Just came across this headline (at www.620kpoj.com):
"Hopefuls pack Rose Garden for chance to sign at Blazers game"
Now, I think it's great if signers accompany the main vocalists at events like basketball games, for the sake of the hearing-impaired. But since the accompanying photo was of a young woman holding a mic up to her mouth, I sort of got the impression that wasn't the type of talent they were auditioning for.