Auditions for Season 9 (can you believe it!) are already under way. Next Tuesday, the “Idol” auditions head to Los Angeles with pre-registration Sunday and Monday at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.

Thanks to Leigh Grogan from The Sacramento Bee for the Heads Up!  Here’s some information from Leigh:

“Here’s how it works: On the pre-registration days, wristbands will be distributed to auditioners once the tables open at 7 a.m. Camera crews will be hanging around, so feel free to sing at will – if you’ve got the pipes! But we know there will be those who just hope for their three seconds of fame.

On audition day, registered auditioners can start lining up at 5 a.m. For those “Idol” watchers wondering why we see snippets of their family and friends once the show airs next January, this is when all that stuff is filmed. Contestants who do make it through to the next round can’t – I repeat can’t – sing for the cameras after their audition. Those who don’t make it through can show how generally upset and distraught and angry they are at being dissed. We’ll see that, too, next year.”

Thanks again Leigh – now we at least when to avoid the traffic rush!

So tell the truth – how many of you will we see on camera next year?

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