NEW ORLEANS (AP) For many of the thousands lined up around the Superdome for American Idol auditions, their touch of fame came early.
Television crews and American Idol cameras worked the crowd Monday morning recording the hopes of stardom that drove more than 6,000 people to begin lining up at midnight for to show off their singing abilities.
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