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Yes, Wife Swap is getting all the attention, but it appears another Pentecostal auditioned for American Idol.

Tuesday night the Birmingham auditions were shown. Victoria Watson from Gainesville, FL (Jeff Arnold's church perhaps?) appeared with her mother because they both had ankle-length, uncut hair.

When Victoria appeared & both men mentioned her hair (Paula was AWOL), Simon asked why she wanted to be on the show. "To be a role model" was among her answers. Simon actually said, "You're a genuinely nice person aren't you?"

After calling Mom in to show off her hair, he had Victoria sing her Josh Groban song, & was business-like, but not cruel, in his rejection. As they exited, Randy, who seems quite caustic of late, kept saying how hot their hair was, though.

Even the TV Guide blog mentioned her, saying:

"Victoria Watson, of the Crystal Gayle hair, is worth mentioning only because I think she has had the best response to why she was auditioning, she said she thought she would be a "good role model and wanted to touch peoples hearts" with her music. The judges, Simon and Randy, the only two present at this audition, saw her as a very nice person, but a lousy singer. Too bad she couldn't pull off the Josh Groban song she chose."

While 90&9 is all for talented Pentecostals trying to make a difference in their world and/or using their talents for God's glory, it does bother us that the MSM (mainstream media) seems all to eager to highlight Apostolics only as oddities. Most of the companies we work in and cities we live in see us as basically normal (except for our church services). Somehow that rarely comes across in the MSM.

We'll see what happens on Wife Swap February 12.