Executive producer Nigel Lythgoe says there will be some minor adjustments on the upcoming season of American Idol.
Lythgoe says that contestants will be able to play instruments during their performances. This should add to the circus effect the first couple weeks of the show.
There will also be less celebrity appearances and the annual summer Idol tour may be combined with the So You Think You Can Dance? tour.
American Idol is already taping and is set to debut in January on FOX.
“We just finished auditions,” said Randy Jackson. As for this year’s contestants? Jackson says they are “crazily good.”



















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So you have never heard of Carrie Underwood?
Fantasia has had a decent career too, maybe you just listen to pop.