8 P.M. (Fox) AMERICAN IDOL Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler and Randy Jackson take their seats at the judges' table as the preliminary auditions for Season 11 begin in Savannah, Ga.
The show leaves universities free to choose whatever method they like to select their teams, and when I went to the preliminary auditions for the team at the students' union last year, the people there were mostly men.
A lot of people eagerly anticipate the preliminary auditions of American Idol.
Some 120 applicants, on average, are selected for preliminary screening auditions held at locations around the world.
After auditions, preliminary judges chose 21 performers who, Ms. McNaughton said, are "genuinely talented".
A committee of players, usually in the section, has to be formed, and preliminary rounds of auditions have to be scheduled.
In December 2006, the League did a preliminary round of auditions so 30 young conductors could be seen by the representatives of hosting orchestras.
(Here's Brando again, auditioning, in 1947, for a preliminary version of "Rebel Without a Cause"; he's surprisingly ordinary when he's acting but irresistible when he's doing nothing).
In some orchestras, blind auditions are used just for the preliminary selection while others use it all the way to the end, until a hiring decision is made.
