{"id":50154,"date":"2015-06-29T09:18:11","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T14:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=50154"},"modified":"2015-06-29T13:28:18","modified_gmt":"2015-06-29T18:28:18","slug":"iom-american-idol-coming-campus-open-auditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/iom-american-idol-coming-campus-open-auditions\/","title":{"rendered":"IOM: &#8216;American Idol&#8217; Coming to Campus for Open Auditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_50742\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/iom-american-idol-coming-campus-open-auditions\/hollywood_americanidol-copy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50742\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50742\" class=\"size-large wp-image-50742\" src=\"http:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Hollywood_AmericanIdol-copy-2048x1150.jpg\" alt=\"American Idol\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Hollywood_AmericanIdol-copy.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Hollywood_AmericanIdol-copy-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Hollywood_AmericanIdol-copy-580x326.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-50742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">American Idol<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in;\">OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 Come Tuesday (June 30), expect an unusually large number of people on campus for a mid-summer day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in;\">In addition to orientation, &#8220;American Idol&#8221; will arrive on campus that day to hold audition for the final season of the series.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in;\">The American Idol bus will be parked on the <a href=\"http:\/\/livecam.olemiss.edu\/union\/\" target=\"_blank\">Union Plaza<\/a> and the line will extend into the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olemiss.edu\/tours\/clsections-grove.html\" target=\"_blank\">Grove<\/a>. About 1,500 to 3,000 hopefuls are expected to audition throughout the day, but no amplified sound will be used and security will be in place to keep the crowd and line organized.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in;\">Auditions are to begin at 9 a.m. and no more contestants will be allowed in line past 5 p.m. Anyone between the ages of 15 and 28 is eligible to try out. Audition hopefuls who do not already have a parking permit for the <a href=\"http:\/\/olemiss.edu\" target=\"_blank\">Ole Miss<\/a> campus must obtain a visitor&#8217;s permit from the welcome center at the entrance of campus or by visiting the Department of Parking and Transportation website and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olemiss.edu\/parking\/visitors.html\" target=\"_blank\">purchase a daily pass<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in;\">If you or someone you know is interested in participating, more information can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanidol.com\/\">AmericanIdol.com<span style=\"color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<!-- Begin Video.js Responsive Wrapper -->\r\n\t\t<div style='max-width:426px'>\r\n\t\t\t<div class='video-wrapper' style='padding-bottom:56.338028169014%;'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t<!-- Begin Video.js -->\r\n\t<video id=\"example_video_id_1027957454\" class=\"video-js vjs-default-skin\" width=\"426\" height=\"240\" controls preload=\"none\" data-setup='[]'>\r\n\t\t<source src=\"http:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/WVUE_01-07-2015_08.21.30.mp4\" type='video\/mp4' \/>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/video>\r\n\t<!-- End Video.js -->\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<!-- End Video.js Responsive Wrapper -->\r\n\t\t\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in;\">Watch past Ole Miss student, Michael Simeon, win over judges in season 14 of American Idol.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in;\">\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9914\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/WVUE_01-07-2015_08.21.30.mp4\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5v('9914','http:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/WVUE_01-07-2015_08.21.30.mp4','640','360', '');\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"position: relative;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"powerpress-player-poster\" src=\"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/iPad-VideoPlayer.jpg\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"width: 640px; height: 360px;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"powerpress-player-play-image\" src=\"http:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_video.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"position: absolute; bottom: 150px; left: 290px; border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp4\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/WVUE_01-07-2015_08.21.30.mp4\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/?powerpress_pinw=50154-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/WVUE_01-07-2015_08.21.30.mp4\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"WVUE_01-07-2015_08.21.30.mp4\">Download<\/a><\/p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 Come Tuesday (June 30), expect an unusually large number of people on campus for a mid-summer day. 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