Recently American Idol judge Randy Jackson commented on the new lower age limitation on American Idol auditionees.
He says, "You're seeing stars like Justin Bieber. There's a lot of kids that are getting better earlier. It's great."
Is American Idol trying to start their own JBieb-like phenomenon?
Fellow judge Kara DioGuardi says it's not about that. "It could be a kid who's really young, who didn't even know he was that talented," she said, "or it could be someone that's a little bit older that, for whatever reason, it hasn't worked out yet."
Randy adds, Ultimately it's about finding those great ones."
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