American Idol is by far The Biggest Talent Hunt competition on TV, and it has a rabid fan following that transcends international borders. This year American Idol will celebrate its 10th season and to mark the occasion, some new rules have come into play to make it easier for contestants to audition.
Fox TV network recently announced that they have teamed up with the popular social networking site MySpace so that people can send their recorded performances to the panel of judges online.
The show is going through some major overhauling because most of the old panel of judges are now gone. Simon Cowell, Ellen Degeneres and Kara DioGuardi have been replaced with Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler. It seems that Fox is really trying to spice things up and take the show to the next level by including music icons of the industry like Tyler and Lopez in the show.
"American Idol" has partnered with MySpace to revolutionize the show's long-standing audition process. Beginning Wednesday, September 15 to through October 6, hopefuls between the ages of 15 and 28 will have the opportunity to submit an audition video exclusively on MySpace at www.myspace.com/americanidol.
Lots of young hopefuls are already cheering the new since it was announce hours ago. Forget the long queues and jittery butterflies in the stomach! Now there's another way for potential “Idols” to enter the competition, through American Idol's MySpace Page.
Everyone can now set up their digital camcorder or webcam, record their performance and send it to the American Idol website through MySpace. Contestants are allowed to sing from a list of popular songs like Bill Wither’s “Ain’t No Sunshine When She’s Gone,” Keith Urban’s “Kiss a Girl,” etc.
Entrants should demonstrate their stellar singing ability by performing one of the songs from the approved list a cappella. Videos are limited to 40 seconds in length, and are limited to one submission per person. Auditions will be judged in a similar fashion to the live audition cities and a select number will advance to the next round of callbacks in Los Angeles.
All recorded auditions must be submitted latest by October 6, 2010. The candidates chosen from the online audition will be called to Los Angeles for a final round of evaluation in front of the judges. American idol online audition will surely open up new doors of opportunity for talented singers.
The lower age limit for the competition has been dropped to 15 and the show will not have Simon Cowell, Ellen DeGeneres and Kara DioGuardi as judges in the upcoming season’s show.
The show has worldwide television audience since it was starred some ten years ago. It has got its fair share of controversy and it remains to be seen how the show will survive the absence of Simon Cowell who carted an image for himself as the toughest judge to please. Recently singer Jennifer Lopez came onboard as a judge for American Idol, with a pay package of a whooping $12 million.
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