Yep, that's right. It's already time for the Miss American Idol Season 7 auditions! They start this coming monday in San Diego. If it was up to me there would be some big changes.
1. I would change the age limits. Presently, Miss American Idol wannabes can be anywhere between 16 and 29 at the time of the audition. I think that is WAY too broad. I don't want to see the immature high school kids get up there. I think the finalists should be required to have graduated from high school before making it to hollywood. It's a terrible message to send kids that they can drop out of the middle of the school year and run off to the show. I also don't want to see the older contestants who have been working in the music biz for years up there. Many of them have already been professional back-up singers. They have already had their chance to make it and they didn't. I want to see new and undiscovered talent. Ideally, the age range, in my opinion, should be from 18 to 26.
2. When it comes time for the auditions to be aired in January, I think there should be a requirement that every single person who makes it to hollywood gets at least 20 seconds of air time. These are supposedly the good ones and most of them never get to be seen by the audience. When it gets narrowed down to the top 24, there are at least half of the finalists whom we've never seen before. This would also mean that there would be less time for the lame no-talents who are just trying to be funny. But they aren't funny and I don't care to see them and have them waste my time.
When the thousands of people show up for auditons, they are all hoping to be the next Carrie Underwood or Kelly Clarkson. It's very doubtful that they are aspiring to be a Taylor Hicks or Jordin Sparks. They may have won the crown, but it hasn't translated into huge success. (Maybe Taylor is too old and Jordin is too young to be an immediate smash) There was a great article in the July 27th Entertainment Weekly about the real winners of American Idol. Sadly, it doesn't say anything too hopeful about the future success of Jordin Sparks or Blake Lewis. These people coming to the auditons don't really care about winning. It's just about having a chance to gain exposure and then make something of it.
I'm happy to report that Fantasia is in her 5th week at #1 on the R&B chart with When I See U. It's a great song from an overlooked album. I'm also happy that a release date has been set for the second album by Carrie Underwood. Mark your calendar for October 23rd! Now I just want to know how long we have to keep waiting for the hot new music from Jennifer Hudson???
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