America Idol Winner Auditions
'American Idol' Winner Auditions: High Notes & Humble Beginnings (VIDEO)
by David Ciminelli
Having waited tables or shoveled cow poo before becoming pop stars, famous people often don't care to rehash history. But when 'American Idol' is the vehicle that launched that superstar career, it's difficult to obscure the past with the sparkle of a Grammy and the gleam of platinum records, especially when the show's audition clips are some of the most fun viral videos out there.
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This is Not a Lifetime Movie
This is Not a Lifetime Movie
by Mordant Monkey
We’re in L.A.! Home of Ryan Seacrest’s radio show, where he is announcing that 11,000 hopefuls are at the Rose Bowl. “For over 100 years, people from around the globe have come to Hollywood in the name of fame,” Ryan tells us. Well, if we can’t find the next American Idol here, maybe he or she just doesn’t exist.
Avril Lavigne is our guest judge, wearing a hoodie with … horns. This promises to be interesting.
Neil Goldstein...
You Walked in Like a Cocktail Stick
You Walked in Like a Cocktail Stick
by Mordant Monkey
We’re in Florida tonight for the second installment this week of Idol auditions. “This is Orlando, and this … is American Idol!” announces Ryan. That’s the first time I’ve heard that this year. And now all is right in the world.
Ten thousand hopefuls are in Orlando, hoping that their dreams will be coming true. The boys, evidently, were partying a bit too hard in Miami the night before and were a bit late and under the we...
You Know You Still Like Me
You Know You Still Like Me
by Mordant Monkey
Our search bring us to the jewel of the Midwest … Chicago! And they got a warm welcome, too, based on the beginning montage of disappointed auditioners telling the cameras to eff off. Nice!
Massive amounts of people are waiting in the parking lot, and there is a band of bagpipers. How … odd. Barack Obama is from Chicago, in case you didn’t know, and then the crowd shouts, “Yes, We Can!”
A large woman with tri-colored hair assures...
Try, Try Again, If You’re Good
Try, Try Again, If You’re Good
By Paulette Frank
Besides being windy, it must’ve been cold in Chicago, or at least it was in the audition room, because on the first day, Simon was wearing a charcoal-grey sweater (no white T-shirt in sight). The Chicago audition show started off with a whole lot of people (ones who didn’t make it to Hollywood) doing a whole lot of cussing (covered up by beeps and the AI logo, of course), which is what Ryan Seacrest called being welcomed “Chicago-styl...
Pants on the Ground
Lookin’ Like a Fool With Your Pants on the Ground
by Mordant Monkey
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Quick pop quiz about Atlanta and the idols who have come out of it, including Fantasia and our own Ryan Seacrest!
We’re back in the Peach State—“Welcome back to Hot-lanta!” Shots of freaks in the crowd that can’t bode well for...
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