NEW YORK — One OSU student is heading to Hollywood.
Kyle Ensley, an international business and political science junior, crooned his way to the next round of FOX’s “American Idol Season Seven.”
Ensley’s performance of Queen’s “Somebody to Love” won over two of the three judges, including notoriously grumpy Simon Cowell.
After Randy Jackson’s vote of no, Paula Abdul decided Ensley’s fate.
The judges at “American Idol” aren’t the only ones to recognize Ensley’s talent: His vocals have earned him many accolades at Oklahoma State, including best male performance in Varsity Revue 2007 and best male vocalist in Spring Sing 2007.
Ensley could not be not be reached for comment Wednesday night.
On the show, Ensley told viewers he wants to be the governor of Oklahoma someday.
Raised in Valliant, Ensley is a Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellow and a member of FarmHouse Fraternity.
Fox’s “American Idol” returned as the nation’s most popular TV series, but with 4 million fewer viewers than the 2007 season premiere.
Tuesday’s debut was seen by an estimated 33.2 million viewers, down 11 percent from the 37.4 million who watched the first show, according to preliminary ratings by Nielsen Media Research.
That still ranks as the most-watched show of the TV season, excluding sports. The previous high was the 25.4 million who saw the season premiere of “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” on CBS in the fall. More people were watching Fox in those two hours than the combined audience for ABC, CBS, NBC and the CW.
It was a noticeably nicer “American Idol” after producers were criticized last year for meanness during the audition rounds of the talent contest.
Yet the ratings will be watched closely for signs of further erosion. There was a slight decline in viewership last season compared with 2006.
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