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Would America’s Got Talent’s New Singing Star Have Fared Differently on Idol?

Kalamazoo, Michigan native Debra Romer took the America’s Got Talent stage at Chicago’s auditions last night, and the results were — well, passable. Literally. Piers Morgan and Sharon Osbourne praised her vulnerability while Howie Mandel fist-bumped her with a “no.” But Debra’s reception shows just how different the audition criteria are between America’s Got Talent and American Idol , where she might’ve been championed (or rejected) for qualities not even mentioned by this triumvirate.

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Would America’s Got Talent’s New Singing Star Have Fared Differently on Idol?