THE BEST SIDE OF AMERICAN IDOL

While in the audition rounds, 121 contestants were picked from close to ten,000 who attended the auditions. These ended up cut to thirty with the semifinal, with 10 going on to the finals. A person semifinalist, Delano Cagnolatti, was disqualified for lying to evade the clearly show's age limit. Among the early favorites, Tamyra Grey, was eradicate