American Idol – Waiting for a Winner

May 22, 2008: On Assignment, Trent.

A horde of screaming David Archuleta fans were at EngerySolutions Arena Wednesday night for a live showing of the two-hour American Idol finale, waiting to see if the hometown kid would win.

Most of the two hours assignment amounted to killing time waiting for the announcement. Most of the music was (insert your own opinion here), but cameraman Pete jumped up and rocked out to Bryan Adams’ “Summer of 69″:

Next post- Who would win? The decisive moment.

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Trevor says:

May 23, 2008 at 12:59 am

Were you there for work or were you there because you love American Idol. What did your sign say?
Jeffrey says:

May 24, 2008 at 7:02 pm

Go Pete!!! I think they need to give you the American Idol title!!! I know you were wishing it was PANIC…

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