ABC’s ‘American Idol’ Auditions Start Aug. 17

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American Idol, with a new home on ABC, starts its audition process Aug. 17. An East bus tour starts off that day in Orlando and ventures to Miami (Aug. 19), Atlanta (Aug. 22), Charleston (Aug. 25), Asheville (Aug. 27), Louisville (Aug. 30), Pittsburgh (Sept. 3), Annapolis (Sept. 5) and Boston (Sept. 8).

The West bus tour starts in Portland Aug. 17 and ventures to Oakland (Aug. 20), Provo (Aug. 23), Denver (Aug. 26), Omaha (Aug. 29), Tulsa (Sept. 1), Shreveport (Sept. 4) and Muscle Shoals (Sept. 7).

There are also auditions in Chicago (Sept. 11) and New Orleans (Sept. 14).

One must be at least 15 years old to audition.

Idol had its series finale on Fox in April 2016. ABC recently announced it was bringing back the competition series. It is to debut early in 2018.

American Idol is produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment, a division of CORE Media Group. Executive producers include FremantleMedia North America’s Trish Kinane and Jennifer Mullin. FremantleMedia International distributes the series worldwide.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.