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Monday, October 8, 2007
10/8: Later Idol auditions back in the ATL
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The “Idol” folks have returned to town to cull the 300 to 500 people they found at the Georgia Dome in August to 75 to 150 for Paula, Simon and Randy to sift through later this week.
The executive producers, including Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick, are cutting the numbers down as I write this. (I’m in South Carolina at a beach house so I’m sorry if my entries the next couple of days will be a bit thin.). They are currently at the Georgia International Convention Center on Camp Creek Parkway near the airport. They are not letting the media (or random fans) in. In 2002, I was able to actually view a few auditions at the Callanwolde Fine Arts Center and interview Simon. In 2003, at AmericasMart, I was able to hang out outside the audition doors, talk to Paula and get a shot of myself in the audition spot. Not this time. I’ll try to check things out later this week but based on media accounts in other cities (we’re apparently the last one), I probably won’t have much luck with access. I suspect they’ve had some psychos/stalkers and the like pop up in recent years so they’ve tightened up the security.
Jeff Dauler of Q100 said there has already been a sighting of Paula Abdul walking around Atlantic Station yesterday.
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