Alexis Cohen, known as “Glitter Girl” in this season’s American Idol auditions, is one of those people you either love or hate. Abrasive and in your face, Alexis both wowed and repulsed audiences with her audition, “Somebody to Love,” by Grace Slick.

Over the past couple of months, Alexis and I have struck up a friendship of sorts, and she feels absolutely crushed by what they did to her on Idol. They came to her house, filmed her mother, and made her think that she really had a chance . When all along, she was just being made to be a laughing stock. After her stint on Idol, she went on to do Extra, Fox News, and showed up in a slew of magazines, all while not making a dime from it. So, was she treated justly? Is it all just part of the game? In this exclusive story, you can listen to her side, and decide for yourself!

By Alexis Cohen

Miranda, You have the right to remain silent, “SHHHHH,” Everything you say can and will be used against you, I learned that in a court of law. You have a right to a Lawyer. Don’t worry I have one in 2 different states. Do you understand these rights? I plead the fifth! Two full days of waiting, and almost the entire Philadelphia Police Dept show up. Yes I did sleep at The Wachovia Center for days, Then Penn’s Landing, if you can call it that, 1 week and a half of pure Hell with daily sleep deprivation, and meeting over 50 different producers.

American Idol: 4 am, Welcome to Hell , Day 1: There is an Open Casting Call, Anyone can show up, The smart, The gifted, the not-so-gifted. Imagine It’s 102 Degrees, The Macadam, Black top at The Wachovia center, makes the temperature feel like 120 degrees. So among the tents, and loud screams, cameras, lights and Philadelphia’s Finest sat me and my best friend sit, Outside waiting until sunrise for impending doom with 17 thousand people. Now imagine a foot ball stadium, Now think of two, foot ball fields, this was the amount of people who showed up each and every one with a dream, some more sincere then others. Among us all sit the dreamers, the screamers and the realists waiting for their chance to show the producers that they can or can not sing. 18 Hours later, we are still waiting, from the areal view several miles away a helicopter takes the trajectory of people from a distance and the lines run for miles. I sign into the Wachovia Center Arena and Day 1 is over.

Day 2, Judgment Day, Yet again we wait in the hot sun, this time between 17 thousand to 23 thousand individuals waiting for their day, in the sun. Each person waiting for the chance to hopefully meet Simon, with the wish to enter Hollywood. And there sits myself, the girl who is singing for the memory of her father, and there stands 17 thousand people , again in the hot sun, annoyed, hungry, tired, board, Irate, etc. I sang for the producers of nbc, cbs, and fox. Every producer imaginable, Hundreds of people within suits. 17 Thousand people are filed into the Wachovia arena, Do you know how hard it is to ask 17 thousand people to keep quite for the appearance of Ryan Seacrest? If someone spoke, the camera would retake every single taping of the Kick off for American Idol. This took hours, to get every camera angel and shot perfect for the camera crew to be ensured that the opening credits for American Idol would be perfect. I sang for 3 more producers, moved from room to room within the Large Arena. The 17 thousand people who lined up for miles were cut down to 2,500. Day 2, 18 Hours again ends. 10,000 singers sang the song “I’m going down.”

Day 3, Held at a private disclosed area, more known as Penn’s Landing, Golden ticket number 4 was given to me. I get a phone call at sundown, the producers of Idol say ” We love your style we want to do an in home interview.” AND I quote, myself. “I say “Well you guys do know your coming to the Ghetto, but you are more then welcome, They ask, ” will our camera’s be safe.” I laugh.

Day 4 and 5 : The Idol crew comes to my home located in evil so unimaginable I do not think you are able to comprehend the magnitude of the evil. I welcome American Idol and their crew openly into my home. With this, I assume that I at least had a chance to appear in the competition. I state to them knowingly that Simon will not like me, I do not wear enough Abercrombie and Fitch, I’m told not to worry about it.

Day 6, 7, 8, and 9: Day of rest for most, but not me, I’m still awake for 78 hours later, Why do you ask? I was preparing and running errands to ensure that every single spec of details following proceedings to the entering of Idol to my home was perfect. 9 Hours later I am to meet Simon, I drive the 100 mile distance to meet the Idol judges, This time auditioning again for 3 more producers, before the chance to see Simon, Randy and Paula. The makeup begins to set in my eyes due to the hot sun, sweat and sleep deprivation. I wait hours in what is called the holding room, and confessional, I call this room the interrogation room, This is the room where the contestants are held awaiting their doom, to be picked apart and be squished on national television. I meet Ryan Seacrest, we engage in conversation among each other. I realize I am a Metal Head in a room full of people who normally would ostracize a person like me, I realize full well what I am up against. A possible mockery, but I thought since the crew came over to my house, they had to see some talent in me somewhere, right? After 4 interviews and another meeting between singing for producers. I am finally given another ticket to go and see Simon, this time the 2,500 are dwindled down to 50 people, 10 of which are chosen for Hollywood. I enter the room, and realize quickly that even before I sang a note, or even spoke a word, that Simon would not like me, in fact he hated me. Do the judges and producers not converse was there a big boo boo, somewhere? I introduced myself, Paula quickly asked me if I liked glitter. Little did they know, I have a touch of Black Sabbath. sleep deprived and chink eyed, and glitter crusted from the pools of sweat from the undesirable heat, I sang the song the best I could moving without any sleep, food or drink, which became a total test of human endurance. I assumed after all the energy and effort that was invested within me after the in home interview that I would at least get the chance to compete between the other competitors. I stood confused after I sang ” Somebody to Love,” by Grace Slick. Simon hated me, I realized quickly one of two things, The camera crew and Idol judges either don’t communicate and the producers had every intention of sending me to compete, assuming that the judges would like the voice and see some talent, or this was planned as a sick sad practical joke.

I knew what I was up against. I saw a huge giant ultimate middle finger in front of me saying, F*** You, F*** You, F*** You. I get pissed, real pissed, and then I realize hey I’m not going to Hollywood anyway, If all of America is going to know myself as a mockery on my character buddy Simon, Here’s the finger back, 15 times. I’m going out in style! By this point whether or not I could sing was irrelevant. I came to this competition understanding that I hold a dream, for myself and I knew my father wanted me to sing, So I went in search for the correct people within the music and arts industry. I was successful in my search, and I did meet the best and worse of them all. I took this audition seriously, unlike they did me.

I was in fact insulted and came out with as many fingers as I could, because the srong do not cry in fact that would show weakness, after all the Raptors came for their kill, more known as The Producers of American Idol, I would not give them the satisfaction of seeing me shed one tear. How dare they use me as bait for their personal gain? So I turned the tables around quite successfully. The film was edited and cut to make Simon look like an angel, there were many other things he said that were edited, keep in mind I am not American Idol material, I knew this, dainty little girls are afraid of people like me, and I live in an area stricken with poverty, while working, getting crap pay, and going to college full time, so I’d eat most of these contestants for lunch, breakfast and dinner.

I became American Idol‘s pawn on their chess board, Check Mate Simon. He forgets, I’m as manipulative as he is, when needed, because he never knew me or bothered to find out about me, and you say I’m crazy, like that’s a bad thing. So I responded back, with several fingers drawn, figuratively speaking. Simon and I, well, we exchanged fingers together, and he told me to sing karaoke for drunk men in bars, which I ironically, do, having a few drinks myself. It was fun, my lovely friend, but, I am not a minnow, for those of you who don’t know what a minnow is, its a small fish used to feed bass. “Let’s Jam Our Thumb in Her Bum, And See How Much We Can Piss Her Off”….. There ya go, you F*CK, Here’s a taste of your own medicine. In fact, since this has been free press. This means free press, I make PISS from this. So those of you who think I did this for money, or attention, think again.

American Idol: to Date. Now let’s recap. Recently one of the contestants was sent to jail, for a big whopping 5 years. Another contestant lost a family member in gang activity, he himself states his wife was at the wrong place and time. Another contestant is addicted to Meth amphetamines. The list goes on. So American Idol comes to the big mean city and picks up the city’s trash, when I came out sincere as day, I almost felt like a fool, But I DO NOT REGRET the auditions in American Idol, NOT AT ALL! In Fact, if given the chance, I’d do it again, and flip Simon off the same way, Because in a Battle of wits, Simon was totally unarmed.. Though, Simon in his own way was very professional, he took a show out of nothing and created show into something entertaining. For the time being, in ways it’s ingenious, though he learned we are not all pawns in his game…Or may be we are? And he says he’s crazy…like it’s a bad thing….

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