Despite Los Angeles known as the world’s entertainment capital, the LA auditions of American Idol proved to be quite tame, except for the fiery exchanges between Katy Perry and fellow show judge Kara DioGuardi, which were quite entertaining.

The biggest standout of the night was Mary Powers, a 28-year-old native of Burbank, California. The mother of an 8-year-old daughter sang ‘Love Is a Battlefield’ bringing a smile on Avril Lavigne’s face. Idol judge, Simon Cowell too liked her vocals but found her black-on-black fashion style an old formula of trying to look like a rock star. Lavigne felt Powers voice had character and was raspy. Another contestant who stood out on day one was Neil Ranger, a father of 3 and a Pastor, who impressed Idol judges with his rendition of ‘Drive’.

Day two of American Idol LA auditions too produced a few number of potential stars with the exception of Andrew Garcia, who sang a soulful version of ‘Sunday Morning’, Tasha Leyton, who nailed it with Joss Stone’s ‘Baby, Baby, Baby’ and LA shoe salesman Chris Golightly, who struck an emotional note with the Judges with his take on ‘Stand By Me’.

In all, 22 contestants from LA made it to the Hollywood round of American Idol.

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