Michael Bartul

Michael Bartul | American Idol

noreply@blogger.com (Neil) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:49:00 +0000

So I was thinking that it was time to post an update on this Michael Bartul blog since the last post wasn't really able to provide much information. Not that I didn't try in the last post, mind you. I mean, I'm lazy, but not that lazy. Thing is, for the last post, there just wasn't any information, or there was almost no information available online for Michael. So I was thinking, well, time has passed, surely there must be a little bit more stuff on the guy by now. But no. I was wrong. It's like a drought or something. There's hardly anything there.

Again, there're hardly any sites out there providing information on Michael Bartul. And the sites which do mention him usually say the same thing (including this one, lol). Couldn't find any pictures even. Not one single photograph of this person who could very well be, maybe at least, in several months time, the next American Idol. The 2009 version of David Cook. And yet, nothing. It's astounding. Makes you realize that even with all the stuff available online, there's still quite a large segment of the population who can't be researched all that much with Google. I mean, I can Google some of my friends and find out more about them than I did about Michael Bartul. Really. Am just quite surprised.

Then again, this could all work in his favor, I guess. There's no fatigue surrounding him, because well, there's hardly any mention of the guy. I do wonder what he's thinking now. How is he preparing for the coming American Idol episodes? Was his Christmas merry? Was his New Year's Day happy? Did he enjoy wolfing down his Christmas meal? Or did he feel like throwing up with nervousness, anticipating having to perform for America very, very soon?

Is he counting down the days to the American Idol opening episode? Or is he dreading the end of yet another day? Will he enjoy watching his audition footage? Will American Idol even show his audition? Is he maybe working with a voice coach now? Maybe getting some tips on wardrobe? A new haircut? Does he even have hair? Can he dance? Will he try to dance? Does he play an instrument? Will he love the camera? Will the camera love him? Is he asking his friends to vote for him? His family? Or does he have to keep how he did a secret? How did he do anyway? Hell, maybe he was cut before Hollywood. Who knows what really happened? Maybe all this is just a ploy to leak false information as a cover by the folks behind American Idol?

Now I'm just confused. Anyway, good luck to Michael Bartul.

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noreply@blogger.com (Neil) — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:54:00 +0000

Michael Bartul is one of those people mentioned in some websites as someone who made it past the American Idol auditions, and was able to go to Hollywood. For him though, this wasn't the first time that happened. Way back in Season 5 of American Idol, Michael was one of the contestants who got one of those yellow slips of paper as well. Unfortunately, his trip to Hollywood didn't quite work out the way he wanted it to. He made it to Hollywood, but he didn't make it past there, to where the viewers at home would have gotten a chance to vote on whether or not he would stay or go.

Now, if I was a little bit less lazy, I would probably dig up some of that Season 5 backstory, find out exactly who this fellow is (his name really doesn't strike any bells at all, even if it is unique), maybe grab a photo or two, or a video or two (assuming they exist), and come back with a more detailed analysis of why exactly his first trip to Hollywood didn't end so well. But I just don't feel like it right now. Maybe I'll get around to that in the next post.

It seems that Michael Bartul is 26 years old. His audition took place in Glendale, Arizona, and for his audition, he sang Escape by Enrique Iglesias. I actually like that song, so I look forward to seeing his audition for myself. Seems like it could be a difficult song to sing, but hey, what do I know? I'm not much of a singer myself.

Doesn't seem like there's much information on Michael Bartul out there, in cyberspace. Unlike many other contestants, he doesn't have a MySpace profile of his own. He doesn't appear to be in a band. Neither does he appear to yet have an album out. I wonder what he's been doing since Season 5?

Well, hopefully he'll have a better run this time around. Again, I can't remember him at all from the previous season so I'll be looking forward to the audition videos when they come out on Fox. I have a feeling that it'll be pointed out to the American Idol judges that it's this guy's second time around (unlesss they remember him themselves of course) so they'll probably ask him a question or two about what he's been doing since his last try. Did he work on his voice? His singing? His charisma maybe? And why didn't he give Season 6 a try? Actually, I get the sense that as these seasons pass, the contestants get better and better so the competition is fiercer. We'll see how he fares against this season's competition.

So that's Michael Bartul for you.

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