This is...AMERICAN IDOL! Hollywood Week Edition.

"You're going to Hollywood!" Well, actually it's the Pasadena Civic Center, but close enough. Going into Hollywood Week at Idol was exciting, as a last minute P.A position opened up. I wasn't sure what to expect...I didn't know where I would be placed or what I would be doing. When I arrived Day 1 at 7:00am, my friend Amanda told me I was working with the Execs. Then I found out I would actually be working under the Execs and Judges. I still didn't know exactly what this entailed, but I shortly found out.

The first day in the pouring rain, I made approximately five runs to Starbucks (not too close of a walk either), distance-wise one-way let's say it's like from Space Mountain to Splash Mountain in the pouring rain when it's crowded. I then started making runs in my car (reimbursed for mileage) to Whole Foods for wheatgrass and ginger shots for Mr. Steven Tyler. Then runs to Ruth's Chris Steakhouse for a $200 order for J.Lo for dinner. The concept is cool. "I'm going to Whole Foods just to buy raw cashews for Steven Tyler!" The best part of course, was when I could sit in the auditorium behind the cameras and behind the judges, watching the auditions. I was sitting next to the Execs, waiting for them to ask me for tea, coffee, lemon cakes, gum or anything, but meanwhile getting the best seat in the house!

 
The second day it wasn't raining at least, (which was better for the SEVEN runs I did to Starbucks this day) 300 more contests auditioned, and then by the third day it was on to groups. And "la, la, la..." (forgetting the lyrics) happened a LOT! The judges were starting to get irritated but kept lending encouraging words like "Just have fun and don't be nervous! You're doing what you love!" To try to help them to remember the lyrics they knew so well backstage. People were fainting left and right and throwing up. I watched one girl pass out right off the edge of the stage! I ran to get her a can of coke and run it up to where Ryan Seacrest and his crew put a camera right in her face unconscious!! Crazy stuff they do for dramatic TV.