Myra Mathis-Flynn at the American Idol tryouts. / Courtesy photo PHILADELPHIA -- "American Idol" didn't want me. Although I had never seen the popular Fox show, I decided to audition because I fancy myself as a singer.
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There was the obligatory crowd shot, with Ryan intoning dramatically that it’s Idol’s biggest season yet. They auditioned over 100,000 hopefuls. Seriously? No wonder the judges look absolutely exhausted.”
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Just making sure you know that the Gang of Four don’t actually see 100,000 people. I don’t have an exact statistic, but friends who’ve auditioned say that about one in five who show up at the arenas get through to the televised judging. Granted, that’s still 20,000 people, which is still pretty ridiculous.
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February 5, 2009 at 6:38 pm
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There was the obligatory crowd shot, with Ryan intoning dramatically that it’s Idol’s biggest season yet. They auditioned over 100,000 hopefuls. Seriously? No wonder the judges look absolutely exhausted.”
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Just making sure you know that the Gang of Four don’t actually see 100,000 people. I don’t have an exact statistic, but friends who’ve auditioned say that about one in five who show up at the arenas get through to the televised judging. Granted, that’s still 20,000 people, which is still pretty ridiculous.
– warren
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