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Thursday, August 3, 2006
Head to Alamodome for “Idol” auditions!
Attention, all you pop-star wannabes!
“American Idol” is NOT auditioning in Austin this time around, but the show IS setting up camp next week at the Alamodome in San Antonio, which, as you know, is just a quick trip south on I-35.
On Wednesday (Aug. 9), registration begins and continues until approximately 8 a.m. on Aug. 11. There isn’t likely to be a long line for this part because registration goes on all day and all night. You’ll pick up your wristband and be told to return Friday morning for actual auditions.
For planning purposes, you might want to take into account the horrible heat and withering humidity, so night-time registration might be the way to go. You don’t want to pass out on your first audition.
The show’s Web site has all the rules and particulars, but basically if you are between the ages of 16 and 28 as of Sunday, you can come through the first round.
I can personally attest that you don’t actually have to be able to sing to get through the first and maybe even the second or third rounds. You can look wacky, cuss up a storm and possibly even mime your way into fame and ridicule.
If you want to make it to the Hollywood rounds and have a shot at winning, well, you should be able to sing. All five previous “Idol” winners — from Kelly Clarkson to Taylor Hicks — definitely can sing.
On Aug. 11 around 8 a.m., contestants will go inside the venue to begin auditions. When they exit, the Fox cameras and other media will pounce — gotta have pictures and quotes of extreme glee and buckets of tears.
Those who make it past that day’s round will be invited back next month for another audition. The sixth season of “American Idol” will debut in January.
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