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Idol's Season 8 Audition Sites Include Puerto Rico
Auditions for the eighth season of American Idol kick off Thursday, July 17, in San Francisco, Calif., and will continue in seven other cities (as follows):
Thursday, July 17
San Francisco, Calif., at the Cow Palace
Monday, July 21
Louisville, Ky., at Freedom Hall
Friday, July 25
Phoenix, Ariz., at the Jobing.com Arena
Tuesday, July 29
Salt Lake City, Utah, at the EnergySolutions Arena
Saturday, Aug. 2
San Juan, Puerto Rico, at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico
Friday, Aug. 8
Kansas City, Mo., at the Sprint Center
Wednesday, Aug. 13
Jacksonville, Fla., at the Veterans Memorial Arena
Tuesday, Aug. 19
East Rutherford, N.J., at the IZOD Center at the Meadowlands
Men and women age 16-28 (as of July 15, 2008) and who are eligible to work in the U.S. (and whose dads aren't too hands-on...) may throw their pipes into the ring. Visit AmericanIdol.com for specifics. — Matt Mitovich
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Jun 26, 2008 9:22 AM
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Thank goodness they're not coming back to Houston. When they were here in Season 2, I think, there were many complaints about legitimate singers being ushered into another room and not even getting the chance to audition for Simon, Paula and Randy, while the few idiot dregs of humanity who showed up got a national audience. Every year they make one city the joke of the audition rounds. We've already had our turn, thank you.
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Jun 26, 2008 11:42 AM
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Puerto Rico? Sounds interesting... and I suspect they'll highlight one latin star to win the whole darned thing, since that's the one niche they haven't really had a 'superstar' (if that's what you can call an American Idol winner) from yet. Is it me - or is this show already seeming somewhat predictable, and it's a whole year away?!?
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Jun 26, 2008 1:09 PM
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ctheslayer I agree with you on that. Not all the legitimate singers get through. I know 2 people that went through to the AI audtions. The first season I knew a girl that made it to Hollywood but didn't get picked for the top 10. She said the first couple of rounds she never met the 3 judges it was based on her look. Right before she met the judges she sang to some flunkie and they let her through to the judges. The other person I knew didn't make it past the first round. They didn't her look so they never heard her sing. So AI purposely lets bad singers through just for ratings. I'm not surprised.
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Jun 26, 2008 1:26 PM
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Right on the topic lowbass! What's next? To come here (Puerto Rico) and crown someone latin... It's gonna be such a show seeing a lot of heavy drama from our people that can't carry criticism well. That I will not miss.
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Jun 26, 2008 5:22 PM
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Yay! Finally they come back to San Francisco! (Or Daly City, as the case may be this time around with the venue being the Cow Palace) 
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Jun 27, 2008 1:38 AM
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