Ava Maybee, the daughter of Red Hot Chili Pepper’s drummer Chad Smith, auditioned and passed the first round of American Idol.
She was the lone contestant this year that was a child of a music legend. One year ago, Aretha Franklin’s granddaughter auditioned, but didn’t get the golden ticket.
Either way, the Chili daughter is moving on to Hollywood after her rendition of Stevie Wonder’s Lately.
Here in the studio, though, the jury is out on Ava’s tune. We presented it on The Morning Surge and Amy lost her mind. Needless to say, she was not a fan.
In fact, she was so upset she compared Ava’s audition to that of William Hung’s infamous rendition of a Ricky Martin classic in 2004.
Based on the actual career success of William Hung – we kid you not, he had a record deal – perhaps Ava wishes she could be a little more like William.
Rest assured we’re going to keep Ava’s audition on file to set Amy off again. Stay tuned!
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