american-idol-promo_510.jpgIt's almost time for the highly anticpated season 9 of American Idol, which debuts Tuesday January 12th. Hopefully you didn't have any plans for your Tuesdays or Wednesday from mid-January to March, because based on the schedule just released by FOX, it looks like it's going to be packed with American Idol.

After three weeks of Idol auditions, featuring rotating celebrity guest judges such as Victoria Beckham, Mary J. Blige, Kristin Chenoweth, Neil Patrick Harris, Joe Jonas, Avril Lavigne, Katy Perry and Shania Twain, Idol will head back to Hollywood to determine semi-finalists. During the all important Hollywood round, not only will we meet the semi-finalists, we'll also get our first peek at new Idol judge Ellen DeGeneres who will join Simon, Randy, and Kara at the judges table.

Once the semi-finalists are chosen it's up to us America to chose our Idol, here's the full schedule up to the finals for you to set your DVR and to schedule your social calendar around accordingly.

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