Sentence examples for auditions from inspiring English sources

Louis Walsh has given the X Factor producers another headache by turning up late for the ITV talent show's auditions.

It's not dissimilar to an outstanding British actor making a movie in Hollywood only to be told he cannot attend auditions back at home until he relocates permanently from Los Angeles to Cricklewood.

The story, also a page 7 lead, claimed that Louis Walsh's band had "sailed through auditions".

'I had to get up at 3am to travel in my father's car to London for the Royal Ballet auditions,' remembers Mosley.

New ones are recruited every few months through auditions or, as you do, a rock/paper/scissors tournament – see, already more credible than an One X Factor audition.

He even cheerfully puts himself forward for auditions these days.

Executives have gone back to basics for the auditions.

Last Wednesday, with Sharon Osbourne, Gary Barlow and Nicole Scherzinger all ready to go for the arena auditions in Wembley, Louis was still in his hotel, forcing the producers to go ahead with an empty seat on the panel.

The auditions are watched by the judges from behind a two-way mirror, with the whole thing overseen by Simon Cowell in the US, like Ed Harris in The Truman Show.

In fact, the oldest person allowed within a two-mile radius of the auditions is 24 (29 in "real life", but 24 in pop years), with the age range for the youngest contestants brought down to eight following the success of 2015 under-11 rap collective, Kidz Say The Stupidest Thingz.

I thought "Why not?" I've always loved to sing and when I found out where the auditions were going to be held, my mum offered to take me.