Another American Idol constant looses their record deal this time it’s David Archuleta.

David’s latest album The Other Side of Down sold only 67,000 copies. That’s not enough to make it worth while for Jive Records.

David’s now looking for a new company to try to revive his career.

Chances are we’ll hear from him again, and lets hope he starts to make better music or we may never hear from him again.

(via 92.3)

Since Season 10 premiered on Jan. 19, with Tyler making his debut on the judges’ panel alongside Jennifer Lopez, sales of his band’s Greatest Hits collections have shot up more than 250%, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Aerosmith’s 1994 compilation Big Ones, saw increased sales of 260% after the show’s premiere. Likewise, 2004’s Devil’s Got a New Disguise: The Very Best of Aerosmith, saw a spike of 146% after week 2 of Idol. Two more Greatest Hits collections registered surges of 137% and 147%.

Some perspective: Prior to the Fox show’s launch, Aerosmith catalog sales were on the decline, selling under 1,000 copies a week. That number has swelled to well over 2,000 per release.

Sounds like American Idol is the place to be!

via Idol Worship

The commercials are all over TV. American Idol is returning on January 19th, but does anyone care?

Without Simon does the show stand a chance?

I’ve been excited to see the commercials showcasing Carrie Underwood, Lee DeWyze and other past Idols, but as soon as I see Steven Tyler or Jennifer Lopez, my excitement drops.

It just doesn’t feel like the same show anymore.

Will this year be the re-birth of American Idol? Or will it be the beginning of the end?

A few weeks ago on the CMA awards, Kelly Clarkson joined Jason Aldean for a performance of Don’t You Wanna Stay.

Kelly did a great job and looked stunning. It’s was great to see that she still had a greet voice and country music would be a great way to showcase that.

The song will also be released to country radio too. Chances of it hitting the top of the charts is pretty good too.

Kelly is a big country fan begin from Texas and Reba is one of her biggest idols.

You never know, Kelly could put out a country album and rock the country world.

I for one would buy that!

Ohh and here is a little behind the scenes look at Jason and Kelly.

I know there are a lot of David Archuleta fans out there. So when I came across a few nice wallpapers, I just had to share!

Enjoy Archuleta fans and I hope you’re enjoying his latest album too!

Each year millions of people audition. Have you gone in front of the judges this year? If so, we want to know.

If your story is good, we may post it as well! Drop it in the comments below or drop a link to it on your site.

We’d love to read it!

American Idol is coming to your hometown, sort of.

This year you can audition on MySpace in the comfort of your own bedroom!

The rules:

• You have until October 6th 2010 to get your auditions in.
• You have to pick from a list of pre-selected songs.
• Auditions must be no more than 40 seconds long.
• You must be between 15 & 28 years of age.
• You must have a MySpace account.

If you’re good enough,  you may be selected to then go to LA and audition in front of the judges!

All the details can be found at: http://www.myspace.com/americanidol

Good luck!

American Idol is just days away from starting auditions in front of judges, but there are no judges.

After Simon left the show everything went downhill.

Ellen quit and then everything sounds like it fell apart. Randy and Kara aren’t even under contract so they could be out as well!

There have been speculations from Shania Twain to Howard Stern to be judges, but who really needs them anyway? I mean you are the one who’ll pick the winner.

The public votes, the public decides and the public controls the show; after the top 24 or so.

Yes, we still need judges to whittle down millions to a dozen or more before we get our turn, but I’m sure they could get creative and come up with a way that America could just do it all and leave the judges out of it.

What do you think? Do you want to be the next American Idol judge? Or who do you think should be?

Millions try out for American Idol and millions more want to. But what can you expect from a day of auditions?

Adventure Paul auditioned in Nashville TN for season 10 of American Idol and documented his whole journey along the way.

Her are some things Paul points out:

3 Important Things To Remember to Bring With You To An American Idol Audition:

1. Two forms of ID (drivers license, passport, social security card, birth certificate).

2. A release form that you can print from their website which includes a parental consent form if you are under 18.

3. Snacks and water. You will be waiting for hours on two different days where vendors will try and sell you $7 bottles of water.

3 Ways to Make The American Idol Audition An Affordable Trip:

1. Become a member of CouchSurfing.com–make a profile–get verified–and e-mail people a couple weeks in advance who live in or near the city that the auditions are behind held.

2. Bring plenty of bottle waters or you’ll be caught outside in the heat spending money all day on drinks.

3. Bring a bathing suit, plastic wrap, and duct tape. That way you can duct tape plastic wrap around your wristband and spend your two days swimming at a hotel you didn’t stay at. Like the Hilton. That’s free.

Check out all the details, pictures and videos from Adventure Pauls American Idol audition experience.

American Idol decided that talent can come in the form of 15 year olds so they decided to lower the age limit. This means we may just get a lot more whinny teenagers on TV.

Yes there are a lot of young superstars these days including Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber, but most teens are not mature enough for the spotlight. Heck a lot of people at any age aren’t ready for stardom. It’s hard, it’s time-consuming, and it’s not all fun and games.

Now that American Idol has lowered the age it’s giving more kids false hope that they can be the next big thing.

I believe that you have to be emotionally ready to be launched into the spotlight, and most high school kids aren’t even close to ready. They worry about stupid things, have no idea what it’s like outside of their parents house, think that money management is using credit cards and have no clue what life really is.

The good thing here is that American Idol will work them really hard. It will force them to grow up, to understand that the music business isn’t easy and each kid will have to work harder than they ever have before.

You never know what will happen. Maybe some teenybopper will surprise us all and become the next American Idol. I mean Jordan Sparks and David Archuleta were only 16 and they kicked butt.

Maybe 15 isn’t all that bad.