American Idol Auditions Are Now Open Online

By On 10/12/2012 · 12 Comments · In American Idol, American Idol 12

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Were you considering auditioning for American Idol, but then time ran out? If so, you are in luck. American Idol online auditions are re-opening for a short time. Read on for the details

AMERICAN IDOL hopefuls have one more chance to audition for the upcoming 12th season at www.americanidol.com. From today, Friday, Oct. 12 through Sunday, Nov. 4, hopefuls can submit an audition video online. Entrants should demonstrate their stellar singing ability by performing a song of their choice a cappella. Videos are limited to one submission per person. Please visit www.americanidol.com for submission rules and terms and conditions.

All AMERICAN IDOL auditioners must be between the ages of 15-28 (on June 5, 2012), and a legal U.S. citizen or a permanent U.S. resident who is eligible to work full-time in the United States.

The 12th season of AMERICAN IDOL kicks off in January 2013, with host Ryan Seacrest and recently announced judges Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban, along with returning judge Randy Jackson.

Past AMERICAN IDOLs have landed 359 Billboard No.1 hits to date, counting all domestic charts compiled by Billboard. Last season’s winner, Phillip Phillips’ coronation song, “Home,” went platinum and was No. 1 on three Billboard charts, including Hot Digital Songs, Hot Digital Tracks and Rock Digital Songs. Season 10 winner Scotty McCreery’s debut album, “Clear As Day,” also went platinum, with sales of more than one million units.

AMERICAN IDOL is produced by 19 Entertainment, a division of Core Media Group, and FremantleMedia North America, Inc. “Like” AMERICAN IDOL on Facebook at www.facebook.com/AmericanIdol. Follow the series on Twitter @AmericanIdol and join the discussion at #idol. Follow host Ryan Seacrest at @RyanSeacrest, and follow the judges: @MariahCarey; @yo_randyjackson; @nickiminaj; and @keithurban.

 
  • http://twitter.com/bluinjewin Landon Cox

    Desperate.

  • fantoo1

    How so? It’s just giving more people an opportunity to audition who didn’t already. They add last minute auditions all the time.

    I like how they listed the accomplishments of the last few winners-that’s something that idol has over the other two shows.

  • elliegrll

    Season 10′s Karen Rodriguez made it onto the show after auditioning on MySpace. I don’t think that it’s a sign of desperation.  Part of it is about giving more people a chance to audition, but a bigger part is about promoting the show online, and via social media sites.

  • http://twitter.com/doesmonaknow DoesMonaKnow

    Opening auditions again this late does leave the impression they aren’t totally satisfied with the contestants they’ve seen so far. 

  • http://twitter.com/ClaudeDee Claude Dee

    extended cause there’s not enough talent. whyyyyy

  • chessguy99

    I take it as they aren’t finding enough decent singers to fill the fodder spaces. They pretty much should have an idea of their top 4-6, but they need passable talent to make up the early elims.

  • Karen C

    I kind of wonder if they are doing this because with Nicki Minaj now known as a judge, auditioners who are more in her genre might audition where they wouldn’t have before. The regular auditions already had started before the judges were announced.  Also I don’t believe in other years when they did online audtions like the myspace ones, they were done so late. So maybe they are looking for a different type of contestant and now that the judges have been announced, it will encourage different types to audition.

  • Incipit

    Karen C, that makes sense. The lower level producers who pass the auditioners have been cutting anyone in Ms Minaj’s genre for years. If they didn’t know she was joining the panel back when the auditions were filmed – they would not have been told to let some rappers through.

    So now they have to fill in some of the blanks, since Ms Minj on the panel creates an expectation for the audience, and it wouldn’t hurt if there were some level of built in fans already on their myspace pages…works for me as a good reason.

    IMO.

  • elliegrll

    Just like with the small town tours, I doubt that they are seriously looking for contestants.

  • Incipit

    They pretty much should have an idea of their top 4-6, but they need passable talent to make up the early elims.

    chessguy99, they also need a strong mid card to keep people’s attention after the fodder is eliminated…else the audience drops off until much closer to the Finale.

    They might do that to some extent anyway, as a natural attrition – but seasons with a poor mid card are more vulnerable to that effect.

    Of course, I may be giving the Idol PTB too much credit here – who knows? *snerk*

    JMO.

  • Karen C

    Not only the producers, but the auditioners themselves probably wouldn’t have auditioned. 

  • http://twitter.com/shoriagirl Shoriagirl

    They must have found some new plants.