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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