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Season 2, Episode 1, Aired Jan 21, 2003

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Season two kicks off with auditions, good bad and terrible. But one of them might be the next American Idol

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Paula Abdul

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Ryan Seacrest

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Simon Cowell

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Kristin Adams

Special Correspondent (Season 2)
Julia DeMato

Tenth Place (Season 2)
Charles Grigsby

Eleventh Place (Season 2)

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byt can they sing?

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By angelsxo, Mar 01, 2006

We find in this episode the good and the bad of the want to be american idols. Many show up for serious seats on the idol top candidates others show up for their 30 seconds of fame on national TV. It is always fun to watch the hopefuls look shocked that should never have even shown up get rejected. They look astounded. Why? They know they can't sing. It's fun to watch. To see who will go through and who will not. It is also great fun to watch the judges do their thing and let their frustrations show on national TV. People from all over come to strut their stuff and it's stuff we see.moreless
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- Kristin Holt, who was in the Top 30 in season one, is now a special correspondent. She was originally suppose to be co-host to replace Brian Dunkleman but the producers edited most of her footage from the premiere and changed her title.
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- This is the first time you see people with the yellow paper (also known as their "ticket") when they make it to Hollywood, although you only see a few people with one. It has become a common thing for people to flash the ticket when coming out of the auditions if they've made it through.
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- This season introduces the Focus Room; a place where the contestants can go before and after their audition to let off some steam on camera.
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- The audition stops for this episode & the number of people there & the number of people going to Hollywood are:
  9,000 in New York with 35 going to Hollywood
  6,000 in Miami with 20 going to Hollywood
  6,000 in Austin with 36 going to Hollywood
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- This was a special hour and a half episode.
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- According to the home video shown at the end, the Austin auditions took place on November 2nd 2002.
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- Two brothers from Denver named Jimmy and Scott Osterman were among the hopefuls at the "American Idol 2" tryouts in Austin, Texas. Their audition, which included a cringe-making version of Paula Abdul's "Opposites Attract", had judge Simon Cowell about to deliver a scathing putdown when the pair revealed themselves to be Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly in disguise and that Cowell was the victim of a practical joke for their show "Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway". McPartlin and Donnelly are also the hosts of Pop Idol (2001) the original British show from which American Idol is adapted, and for which Cowell also serves as a judge.
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