AmericanIdol readies its milestone 20th season!
"I want to see every one of those contestants come back," he said."I want to see, way back to the beginning. I just remember the moment with Clay and Ruben that we talk about all the time. I want to see Carrie again. I love seeing Jennifer Hudson. For me, I can remember literally standing next to them looking at their faces and their reactions in moments of success and in moments of challenge.
These three ticket holders, they get to select. So they get a tiny advantage just because they're the cream of the crop.""It was the fact that they were just naturals, you know what I mean? Some people just walk out and they are stars. They have all the boxes ticked: stage presence, delivery, their sound, their style, they have it all there," he said. "So when they open their mouths, you know exactly who they are as an artist. It just rings that bell.