American Idol returns with a brand new season beginning tonight, January 19, with a special two hour episode. Jon will be live-blogging the premiere episode (follow it here).  Fox has released a batch of photos of the judges from the auditions and the season 10 press conference, as well as photos for the memorabilia that will be featured in the Idol Across American tour.  Check them out below.

EVERY SUPERSTAR BEGINS WITH A DREAM…“AMERICAN IDOL” RETURNS FOR AN ALL-NEW SEASON ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, ON FOX

Part Two of the Two-Night Season Premiere Event Airs Tomorrow

Television’s No. 1 series returns for its milestone 10^th season with all-new contestants, a brand-new judging panel and the best and worst of auditions. Hosted by Ryan Seacrest, the show that transforms dreams into reality welcomes seasoned superstars Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler, who will sit alongside Randy Jackson at the judges’ table. Together with in-house mentor Jimmy Iovine, Chairman of Interscope Geffen A&M records, the judging panel brings unparalleled experience to the show and promises to take the contestants on an unforgettable journey.

This season, AMERICAN IDOL travels across the country to Austin, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Nashville, New Jersey, New Orleans and San Francisco where the good, the bad and the outrageous audition for their shot at stardom. Don’t miss the auditions that everyone will be talking about the next day in the “Auditions #1: New York/New Jersey” episode of AMERICAN IDOL premiering Wednesday, Jan. 19 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (ID-1001/1002) (TV-PG D, L)

Host: Ryan Seacrest

Judges: Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler

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AMERICAN IDOL: L-R: Ryan Seacrest, Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jackson answer questions at the AMERICAN IDOL press conference on the IDOL set in Las vegas on Tuesday, Dec, 14 2010. CR: Ray Mickshaw / FOX.