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"American Idol" Gets Bummed, Drenched In Boston

Jun 15, 2009, 5:30pm

"American Idol" Gets Bummed, Drenched In Boston

Yesterday was the first day of auditions for season nine of American Idol -yes, even though there's still confetti in my ear from Kris Allen's win a few weeks back-and turnout at Gillette Stadium outside of Boston was a little bit lower than expected: Around 7,000 people braved rain, cold, and wind to sing in front of the producers, in hopes that they would stand out enough (in a good or bad way) to be called back to sing in front of Simon Cowell and whichever other members of the panel decide to show up for the callback round [...]

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