Idol 10: San Francisco auditions preview
video: FoxBroadcasting, San Francisco preview #4
Ryan previewed tonight’s American Idol auditions with Nigel Lythgoe on his radio show this morning. He played a couple of clips from James Durbin’s audition. In the first, James gets emotional talking about some of the difficulties he’s had to overcome and what drives him to succeed now. Ryan said, “You will be in tears watching this back tonight on American Idol.” The second clip is of James singing one of Steven Tyler’s songs.
Ryan and Nigel talked about backstories. Nigel said they sometimes put contestants in there because they believe the backstory is interesting, but stressed they don’t make them up. Nigel also talked about the open to the show, which he said comes with a warning: if you don’t like crude British humour, don’t watch the first minute. I’ve watched the preview, and it’s schoolboy humour at its worst.
American Idol San Francisco auditions air on Fox tonight at 8/7c and on ITV2 tomorrow at 8.
