Here is one glaring example of why American Idol should allow the use of instruments during auditions (Australian Idol and Canadian Idol allow it).
Carly Rae Jepsen, 21 from Mission, B.C. So unique, so fresh, so creative. Can’t believe that’s an original song. She’s great!!!
Again, forgive the poor quality of the video

Jessica Sheppard, 21, of Bowmanville, ON wowed the judges when she auditioned for Canadian Idol. She doesn’t mess up, by the way. The judges just wanted her to get to a certain point in the song.
It’s bad quality but you can hear her just fine!

Here’s an admittedly poor quality video of Sam Romijn’s audition for this season of Canadian Idol. Why is he so great??? Because he is sooooo Canadian! I think he’s immensely talented and unique. Just great!

Part 1 of the Canadian Idol auditions were last night and I wanted to live-blog but we had the most massive storm here in Calgary and we lost power. So… there really were not a huge number of really, really good contestants but there were certainly a few that made me sit up and pay attention. One guy, Tyler Mullendore was so awesome that I couldn’t believe he wasn’t already a star. He just had it all, for me.
Darn weather storm! It stopped my PVR from recording everything so I am so sorry that this post is terribly incomplete.
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It’s June 5th which means that Canadian Idol returns to CTV!!! The season will start with 2 weeks of auditions followed by a two-night review “Top 200″ in week 3 which will, ultimately, leave us with this year’s Top 22.
There have been changes to this new season. The first change is the most interesting. This year, contestants will be allowed to audition and perform using instruments. The judges feel it will give them a better idea of what the contestants will sound like with music. Australian Idol has the same rules.
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Welcome back to Live Blogging with Idol auditions. I guess you all didn’t go anywhere, it was me, I was sick in bed trying to fight off the flu and potentially pneumonia as well. Let’s just get straight in with the blogging now, what do you say?
Bryan Kyrish starts us off in San Antonio with Billy Idol’s “Rebel Yell”. This guy is intense, that’s for sure. Doesn’t make it to Hollywood.
Up next is Haley Scarnato sings a Bonnie Raitt song, “I Can’t Make You Love Me”. She’s nailing this song. Nailing the look, easy on the eyes as …read more

You can absolutely get your American Idol still photo fix on the Official Fox American Idol website.
There are currently 10 categories from the various locations and over 2,000 photos available. The collection above is just a sample, plenty more where that came from if you know what I mean!

One of our newest American Idol resource links has been to Buddy TV’s American Idol section. They’ve got a great post now with the nailed down schedule for Season 6 as it stands right now.

Tuesday 01/16/2007 (8:00-10:00 PM) Season Premiere, Part 1 – Minneapolis Auditions
Wednesday, 01/17/2007 (8:00-10:00 PM) Season Premiere, Part 2 – Seattle Auditions
Tuesday, 01/23/2007 (8:00-9:00 PM) Memphis Auditions
Wednesday, 01/24/2007 (9:00-10:00 PM) New York City Auditions
Tuesday, 01/30/2007 (8:00-9:00 PM) Birmingham Auditions
Wednesday, 01/31/2007 (9:00-10:00 PM) San Antonio Auditions
Tuesday, 02/06/2007 (8:00-9:00 PM) Los Angeles Auditions
Wednesday, 02/07/2007 (9:00-10:00 PM) “Rest of the Best” Auditions
Tuesday, 02/13/2007 (8:00-9:00 PM) Hollywood Round, Part 1
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Have you been keeping up with some of the audition videos that are available on the American Idol website?
Who have you seen that you think has the best chance?

It’s almost time for American Idol Season 6 to hit the airwaves. When that time arrives it will hit with a bang. Fox is promoting the season premiere as a two night, 4 hour premiere that will start on Tuesday, January 16.
Visit the American Idol website to get a sneak-peak at American Idol Season 6. The sneak peak provides clips of a variety of the audition locations that have already taken place.