American Idol: "Bikini Boy" Audition Was a Radio Station Stunt

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American Idol: “Bikini Boy” Audition Was a Radio Station Stunt

February 7, 2010 12:13:31 by Nancy Floyd

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Auditions for American Idol are always filled with funny, absurd, and just plain terrible aspiring singers and Tuesday night’s auditions in Denver were no different. Most notably was a performance by the Idol-hopeful appropriately deemed “Bikini Boy,” but before you feel sorry for a guy who might be mentally unstable, keep reading to find out about his audition which was nothing more than an elaborate hoax…

The aspiring American Idol contestant dubbed “Bikini Boy” is actually Ty Hemmerling, an employee at Denver radio station KWOF-FM. His impersonation of the infamous “Bikini Girl” from American Idol’s eighth season was nothing more than a prank for his job. According to Hemmerling, the Idol producers were in on the joke.

“They pretty much knew why I was there, and they made sure I knew that they knew — like, ‘You know why we’re putting you through, don’t you?’” the former KWOF-FM employee says. ”One of the first questions they asked me on the first day was if I worked for the media. And before I could even answer, they said, ‘Don’t lie, because we’ll find out.’ So I said, ‘This is what I do.’”

According to the 25-year old self-proclaimed “intern-stunt guy,” he had to go through multiple auditions over the course of a two-week period before finally having a chance to perform in front of the judging panel. Hemmerling didn’t expect to make it all the way through to Simon, Randy, and Kara. “I I thought I’d maybe get my picture taken in front of 12,000 people at Invesco,” he states. ”One of the producers said, ‘I don’t think you’ll get through to the judges, but you’ll probably get some face time.’”

Hemmerling made a promise to the producers to keep mum on the stunt for months until the episode aired which is why he ultimately had a chance to sing for the judges. “They said, ‘Keep your mouth shut. If you can do that, we’ll send you through,’” he says. The auditions were held late last summer.

Hemmerling, who borrowed his girlfriend’s bikini for the auditions, is hopeful that his newfound fame will land him an opportunity to return to American Idol for the season finale. “Maybe I can squeeze out fifteen-and-a-half minutes of fame,” he says.

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