00:00You're going to Hollywood!
00:02I love the promise of American Idol.
00:04We find people who are in the back of their mind.
00:06They've always had this little dream,
00:08a hope that they could do something
00:11in the world of singing.
00:12And we find them, and with the good ones, we give them a shot.
00:15Day one, so exciting.
00:18Are you nervous?
00:18Yes.
00:19You are?
00:20Action!
00:22I think the thing that excites me
00:24the most about American Idol from this side of things
00:29being able to be part of somebody's story.
00:32You know, I know what it's done for me.
00:34It made dreams I didn't even know I had come true.
00:37Not only will you win this show,
00:39you will sell more records than any other Idol winner.
00:42To be a part of that for somebody else,
00:45knowing what it can do for them.
00:47Welcome aboard, Carrie.
00:50The ones I love are the ones that discover who they are.
00:53They had no idea.
00:54They come from a background
00:55where no one was there to say good for you.
00:58I know you're tired of fighting.
01:01What I love about American Idol is just the contestants
01:05and their stories and what made them dream.
01:08Let me let you go.
01:10Trying to win American Idol.
01:11I love it when a contestant walks through that door
01:15that has accomplished something great in the audition.
01:17They're in tears, and their family,
01:19they are in tears as well.
01:21And there's just this group hug,
01:22and they forget about every stress,
01:25every difficult challenge in their life.
01:27It's a great moment.
01:28One of the best I've heard ever.
01:31So it's a yes for me.
01:32You're going to Hollywood.
01:35It's an emotional point because all of a sudden,
01:38a dream just came true.
01:39You know, we all want the same outcome,
01:41which is an incredible, you know, winner.
01:44Hallelujah.
01:45And then changing lives along the way,
01:47helping people along the way, seeing dreams come true.
01:50I'm honored to be a part of that.
01:57I'm honored to be a part of that.
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