The Biggest Secret For Getting on American Idol

So you've always been an huge fan of American Idol and would die to get a chance to sing in front of Simon. You'd love to be on TV and have a group of your closest friends throw you an American Idol party so they can be supportive as you all watch it together.

If your goal is just to get on the show for the first round and you don't care about progressing further, there's a little trick that will greatly increase your chances of being picked. No, it's not what you wear or the sad sob story you tell the American Idol staff about how hard it was to get there. It's not even the song you pick.

But first, a little background. For each city that holds auditions, there are approximately 10,000 people who come out. They wait on line for hours just for the chance to sing for 15 seconds in front of the staff. That's if they're lucky. Thousands of people are turned away without even getting the chance to sing.

So if you're lucky enough to make it in the door and you get a chance to sing, you have to make an impression that's good enough to get you chosen. There's no accompanying music, just your voice. Then a few minutes later, you are either picked or you aren't. If you are chosen, you go on to audition in front of Simon and the judges on TV. And on it goes.

Let's say you sing pretty well. You may have belonged to an a cappella group in high school or college. You may have been the lead singer in a band. You may get pretty good applause at open mic night at the local coffee house. But guess what. So do the other 9,999 people waiting on line with you.

Do you have any concept of how many 10,000 is? It's an enormous number. 10,000 people that all sounds very similar means you ain't gonna get picked no matter how great the open mic night applause was. Unless there is something to set you apart.

One thing that will do the trick is if you are really good. I mean really, really good. Jaw dropping, Carrie Underwood good. With that much talent, it's a pretty good bet that you'll progress beyond the pre-screening stage.

But most of the applicants don't have that much talent. So what else can you do? It's simple. Sing bad.

Ever watch the show and think, "Well I sing better than that guy!" Anyone who has watched American Idol knows that not all the singers are good. After all, the show doesn't exist to find talent. The show exists to get ratings. And a sad but true fact is that we love to see someone make a fool of themselves almost as much as we love to see someone light up the stage.

Do you really think the crew in charge of pre-screening can't hear the difference between good singers and bad? Of course they can. But they intentionally pick people who sing off-key for the comedy value. If the show only had dynamite talent, it would not be as entertaining as if it also had a few clunkers.

Remember Janet McNamara from the first episode of Season 9? She's the one who said Simon on the video game always loved her, while the real Simon asked if the window opens so he could make an escape. Do you really think she had delusions that she sang well?

Of course not. She had always wanted to be on the show but knew she didn't have much of a voice. So she intentionally played it up like she was serious about it so that she would get picked to audition. And it worked.

You have a better chance of making it on stage if you sing badly than if you sing well. And the more bizarre you act, the better. But just don't make it obvious that's what you're doing. Try to act as if you really think you're good.

And if you make it through the pre-screening by being horrible, there's nothing that says you can't try to sing well when you actually get in front of Simon and the judges.

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