Arts & Entertainment
CORRECTION: Napa Teen Was Cut in Last Week's'American Idol' Competition
Tori Anna Langfitt will not appear in this week's telecast.
CORRECTION, Monday Feb. 18, 4:34 p.m.
Due to a communications issue, the original version of this story stated the incorrect airing dates of Hollywood Week on American Idol.
Hollywood Week aired last week, Feb. 13 and 14. During that portion of auditions, Napa teen Tori Anna Langfitt was eliminated from the show.
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She will not appear in this week's broadcast of the show as originally noted in the earlier version of this story. Our apologies for the error.
ORIGINAL STORY, Sunday, Feb. 17, 4:17 p.m.
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A Napa teen was unexpectedly given a shot to be the next "American Idol."
auditioned for the Fox network reality television show "American Idol" last fall in front of a panel of celebrity judges, she confirmed.
Langfitt declined to comment further for this story until she could receive approval from the show to speak with Napa Patch. Her contest entry agreement specifies she must have prior approval for media interviews.
However, she describes her excitement at receiving a "golden ticket" from the judges after her first round of auditions on an earlier American Idol website video interview.
"My first thought when I got my golden ticket was amazement," she said. "I was so excited, and I really was almost not sure I was gonna get it."
The golden ticket advanced her to what is known as "Hollywood Week," on the show, a week of intense training and judging. Those auditions are to air on TV this Wednesday and Thursday on Fox at 8 p.m.
Langfitt was nominated by a local jazz club to compete on the show, according to the Idol interview. She was a contestant in the local NV Idol competition in 2011 and won the "audience favorite" award.
American Idol is a long-running reality TV singing competition in which people from across the country vie for a chance at solo singing career.
Its 12th season features singer Mariah Carey, hip hop artist Nicki Minaj and country singer Keith Urban as celebrity judges.
Previous American Idol winners include Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Jordin Sparks and David Cook.
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