“American Idol” hopefuls often endure long lines and sleepless nights, but the premises were trying season for the nine still major obstacles. Since there is no New York or New Jersey this summer auditions, which were forced to travel between countries for a chance at his dream.
Registration begins today in Denver for testing, the latest of seven cities, as he did. And while the locals sing hours Tuesday in a car or a fortune on air tickets, who traveled to other countries to say that only adds to the fun.
Determined to audition for the Fox show, as the season, Michelle Herman over Iceland finally reached the minimum age for this year. She persuaded her mother, Deborah, to adapt to the tests in Boston in June.
“I am under strict promise since” American Idol “came on the air on the 16th, when meetings are on the move, I want,” says Deborah. “And in fact they are 16 the May 27, so it was only a couple of weeks under the direction they are.”
Herman has been singing since I was a child. “When the search for Commack in first grade, my neighbor down the street told me about a theater and I like” Hey Mama, why do not you let me do that? “And that is where my passion for them.”
She was the implementation in schools and drama groups and local.
Herman was the first online registration on the day and for the audition, arriving at midnight and sleep in the rain, until it was time to see.
“I loved to sing for 30 seconds and that was it,” agrees. “I sang” Chain of Fools “by Aretha Franklin sounds good because I’m with him. I have a great voice and I like belts.”
Although they are not in the next round, to deal with “Idol” host Ryan Seacrest.
Brittany Dobbs, a 23-year-old Manhattanite, I wanted to audition for a singing contest for years, and the fate that finally took him. “I went to Chicago for my birthday with my mother and my sister,” said graduate. “I clicked on the” American Idol “Web site, and I was like, ‘Omigosh. Auditions are this weekend in Chicago, I am!” I was just thinking. ”
Trip was a nightmare in itself. With a light rain, the airport in Chicago was closed, so that Dobbs was to fly from New York to Nashville to work with his family, and later moved to Chicago.
“Then I have my bag until Sunday afternoon,” he adds. “I had to go to the airport and pick it up because they are stuck with hundreds of bags of late. So I had the same team that for three days.”