It only takes one day to change the rest of your life! Thousands of hopefulls take to the streets of Nashville for a chance to become the next American Idol. Credit: Michael Becker / FOX.Could the next “American Idol” be in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.?
Spoiler lists on numerous pop-culture websites and “AI” fan sites are reporting that Lauren Suddeth, a sophomore cheerleader at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School, has made it to the Top 40 round of semifinalists on Fox’s reality TV talent show.
Viewers can tune in tonight (Fox, 8 p.m.) to see how local talents fared among the 16,000 aspiring singers who flocked to Nashville in mid-July with hopes of advancing on America’s favorite television show.
Singers who passed through three rounds of preliminary judging in Bridgestone Arena were eligible to return in October to sing before celebrity judges Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler and Randy Jackson. Of 16,000 who went to Nashville last summer, just 150 auditioned before the judges in the fall.
Among the thousands were country-music royalty. The granddaughter of Loretta Lynn and the son of Joe Diffie were among those auditioning, Jackson said in a Nashville interview.