The show began with showing the people/crowds in both New York City and Puerto Rico.  Instead of doing one set of auditions and then another like I expected – things switched back and forth between places.
Adeola- She sings a Jennifer Hastings song.  She says she has been compared to Mariah Carey and Mary J Blige.  [...]

How the show started I have no clue … I was pre-occupied with a very late dinner and getting the kids all set for bed and I missed the first 15 minutes of the show.  Oops !  I tuned in to see a big pink bunny and some guy singing Del Amitri’s “Roll to Me” [...]

The auditions seem to be a little different this year than years past ?  At least what they are showing us.  We are seeing fewer auditions, but what we are seeing is more in depth.  We are getting to know the contestants a little better, they are slightly more human this way I think.  The [...]

The show starts with Ryan and Simon in a limo.  Ryan says, “Here we are in Florida” and Simon gets all grumpy telling him to say it in a normal way.  So Simon says it in a very plain Simon way and Ryan repeats him.  Ryan then talks about Randy’s good ol’ days and we  [...]

So another year, another season of American Idol.  I am very excited about this years show.  I have a feeling there will be a lot of new things in store.
From what I have heard…in the early shows…they were very hopeful about being in Puerto Rico but they did not find many high quality singers there.  [...]