American Idol 12 NYC Audition Spoilers! Judges Demeanor and MORE.

By On 09/17/2012 · 40 Comments · In American Idol

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As you all know, the American Idol judges panel has FINALLY been announced, and the New York City judges round began yesterday and continue today.

Here are a few bits I got from yesterday’s inaugural round of hopefuls.

  • Like I mentioned yesterday, there were around 30 hopefuls who auditioned.
  • The seating order is just like the lineup above.
  • The last contestant didn’t finish until about 9:15 or 9:30 pm.
  • The new judges  let thru a lot. Only  5-10 people didn’t get through.
  • The judges were really nice. Nicki made some “weird ass faces” but was down to earth.
  • Keith seemed really comfortable on the panel.
  • Thirty three contestants are on dock for today’s round.

ETA: Yesterday, 31 auditioned 25 got through. As of 12:08 pm, the judges are just about to come out!

ETA: Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick made too many cuts in their round, so producers had to call people who were eliminated  to come in today. There were too many empty seats in the holding room!

 

 
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  • durbesque

    I don’t expect the new puppets to behave any differently from former puppets.  The hands up their asses are the same.

  • elliegrll

    I don’t mind if Randy is a puppet.  It’s pretty much what he does, and what he has been doing since at least season 2.  Besides, sometimes the producers might be right.  Louis Walsh has held the same position on the UK X Factor.  I do have a problem with the others being nothing more than puppets, and not having their own opinions, like we saw with Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez.

  • mileyfan123

    You must have a really good source. 

  • julesb2183

    I always thought more people got to see the judges- like 100-150 hopefuls each city. If there is only 30 or so people seeing the judges, they are going to have to pass most of them. I wonder if those numbers will go up in the next cities.

  • fantoo1

    TMZ always over exaggerates.

  • elliegrll

    I’m sure that the producers already gave some people tickets to Hollywood. They are just picking the ones who they want the judges to see, and who may appear on tv during the first round.

  • fantoo1

    They could just mean “nice” in that they were friendly with the contestants. It’s very vague.

  • http://twitter.com/MissGolightly22 No Thanks

     Yeah, it’s usually about 100 per city.  50 each day.

  • lovesickheroine

    If the report from TMZ is true we’ll be expecting a new rap song from Nicki Minaj called Stupid Hoe 2.0

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/PVEFG2TOUIXSROKUSO2O2DOWWE Taylor

    Nice? Just what this show needs.

  • http://twitter.com/cd11th Christian

    Ryan Seacrest shared some insights on how the judges did the first day. He had some very encouraging things to say about Mariah’s judging style:
    “I’ve already heard her sing to a contestant so far today which is kind of cool because she says ‘try it like this’ and then she sings, and thats a very cool thing to hear”.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WckgJRQCZtA&list=UUjDsbbzHgTrGc4Ff26TJtsA&index=1&feature=plcp
    …And this was during an AUDITION! 

  • bannanafish

    Usually during the initial cattle-call auditions many talented people get turned away because there are only so many spots available and they have to save spots for the “joke” and “interesting-TV” contestants. Many potential winners get dismissed on the 30-second judgement of a producer. Maybe this year they were instructed to put more talented people and Idol will be cutting back on the joke auditions.

  • girlygirltoo

    I don’t think they can give people tickets to Hollywood without the judges seeing them. 

  • blackberryharvest

     Interesting. Hopefully she keeps it up!

  • elliegrll

    Like I mentioned yesterday, someone from season ten said that Michael Orland gave her her contract.  In the end, the producers have the final say on who goes through to the next round, that’s spelled out in the contract that the contestants sign, so I think that they can bypass that round if they want to.

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