On July 25th American Idol will be rolling into my home town of Glendale, Arizona for part of this year’s auditions. It’s very fitting since 2007 winner Jordin Sparks also calls Glendale her home. It’s also a signal that Glendale has made it! What better way to say “you’re #1, Glendale, AZ!” then by having American Idol auditions here. Forget the Superbowl. AMERICAN IDOL! Yeah, I’m disappointed too. In fact, I have no clue who won American Idol last year. In fact, I stopped watching the “auditions” (arguably the best part of the show) after the Ruben and Clay did their thing.
The only reason I care this year, is because one of my former students is auditioning. This is actually her second time. She auditioned last summer in California. She gave me the dirt on how these auditions work. It turns out that if they are running out of time and still have people left to audition, they pick the people according to how they are dressed. Why? Because they want the freaks.
So while you’re all laughing it up when Jimmy the eccentric gay man is crying because he doesn’t realize how bad he really is, remember those who are very talented and won’t get a shot because Simon and Company ran out of time auditioning the freaks.
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Of the three photos, which one’s the freak?
FREAKS…more than one. Actually, Ruben is cool.
You and him go way back?
Actually, it was cool to see a soft-spoken person go far.