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.

During the summer of 2010, auditions for 2011’s season 10 of American Idol will be held in cities across America.

Some of those cities include:
- Nashville, Tennessee
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Jersey City, New Jersey
- San Francisco, California

Where else do you think American Idol should hold auditions for the upcoming 2011 Season 10?

Are you the next American Idol? If so, then get to the auditions and we hope to see you on TV next season!

Every year, American Idol winners get to sing an original song and have that released on mainstream radio. But not this year.

Sure, the past songs didn’t do so great, but at least they tried. Becoming an artist is about being original, not just doing good covers.

I was sad to hear that Lee DeWyze’s single would be Beautiful Day from U2. That song is not very old and its not like it could be re-made into a hit single so soon after it hit the top of the charts. It’s familiar, it’s recent, it’s not doing to do Lee any favors.

Crystal Bowersox’s Up To the Mountain was a bit of an older song, but it was recently done by Kelly Clarkson as a charity song on American Idol. Again, the song is familiar and lacks originality.

Both U2 and Kelly Clarkson can’t be matched by any American Idol before their career even takes off.

The Idols have been out-sung and it’s a damn shame that producers didn’t give them original music to launch their career.

Just a few months ago we were meeting Lee Dewyze & Crystal Bowersox for the first time.

Here are their auditions for American Idol:

In less than a week, one will be the 2010 American Idol winner!

We’re down to just days before the finale of American Idol.

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After the finale, it’ll turn in to the countdown until the next premier!

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Adam Lamberts 3rd single, “If I Had You” hits the radio airwaves in the US very soon.

Will this become his first #1?

Time will tell.

I have to say, I had my doubts on Adam Lambert as a mentor on American Idol. He’s had little chart success and hasn’t even been out of Idol a year, but, and many users pointed out, that’s not why they picked him. They picked him because he’s a performer and someone the contestants could relate to.

I think Adam did a good job right off the bat when he admitted he had little career advice to give, but that he was going to be honest. And he was.

Adam told contestants what they were missing, told them to push themselves further and perform more. He wanted them to become memorable.

And speaking of performances, what was up with Adam’s on the results show? There was so much fog that we could hardly see him. And when we did it was very washed out. The fog and lasers were cool at first, but we wanted to see you perform.

I do like Adam Lambert and think that he has talent. It’ll be interesting to see his career evolve and hope he doesn’t let success get the best of him.

Ohh and a shout out to all the Adam Lambert fans who commented on my last post, I was very impressed at how good the comments were. I got no flat out negative comments. They were all constructive and very well done. A sign of a good artist is good fans.

Adam Lambert

When I heard that Adam Lambert was going to be a mentor on American Idol, my first thought was why? What makes him so special?

He didn’t win American Idol. He’s only had 2 singles out of which his first single peaked at #61 on Billboards Hot 100 and his second single is climbing, but not in the top 10 yet. Plus he hasn’t been in main stream music a year yet!

So what makes him a mentor?

What about Kelly Clarkson? She’s got 2 Grammys and her single, “My Life Would Suck Without You”, advanced from No. 97 to No. 1 on the Hot 100 in its first week of release, breaking the record for the largest leap to the top position in chart history.

Or Carrie Underwood who has 5 Grammys and her first album was the best-selling solo female debut album in country music history. Plus in November 2009, Carrie Underwood attained total domestic album sales of 11 million and became the highest-selling American Idol artist in the United States.

Then there is Chris Daughtry who sold more than one million copies of his first album after just five weeks of release, becoming the fastest selling debut rock album in history. That album also reached number one on the Billboard charts after nine weeks.

The talent that American Idol finds is impressive and I’m not saying that Adam Lambert isn’t talented, but what makes him a mentor? He hasn’t proven himself on the charts or in album sales, he’s barely got his career started and it just doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.

American Idol has taught us many things over the years, but here are 10 worth remembering.

If you put your mind to it, you can do anything.

Scott MacIntyre

No matter what you want to do, there will be plenty of competition.

Auditions

Some days you’re good at what you do. Somedays you’re not.

Sad Allison Iraheta

Everyone gets criticized.

American Idol Judges

Just because you think you’re good at something, doesn’t mean you are.

William Hung

Don’t stop trying.

Lacey Brown

You’re personality and confidence is very important.

Big Mike

You may be judged by what you wear and how you act.

Megan Joy

Just because you think you’re the best, doesn’t mean you can’t get disappointed.

David Archuleta

If you work hard, you can still be really successful even if you don’t make it to the top.

Chris Daughtry

Danny Gokey is one American Idol contestant that deserves the fame. He’s talented, he’s down to earth, and his story touched america.

Check out Danny’s original audition: