Is this the next American Idol winner? Lauren Alaina, 15, emerges as frontrunner after incredible audition

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You're through: Lauren Alaina wowed the judges with her rendition of Faith Hill's Like We Never Loved At All in last night's American Idol


American Idol contestant Lauren Alaina created something of a buzz in last night's show with her emotional performance - setting her up as a frontrunner to win the show.

The 15-year-old blew the judges away with her stunning performance of Faith Hill's Like We Never Loved At All, with Jennifer Lopez dissolving into tears afterwards.

Already she is being compared to country singer Carrie Underwood on chat forums and blogs. Underwood won six years ago and is the most successful act to have come out of the talent show to date.


Emotional: Jennifer Lopez dissolved into tears after the performance, seen here with Randy Jackson


Lauren, from Georgia, dedicated her performance to her cancer-survivor cousin Holly, who joined her, as she stunned the panel at the Nashville auditions which were screened in the U.S. last night in the second part of this week's shows.

Afterwards, Steven Tyler remarked that he believed they had found 'the one'.

Following her audition piece, Lauren performed Don't Want To Miss a Thing with a little help from Aerosmith's Tyler, having ushered her family in to watch.


Potential: The 15-year-old from Georgia is already being compared to former Idol winner Carrie Underwood


Audition support: Seen here with cousin Holly, who beat cancer and inspired Lauren's performance


Randy Jackson told her: 'Best we've seen today ... I'm blown away.'

'I think you should cry,' Tyler added as Lauren began to get tearful, promoting J.LO to well up.

'You're going to make 40 million people cry tears of joy, baby,' Tyler finished, while somewhat exaggerating Idol's 20million-something viewing figures.

Kicking off proceedings last night was Christine McCaffrey, who entered the audition room singing abysmally.


Family time: Lauren's family joined her in the audition room and she then performed a duet with Steven Tyler on Don't Want To Miss A Thing


'You should do voice overs for cartoons,' Randy Jackson told her.

As she left the audition room she said: 'I got one yes and two nos,' mistakenly thinking Tyler had said yes when in fact he had given her a no.

Nashville ex couple Rob Bolin and Chelsee Oaks sing a Bee Gees song with their tuneful audition seeing them through to Hollywood week.


Talent: Miss Teen USA 2009 Stormi Henley managed to impress the male judges - but not Lopez - however she just managed to scrape through to Hollywood Week


Making an impression: Nashville ex couple Rob Bolin and Chelsee Oaks sing a Bee Gees song with their tuneful audition seeing them through to the next round


Miss Teen USA 2009 Stormi Henley was up next and managed to impress the male judges - but not Lopez.

Lacking the pizazz in the voice department, J.LO tells her: 'The voice is not strong enough,' before giving her a no vote.

Steven and Randy say yes, however, promoting Lopez to say afterwards: 'Seriously you two? That may be the smallest voice we’ve ever heard!'


Given a chance: Country boy Matt Dillard was sent through with a cautious yes from Randy and Steven Tyler, but a no from J.LO who said his audition was not good enough


A confident Latoya 'Younique' Moore was in for a shock when she was sent packing by the judges, despite turning up with one of her CDs in hand.

'They see a glow about me,' she said. But her nasal sound did not go down well with the panel.

'Your sound, your tone is not good. It’s like annoying,' Randy said. She left the audition room singing


Deluded: Recording artist Latoya 'Younique' Moore, seen with host Ryan Seacrest, was expecting to go far... but didn't and was sent packing


'Still no,' Randy added.

Country boy Matt Dillard managed to scape through, performing a Josh Grobin track.

'You need to have a better audition,' Jennifer told him, giving him a no. Randy gives him a 'small yes', adding that he is concerned he might get 'swallowed up in the process', as does Tyler.


Calling the shots: The panel were in Nashville searching out talent for the second of this week's shows





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Jennifer Lopez breaks down in tears on American Idol over single mother's emotional performance

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Tearful: Jennifer Lopez became emotional on American Idol last night as she watched a performance by Paris Tassin, whose daughter suffers from hearing loss


Jennifer Lopez was brought to tears in last night's American Idol as she listened to a heart-rending performance by a single mother.

The judge couldn't contain her emotions as 23-year-old Paris Tassin performed a rendition of Carrie Underwood’s Temporary Home.

Medical assistant Paris, from New Orleans, became pregnant at 18 with her daughter Keira, who suffers from hearing loss.


'I really felt it': J.LO was moved by her performance of Carrie Underwood's Temporary Home


'She's the best thing that's ever happened to me in my life, and I'm singing this for her,' Paris said.

Afterwards, a choked Lopez told her: 'When you sang, I felt it. I really felt it. It brought tears to my eyes.'

Judges Steven Tyler and Randy Jackson were also impressed, with all three judges giving the contestant the green light to proceed to the Hollywood.


Singing from the heart: Paris seen here putting in a heart-rendering performance in front of the judges


Not a dry eye in the house: She also broke down afterwards as she was given a yes vote from all three judges


A delighted Paris was then seen celebrating with her cute daughter with her yellow slip in hand after exiting the audition room.

Another strong performer of the night was 21-year-old piano teacher Jordan Dorsey, who performed a jazzy version of Somewhere Over The Rainbow.

His spine-tingling performance brought Lopez out in goosebumps. 'I have goose bumps all over my body,' J.LO shuddered midway through his song.


We're through: Paris with daughter Keira, who she became pregnant with aged 18


Sarah Sellers from Richardson, Texas, gave some country flavour with the Bob Dylan hit To Make You Feel My Love.

And her performance - and look - certainly impressed a flirty Tyler who told her afterwards: 'You had me sold the moment you laid your eyes on me.'

'Really beautiful voice,' Jennifer added.


Showing off the abs: Shipbuilder Jovany Barreto is joined by judges Randy Jackson and Steven Tyler as they compared their pecs appeal


Through to Hollywood: Sarah Sellers from Richardson, Texas, gave some country flavour with the Bob Dylan hit To Make You Feel My Love


She was followed by Jovany Barreto, a shipbuilder from Harvey, Louisiana, who performed a Luis Muguel song.

Barreto proved to be a huge J.LO, telling her: 'You’re a goddess in my eyes.'

After his efforts, Jennifer told him: 'You have a very powerful voice. I really feel like you have the talent.'


Thumbs up: Jordan Dorsey, who performed a jazzy version of Somewhere Over The Rainbow


Judges together: Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez, Randy Jackson take their place behind the panel


He then proceeded to strip off his shirt, after promising his shipbuilding mates he would flash his abs, with Randy and Steven joining in the fun.

'We all look the same,' a rotund Randy joked.

After a few more performances that failed to set the judges alight, 15-year-old Jacee Badeaux stepped forward.


Singing from her heart: Jacee Badeaux, aged 15, put in a strong performance of the Otis Redding hit Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay


The teenager performed Otis Redding's Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay.

'You are so sweet and so cute,' Jennifer told him, before Randy added: 'I like this dude.'

Steven concluded: 'Closing my eyes, it was a work of art, a thing of beauty.'

However, while the new judges have received rave reviews from fans online, the tenth season of American Idol debuted to disappointing ratings on Wednesday night.

Figures show 26.1 million people saw the two-hour season premiere of television's most popular programme. That's down 13 percent from the 29.9 million people who saw last year's season opener, according to Nielsen Co.

Nielsen said it was an even steeper ratings drop of 18 percent among the youthful audience the Fox network desires.


Paris Tassin Temporary Home



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