A new set of judges for Americanidol Season 13
he th season of American
Idol ( AI) started with the auditions last month with a new set of ud es comin into the anel t s a new trium irate all to ether andy ac son the last remainin ori inal ud e said ood ye last season and will instead oin this year as an in- house mentor ta in o er from immy o ine
he new set of ud es for eason surfaced with ennifer o e returnin to the anel after ein away last year oinin her are eith r an who is now on his second year and first- time ud e arry onnic r
irst sto for the ud es was ustin e as followed y oston assachusetts and alt a e ity tah hey are set to roceed to other cities li e etroit ichi an an rancisco alifornia tlanta eor ia and maha e ras a
n e ery city the ud es mar eled at the ama in talents who auditioned hey were lown away y the talents who showed u and ended u with the much- co eted olden tic et
he new set of ud es with the show s lon - time host yan eacrest recently uested in llen e eneres show hey too time out durin the auditions in tah and were hoo ed u for a li e inter iew with llen who oined the show as ud e riefly for one season
t s reat lo e this show m so roud of what this show has done o er the years says yan eacrest of AI.
raditionally the show fields in uest ud es to oin the three resident ud es durin the re ional auditions he three resident ud es are seen to ether once the o are chosen and the show oes li e twice wee ly with one contestant who ets eliminated
or ei ht seasons the three ori inal ud es of AI imon owell aula dul and andy ac son sat on the anel oined y ara io uardi in eason i ht fter that there ha e een constant chan es in the anel throu h the years usic luminaries and entertainment ersonalities came in as ud es
aula left after eason i ht followed y ara after eason ine llen re laced aula ut stayed for only one season lso in eason ine imon announced his e it from the show to ut u the reality sin in com etition X- Factor)
n eason ennifer o e and te en yler came in to the ud in anel ut oth left after two seasons n eason last year ariah arey ic i ina and eith oined andy in the show owe er only eith stayed on for eason which will ic off on an
arry is not a new addition to the AI family selfconfessed fan of the show since the eason ne he re iously oined as in- house mentor for the contestants efore ein in ited as ud e for eason
or the auditions uest ud es were occasionally in ited to sit in and hel choose the talent who could e i en the olden tic et iewers ha e seen the li es of aty erry li ia ewton- ohn eil atric arris and e en uentin arantino as uest ud es.
lthou h ratin s ha e declined si nificantly it s not a cause for alarm for the show s roducers AI remains a mostwatched reality- sin in com etition not ust in the ut worldwide