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FOX 50 Idol Audition Wraps Up with a Special Concert Event |
Clay made it. Fantasia made it. And the grand prize winner of the FOX 50 Idol Audition is just one song away from an audition with the producers of American Idol in Las Vegas!
FOX 50 (WRAZ) is excited to present Round 2 of the FOX 50 Idol Audition as a special concert event Thursday, September 2 at the American Tobacco Historic District Pavilion in downtown Durham. The evening will showcase the 50 local FOX 50 Idol Audition finalists selected from auditions held last Saturday and will conclude with the announcement of the grand prize winner.
Contestants will have up to one minute to sing a capella on stage for the contest judges who will score them on vocal quality and stage presence. One grand prize winner will win a trip to Las Vegas to audition for the producers of “American Idol.” The grand prize includes airfare, hotel accommodations and a scholarship from Barbizon of Raleigh.
Come early and enjoy a live concert performance by local country singer and “FOX 50 Gimme the Mike!” winner Jason Michael Carroll at 6p.m. The concert is free and open to the public. Coolers will not be permitted. Lawn chairs and blankets are welcome.
The audition event will be hosted by Mix 101.5’s Jim Kelly. Judges will include: WRAL News on FOX 50 Anchor Debra Morgan, FOXY 107-104 Afternoon DJ Cy Young, Barbizon of Raleigh Agency Director Teresa Womack, and Performance Edge Music Director Lisa Blair. More information about the event, a list of the 50 finalists, official contest rules, and directions to the American Tobacco Historic District can be found at www.fox50.com.
“American Idol” returns to FOX 50 in January 2005. “American Idol” continues to be a television phenomenon of superlative success in this region. The past two seasons’ American Idol finales were the highest rated non-sports programs to ever air in the Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville market with more than half a million viewers each.
