By Shirley Washington FOX2now.com

August 30, 2009
ST. LOUIS MO (KTVI-FOX2now.com)—
Idol-mania comes to st. Louis. The top ten American Idol finalists and thousands of fans were at Scottrade Center Saturday night. Screaming fans lined up outside Scottrade center, snapping pictures and getting autographs from their favorite stars before the show got underway. The top ten finalists from Season 8 dazzled the crowd with an awesome performance of songs, some they sang on the hit show and some they didn't.

Finalist Anoop Desai says, "I think you get to see some sides of people you didn't see in the show which is a good thing."

The Idols admit that performing live for fans is different than singing for cameras on the show. What can be hard is traveling from city to city every night. But these idols love it.
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