I have a soft spot for the halcyon days of AI and therefore will be rooting for him.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_5CTSGSGATMXQESVDDD7RWQRYXU Jane

    WGWG means “male, light skin, sings.”  That covers it all anymore it seems.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_5CTSGSGATMXQESVDDD7RWQRYXU Jane

    Damn.  I’m going to have to watch The Voice. 

  • Allison

    I’m curious to why you categorize Josh Gracin as an A$$hat ? Pushups or murdering “Celebration” or something else?

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/XDQP2Y46M5B3OHOKALDDGDHQCM Leandro

    Are you all going VFTW? lol. I didn’t know this guy but he’s singing like crap on the video above. lol

  • http://kristentheyellowlab.blogspot.com/ ZsusK

    I can’t ever remember seeing Josh Gracin with a guitar in his hand, but maybe I missed it.

    No instruments allowed back then. But, I think he’s leaning against a tree with a guitar in his hand on his album cover, so I guess that counts? ;)And I have a soft spot for JPL. I remember him dancing with his dad when he got voted off.  I also remember he was really popular and that Shack at TwoP created a “Harem” thread for him because he was definitely the “cute one.”

  • Kirsten

     

    I’m curious to why you categorize Josh Gracin as an A$$hat

    LOL. I’m not entirely sure how he got that nickname, but it was over at TWOP. A lot of people were angry about his “backstory” so that’s probably where it came from.

    Josh’s season occurred during the ramp up to the second Gulf War and he was a Marine. There was lots of discussion about how his unit might be suddenly deployed and conspiracy theories about the Marines trying to get free advertising by letting him stay on the show and how he was getting the “patriotic” vote (yes, Virgina, there have always been backstories, conspiracy theories and voting blocks on Idol). I didn’t actually mind him, but I still think of that nickname to this day. Probably due to my curiosity about exactly what A$$hat means.

    He did go on to show you didn’t have to be signed to the Idol home label to have success (he had a Gold selling Country album and three top 10 singles in that format).

  • mjsbigblog

    I also remember he was really popular and that Shack at TwoP created a “Harem” thread for him because he was definitely the “cute one.”

    Yes…I vaguely remember that. *clears throat* 

  • http://twitter.com/ReboundsMom ReboundsMom

    Ah, proto-WGWG!  Don’t remind me of what could have been on Manilow night. :( I’m glad to see he’s still plugging away, though.

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