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| "The thing I tell people is: You've got to stand up for yourself. If you feel you did a good job or you've related to the music well, you've got to stick up for yourself," said Young. |
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| Watching the newest batch of megastar wannabes belt their lungs out on American Idol certainly brought back memories for Young. On the phone from Los Angeles, Young recalled the arduous process of auditioning he was put through. From sitting outside a field in Denver, Colorado, at 3.30am and waiting almost seven hours with 10,000 aspiring singers, Young was made to wait a further three days before he was auditioned by judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson. "I did American Idol to test my ability as a performer and a singer," he said. "It was the only way to find out if I was ready to perform for all of America. They tell you right then if you're good, you're bad or if they don't like your outfit." |