Los Angeles is the entertainment capital of the world, the “City of Dreams.” Well, after Thursday’s “Idol” auditions, a better moniker may be the “City of Delusions,” as the Angeleno Idols have clearly broken with all reality when it comes to their star quality.

I guess we should’ve known when we found out MySpace was involved. That’s right, in a move as cutting edge as the Discman, “Idol” joined forces with the has-been of the social networking family. Some 16,000 hopefuls auditioned via the site and the best were invited to Los Angeles (not to be confused with “Hollywood”) to sing for the judges. 

Don’t they...

When “Idol” announced that it was visiting Nashville again for auditions, you had to wonder: Isn’t Music City just a little too professional for America’s favorite amateur hour?  

Stop making your protest signs. While the home of country music definitely provided some talent, auditions weren’t quite on par with the talent “situation” in Jersey, not to mention New Orleans. Although 17,000 hopefuls showed up, it looks like most of the city’s true musicians were too busy waiting tables.

Case in point: Former Miss Teen USA Stormi Henley (not a porn star) auditioned because she really wanted to see how far she could make it on her talent alone.  While she was gorgeous and pageant-pleasant, her voice left much to be desired.  Ironically, it was Miss Image Conscious herself, J. Lo, who gave her a “no....

"American Idol's" New Orleans audition show started off almost as sensationally as the season premiere, with a tearful contestant sitting at a piano singing Charlie Chaplin’s “Smile” before breaking into full-fledged sobs and storming off.  Perhaps the “Big Easy” wasn’t going to go that easily after all.

Not to worry, though, the rest of the show Thursday continued on much like the night before. Well, mostly. One glaring change was the lack of lawsuit-worthy remarks from Steven Tyler. In Jersey, we were treated to a full mini-montage of his lascivious comments but Thursday night’s airing showcased things like (scoff!) actual singing.

In their place were insinuations that Tyler could be the unknowing father to any contestant who walked in with those telling trout lips. Tyler insisted that his doppelganger...

“American Idol” is back!

Wednesday, after a lackluster last season, the reality show ratings behemoth returns for a 10th season to create another singing sensation … or, if recent winners like Lee DeWyze are any indication, not. 

Host Ryan Seacrest and judge Randy Jackson are still there, but there’s been a lot of changes. There was the departure of Simon Cowell and the return of Executive Producer Nigel Lythgoe from “So You Think You Can Dance." Then there was the introduction of online auditions and the painfully teased announcement of new judges of Jennifer Lopez and Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler.

Now change can be good but to reclaim its former...