Seriously!?!?! :-D

So last year I watched the first few episodes of NBC's The Voice. The concept of judging people only on their talent and not on what they're wearing (or sometimes what they aren't) was amazingly refreshing and I was excited. But then after the blind auditions I forgot what night the show was on and didn't really care if I missed it or not and didn't watch. I don't know who won, I just liked the blind audition banter of the judges and the concept of actual blind auditions.

Then I saw a tweet by former The New Mickey Mouse Club member Tony Lucca saying that he was going to be on the blind auditions! This made me squeeeee! First of all, the fact that two former mousketeers would be reuniting. That made me happy to see what her reaction would be, to see if she would recognize him, etc.  Second of all, I like Tony. Always have. I haven't religiously followed his career post MMC but I've kept tabs (on Matt Morris too) on his music.  And I LOVED the MMC when I was younger. I watched it every day without fail until my parents got rid of the Disney Channel and if it came out on DVD I would totally buy it. And I like it, which also made me excited because I do like his music and those mixed feelings of wanting a singer/band I like to make it vs do I really want everyone to know this gem emerged. I talked to an online friend (and one of the few people I know who still remembers and admits to watching MMC) and we both were super excited and hoped that Christina would turn around but Adam Levine would be a much better fit and that Tony should go with him.

So I waited for Super Bowl Sunday and made it home the Super Bowl Party I was at just in time to see Tony Lucca KILL it on the blind auditions. His kid was adorable and so excited, his wife was beaming with pride. He played and I kept waiting for Christina to recognize his voice, she didn't. All four judges turned around for him and I squeed again. HE MADE IT!!! It seemed that Christina didn't recognize him but at that point all that mattered was that the crowd loved him and that the judges loved him. Tony did go with Adam of Maroon 5 and with his rock sound and Adam's rock-ness, they should make a great fit. Then the audition ended, Tony went back to his family and Christina realized who he was and went to find him. Granted that part was a little awkward and I felt incredibly old to realize that MMC was on about 20 years ago (gah.) and also that some people auditioning weren't old enough to watch or remember TRL when Carson Daly hosted it (double gah). But understandable because he was excited about what just happened and it is Christina Aguliera....who he hasn't seen in forever in person and it's like seeing someone from high school at a party that you knew but were never CLOSE friends with. You can relate with some things that you have in common but in the long run it's kinda like....umm...well...good seeing you.... Although the little tidbit that Britney Spears had a crush on him then had to make his wife feel good (hahaha Britney! I got him! You didn't!....nevermind she was like 12 at the time and he was dating Keri Russell. Yes, Felicity herself) 

I'm so freaking happy for him and proud. I'll actually be watching this season because of Tony.

And on a related note, I watched the beginning of the Ides of March the other day and had a oh DUH moment when Ryan Gosseling was singing and I thought damn he has a good voice, then remembered he was on MMC and kinda has to to be on the show. (I was also super excited when I saw him getting more jobs, such as Young Hercules, Breaker High, and Remember the Titans. When he was still dorky.)

And yes, this is a squee post because a squee post is Geeking out.


Here are some clips from MMC:

 

Do you know how hard it is to find MMC clips without Britney in them? 

Emily