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Video: Watch ‘American Idol’ contestants’ performance in San Jose

  • SAN JOSE, CA - SEPTEMBER 06: Casey Bogdan, 16, of...

    SAN JOSE, CA - SEPTEMBER 06: Casey Bogdan, 16, of Cupertino plays her guitar as she waits for her turn at the San Jose auditions for "American Idol" at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, on Sept. 6, 2019, in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

  • SAN JOSE, CA - SEPTEMBER 06: Contestants wait for their...

    SAN JOSE, CA - SEPTEMBER 06: Contestants wait for their turn at the San Jose auditions for "American Idol" at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, on Sept. 6, 2019, in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

  • SAN JOSE, CA - SEPTEMBER 06: A contestant from Palmdale...

    SAN JOSE, CA - SEPTEMBER 06: A contestant from Palmdale who goes by her stage name, Paris Simone, talks during an interview with this news organization at the San Jose auditions for "American Idol" at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, on Sept. 6, 2019, in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

  • SAN JOSE, CA - SEPTEMBER 06: Contestants wait for their...

    SAN JOSE, CA - SEPTEMBER 06: Contestants wait for their turn at the San Jose auditions for "American Idol" at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, on Sept. 6, 2019, in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

  • SAN JOSE, CA - SEPTEMBER 06: Contestants including Autumn Rose...

    SAN JOSE, CA - SEPTEMBER 06: Contestants including Autumn Rose of Reno, NV, center right, wait for their turn at the San Jose auditions for "American Idol" at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, on Sept. 6, 2019, in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

  • SAN JOSE, CA - SEPTEMBER 06: Sydney Bell of Los...

    SAN JOSE, CA - SEPTEMBER 06: Sydney Bell of Los Angeles plays her ukulele as she waits for her turn at the San Jose auditions for "American Idol" at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, on Sept. 6, 2019, in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

  • SAN JOSE, CA - SEPTEMBER 06: Christian Villanueva of Hayward,...

    SAN JOSE, CA - SEPTEMBER 06: Christian Villanueva of Hayward, left, waits for his turn at the San Jose auditions for "American Idol" at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, on Sept. 6, 2019, in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

  • SAN JOSE, CA - SEPTEMBER 06: Faye Jeff of Hanford,...

    SAN JOSE, CA - SEPTEMBER 06: Faye Jeff of Hanford, center, waits for her turn at the San Jose auditions for "American Idol" at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, on Sept. 6, 2019, in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

  • SAN JOSE, CA - SEPTEMBER 06: Lindsay Sommers of San...

    (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

    SAN JOSE, CA - SEPTEMBER 06: Lindsay Sommers of San Jose practices singing "You and I" by Lady Gaga as she waits for her turn at the San Jose auditions for "American Idol" at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, on Sept. 6, 2019, in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

  • SAN JOSE, CA - SEPTEMBER 06: Arden Hilal, 15, of...

    SAN JOSE, CA - SEPTEMBER 06: Arden Hilal, 15, of Alamo and her mother, Melissa, hold hands as they wait for Arden's turn at the San Jose auditions for "American Idol" at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, on Sept. 6, 2019, in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

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Dai Sugano, staff photojournalist and senior multimedia editor, The Mercury News, for his Wordpress profile. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
By | dsugano@bayareanewsgroup.com
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Hundreds of “American Idol” aspirants waited in a long lines at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center to prove that they’ve got the pipes to rock the record charts.

Continuing their exhaustive search for the next pop superstar, producers for the iconic TV singing competition held an open audition session. San Jose is one of 22 cities on the show’s national tryout tour and the dream was alive and well.

Video: Watch three ‘American Idol’ contestants’ performance done for this news organization at the audition.

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