Heejun Han – Hollywood Groups – The War is On (VIDEO)

I hope heejun is not mocked(not here but elsewhere) because he has a great voice.  He’s truly is entertaining, personality and singing wise.  :)

I love this guy.   I hope he makes it to the top 4.   LOL.   I think the cowboy is a Scottie wanna be.

Oh this is awesome MJ! He so deserves his own post LMAO. Heejun is my new TV boyfriend! Dude saved the show for me tonight.

“The war is on…with cowboy” 

I was rolling over this one!

I love him! Bonus that he can sing.

The guy is a breath of fresh air.  I would love to see him in the Top 10. 

Aaaaaaaaaaaaand YouTube removed it. UGH. Try flipping the image on the video. I hear that helps.

Favorite line of the night

Phillip has had kidney stones, and I think Cowboy has had… brain stones.

sucks, I wanted to see it, can someone else upload it

The video’s been blocked already.

Heejun was the ONLY good thing about tonight’s dreadful episode. Bless his heart! The guy is a riot and had me in stitches. I bet he made tons of fans tonight. The cowboy dude was such a tool! 

I hope he makes the top 13 just for entertainment/comic relief this season but I kinda doubt it. Then again the guys are awful/foddery this year so maybe he has a shot.

Heejun had me rolling – he was probs the best part of the subpar episode. If Idol doesn’t work out for him, he should totally become a comedian.

“Cowboy had a brain stone” will probably be my tagline for this season’s group rounds.

Oh man Heejun was frickin hilarious. The only good thing about tonight’s show.

Love this dude.  Basically the only guy I really like at this point besides Colton.

Heejun is someone that I can see quickly becoming a fan favorite. 

Could you imagine how much fun this dude will be if he makes the Top 24? Gah! Fingers crossed!!! ^_^

Richie Law is the name of cowboy guy?  o boy  lol, his name sound already  like the antagonist ha, ha. 
Heejun  is so clever and funny and YES , can sing … so watch out judges, don’t cut him from the top 24 …. please ! :)

Heejun’s hilarious and he can sang.

Heejun’s hilarious and he can sang.

Ummm am I the only one who hears a bit of an accent with HeeJun Han
every once in a while when he sings I hear it. I still think he’s got a
real good voice though.

During his audition he was a jokster and put on this persona for the
camera that I thought was funny. Initially during the group rounds I
thought he a bit of a brat. I thought he was picking on the cowboy kid
in a mean way and I was almost turned off by it. But as the show
progressed it seemed as if the poking at the cowboy kid seemed more
innocent and not malicious. Also his comments where just darn funny
brought me back to 1st round comment “people in Hollywood are just so
beautiful even the men I don’t know what they eat.” which was hilarious.
Also as the show went on I got more of cowboy kid’s personality and it
was snobby and condescending so he deserved a little ribbing.

Oh one more thing I don’t think he’s as insecure as he portrays himself. It’s just a feeling I get.

I hope he makes it to the top 24 he’s a real character. I love funny people and a good voice to match why not.

Seriously? He’s horrible. If he makes it to the top 12, I’m done with this show. He was horrible in round one this week. 

This guys is hilarious! I love his personality and he’s got a great voice too.
Whoever says that he’s “Horrible” is just trying to be harsh. Judges won’t pass someone that’s HORRIBLE to hollywood round.

Oh one more thing I don’t think he’s as insecure as he portrays himself. It’s just a feeling I get.

I think you’re right.  But he’s still funny.  I liked when his mom was helping him pack and he told her he would probably be back home soon.  Heejun is a little like a Korean Rodney Dangerfield.  :)

Heejun has a very good voice on top of having a great personality. He has a really good chance of making the top 12 or 13, whatever it is this year, as he should. Tonight’s episode gained him many new fans, and he’s the only thing about tonight’s episode that people are tweeting and talking about.

he is funny but i don’t think he has a great voice nor do i think he’s a good vocalist.  i think he’s starting to get overrated by some people here when it comes to his actual singing talent

that didn’t stop them from letting the flamboyant and joke contestant Norman of season 8 into the semifinals now does it?

and who could forget Tatiana (to be fair, she was good on one song)? LOL

I hope the video can be up somewhere else soon

He is my favorite so far,

a, he is Asian :))

b, he is funny and hilarious, people love his sense of humor.

c, his voice is quite good, if he picks the right songs to perform, he will survive until the middle of the season…

Ditto on Mj, Hope Idol god will keep him around as long as possible too =))

I hope Nigel realizes this young man was the only thing that saved the show tonight.  Loved his humor whether it was meant to be funny or not!  He should be on the way to Top 10.

This guy was the only good thing in the episode. Not sure about his voice because they never show enough. They typically put one or two through who may not be the best singer but are good for ratings. This guy could be ratings gold and hopefully parlay it into something for himself.

I’m not trying to pick faves yet because it’s still too early, but damn…I LOVE this guy. He’s so adorkable and definitely was the only highlight of a boring episode.

I hope he gives enough fresh performances in the future to stick around for awhile. His humor is a nice bonus. :) I would probably be even more on his team if he had been from PA like I originally thought he was. Silly yes, but I want someone from my state to go far on this show.

Does Cowboy remind anyone else of Scotty? Not so much in actions, well beyond roaming around looking for a group, or actions but in looks and voice?

They do need to keep Heejun around! If his singing career doesn’t take off he could train for Ryan’s job.

Heejun is rude and disrespectful.  He does not have a good voice.  He’s only getting attention because of his broken English and cluelessness.  The sooner gone the better!

I loved this guy yesterday. My husband asked was I was laughing at, I said “this guys looks like he’d like to have a hot spike put through his brain”. This was all prior to heejun getting sound bites.

It was awesome!

I’m surprised some people think Heejun’s singing is bad. I actually love his voice, I think he has that nice, soulful voice we haven’t had on the show for several seasons now, and the type of voice I always love in male contestants. 

We must be listening to different people .. but his english is completely on par with native speakers. I detected no broken english. He has a slight accent, more understandable to me than some American accent, like from the south eastern part of the US. 

I oscillated between thinking, “Don’t say those things. Putting down somebody during Hollywood week makes people hate you” and “Damn, he’s totally right about that deluded boss-pants” and “Man, he’s funny”.

I firmly ended on deciding Heejun came out the winner when he went over to stand with “The Cowboy” while he was blustering on about something to the camera and “The Cowboy” gave him a dismissive smile and shooed him away (because he hadn’t finished telling the camera how wonderful he is). 

I want Heejun to stay

No, Cowboy does not remind me of Scotty at all! Not one iota. Heejun, now. Yeah. Same low key sense of humour and strong sense of who he is while still not sure how good he is.

As much as I love Heejun, I believe he doesn’t know that many of the viewers are Country music fans.

:)

LOL!  I agree. He was the best part of that episode.  I actually agreed with him. I think Cowboy is history. :)

I think this is unfortunately true. He has a bit of his Korean accent when he sings and sometimes that greats a bit.  He has a nice vocal tone though.  I think if they can work on the accent he might do ok. 

I don’t think he was making fun of country music. just that dorky contestant. :)

“psycho cowboy dictator”

lmao!  He sure came off like that. 

“I firmly ended on deciding Heejun came out the winner when he went over
to stand with “The Cowboy” while he was blustering on about something to
the camera and “The Cowboy” gave him a dismissive smile and shooed him
away (because he hadn’t finished telling the camera how wonderful he
is). ”

Meanwhile, “The Cowboy” thinks that it’s a good thing that the camera is picking up his egotistical put-downs of his groupmates!  lol

As for HeeJun, I think that he has a good voice, but I’m not sure how good a singer he is. So far, he’s only sung his audition song (which are rehearsed to death) so it’s hard to tell.

He’s pretty funny. I’m not sure if he’s that good a singer but I bet he’ll be around for awhile. Idol needs folk that create buzz. He could be the more talented and witty Sanjaya!

This guy is funny. I like him. I’m actually reconsidering to watch idol now. lol! He has a nice voice. He won’t win but it’ll do the show a lot of good if he sticks around.  

Absolutely love Heejun. Non-cowboy FTW!!!!

“Does Cowboy remind anyone else of Scotty? Not so much in actions, well beyond roaming around looking for a group, or actions but in looks and voice?”

To me 1) Scotty and 2) this cowboy have as much in common as 1) expensive champagne and 2) cheap lemonade. They are both drinks, yes, but I´d prefer champagne by miles and would rather go thirsty than force myself to swallow cheap lemonade

He’s definitely a hoot!.
I agree he won’t win, but he’s a breath of fresh air in what so far has been a snooze of a season. Hope he sticks around for a while. That dumb ass cowboy can leave at any time.

I love his humor, he is hilarious.  I could see him on TV having his own show.

up till last night I couldnt remember any single contestant day to day.. none of them have appealed to me.. All I could think was “season 9 pt 2″.. finally last night one of the contestants captured me and I will remeber him.. Still dont remember if I liked HeeJun’s  voice or not but I definately love him! Finally someone I will remember next week.

Heejun has a very nice, rich tone, and he’s cute in a geeky sort of way (says my 18 yr old DD).  But “Cowboy had a brain stone”?  That sealed the deal for me. Heejun is officially my favorite guy.

Heejun made a no-singing episode totally worth it!

I hear his accent too. I think he has a good voice that can become great with the right coaching, which would also help with his pronunciation/diction. I don’t know if Idol is the best resource for him to do that, but it might be. He definitely does not speak in broken English either.

Also, whoever said he was like a Korean Rodney Dangerfield was spot on.

I like Heejun. I do occasionally hear a slight accent in his singing voice (Rs that sound like Ws), but I’m ok with that. Some people have perfect voices but no personality. Heejun has a good voice and tons of personality, which makes him a more interesting performer.

If I recall correctly, “Cowboy Kid” sounded like Scotty (low country voice) during the auditions), but that’s where the similarities end. I’m not a big country fan, and Scotty wasn’t my favorite singer last year, but I always found him very likeable as a person. He was always humble and respectful to the other singers. “Cowboy Kid” could learn a few things from Scotty.

Heejun had me lmao the whole episode. Seriously, I was literally in tears cause I laughed so hard. He was the only thing worth watching the whole episode. 

I oscillated between thinking, “Don’t say those things. Putting down
somebody during Hollywood week makes people hate you” and “Damn, he’s
totally right about that deluded boss-pants” and “Man, he’s funny”.

I firmly ended on deciding Heejun came out the winner when he went over to stand with “The Cowboy” while he was blustering on about something to the camera and “The Cowboy” gave him a dismissive smile and shooed him away (because he hadn’t finished telling the camera how wonderful he is). 

I want Heejun to stay

I can see why some people got upset about the cowboy comments but in Heejun’s defense, he was right.  The guy was psycho.  He even got on my last nerve so bad I want to hit him.  Heh

Thanks for the lulz this morning mj. Hee

So basically, I need to marry this guy asap.  

haha.

I am so close to being done with AI, especially after that horrible episode, but dang it, I’m sticking with it as long as this guy is there.  For his voice and his hilarious personality.

I know, ppl that said he has broken English is just rude and naive. Imagine if they try to learn a second language, how “perfect” would they sound.

Sorry, but Heejun looked like a jerk, not Ritchie. They could have edited Richie (he only said something bad like once) , but Heejun had too many mean comments that it made it seem legit.

Our family loves Heejun – he’s hilarious. He does not come across as mean-spirited since he’s self-deprecating and he’s right. “Freaking cowboy” is a delusional dictator.

I gave no idea how Heejun sings but we are looking forward to finding out. It is so nice to have a another Asian to replace William Hung (and Sanjaya).

Heejun’s sarcastic self is a boon to singing show comedy.  He was so entertaining, he needs to stay as long as possible.

It wasn’t just Heejun that had problems with Cowboy, you could tell that Philip Philips was just as annoyed with him as Heejun. But I guess Philip didn’t give any awesome sound bites about it.

I think the humor is more pronounced because Heejun seems so soft spoken, insecure somewhat, and kind of subdued.
Contrast that with the snarky comments, kind of covertly made to the camera crew, and it catches you off guard.
Not to mention the Cowboy is such a douche and the others aren’t really saying anything to him.
Hilarious!

Heejun is the perfect “reality” contestant that producers and viewers love.
I find no humour in his talking about someone like he did - it was his only way to get any attention because his singing sucks
 
The cowboy dude definitely got the “bad” edit…

Fake reality show editing – so many love it. I hate the glaringly obvious manipulation. Those editors can make very nice people look like bullies or pigs – anything to get people talking about their show and getting hits.

Yeah, if you watch carefully, Phil Phillips was the one with whom Cowboy said he had to “kiss and make up.”  It looks like the whole group was pretty annoyed, and Heejun hilariously so.

Love him!

I thought he was really rude and it’s not nice to say those things behind someone’s back- if they group did not want to to along with him, they should have just told him no, not go along and make fun of him while he’s not looking.

HEEJUN!!!!  He is seriously my favorite!!!!  Im voting if he is on the live shows like for reals!!

I agree that it was the only up-beat (even as he was complaining somehow) part of the show.   Perhaps it struck me that way because he seems grounded outside of his singing and is willing to laught at things.

I suppose that’s not an easy thing for aspiring singers who very reasonably see this as one of their only very very slim shots at getting a chance to earn a living as a performer, something they have a passion for.

Yet still.

And,  can we have some more singing ?   I have know idea if he can actually sing or not… if he’s just sung a few songs over and over listening to other artists and figuring out a way, or if he can learn some lyrics and kick into some pretty reasonable interpretations straight off (even if he’ll refine them from there)

Yeah, it was a good editing. I had a little tear coming out from laughing. I thought that was a clash of two cultures, too. 

I wonder why they didn’t interview other two a bit more, or they didn’t air them because Heejun was much funnier? I could see the eyes and body language in Phillip that he was annoyed but he kept his mouth shut. I need a postpartum interview from the group, no matter which ones get to the next rounds!  

I think he was lucky they let him in the group in the first place.Did he make himself the leader or did they just let him take over?They all should have a say in what they do.I thought Heejun was very funny,he could have said a lot worse to the other guy and I think it would have been justfied because of his attitude.

Heejun’s a hoot.  What a dry sense of humor.  And he sings good too.  Lord I hope he makes it onto the season.  People’d vote him in for the snark alone!

To appease the Cowboy constituency that is “American Idol viewers,” the episode didn’t even show what a Nazi dictator that southern piece of trash really was.  From the little we were actually able to see, it’s amazing how the Cowboy didn’t believe in coming together as a team.  He was a late addition to the group and should have been grateful to have been accepted.  For those who complain about Heejun’s English skills, it doesn’t even matter.  His voice is great, and I appreciate how he used humor to get through that awful mess.  The others in the group didn’t like the Cowboy either, and they even mentioned getting over a fight, which they refused to show.  I’m upset that the demographics of the viewership has significantly changed for this show. 

“Cowboy” (Richie Lawson) may have been a dictator, but he’s not southern.  He’s from Centennial, CO.  That’s not even in southern Colorado, but it is a little south of Denver.  ;)

Sorry, I got a little carried away there… Nazi dictator that piece of trash really was

I say, watch out for Heejun. If he is put through with the American voting public, I can see fans latching on to him. I also think there is more to meet the eye with him.  This is the kind of fresh talent that Idol needs – vs all the sock puppets that roll through each season.

In ten seasons of Idol, we have only had one disrespectful, rude, and arrogant winner.  Let’s not have a second. Espesially one that can’t sing.

Who was the rude, arrogant winner?

You get one guess.

Is it Lee? I don’t know much about him…

Nope…if you watched all 10 seasons, you’d know which one was rude, disrespectful, and arrogant throughout their season.

I love Heejun. I hope I can find the THursday show online since I was at the KA concert. Is AI putting up full episodes on their website?

HeeJun said in his audition that he sings blues/r&b which will be a nice contrast to pop and country contestants.  Jennifer “loves him”, Steven told him he “might be an American Idol”.  His youtube videos are getting a ton of hits and he’s getting lots of buzz/screen time.  Think/hope he can go deep.

I personally think that Heejun’s voice is really good. He can sing really well. Maybe if he get some training he will be more good at singing. I think he just need more training to sharpen his vocal. Meanwhile, i don’t think he is mean or bad person. He have a good personality so far and he is not fake. He just being himself and yet a humble person too. He never praised himself of being good among all the people. In fact, he even said that almost everyone around him during audition is really pretty and good than him! Some people are just too proud of themselves. At least, Heejun is a bit humble person. And I did some research about him and i know why his personality is funny yet humble person. It’s because he is one of the volunteer in a club for needy. I think that is the reason why his personality is funny but at the same time is very kind and humble.  I’m very touched when saw him cry during the Top 40. I think he deserved to stay a bit longer. His future is somehow bright for me. Because he has start to have fans who love him as a singer and his personality.

he was so authentically funny.  He has a good voice and is humble.

dd

Naw. You’ve missed it tomr. Heejun is a joker! Jokers have to poke fun at something – themselves or others – that’s what makes people laugh! But a good joker has humility and doesn’t mean any harm by it.That’s Heejun. And I love him for it.Plus, clueless? Are you crazy? He’s obviously very intelligent and witty. He’s hamming up his insecurities as only an inwardly confident person can. Yes, he’s vulnerable but very self-aware. Great guy.
Attention BECAUSE of his broken English? He’s different in a good way. We may notice his accent but why despise it? Let’s celebrate differences and appreciate the different flavours we bring to the table.