American Idol Lowers Eligibility to Age to 15

According to USA Today, American Idol has lowered the eligibility requirement age from 16 to 15. (Read more HERE.) All I can say is a big fat UGH. I’ve been saying all along that the bottom age limit should be at least 18. There’s hardly a young teen that appears on the show who couldn’t benefit from a few years of seasoning first–even the really talented ones who do well, like Jordin Sparks, Allison Iraheta or David Archuleta. And the successful teens are few and far b...

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