Whats the age limit for American Idol?
The age limit is enforced on the day you audition, not when the show actually airs. You have to be between 16 and 28 when you audition, but depending on when a contestant’s birthday falls, they could already be 29 by the time the show debuts. What’s the wild card round? The first three seasons gave the judges the option of bringing back eliminated contestants and advancing them to the final rounds. That’s back this season. Why does it matter? Clay Aiken was a wild card. How do contestants pick, arrange, and rehearse songs? Really fast, and with different degrees of help. They learn the next weeks’ theme only after the live results. They’re given a cd sampler of songs. This ensures producers have rights to broadcast the songs chosen. It also cuts down on a contestant picking some obscure song that would lose the audience. Contestants are then teamed up with professional muscians; everyone from the show’s vocal coach to the guy who creates the arrangements. The songs are scored by Musica
