Kanye West performed an "audition" for the "American Idol" judges with wife Kim Kardashian crossing her fingers and pretending to be nervous while waiting in the wings.

"My name is Kanye and I'm from the south side of Chicago," he says. Check it out!

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Rose Scott signals as Closer Look goes on air in the WABE studio. An Atlanta resident left WABE a $3 million donation, a boost after WABE lost $1.9 million in annual funding from the Corporation of Public Broadcasting. (Ben Gray / AJC file)

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