American Idol Season 8 Schedule Announced

December 15, 2008 by Jeanne

We are just a few mere weeks away from the American Idol season 8 premiere and I’m pretty excited. As you’ve heard, in addition to adding fourth judge, Kara DioGuardi, other changes will be taking place. On Tuesday, January 13 and Wednesday, January 14 on FOX it all begins:

February 11 – Top 36 Semi-Finalists revealed
February 17 – Voting Begins (Tuesday)
March 5 – Top 12 Singers Revealed After Judges’ Wild Card Round (Thursday)
March 10 – Top 12 Finalists Perform for First Time (Tuesday)

The "Hollywood Round" will be extended for an extra week and reintroduces the "Wild Card" episode where the judges will pick three contestants who will round out the Top 12.

Are you getting excited?! I’m really interested to see how all of the changes get implemented