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Published January 17, 2008 05:28 pm - Area “Idol” viewers got a surprise in the first minute of the two-hour episode when local singer Traci Hite announced, “I’m from Cullman, Alabama.” Local woman names hometown on 'American Idol' By David Lazenby The Cullman Times
After six full seasons of “American Idol,” each year’s season premiere of the program is predicable fare — appearances by a few good singers with heart-tugging life stories and a lot of bad ones with no business auditioning for the show. However, area “Idol” viewers got a surprise in the first minute of the two-hour episode when local singer Traci Hite announced, “I’m from Cullman, Alabama.” The appearance came during an introductory segment following Ryan Seacrest’s announcement the next American Idol could come from anywhere. Traci was among six contestants who announced from where they hailed. Hite was joined by singers from as far away as Alaska and Bolivia. Making Traci’s appearance more surprising was the lack of local audition sites. Unlike the year before when Traci’s tryout place was merely an hour’s drive away to Birmingham, She had to drive to Atlanta and Charleston, S.C. where she auditioned for the show at both locations. More than 33 million viewers tuned in for Tuesday’s 2008 debut of American Idol, the most popular program on U.S. television. Hite, a 19-year-old Wallace State student, was not one of them. The moment she was seen by millions of Americans, the singer was shopping with her mother, Neva, at Wal-Mart when she — and Cullman — had the brief moment in the spotlight. “I missed it,” said Traci who found out about her appearance from Angela Young, her cousin from Clemson, S.C. who called to tell Traci about her on-camera cameo appearance. “She was screaming,” Traci said. “It was exciting.” Traci’s father, Hobson Hite, also missed the show. He was coaching a girls’ junior varsity basketball game at Fairview Middle School where he is a teacher. Fortunately, Traci’s sister, Alicia, got a copy of the program with her digital video recorder. 
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