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Had a little "debate" with the fam last night and I wanted to see what you guys think....

Do you think that ALL the contestants audition in front of Randy, Paula and Simon or the producers pick who gets to go in front of the 3 to be filmed?

IMO, there is NO way that that they actually see 16,000 people per city.

Any thoughts??

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I think only the "best" or the worst get to go in front of the judges.

i agree...there is no way they are seeing everyone!

I think the producers weed out people before they enter the room

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We talked about this too. Are some of these people acting, or is something really wrong with some of tehse people that they act the way they do??
I think a lot of it is attention

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I don't know - it seems like an awful lot of people for them to see in 2 days!

DH is convinced they are all on drugs that there is no other way they could sit through some of these audititons!

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No the contests have to go in front of I believe three sets of producers before they see randy, paula and simon.

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I know someone who auditioned last year and they had tables set up outside with many judges doing preliminary tryouts. They had to sing in a group of 3 or 4 and were picked from that to sing individually and from there the best and the worst were sent in to see the real judges.

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Its impossible for them to see 16k in 2 days. There is just not enough time in the day.

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No, I think they go through different levels an have to pass through each one before going to the judges.

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When I auditioned, I made the first cut - the second cut was that same day- but they wanted me to come back for a third cut the next day - to sing in front of the judges...I didn't go. I knew I couldn't win, and couldn't miss an exam at school either.

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i know for a FACT that they all dont....


my friend auditioned and there is like 3 rounds before even seeing them...

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I knew a girl who tried out a couple of years ago. You have to go before other rounds of judges before you even get into see Randy, Simon, and Paula. They pass through the best and the worst of the bunch.

I'm sure that since these awful people get through they must feel that they have some sort of talent. It's really sad when some of them are clueless that America is laughing at them.

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I know someone who tried out 2 years. They don't all audition in front of them. One year he didn't get to see them and the next year he did. He didn't make it though

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Not everyone goes in front of those judges. They are judged by someone outside first and then get put through to Simon, Paula, and Randy. But they obviously put these horrible people through just for ratings.

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The producers audition everyone & they select who goes in front of the judges. I think it is kind of mean thay they have so many go through when it could have been someone who had 1/2 a chance.

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Only a select handful actually make it through to audition in front of Simon and the rest of the judges.

Apparantly, they have people that work for the show that basically audition you before they allow you to get to that point.

You have to either be really good or do something or look outrageous enough to make you interesting.

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they do go in front of the producers first, then the judges..... i know this becaseu my friend who tried out had told me this

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In one of this week's episodes, they showed some "screening booths" where pre-auditions take place. There were booths set up in the middle of a stadium. (Can't remember if this was in Minneapolis or Seattle.)

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when i auditioned 3 years ago in NYC, you had to go through the executive producers (1st round), then the producers (2nd round), to get to randy, paula and simon (3rd round).,however, i heard that was b/c NY has soo many people trying out at the time, some of the other states only had 1 round before you go to the TV stage, or none at all, so you just went straight to TV, whether you were good or bad. I made it to the 2nd round and the producer told me that i was a good singer but not what they were looking for that year. they even came into the holding room and told us they wished their were more boys who were their to audition (i guess since kelly had won the year before) and sure enough, who won that year, but rubin LOL I came home and told my family that a male was def going to win.