Thousands flock to 'Idol' auditions

Thousands flock to Louisville auditions for shot at Hollywood's … Some began lining up at midnight, eight hours before the doors to Freedom Hall's East Wing would swing open as an invitation to keep dreaming of lights, cameras, stardom. They came from New Jersey, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Ohio, Michigan and the next block over. Shower singers, choir members, professionals and the guy at the gym who sings along with his iPod on the treadmill. They stood in a line that at one point stretched almost uninterrupted from the East Wing doors to the rear of the South Wing, thousands of hopefuls who believe they have a chance to be the next "American Idol." They were there to claim wristbands that would get them in to sing at today's auditions, the first step toward Hollywood and a spot on season eight of "American Idol." And why not... [read full story]