idol auditions-related stories
Posted Jun 26th 2008 1:52PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, American Idol, Contestants, Casting
The eighth season of
American Idol will begin auditions on Thursday July 17th in San Francisco. Other cities that will be holding try-outs for the hit singing competition show are Louisville, Kentucky; Phoenix, Arizona; Salt Lake City, Utah; Kansas City, Missouri; Jacksonville, Florida; East Rutherford, New Jersey; and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Any TV Squad readers going to sing for Paula, Randy and Simon? If I were to audition (and I won't), I think I'd sing something by Stevie Wonder (cause no one
ever sings anything by him), or Mariah Carey (cause her songs are super easy), or maybe I'd just do my own composition and dedicate it to Simon (he likes that stuff).
More audition information is after the jump.
Continue reading American Idol auditions announced
Posted Feb 20th 2007 1:01PM by Liz Finn-Arnold
Filed under: American Idol, Contestants, Predictions and Trends
Ah, the infamous
Seattle auditions. That was the show that caused all the
controversy. Simon was too cruel. The parade of wacko contestants was relentlessly brutal. Before the show even aired, Simon had publicly denounced the Seattle turnout as "the worst bunch of miserable contestants EVER." Even Paula agreed, labeling the auditioners as "unusually fantastically delusional."
Seattle was the butt of
Idol's jokes, deemed a pool of untalented crazies. Yet here we are, down to the Top 24, and the last laugh may be on Simon. A total of
FIVE semifinalists were found in that "atrocious" city. In comparison, only
one semifinalist was found in Birmingham, lovingly dubbed "Idol Country" by the show's writers.
Continue reading Five Idol semifinalists found in infamously bad Seattle auditions
Posted Feb 7th 2007 12:04AM by Liz Finn-Arnold
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, FOX, American Idol, Music and Variety, Anime, Reviewcaps, Episode Reviews
(S06E07) We're in San Antonio, Texas, home of the Alamo. There's lots of history at this location, but will we make
American Idol history tonight?
It's the last stop on this year's audition tour, and what a tour it's been. I'm beat. I'm ready to wrap up these auditions and move on to the real competition. But first we see 11,000 people packed into the Alamo Dome as the
Rawhide theme plays. An interesting tidbit: The
Rawhide theme was originally sung by 1950s crooner Frankie Laine,
who died today at the age of 93.
Back in San Antonio, the judges arrive, and Simon is cranky and suffering from jet lag. Poor Simon.
Continue reading American Idol: San Antonio auditions
Posted Dec 19th 2006 3:22PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, FOX, American Idol, Music and Variety
The people behind the FOX megahit say that a bombshell is coming to the show in midseason. To quote producer Cecile Frot-Coutaz, it's "something that will blow America away."
Hmmm ... what could this possibly be? A viewer at home has a chance to win a million dollars? All of the contestants are robots? Ryan Seacrest is going to reveal that he's ... Catholic (hey, where did you think I was going with that?).
Maybe they're going to do a crossover with another FOX show. Maybe bad guys will take over the studio and hold everyone hostage, and then it's up to Jack Bauer to rescue everyone and clear the phone lines so America can get through and vote for their favorite singer.
The new season starts on January 16.
[via TV Tattle]
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