I didn't think I would like Idol this year, but I do.  I can't always watch it and Ricky doesn't know what TV is.  So I have hired a chipmunk  to watch and report the goods Thursday mornings.

Tonight we get some more auditions in Hollywood. In Tinseltown, the field of 300-plus singers will be whittled to 60 semifinalists. That group will then head to Las Vegas to audition with Beatles songs on the Cirque du Soleil stage, knocking the hopefuls down to the Top 40.

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