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"American Idol" auditions begin July 17 in S.F.

Get out your karaoke machines, spruce up your iPod and start running through those old Creedence Americanidoldallas_2 Clearwater Revival, Elton John, Paul McCartney and Carpenters songbooks. "American Idol" audition time is here.

Fox confirmed Thursday that auditions for the 2009 edition of the Show the Stomps All Over Everything Else in Primetime will begin July 17 in San Francisco, at the Cow Palace.

As far as I'm concerned the first few segs of "Idol" culled from the road auditions (pictured here are snapshots from last year's trials) are the most entertaining. This is America, in all its out-of-tune, out-of-step, out-of-our-minds glory.

Americanidoldallas2The highlight of last year's auditions had to be the determination of Antoria Gillon, who was nine months pregnant and in labor when she went through her audition in Dallas. She gave birth a few hours after her audition at local hospital to Jamil Labarron Idol McCowan, who will turn 1 on Aug. 7.

All of the official audition info follows after the jump, and more info is available at AmericanIdol.com:

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Auditions will be held as follows:

San Francisco, CA               Thursday, July 17                  Cow Palace

Louisville, KY                         Monday, July 21                    Freedom Hall

Phoenix, AZ                           Friday, July 25                       Jobing.com Arena

Salt Lake City, UT                 Tuesday, July 29                   EnergySolutions Arena

San Juan, Puerto Rico         Saturday, Aug. 2                   Coliseo de Puerto Rico

Kansas City, MO                   Friday, Aug. 8                        Sprint Center

Jacksonville, FL                    Wednesday, Aug. 13            Veterans Memorial Arena

East Rutherford, NJ              Tuesday, Aug. 19                  IZOD Center at the Meadowlands

Americanidol4Specific information for the San Francisco auditions is below. More details for the additional audition cities will be announced shortly.

San Francisco AMERICAN IDOL Auditions

WHO:             Men and women 16-28 years old as of July 15, 2008, who are eligible to work in the U.S. Some restrictions apply – please visit americanidol.com for specific information.

WHERE:       The Cow Palace

2600 Geneva Ave.
Daly City, CA 94014

WHEN:          Thursday, July 17

HOW:            Wristbands will be distributed from 7:00 AM on Tuesday, July 15 until 8:00 AM on  Thursday, July 17. Auditioners will not be permitted to camp out; therefore, once they obtain their Americanidol5 wristbands, they will be asked to return to the Cow Palace on Thursday, July 17.

Audition information, including forms and requirements, is available online at americanidol.com.

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Cynthia Littleton is deputy editor, news development at Variety and a veteran television reporter.


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