Top 40 Elimination Day
After our performances we headed back to the hotel room for rest and recuperation. I was beat. My eyes were red from crying due to Piers’ mean comments. I was more than off the wall. So I took my mind off of things by hanging out with Taylor. But I still knew tomorrow was going to be a tough day.
The next morning I woke up and put on that same red dress and headed for the call room. I walked in with my water bottle and took a seat at my “table of talent” with Taylor, Holly, Next to None, and Joshua Price. We sat there for a good 3 hours before the producer came in an called us down by group. I was in the child singer group and was called down first with Taylor, Cafidia, Rachael, Kaitlyn and David. It was the six of us.
We walked backstage to where we were the previous day. I thought my nerves were bad yesterday? HA. On a scale from one to how i’ll be on my wedding day… I was a 10. A certified nervous wreck. My fingers trembled I could barely feel my head on top of my shoulders. It was almost like an out of body experience. Just being there, being put in the situation where you have absolutely no control as to what will happen next. So they lined us up..
It went
Taylor, David, Cafidia, Rachael, Kaitlyn, and Then me.
As they lined us up, I walked out with a smile. I had a good feeling, but still after Piers yesterday… i really didn’t know what to think anymore. We stood in the god forsaken line for at least a half hour. With cameras circling around our every movement. Finally it was time to start the Top 40 elimination.
David Hasselhodd started to speak and began to callout names.
“These names I call please move forward.”
“Mia Boostrom”
oh my gosh, me? first? eep!
“Cafidia and Taylor Daniel…. Front row…. I’m sorry to say…. You will…. not be moving on in the competition….”
There it was… the spear through my little 15 year old heart. I immediately started to tear up. Once I got off stage I began to BALL. Cameras were in my face every direction. Asking me question after question. I just wanted to get out of there. I couldn’t handle this. I just kept saying how much of a mistake I made and how I knew i didn’t have the talent to do this. I was heart broken.
I was pulled into another room with alll the other eliminated contestants. Taylor and I had made our way in… followed by Joshua Price, then Holly, then Next to None. We were all eliminated. Our Table of Talent wasn’t so lucky afterall. I was shocked to see everyone in that room. They were all EXTREMELY talented. I just didn’t understand what we did wrong. I sobbed my way to the check in line to get my airplane tickets for tomorrow and then moved my body up to the elevators to my hotel room to call my dad. I pretty much crumbled into nothing at that point.
