Orlando auditions are next week!! My plan is to get there about 2:30am - 3:00am Tuesday morning with the rest of the idol obsessed people so I can be in one of the first few sections to go. I would rather wait a few hours to register than 12 hours the day of auditions. At least if they tell me no it will be early enough to get home with some time to relax lol

I am pretty excited.. Ya.. I am a dreamer and the odds are against me but just having the chance to be apart of a competition like this is super exciting for me! I am 26 and if Idol goes the next few years I still have a shot.. but I think this would be a pretty cool year to reach for my goals and dreams! If I get passed over I am not going to let it stop me.. I will continue to improve myself and find a way to keep singing apart of my life even if it just a church or collage choir!

I guess you never know what they are looking for.. I guess it depends on the producer you audition for.. some say it is rigged but I don't think so.. In the end it is a TV show.. They may pass over good talent but I can understand they are looking for many different things, the great, bad and ugly since they need people to keep watching the show.

I have a lot of places I can improve with my singing and performing.. and I hope I get lucky enough to make it on the show.. I know I have the voice I just need to learn how to sing pop. Give me an opera song anyday and I can nail it but pop singing is totally different and forces you to use your voice in new way.

What I really want is to make it to the top 10 and be able to do the idol tour! I love to travel and statge production so I would be in my element! I would also love to be apart of the theme weeks where they get to work with an artist that has been in the business for awhile..

Ya.. I am thinking ahead and might be a little silly since there is a LONG way to go but I need something to reach for right?

;)

Her new group We Are the Fallen put out their first single and I have to say I really like it! I loved the old Evanescence sound and Ben Moody is an awesome song writer! You can find the single on their web site or on you t*ube under Bury Me Alive.

*squee*

She was my favorite for that season.. I love her voice and just so happy she is singing music she loves... She seemed so unhappy with the Pop stuff they tried to get her to sing. Go Carly! And Good luck to We are the Fallen.. Hopefully they will come to the Tampa Area :)

Wow.. 20 days till the Orlando auditions! I am a little scared and excited.. This is all I have been thinking about lately and it is almost driving me nuts.. I almost can't wait because I will know if I am through to the next round or not and if not I can get on with my life lol

I sent my audition DVD to the local Tampabay idol thing. Not sure how they will like it but I can't win if I don't try huh?

I have to be careful reading too many comments from the people that have auditioned already. I have been before but I just can't let myself feel defeated before I even get registered.

I am going to go, have fun, and be myself! If I don't make it this year.. I will try again next year and look even hotter ;)

Well my local area is doing an idol thing.. If you win you get a $100 gas card and a spot in front of the audition line in Orlando!

I am going to try out... You have to send in a DVD or VHS of you singing and they will only pick 10 people to compete. I figure it wouldn't hurt.. I wont know unless I try :D

Tampabay Idol

I am totally excited that there will be Auditions in Orlando this year! I am only an hour and a half away and I have a friend who lives there that I will be staying with. All I pay for is gas and food!

I have been to 2 other auditions (Memphis and Miami) and I learn something new everytime I go. I know where I messed up before and hopefully a new outlook on all of this will help me get through at least the the auditions you see on TV.

Getting past the first round of "producers" is hard. You only have about 20-30 seconds to impress them or not. Each of them are told to look for something different and they have been doing this for the last 9 years now so they know what they want. In the end they all want to make money.. When they choose someone to go on they are investing in you to sell their product which is the TV show and if you make it far enough the music they want you to sing.

I don't think I am as pretty as the girls they have had on this last season but hopefully I have the voice and personality to make up for it! I have a few songs going around in my head that I am thinking about singing and building myself up so can make all the nervous energy go into my performance.

I don't know why I want this so badly... This is so Hollywood and trendy.. The only real unique person to win was Taylor Hicks and he didn't stay on top of the charts for long. I think the cool thing about him is that he doesn't care! He is still doing what he loves and he can say he won something only 8 other people have won so far. I loved Taylor and hope he is doing well. :)

Maybe the reason I want this so badly is that I want to win... There hasn't been many auditions vocal wise I haven't gotten past.. Musicals.. Show Choirs... Solo performing.... I hit a roadblock with this competition because for the first time I didn't really believe 100% I could win. I let myself fill with self doubt and a bad self image and no matter how hard you try to fake it something will end up coming to the surface. I know it is my fault for letting that happen and I see now that I am talented and deserve anything I am willing to work for.

Well that is about it for now.. I am sure I will post more. I have another journal but my friends there most likely think I am crazy for trying out again.. I figure I can post here and some of you might understand hehe

Good luck to those who are trying out in Boston!! Be yourself and have fun!