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Quote:ABC 7’s Val Warner, Ryan Chiaverini, Terrell Brown and Idol Alum, Haley Reinhart to Decide Chicago Idol Competitors, September eighth
WINDY CITY LIVE is kicking off Chicago Idol and calling all phenomenal singers to submit a video for an opportunity to carry out on WCL and win an official Silver Cross to audition for ABC’s American Idol, August sixteen via August 30. Then, ten finalists shall be chosen from submitted entries to carry out throughout a particular Chicago Idol version of Windy Metropolis LIVE on September eighth at 1 PM.
A panel of judges together with WCL co-hosts Val Warner and Ryan Chiaverini, ABC 7 Eyewitness Information Anchor Terrell Brown and American Idol alum and Wheeling, Illinois native, Haley Reinhart will select a Grand Prize Winner from the performers. The Grand Prize Winner will obtain a Silver Move guaranteeing her or him an official audition with American Idol Producers in a special metropolis afterward this yr.
Viewers between the ages of 15 and 28 might be a part of the competitors by submitting a video. Full particulars might be discovered at abc7chicago.com. The video should consist of 1 music, or portion of a track, carried out a capella, and between 30-60 seconds in size. There is a restrict of ONE entry per individual.
Video submissions: http://abc7.ws/ChicagoIDOL
For an entire record of competitors necessities, go to http://abc7.ws/ChiIDOLRules.
Go to Windy Metropolis LIVE’s Contests & Promotions Web page
On September eleven, ABC 7 Eyewitness Information and Windy Metropolis LIVE will present reside protection of AMERICAN IDOL’s open auditions right here in Chicago.
AMERICAN IDOL is scheduled to debut within the 2017/18 season.