reborn in america

At the end of April 1994, after Charlemagne had dinner with his family, he hesitated for a long time and stopped his mother who was about to clear the table: "Hey, everyone, I have something to announce."

Dilicia looked at her serious brother and said with great interest, "Are you coming out? Is it Tassie or Mond? I guess it's Tassie, but Dolly insists it's Mond, she thinks You have an amazing chemistry when you stand together."

As a result, as soon as the words came out, she was stared at by her mother Rose, who then closed her mouth and made a zipper symbol to express silence.

"Please!" The courage he had finally mustered up was completely ruined by his own teasing sister in an instant, and he didn't hesitate to express his thoughts directly: "I want to go to New York to participate in the "American Idol" contest. select."

Looking at the stunned family members, he said nervously: "I know that the possibility of my success is not high. After all, I have not received professional training, nor do I have a handsome appearance..."

"Hey! My dear, you are the best in our eyes." Rose, the mother who had regained her senses, walked up to Charlemagne and touched his head and said, "I still remember that on your grandfather's birthday last year, you sang to him song? We all think you are much better than those singers."

"Yes, Charlie, you have always been a big star in our hearts. We have never doubted that you can stand on the stage and sing to people all over the United States." Father Alan also echoed, although he has no discernment about music. In his opinion, except for country songs, he can barely hear it, and everything else is noise, but since he is his own son, no one can compare to him.

And Doubi's elder sister Dilicia shrugged, and said with regret: "Although I didn't think so, but you are my Dilicia's younger brother, as long as you participate, it will be the best!"

"So, can I go?" Hearing the encouragement from his family, Charlemagne was a little relieved, then looked at his family with a slightly flushed face and said.

"What time?" Dad asked hesitantly.

"New York is the first audition location, so it also starts the earliest. It starts on the first Friday in May and lasts for three days until it officially ends at [-] o'clock on Sunday night. So there is still about a week left." Charlie Man said anxiously, before speaking again, he watched the game time countless times, and repeatedly confirmed with other people who wanted to participate in the game in the forum, it can be said that he was extremely well prepared.

"Hey, my dear, how long has it been since we have been to New York? It seems that it has been more than ten years. Maybe we can take this opportunity to visit New York. This time our family will go to New York together." The big event in the family has always been the father A decision was made, so everyone looked at Father Allen, who hesitated and then said with a smile.

"Yes! (^o^)/YES!" Charlemagne, who was apprehensive when he heard the affirmative answer, jumped up and shouted loudly, no matter whether he was really selected or not, at least he got the chance to chase his dream!This is enough for him.

Seeing the cheering Charlemagne and the equally happy Dilicia Rose and Allen look at each other, they are very happy. Although they are destined to spend another sum of money, after all, people can't just look at things forever. Also do something 'stupid' for something that looks like nothing.

"Wait a minute, wait a moment to celebrate, boys and girls!" Allen stopped the two siblings who were cheering loudly, and then said to Charlemagne who was still in excitement: "Our future big star, before going to New York , shall we first hear your beautiful voice?"

"Ah?" Charlemagne was slightly taken aback when he heard his father's temporary thoughts, then nodded and said, "Wait for me for five minutes, I'll go get my guitar, and I'll be right back."

Then they ran upstairs quickly, while the rest of the people began to clean up the dishes on the table, and then mother Rose took out the coffee that had been brewed a long time ago, poured a cup for everyone, and waited until Charlemagne After getting down with the guitar and tuning the strings, everyone has already sat down with coffee in their hands, waiting for the little star at home to perform for everyone.

Charlemagne was not stage-frightened either. After tuning the guitar, he briefly reported the repertoire he sang to his family, and then sang softly with him. It was a little immature, but his crisp and clean voice was very comfortable with the music on the guitar. pleasing to the ear.

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Just like Charlemagne, countless dream chasers flocked to New York for their dreams. They came earlier, and they have already occupied the streets and alleys of New York, crowded places, wantonly displaying their unparalleled talents .

And although the competition has not yet started, the advance team of "American Idol" has already set off and started looking for the possible next American Idol. They can show their talents and tell their own experiences and stories.

And "American Idol" has not yet started, and the ratings of PD TV have begun to soar. In the first three days of May, the ratings have experienced a triple jump. By Thursday, the number of prime time viewers in the United States has reached as many as 40 million. Don't underestimate this number, and the ratings have also soared to 0.2. You must know that this number is very bad for the four major channels, and it is definitely a record for PD TV, especially in the summer, movie season, and TV ratings are generally cold. Down.

Although Adam stated that "American Idol" did not accept any commercials in the first two weeks, seeing this ratings trend, many advertisers were already eager to try and began to contact Christen, striving to gain an upper hand in the negotiation of subsequent commercials.

With the PD TV station running around, the audience began to gradually feel the strong atmosphere before the war, and New York seemed to suddenly become the city of music, and young musicians could be found everywhere in the city, they gathered in threes and fives , supporting each other, even competing, created a lot of video resources for PD TV, and I have to thank this group of extremely active players.

The Charlemagne family came to New York and saw the best and most lively New York. New York in the summer of 1994 presented the Charlemagne family with an incomparably romantic New York. They played and hung out in various places, no matter where they were You can hear pleasant music, they either stop or leave, or with the encouragement of their family members, Charlemagne also goes up to perform temporarily. Although he is a little nervous, facing the real and unfamiliar crowd, he stabilizes quickly Emotions have entered his musical world.

However, there is no shortage of geniuses in this world. Charlemagne went from being full of self-confidence to no longer having hope. Finally, when the day of the competition came, he had changed from having to get a pass letter to just participating in the competition smoothly. After the competition, you can successfully show your most confident self in front of the instructor, that's fine.

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The competition officially started. Charlemagne and his family came out of a remote small hotel, took a taxi to the competition location, and received their blessings along the way.

After arriving at the scene, he found that the number of people participating in the competition was far more than he had imagined. The entire field was crowded with players and their relatives and friends. At first glance, it could be said that they were all crowded with people. In the crowd.

"Hey, there are so many fucking people. I have never seen so many people except for football games." Father Alan looked at the noisy field in surprise and sighed softly. Mother and sister Dilicia were also a little dumbfounded.

They all knew that there would be many people in this competition, but the number of people was so large that it was far beyond their imagination. It was as if they were caught in a sea of ​​people, and their eyes and ears were full of people and voices.

They signed up according to the guidance of the staff and signs, and then received a race number. According to the staff, when the race officially starts, they will announce the numbers of the participants at any time, and hope they will pay more attention to it.

Because it is not too early, the number received by Charlemagne has already reached more than 800, but they are barely lucky, because there are countless crowds coming from behind, it is really unimaginable for Charlemagne, his competitors will have How many.

Although it is said that it is a mentor audition, it does not mean that as long as they start the audition, they will directly face the mentor. To meet the mentor, they must first pass through the "small black room". There are as many as six black rooms, and each of them has a local musician with some musical ability as a preliminary screening.

After all, there is only one studio, and there are hundreds of thousands of children participating in the competition. If the tutors and the others are interviewed one by one, they will face endless difficulties. Besides, for the effect of the program, they must also screen out most of the contestants who have no special abilities. Only in this way can we make time for those unique geniuses.

The entire venue was rented from a football field in New York. After layout and arrangement, it is enough to accommodate hundreds of thousands of people. Just in case, there are doctors and dozens of police officers on hand at any time.

Because he knew his number, Charlemagne knew how long it would take his turn, so he took a walk in the crowd with his family to calm down. After all, there is a huge gap.

I don’t know how long it took, about an hour or so, when more than [-] people poured into the stadium, suddenly there was a burst of cheers from outside the stadium, and a big wave was set off. The mentor of "American Idol" was already in place, and the game officially started .

The author has something to say: This paragraph and the next chapter are mainly to commemorate the competitions I have participated in, but I participated alone, haha, what a memory of youth.

Poor me, I always thought that I could see my mentor in the audition, but I didn't see it until I was eliminated...