{"id":26281,"date":"2012-05-01T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T18:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/?p=26281"},"modified":"2012-05-01T12:01:00","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T18:01:00","slug":"american-idols-now-arriving-at-branson-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/2012\/05\/01\/american-idols-now-arriving-at-branson-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"American Idols Now Arriving at Branson Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>American Idol\u00ae Finalists will soon be arriving at the Branson Airport.  Andy Williams Moon River Theatre will host a total of fifteen entertainers this summer from the popular television show, American Idol\u00ae, to perform in \u201cThe Finalists Live\u201d.  On Monday, May 7th, the first group of five former Idols will step off the plane at Branson Airport to begin the fifteen week tour in Branson, Missouri. The first group includes: Lee DeWyze, Season 9 Winner; Blake Lewis, Season 6 Runner-up; Elliott Yamin,3rd in Season 5; plus Thia Megia, from last year\u2019s show; and Kimberly Caldwell from Season 2, and host on Oxygen and TV Guide network.  For additional show information visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andywilliams.com\">www.andywilliams.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Branson Airport is holding a Meet the Idols Contest, where customers can enter to win 2 premium VIP seats and full backstage access passes with the Idols. Contest will begin May 7th.  Participants can register on Facebook by visiting the Branson Airport Fan Page \u201cFlyBranson\u201d and clicking the contest tab or by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.FlyBranson.com\">www.FlyBranson.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the contest, Branson Airport will also host a \u201cFinalists Live Watch Party\u201d where guests are invited to come out to the airport and meet and greet with their favorite Idols.  The Watch Party will begin at 1:30pm.  Guests are invited to create posters welcoming each of the artists.  A poster contest will be held the same day where the lucky winner will receive a free ticket to The Finalists Live show.  All local media is encouraged to attend.<\/p>\n<p>The Branson airport has non-stop service to 9 markets, Chicago, Milwaukee, Houston, Atlanta, Denver, Orlando, Baltimore, Austin, Nashville, and over 100 one stop destinations. To make reservations or for more information regarding Branson Airport call toll free 1-888-FLY-BKG1 (1-888-359-2541) or 417-334-8857 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.FlyBranson.com\">FlyBranson.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Idol\u00ae Finalists will soon be arriving at the Branson Airport. Andy Williams Moon River Theatre will host a total of fifteen entertainers this summer from the popular television show, American Idol\u00ae, to perform in \u201cThe Finalists Live\u201d. On Monday, May 7th, the first group of five former Idols will step off the plane at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[12,16,41,13,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26281"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26281\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}