As many of you already know 2012 is upon us and American Idol is right around the corner. I will still be LIVE blogging all of the audition and performances episodes this year and hopefully Queen Angie will fill in for the results as she has done for so many years now.

There are a couple of important changes to the blog for this season. The first is the shoutbox is no longer on the sidebar. It has it’s own page and you can access it by clicking the SHOUTBOX tab on the navigation bar at the top of the site. Recent Posts and Recent Comments were also removed from the sidebar. I will be looking to put them back in the future.

The second change is logging into the site. The preferred way to login now is via social networking credentials on the sidebar. If you want to login the old way you will need to CLICK HERE and bookmark the page. The link to the old login is no longer on the navigation menu.

I am looking forward to the upcoming season and seeing some of the regulars returning to the site. As always thank you for your continued loyalty and please leave your thoughts or concerns in the comments.

As most of you know in the next couple of days we will welcome a new Idol fan into the world. If all goes well Mckenna Rae should be with us on Wednesday and that is the reason for this post.

I will be covering X Factor just like I do American Idol when it begins in 2 weeks. Everything on the blog will be the same. Expect audio, some video and all the info on each performance. I haven’t asked yet but I am going to fire an email sometime soon to the Queen and she if she will be watching. Maybe she will blog some results show. Fairly sure she will as long as Gag Gag or Lambert aren’t performing. I will also be co-hosting The Idol Radio Show with Alan during X Factor. So make sure to tune into that each week.

Survivor will be covered but only to the degree of posting who goes home each week. If anyone would like to LIVE blog each or any episode let me know and I will set ya up.

Dancing With The Stars won’t be covered at all. No post, no results, nothing. However if anyone would like to commit to blogging the season I would be more than happy to set them up. Let me know in a comment.

So You Think You Can Dance will still be covered when it is in season. Of course when I am posting you aren’t gonna get much more than who hit the tarmac but when Queen Angie blogs it is a whole lot of fun.

At the conclusion of Big Brother this season I will no longer be blogging the show. While it is simple to get the spoilers and draft the posts ahead of time I am tired of 3 posts a week times 2 months. Blah. Done with it.

Most likely I won’t be adding any new shows to the blog from here on out. I have my hands full with being a dad and The FarmvilleRant Radio Show stuff. Basically American Idol while it lasts, X Factor, Dance and Survivor.

I appreciate all the loyalty from my fans and friends over the years and hope many of you will continue to follow American Idol and hopefully X Factor here on the blog. Again many thanks to all of you.

Hey Idol Fans. idolbloglive has a Facebook Fanpage. Simply click the “Like” button below on the Facebook embed to become a fan and get instant American Idol updates delivered directly to your Facebook News Feed. You don’t want to miss a second of what looks to be a great season shaping.

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Folks it is Idol Eve Season 10. Tomorrow night our favorite TV show returns with new judges, new changes and a new herd of kids who want to follow in the footsteps of such noble and top selling Idols like Ruben Studdard, Taylor Hicks and Fantasia Barrino (cough, cough). We are in countdown mode and awaiting the premiere on Wednesday night.

Not much will change around here this season. I will still live blog the performances, Queen Angie will blog the results. I will post polls, song spoilers and Dial Idol predictions each week along with the studio releases for your listening pleasure only (not for download).

The shoutbox will remain on the sidebar for live interaction throughout the season whether the show is on or not. Feel free to drop a thought or two. I have also added a bigger shoutbox if you would like to use it (http://idolbloglive.com/idolblog/shoutbox). There is a link to it on the top of the blog under the navigation section. Keep in mind that The Idol Radio Show website will also be sharing the shoutbox with us since we are once again partnering up with them. Yours truly we be joining Alan and Sir Darryl every other Wednesday on the show to discuss the performances. Of course you can listen to the show every Wednesday and Thursday night at 11PM EST by clicking the big red listen live button on the sidebar. Yes we are live this Wednesday (1/19/10).

The biggest change this season on the blog is my integration with Facebook. Users can simply connect via Facebook (on sidebar) and comment away using their Facebook username and password. This simplifies a lot of things. Anyone with an old account can still login in the old way if they prefer.

I have also added the ability for you to share any of the posts to your Facebook friends. I encourage you to do this as it helps the site get more exposure. If you like a post or enjoy something share it with your Facebook friends by simply hitting the Share button at the top of the post.

Lastly is the idolbloglive.com Facebook Fan Page. Please if you are an Idol fan take a second and head to the Fan Page and hit the “like” button at the top. This will help us grow and will deliver any Idol updates directly to your Facebook news feed. How convenient. Tell your friends to like us too.

That about does it. I am excited for the season and hope to see many of the regulars around again. If you have any thoughts or ideas please leave them in a comment. First live blog is Wednesday night at 8PM. Hope to see you all there.

Here is a quick rundown for 2010 on idolbloglive. Thank you readers for making it a great year. 2011 will be better with the premiere of X Factor in the Fall.

In 2010 IBL posted 1009 posts and added 5 pages to this blog, with 538 attachments in total.

In 2010 the posts were commented on 9237 times, from which 4066 comments (44.02 percent) were written by registered users/authors.

TOP 10 commenters in 2010:

• Easy Rider: 683 comments
• angie: 651 comments
• DrillerAA: 563 comments
• randomx6: 265 comments
• Dr. Electro: 239 comments
• starshine0810: 168 comments
• jalin: 168 comments
• Sonya: 166 comments
• CB: 143 comments
• Joyce: 135 comments

TOP 10 most commented posts in 2010:

• Idol Live Blog – Top 12 (E22): 96 comments
• Idol Live Blog – Top 11 (E24): 88 comments
• Idol Live Blog – Top 10 (E26): 77 comments
• The Official Top 24 Spoiler: 74 comments
• Idol Live Blog – Top 12 Boys (E14): 70 comments
• 2010 Grammy Awards: 68 comments
• Hope For Haiti Benefit: 64 comments
• Idol Live Blog – Top 10 Girls (E17): 62 comments
• Idol Live Blog – Top 9 Part 2 (E30): 62 comments
• Idol Live Blog – Top 10 Boys (E16): 60 comments

Summary generated by 2010 Summary plugin by Tomasz Topa

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One of the awesome things with idolbloglive.com is the ability to become a fan of our site on Facebook. Doing so helps us grow bigger and it also delivers ALL of our updates automatically to your Facebook news feed within moments of being posted so you never miss any of the news. With Season 10 of American Idol right around the corner what better time to get on board and start getting the latest updates, news and rumors.

People have been asking what shows I will be covering on the blog this fall and last night I went through the TV schedule and made up my mind. Leave your thoughts and any other shows you would like me to cover on the blog this fall.

• Glee – September 21, 2010 on FOX
• Survivor – September 15, 2010 on CBS
• Amazing Race – September 26, 2010 on CBS
• Undercover Boss – September 26, 2010 on CBS
• The Event – September 20, 2010 on NBC
• The Next Iron Chef (Covered By Dr. Electro) – October 3, 2010 on Food