It was a night of emotional auditions on American Idol 2013, as we had a few singers come up that had stories that just brought tears to our eyes and Matt Farmer was one of those auditions. With his daughter in his arms, he walked into his American Idol 2013 audition with a lot of confidence and determination to prove to his daughter that you should never give up. Check out the Matt Farmer audition for American Idol Season 12 below.

When you are the last one shown for the night during the American Idol 2013 auditions, you know what you are about to see is going to make you cry and that is what happened with the Matheus Fernandes audition on American Idol Season 12. I’ll admit it: I am a big girl and cry way too much, especially when it comes to the sob stories on American Idol. Can you admit that?

Vincent Powell auditioned for American Idol last season, but only made it to the very end of Hollywood Week. He comes back to the San Antonio auditions to try it all again on American Idol 2013. Will the new American Idol judges 2013 like him as much as the judges last year?

The new American Idol judges 2013 (Keith Urban, Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Randy Jackson) have three more cities to make it through for the American Idol auditions 2013 and then we are finally off to Hollywood Week and Vegas to find out who makes the live shows on American Idol Season 12! I am sure we will see the good, the bad and the ugly tonight on American Idol 2013, so don’t miss any of it and watch along with me during my American Idol 2013 Episode 5 Live Recap and see who makes it through from Los Angeles and San Antonio!

Despite all the hype that FOX was giving towards the fight between new American Idol judges 2013 Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey, it still didn’t help in the American Idol 2013 ratings and they saw a decline in the second week of Season 12! It is typical for numbers to go down after the premiere, but they weren’t Idol quality numbers t begin with, so things could get scarier as American Idol Season 12 barrels on!

The wait is over and we have arrived at another night of auditions on American Idol 2013, but this time the new American Idol judges 2013 will be making two stops along the way in both Los Angeles and San Antonio. It is the last week of auditions, so expect to see more and more of the rumored Top 40 on American Idol Season 12!

We were all excited when Kelly Clarkson announced her engagement to Brandon Blackstock over the holiday season and now it seems like we may have an idea of when that American Idol wedding will be taking place. It looks like Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock are planning a late Fall 2013 wedding, with an extra special guest that will sing at their wedding reception: Blake Shelton.

Get ready to feel old everyone, but Clay Aiken celebrated his ten year anniversary yesterday from the very first time he appeared on American Idol! We are now in the midst of American Idol 2013, but ten years ago on January 28, 2003 we meet Clay Aiken and those big ears and dorky look as he went in front of Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul to audition for American Idol Season 2! Clay Aiken thanked his fans for those ten years in the video below!

There has been a lot of talk and buzz about the American Idol 2013 judges, but where do you rank them on a list of your favorite Idol judges of all time? Take our poll below and vote for your favorite American Idol judge of all time. The judges’panel has changed plenty of times over the 12 seasons of American Idol, but one mainstay is Randy Jackson, Is he your favorite?

On Friday, we wrote about a possible lawsuit against American Idol 2013 from nine former contestants who claim that the show is racist. Not only do I and most people think this claim is ridiculous, other former contestants think the claim is equally as crazy. Casey Abrams, Melinda Doolittle, Taylor Hicks and Vonzell Solomon all talked with TMZ regarding the lawsuit and shared their thoughts on American Idol 2013 spoilers. American Idol Season 12 has found a lot of ways to make it into the headlines and is this another one of their ploys?