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Learn how to get on the AMERICA'S GOT TALENT tv show that made comedian Tom Cotter a household name, and hear how Tom's life has changed since making the finals during season 7. 

In Chicago this weekend (January 26th and 27th, 2013), they are holding live auditions for season 8 of AGT. Click HERE to get all of the information and download the paperwork you should fill out in advance.

Supervising Casting Director Roz Jordan spoke to us about how to really get the attention of the judges at auditions as well as on the show:

"Start with your finale", says Roz. "You only have 60 to maybe 90 seconds, and if you are a singer, don't save your big note until the very end."

Hear the whole interview with Roz on the WBNQ podcast page.

If you are going to the auditions in Chicago, and would like a FAST PASS to the front of the audition line, send me an email including your name, address, phone number and talent to Susan@wbnq.com by 9am on January 24th. We could hook you up! But if you send us a youtube video link to and example of your intended talent audition, we GURANTEE you a pass.

Did you watch Tom Cotter  make the finals of AGT last year? Tom and his wife are comic friends of Ray Wagner, so we were rooting for him all season. Even though he was 1st runner up (we are still mad at the dogs), his life has changed dramatically since he was on the show.

Click HERE if you missed the great conversation we had about life behind the scenes of America's Got Talent, and his life since. Tom advises people to take a chance and audition for the show.

"If you were thinking about auditioning, audition, go for it! Go for the brass ring, cause you don't want to be in a midlife crisis thinking woulda coulda shoulda"

--Susan Saunders 1/23/2013