Title: Hogwarts Idol
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. Australian Idol Harry Potter and the songs featured belong to their respective owners.
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Hogwarts Idol
Well, it's finally arrived. The very first Hogwarts Idol where one student will live their dream of becoming a recording artist, living life in the public eye, attending all the hottest premiers and so on. But we must not jump the gun here. Such a process must start somewhere and the wisest place would be, of course, the auditions – or 'cattle call' as some might refer to it as. Let's look back on the first day of auditions where students from all the houses put on hold their lessons to see if they had what it took to be Hogwarts Idol. Some left the audition rooms terribly excited but like everything, majority of the auditions ended with tears.
Day 1: The Auditions
Gryffindor were first cab off the rank leading the first day of auditions. There was a great deal of excitement from the crowd who were waiting for their numbers to be call. Hours of waiting resulted in many renditions of musical songs, muggle and wizard songs alike, numours make up reapplications for the girls and unbelievable amounts of hair gel for the boys. As the line slowly moved and lessen in size, nerves seemed to be at an end and some left the line in a fit of tears, not even making it to the auditions. We walked down the line chatting to some of the young hopefuls to see what they thought.
" I 'm really quite excited to be here' said one hopeful Hermione Granger ' I've always wanted to be a star, I used to do quite a bit of singing in the muggle world but I gave it up to concentrate on my study. I just hope I do ok today. I really hope the judges aren't that horrible'
Even wizarding world hero Harry Potter was in the audition line hoping to extend his name past the whole (and I quote) 'saving the world thing. I really just want to show the world I have a whole other side, a sensitive side. '
But the question is, will this become just another popularity contest? Slytherin hopeful Draco Malfoy seems to think so
'There is no way a mudblood is going to win this contest. My father will make sure of that. It will be a pureblood who wins, I assure you.'
By 5:30 pm that afternoon, well over a thousand students had been knocked out and there were now only 100 who still had a chance to go on to win.
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I know this was a little short but I had to write this first bit- consider it a teaser. I know how this whole audition process works because I auditioned for Australian idol earlier this year. Hope you enjoy, and later you will get the chance to vote for the top 40 to see who will go through to the top 10 and ultimately the winner.