Big changes are coming to American Idol for Season 8!

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- "American Idol" is coming back in January for its eighth season, but the show is bringing some changes with it.

In a memo from FOX Network Program Executive Council, leaked on the Internet and published on mjsbigblog.com, "Idol" is expanding.

For starters, the month-long period where "Idol" usually features the best and most bizarre auditions from around the country have been shortened to just three weeks, followed by two weeks of the show's famous Hollywood round, according to the memo.

"Promotional thrust will have fewer bad singers and more 'aspirational' singers," the memo read.

WHAT?  No bad singers?  Say it isn't so!

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