Tastee Talent Trail 2K9 - Day One

Portmore

The first session began as customary with conversation over chicken sandwich combos in the Tastee Portmore restaurant (unresponsive service). The main topic was theu nfortuante remarks of Buju banton concerning Bob Marley, for which he has been flayed in the media and by the general public.

Then it was onto the front of the jusding tent to do our pre-sjow endorsements and our expectations for the year - the only om-camera segments we'll have for this year; a mistake, I believe.

The first day was clow, aprtly due to poor advance publicity (a notable recurring feature of first auditions during my tenure)

Then the auditions - a weaker than expected talent pool yielded a few mediocre singers, and two bright spark DJ acts, one comprising twin brothers, a the other a jovial yopung man witha sound reminiscent of Richie Spice.

During lunch we met with Janett, a fan of new judge and leading actress Audrey Reid, and we regaled each other with bawdy confessions of sexual preferences, amrital relationships vs common-law, and other such matters

The afternoon session picked up considerably with a stream of gold cards (potential semi-final candidates) emerging, although some with deifnite homosexual tnedencies.

The last audtiionee camre through roundabout 3:30 pm, after which we pulled down and said our repsective goodbyes in anticipation of the month-end (alsoa "brand-new old feature" from the "glory days" of the tastee Talent Contest)