With American Idol coming up fast, the Idolz.net site was in need of some upgrades.  Hopefully we didn’t break anything, but if we did, please let us know.

The biggest changes are in the comments.  We overhauled the entire comment system to make it less confusing.  You can now even reply to other users comments!

With the upgrades in place, we are now ready for the new season of American Idol which is starting soon!  Are you ready?!

The following is American Idol 2009 Season 8 (early) broadcast schedule:

- Tuesday, January 13 8-10PM ET/PT – Season Premiere Part 1, Auditions

- Wednesday, January 14 8-10PM ET/PT – Season Premiere Part 2, Auditions

- Tuesday, January 20 8-9PM ET/PT – Auditions

- Wednesday, January 21 8-9PM ET/PT – Auditions

- Tuesday, January 27 8-9PM ET/PT – Auditions

- Wednesday, January 28 8-9PM ET/PT – Auditions

- Thursday, January 29 8-9PM ET/PT – Auditions

- Tuesday, February 3 8-9PM ET/PT – Hollywood Round, Part 1

- Wednesday, February 4 8-9PM ET/PT – Hollywood Round, Part 2

- Tuesday, February 10 8-9PM ET/PT – Hollywood Round, Part 3

- Wednesday, February 11 8-10PM ET/PT – Hollywood Round, Part 4, Top 36 semifinalists announced

- Tuesday, February 17 8-10PM ET/PT – Group 1 semifinalists perform

- Wednesday, February 18 8-9PM ET/PT – First live results show, three finalists advance

- Tuesday, February 24 8-10PM ET/PT – Group 2 semifinalists perform

- Wednesday, February 25 8-9PM ET/PT – Second live results show, three more finalists advance

- Tuesday, March 3 8-10PM ET/PT – Group 3 semifinalists perform

- Wednesday, March 4 8-9PM ET/PT – Third live results show, three more finalists advance

- Thursday, March 5 8-9PM ET/PT – “Wild Card” episode, three more finalists advance and Top 12 finalists revealed

- Tuesday, March 10 8-10PM ET/PT – Top 12 finalists perform

- Wednesday, March 11 – First finalists live results show, one finalist voted off

(Via Rickey.org via RealityTVWorld)

Auditions are over for 2009 and Season 8 starts Wednesday, January 13! However, there are still plenty of people that want to audition.

With that in mind, where would you like to see American Idol 2010 auditions?

Granted, these won’t be for months yet, but it’s never to early to start getting ready.