'American Idol' Drops Minimum Age Limit to 15

Show previously barred contestants younger than 16 from auditioning.By Gil Kaufman Randy Jackson, Kara DioGuardi, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell on "American Idol" Photo: Fox One of the frequent complaints from "American Idol" judges during the recently wrapped season nine was that this year's younger teenage contestants couldn't really connect with the emotions and meaning of certain cover songs because they just hadn't experienced much outside of their parents' house and high school. ...

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