Comments on: How Do American Idol Auditions Work

By: Ashley

Ashley — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:11:00 +0000

alright, thank you very much! super helpful information!

By: AdventurePaul

AdventurePaul — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:08:00 +0000

You get barely a minute with the 1st round judges.. enough time to say “Hi I’m Adventure Paul from Asheville NC and I’m going to be the next American Idol! For my audition, I’ll be singing Unbreak my Heart by Toni Braxton!…” then you start singing.

Best to display your “it” factor visually through the way you dress and look—then if you can sing, they’ll give you a chance at the next round and possibly ask you to sing again or let you move on. But being Plain Jane doesn’t help anyone.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:56:00 +0000

It was super helpful, and thanks! I have a quick question if its not too much trouble. You said that they aren’t just looking for the voice, you have to kind of have “it” and that you should just totally go for it. Well do the first round of judges/producers give you a chance to talk for a bit or introduce yourself so you can show them who you are?

By: AdventurePaul

AdventurePaul — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:53:00 +0000

Thanks Ashley–glad the article was helpful. Good luck at the auditions!

By: Ashley

Ashley — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:47:00 +0000

SO glad i found this, i thought it was incredibly helpful! Thanks especially for the advice on needing to stand out, and not jut blend it. im hoping to go to the season 12 auditions just for the experience!

By: AdventurePaul

AdventurePaul — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:47:00 +0000

Thanks for reading Larry! Are you going to audition sometime?

By: Larry

Larry — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:29:00 +0000

Thanks Adventure Paul, your account of the proceedings was just what I wanted to know. I think you did great explaining the process and I loved the way you interacted with the other contestants while waiting around. Peace, Larry

By: AdventurePaul

AdventurePaul — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:43:00 +0000

Star.. I really enjoyed the experience. Bring some good friends with you who have fun doing anything to go through the process with you and you’ll definitely be glad you went. Plus who knows?.. you might be the next American Idol!

By: star

star — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:26:00 +0000

this was a great blog! im 16, soon to be 17, and want to audition this summer. im just afraid ill be rejected straight out though, and because i live in rhode island (in other words, no where at all near the audition cities evey year), im afraid we will spend all of this money just to get rejected after 15 seconds of my singing. do you think its still worth it to go?

By: AdventurePaul

AdventurePaul — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:07:00 +0000

Bring a few ties Tyshaun! But really—don’t go too crazy, just don’t dress plainly. You see in those photos I dressed super boring, thinking my Adventure Paul shirt was going to get me on tv. Instead they probably thought “don’t show that self-promoter!”