American Idol found its first gimmick of the new season after Jane Carrey, daughter of Jim, ran the gauntlet of an Idol audition.
The 24-year-old appeared on Saturday’s edition of the talent show, and seemed to excite Jennifer Lopez an awful lot. Lopez worked with Jim Carrey on 1990 Hollywood non-hit In Living Color (I can’t even find a trailer to link to). The nails-on-a-chalkboard timbre of Lopez’s voice means I can’t bear to watch the video again to check, but my favorite exchange went something like this:
Lopez: “Oh my god, like I know Jim. We like worked together. Do you like remember me? Oh my god.” Jane Carrey: “Er, I think I was two?”
Anyway, Carrey got through to the next round by belting out Bonnie Rait’s “ Something To Talk About ” with reasonable force. It wasn’t the most outstanding audition we’ll see this season, but she was pretty good in that bland American Idol way, so the judges liked her. Randy Jackson thought she had “PO-tential” while Jennifer Lopez screeched and croaked over everybody while saying she liked Jane. I think.
Also, hey, nice to see Jane isn’t another reality show Hollywood brat with a swollen sense of entitlement – despite her father being worth north of $150 million, she doesn’t front some crappy reality show. Nope, this mom still waits tables for a living, and seems pleasantly down-to-earth. So best of luck to her.
Here’s Carrey’s apperance in full, complete with post-audition phonecall to an excited dad:
