Congratulations to Joshua David Kingsly who has taken the $500 cash prize in our “Casper Idol” video contest.

The winner gets $500 cold hard cash – so be sure to cast your ballot for the very best.

The contestants have been randomly sepa

It seems as though the producers of American Idol, as well as the city of Casper have thought of everything when it comes to their Audition going off without a hitch. This includes making sure local vendors are on hand to offer food and drink to aspiring idols. Here is an interview with Herbadashery, about what it’s like to cater American Idol.

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Any time you have a huge group of people, like the one at Fort Caspar who are auditioning for American Idol, safety is always an issue. Luckily, the Casper PD are great at their jobs and have thought of every scenario that could, but probably won’t, happen at the auditions here today. Here’s Officer Tremble on the safety precautions the CPD have taken to make sure everything goes off without a hitch.

One of the bright parts of American Idol has always been the host of…unique…characters that audition for the granddaddy of musical reality shows. So when AI came to Casper, we were sure that we would see at least a few of these types of people. Luckily, we were right. Check out Kiss DJ Donovan Short interview Ryan-a large man with an affinity for Britney Spears.

So, you’re thinking about coming down to Fort Caspar for Casper’s American Idol auditions but you don’t quite know what to expect. Check out this video tour of the process from 104.7 KISS-FM’s Donovan Short.

When I learned that I would have to be to work at 6:00am the morning of the American Idol auditions, I wasn’t particularly surprised – I do after all work for a group of radio stations who have a tendency to

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show up for early morning and late night events. With that in mind, I have to admit that I was a little surprised by how many people were a

Meet Chamise Covington. You may recognize her from her work with Casper’s No Goodaz. Don’t be fooled, you don’t have to be a hip-hop diva to audition or win American Idol… but it sure is fun to listen to in line. Check out this preview of Chamise’s aud

When did you get up this morning? Not as early as Rashal Williams, I’ll bet.

2:30am.

That’s the magic time that would have put you first in line for the American Idol auditions at Fort Caspar.

Are you an Instagram junkie? Yeah, we are too. We’re going to be updating Instagram all day long with pics from our crew and contestants on site at Fort Caspar.

Are you going to be at the auditions? Since you’re already taking photos with your iPhone or Android device and sharing them on

The countdown is on, for two weeks of highly-anticipated online auditions – the first time ever on American Idol.  After delaying the start date, Idol announced that things are go as of now – here’s how to participate:

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We’ve been in touch directly with folks working with the American Idol Small Town Auditions Bus Tour today (8/6/12), and there’s a slight change to the original information – mainly the start time for their Wednesday, August 8 visit to Casper.

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*NOTE: START TIME MOVED TO 8AM* The official American Idol website is starting to slowly add information on the “Small Town Bus Tour”, although Casper’s information isn’t on as of this posting.  However, through various city officials, we’ve been able to get the details for the Wednesday, August 8 auditions in Casper – here’s what you need to know:

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  We told you yesterday (8/1/12) that American Idol’s online auditions were set to begin, according to information on americanidol.com – but for some reason, they’ve yet to start accepting video auditions, and as of  this moment, details are still vague on the upcoming Casper stop, which is now less than a week away.

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  DETAILS:
  Where: Fort Caspar Museum
  When: August 8th

  When the folks at American Idol announced that season 12 would come with some new twists, we didn’t know that one of those twists would include a visit to Casper as an audition stop.  As we first told you, Casper was one of the ten small U.S. cities selected for their “American Idol Small Town Audition Bus Tour” – but details have been fairly hard to come by so far.  However, the story is starting to take shape.

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