Blog: Idolator

Last night's American Idol , showcasing the Los Angeles auditions, devoted plenty of airtime to Southern California's loony-bin-ready fame seekers — what do you expect from a town where locals consider being filmed by TMZ to be a gig worth adding to the resume? But not every contestant set out to make a fool of themselves on TV: twenty-two of the auditioners who showed up at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena were talented enough to get the chance to re-appear before the judges in a different location twenty minutes away: Hollywood. Did guest judges Avril Lavigne or Katy Perry help pick the next [...]