A platinum ticket during the auditions round of American Idol does not guarantee you a place in the Top 24 round.
Two of the contestants who received platinum tickets this year were shockingly eliminated by the judges after the showstoppers round, just shy of making it to the live shows.
Platinum tickets allow a contestant to advance directly to the second round of Hollywood Week and they get to choose their duet partners before the rest of the contestants.
The judges handed out three platinum tickets during the auditions and America picked a fourth person to receive one. Browse through the slideshow to see which recipients were eliminated and which ones advanced…
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