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Article: Idol performers sing in half empty Beaumont venue.
- Article from:
- The Beaumont Enterprise (Beaumont, TX)
- Article date:
- October 8, 2006
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Byline: Rolando Garcia And Becky Bowman
Oct. 8--BEAUMONT -- They almost became America's next superstars, but if the largely empty Civic Center was any indication, the Amerian Idol finalists who performed here Saturday might be near the end of their 15 minutes.
Performers like Ruben Studdard and Justin Guarini once enjoyed legions of fans who dutifully voted them into the final round of the popular television show.
However, at the concert featuring them and other Idol notables, more than half of the appromixately 900 chairs on the floor of the Civic Center stood empty.
But many of those who did show -- like Neal Williford and his wife ...