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BUSKERS AUDITION FOR ‘SUBWAY IDOL’
By PATRICK GALLAHUE
The search is on for the subway’s best undiscovered talent.
Fifty-five musicians performed their hearts out yesterday in an audition for “Subway Idol” – an MTA-hosted contest to earn a date singing for straphangers at some of the transit system’s most high-profile venues.
PHOTO GALLERY: Subway Idol Tryouts
“Where else in the world are you going to find every demographic represented?” said Gibran Soul, a 32-year-old tryout from Harlem.
“If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.”
The MTA had whittled down the first 230 applicants in advance and called in the remaining musicians to duke it out for the final 20 spots in its 21-year-old Music Under New York program.
“I auditioned for ‘American Idol,’ ” said folk singer Natalie Gelman, 22. “They’re big cattle calls. This is a little more friendly.”