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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Facts About Trying out for American Idol

By Karri Owens


As we know American Idol is a television program which includes singers competing with each other to win the coveted title of yank Idol. The show was conceptualized on the lines of Pop Idol from U.K. Even now American Idol is produce by U.K. producers Ken Warwick and Simon Fuller who also produced Pop Idol. The very first ever episode of American Idol debuted on June 11, 2002 having its first season attracting plenty of enthusiasm around the country and record television viewers. The show aims to discover the best young singing talent in the nation through a nationwide search for the singers. The search is generally performed in six to seven cities every season. The candidates are filtered into few hundreds from thousands. The contestants are further filtered in Hollywood round and ultimately 24 contestants go to the semifinals of which 12 are males and 12 females. The contestants are further reduced to 12 in the final round. From there over a singer is eliminated from bottom three contestants per week until the last episode when only two singers remain from where the winner and the runner up are selected.

Many youngsters dream of getting a break in American Idol and in addition try hard to get there. Some fail plus some come out with flying colors. But we have to realize there can be only winner towards the end the day and everyone performing in the program cannot be an American Idol. Independent of the singing talent one must also have the personality to win your competition. In addition to having a beautiful voice you need to have the rhythm and command over different tunes. Understanding how to dance along with singing is another huge advantage over others who can't dance.

If you are planning to audition for Americanidol do not forget to read and if possible memorize the knowledge provided on fox television's idol website. You'll find lot of frequently asked questions and answers on this web site. You can clear many misconceptions you've got by reading the information provided. The eligibility criterion to get into the competition is that you should be a citizen or permanent resident of the nation and you should be between the ages of 16 and 29.

Some of the previous winners of the Americanidol gives an advise on the aspiring contestants to really put everything you can into the song you might be singing. You should feel the lyrics when you're singing a song and the expressions should show in your face. Also they advise rehearse the songs you ultimately choose over and over again until you perfect it and sing the same song in front of the judges with full confidence and capture their attention and imagination and then leave them wanting to hear more form you. Remember focus you attention on getting although the current round and each time you're making it into next round you need to extra chance to show your talent and you really are that much closer to the crown.

Don't forget you may be asked about your role models. Try to come up with two or three names. And the way you describe them? You need to fine tune your verbiage and if possible try to come up with some interesting words to spell out those personalities but only should you be comfortable, do no use it if you feel you will end up getting embarrassed. Also be prepared to tell about yourself concisely. Section of the job is to dress well, get fashionable when possible but never under dressed. Also be honest, respectful and truthful on the judges. It is also seen that the judges often like contestants who dedicate songs for their friends or family members. Also taking few voice-training classes greatly increases the chances of making it into American Idol. If one follows the tips discussed above there should be no stopping you in landing on the sets of American Idol and who knows you might be the next American Idol.




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