"American Idol" comes to Coeur d'Alene
The ABC series, which started in 2002 on Fox, picked Coeur d’Alene as one of five cities to host “judge cuts,” where contestants have their first appearances in front of Lionel Richie, Katie Perry and Luke Bryan. These closed auditions will conclude Tuesday.
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Film crews work around groups of American Idol contestants and their friends and families aboard a Coeur d’Alene Cruises boat parked at the Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018.
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Film crews conduct contestant interviews on the shore of Lake Coeur d’Alene at the Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018.
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Contestants and film crews work aboard two Coeur d’Alene Cruises boats used as a holding area for contestants, moored at the Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018.
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Host Ryan Seacrest of American Idol chats with some local media by a pair of Coeur d’Alene Cruises boats parked at the Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. The second round of auditions are being filmed in Coeur d’Alene.
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Kaylee Goins of Spokane is preparing for the second round of auditions, waiting for the auditions to start on a dock beside a Coeur dAlene Cruises boat parked at the Coeur dAlene Resort Golf Course Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018.
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American Idol host Ryan Seacrest walks with a group of staffers to the Coeur d’Alene Cruises boats parked at the Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course and used as a holding area for contestants, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018.
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American Idol host Ryan Seacrest waits while the crew sets up a shot on a dock at the Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. The longrunning show is filming its second round of auditions in Coeur d’Alene.
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Kate Plaisted, of Eagle, Idaho, awaits her turn for a second audition for American Idol aboard a Coeur d’Alene Cruises boat parked at the Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018.
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A director talks to a group of contestants and their friends and family before filming begins of candid moments in the holding area as they wait for the second round of auditions for American Idol aboard a Coeur d’Alene Cruises boat parked at the Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018.
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