The show closed its run of audition episodes by inaugurating the first annual “Create Your Own Backstory Night.” OK, that’s unofficial. We have no proof of that.

For Wednesday night#39;s auditions, quot;Idolquot; traveled to the Pacific Northwest. It was certainly the season#39;s most eclectic audition, featuring a number of wide-ranging contestants.

“I mean, it’s just unbelievable–the colors,” marveled the sexagenarian. “God’s paintbrush.” Meanwhile, Tyler did some inspiring of his own. Music teacher Jenni Schick could barely contain her excitement during her audition.

Tonight, the first “Idol” audition city negotiated by the judge’s agents: Aspen, Colorado. It’s gotta be the price of getting the judges to agree to go to Pittsburgh and Houston. We see show host Ryan Seacrest, looking like a snow gnome among the magnificent, towering Rockies. This is followed by other scenes of bucolic, high-altitude Colorado. But where are they going to stuff the hordes of ...

Because the third episode of “American Idol” did not start until 10:57 p.m. on a school night — and because millions of DVR’s only recorded three minutes of the broadcast and totally missed the audition of Jim Carrey’s Actual Daughter — Fox will rerun Sunday’s post-NFC championship “Idol” on Tuesday night. Read full article gt;gt;