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Auditions
Overall, about twenty thousand people turned up for auditions
across five states. Seven and a half thousand took part
and from there, the top one hundred contestants from around
the country will go on to the next competition round in
July.
Auditions for the first series of Australian Idol were
held across the country from May 28 - June 15. Here are
the Audition dates and venues.
• ADELAIDE AUDITIONS
Date: Wednesday May 28, 2003
Venue: Hotel Adelaide International
62 Brougham Place North Adelaide
Time: 8.30am
• PERTH AUDITIONS
Date: Saturday May 31, 2003
Venue: Parmelia Hilton
Mill Street Perth
Time: 8.30am
• BRISBANE AUDITIONS
Date: Tuesday June 3, 2003
Venue: Suncorp Piazza Southbank Parklands
Cnr. Little Stanley & Glenelg Streets Southbank
Time: 8.30am
• MELBOURNE AUDITIONS
Date: Saturday/Sunday/Monday June 7, 8 & 9 2003
Venue: Melbourne Park Function Centre
Off Batman Avenue Melbourne
Time: 8.30am
• SYDNEY AUDITIONS
Date: Friday/Saturday/Sunday June 13, 14 & 15 2003
Venue: Wentworth Building Sydney University
Corner Butlin Avenue & City Road Newtown
Time: 8.30am
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The next round
The
top one hundred contestants will go through to the next
major competition round which will be held over a week
in July 2003. Their performances will be recorded in Sydney
at a secret location.
Of these one hundred participants, just forty will progress
to the next performance round. Once the forty have been
selected, they will be split into groups of eight. Each
week a different group of eight will be featured on the
show.
Viewers then have the chance to cast their vote for who
progresses through to the finals. Through this voting
process, the forty will be trimmed down to just ten finalists.
From mid September, these ten finalists will perform in
front of a massive studio audience and the show will be
broadcast live. At the end of each live show, the studio
audience and the home viewers will be able to vote for
their favourite performer. Each week, the number of performers
will be reduced until there are only two contestants left
standing.
In a major live event, the final episode will feature
these two aspiring stars competing for the ultimate title
of Australian Idol, chosen by the national TV audience.
