I just found out, by pure happenstance, that I am now officially too old to audition for American Idol.
I was having lunch with a couple of coworkers, who are in their 40s/50s, and I mentioned to them how much I love to sing karaoke. The next comment was predictable: “so have you auditioned for Idol?” my answer is always the same “I would LOVE to do it one day! I know my voice is not good enough to make it through, I just want to go through the experience just to say I did it” — the next comment was NOT something I could have foreseen: “well, you better do it fast, the age limit is 28.” WHAT??????? I had NEVER heard of age limits for A.I. before!!! Why didn’t anybody tell me this before I went and turned 29 two weeks ago???
American Idol is one of those shows that I used to watch (we’re talking seasons 1 and 2), but I decided to stop. While a season was in progress, I would fantasize about being adored by Paula, Randy and Simon. I would pick a song to sing that would highlight my talents and make them go Wow. After the audition phase ended, though, the fantasy was over. If I wanted to hear people sing well, I’d buy a CD. I didn’t care much for the “look at us, we are awesome singers” part of the show. So I just stopped watching it altogether. I never discarded the possibility of auditioning, but I could never put enough importance on it to take a day off from work to stand in line for hours just to be heard for 10 seconds. Now that I can never do it, I am heartbroken.
I guess there ARE some things I’ll never get to do before I turn 30.
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