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a short performance to show the talents of someone (such as an actor or a musician) who is being considered for a role in a play, a position in an orchestra, etc.
Auditions will be held next week for the spring musical. He went to an audition for a new TV show.
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After canceling Britain’s Got Talent auditions Thursday to mourn Liam Payne, Simon Cowell is paying tribute to the late One Direction star.
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Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2024
By Sam Reed Liam Payne and Cheryl Cole began dating in 2016, eight years after meeting during Payne's X Factor auditions at 14 years old.
—Glamour, 18 Oct. 2024
Simon Cowell postponed Britain’s Got Talent auditions today following the death of Liam Payne.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024
The decision was confirmed by Applause Store, which handles ticketing for the talent competition show, on X the morning auditions were set to take place in England.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
In the midst of paying tribute to the late singer on social media, fans have also been taking a look at throwback videos of Payne’s journey to musical stardom, including his auditions for The X Factor, which saw the genesis of One Direction as a band.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
According to the audition venue’s website, Thursday was supposed to have been the final of three back-to-back days’ worth of auditions in the city.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
At press time, the show has not indicated when the auditions will be rescheduled.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
The competition series was scheduled to film a second day of auditions in Blackpool, England, Wednesday when news of the singer’s death following a fall from a Buenos Aires hotel emerged.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2024
Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2024
By Sam Reed Liam Payne and Cheryl Cole began dating in 2016, eight years after meeting during Payne's X Factor auditions at 14 years old.
—Glamour, 18 Oct. 2024
Simon Cowell postponed Britain’s Got Talent auditions today following the death of Liam Payne.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024
The decision was confirmed by Applause Store, which handles ticketing for the talent competition show, on X the morning auditions were set to take place in England.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
In the midst of paying tribute to the late singer on social media, fans have also been taking a look at throwback videos of Payne’s journey to musical stardom, including his auditions for The X Factor, which saw the genesis of One Direction as a band.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
According to the audition venue’s website, Thursday was supposed to have been the final of three back-to-back days’ worth of auditions in the city.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
At press time, the show has not indicated when the auditions will be rescheduled.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
The competition series was scheduled to film a second day of auditions in Blackpool, England, Wednesday when news of the singer’s death following a fall from a Buenos Aires hotel emerged.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2024
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