“People like me for my underwear,” croaks “Speedo Guy” Mario Adrian in his recent American Idol audition, seemingly unconcerned with rhythm or tone. “[They] never see my talent,” he adds, “this isn’t fair.”
Then the 26-year-old model wraps things up with an extended, bouncing pec performance, because if there’s one way to get the world to stop judging you on your looks, it’s with a nationally televised pec bounce.
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The gimmicky audition is clearly played for laughs, culminating in a runway walkoff with host Katy Perry.
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But something about having an almost-naked model talking about body positivity in between flexes feels nearly as tone deaf as the audition itself.
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galileo
Hey, it’s-a-me, Mario! Seen his Youtube channel, fun German guy, bit gaybaity (confirmed a word in the OED…) but harmless.
Monkey1
I guess the show is hurting for ratings.
Mack
There is always a dimwitted one every season. If Idol didn’t show them, they would go away. Nice eye candy, but could have done without it.
iminheatlikeacat
Gosh, you mean a show where people who can’t sing are paraded in front of judges and viciously berated for their lack of singing talent, sometimes to the point of tears, might have a lack of morals because it showed a shirtless guy and didn’t focus on his voice? This has totally surprised me. It was the epitome of honesty and virtue before this.
Michael
Give me a break. I watched this and it was a bit cheeky and fun for what it was. What I think was great is the totally focused on his ass for the last shot as he was walking away. It was the first time I’ve seen that on TV.
Openminded
I think it’s called “Entertainment”. How can Queerty complain about body positivity while regularly posting thirst trap pics?
CityguyUSA
The pot calling the kettle black or in this case thirsty.
BLAKENOW
OK KNOCK IT OFF MARIO IS AMAZING, HE’S HOT , FUNNY AND AN ALLY AND Just knock it off! IS QUEERTY TURNING INTO THE MAN HATING “ME TOO HUFFPO” OF THE PAST 4 YEARS???? YOU WILL BECOME EXTINCT IF YOU DO….
BoomerMyles
Honestly he wasn’t packin’ enough in his Speedo. I got eyestrain trying to look for a bulge.
Josh447
I was looking for that and more bootay… but nice accent.
BLAKENOW
he constantly talks about having a small peen on his channel…. I think he should have stuffed it would have made Luke Bryan nervous.
BuddyinCA
If you watch his youtube channel, he constantly uses our community to pretend he’s questioning his sexuality and gay bates. I followed his channel for a year, and it’s the same stuff. He admitted it – only to start the same bs all over again.
jonasalden
yeah. i liked his channel in the beginning, but when the tone and focus of the channel changed to the desperate gay-baiting you see today-even recruiting Travis Bryant for good measure-my interest began to wane. He just began to feel inauthentic. As for the gay-baiting, it’s OUR fault. In falling for the trick, we encourage it as a tried-and-true go-to.
Lancealot
I knew Mario wouldn’t make it through, but it was fun to watch his interaction with the judges; and his song was funny, too. But the big question is will Kellyanne Conway’s daughter Claudia go far in the competition?
RickyK
Was he not a good singer? I wouldn’t know given that I was watching with the sound down. He seemed like a great contestant to me!
Bengali
Definitely not a good singer but was really fun, especially when he had Lionel Ritchie parading down the runway alongside him. He wasn’t meant to be a true contestant. Just some fodder.
mecmass
Maybe “the gimmicky audition is clearly played for laughs” by American Idol… but there is no doubt whatsoever that Mario Adrion did it for $$$. He has a subscription porn vlog on Onlyfans.com for which he charges $8.99/month to view his porn, both solo and with other men. This was a gimmick on his part to get exactly the kind of attention he is getting here to have people google him, leading to his pay Onlyfans website.
Bengali
Hey there. Do you know that the monthly $8.99 is truly for full frontals? You know who really bugs me? Not Travis or Mario. It’s Mario and Travis’ buff blond pal. It seems like they are just creating that scenario. I am also not an anti-fan of Mario’s “girlfriend”. Maybe I’m just a bitch.
Have a great weekend.
kennedyglenn
Mario may not be able to hold a tune, but how much you want to bet that we will see more of him in the future? Some producer will undoubtedly put him in their tv show or movie. I think it was a brilliant stunt to give himself promotion and I think it will pay off. Plus it didn’t hurt he is eye candy and sounds sexy, even though he can’t sing.