American Idol is now a staple in American television. Now in its eleventh season, teenagers and young adults from all across the country dream of making it on the show. They long to be able to enter the audition room and meet the judges, best case scenario getting a golden ticket to Hollywood where they have to earn their way into the top twenty-four.

You really get to know the contestants over the course of the competition, making it a much more interesting singing competition. Sometimes a person’s charisma can save them if they don’t perform that well, if they end up having enough voting fans. Some people think that this is kind of unfair, but it’s actually pretty beneficial to the producers to weed out which contestants America will really buy into.

Something else that makes the show a little more interesting is that there are themes and guest celebrity mentors every week. The themes are really fun because they may force a contestant to come out of his or her shell, with a genre that isn’t naturally their forte, and it gives everyone an equal chance. Also, it keeps the show from getting repetitive with everyone always singing “Let It Be”, “Hallelujah”, “Creep”, and Whitney Houston songs every week. The guest mentors are also really fun for the audience because they get a chance to see the soon-to-be-idols meet their own idols.

American Idol has definitely done its fair share of turning out stars, with celebrities like Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Adam Lambert, Chris Daughtry, Jordin Sparks, Jennifer Hudson, and most recently, Scotty McCreery. The ones that get famous generally have a really close fan-base because they got to watch them as they grew and matured vocally and just developing as a performer. It continues to have the biggest fan base of all of the current singing competitions, and is definitely staying around to make people’s dreams come true.