One of our favorite American Idol superstars has launched an online contest that encourages your school’s vote to get Jordin Sparks. Students ages 13 and older in elementary, middle and high schools can enter this new contest at www.p2pSparks.com/vote for a chance to win a personal visit from the pop starlet. One per person folks, and the contest ends September 16th, so hurry and visit. This

Kickstart Your Audition Excitement Meet Matt Herron - The Executive Producer of MTV Networks Creative Services Video Production Group. (Ahem, a group he developed and founded.) Matt oversees the creative direction of a wide range of video/motion graphics projects for MTVN and Viacom. Indulge in today's interview to learn more about his notable projects (they're vast) but first, lets dish about AUDITION, a project of Matt's we

Lianah says that she’s NEXT GEN because she wants to make a difference in the world to give back through performance and music. (She’s 11, BTW.) And thus, her legacy begins because her name actually means “loving life”. She whispered to us, “Ya gotta love life and love what you do.” Apparently she’s all about the NEXT GEN insider motto. In fact, she hands out

The double elimination is not always the easiest to swallow. Sometimes it can be the hardest, but... when you go home with someone else from American Idol there is a gleam of hope that you're not alone. We are sad to see these two lovelies leave. However, that's the name of the game in the arts. It's a game of winning and trying, falling, getting

Well, it's week three but we have the stepping down lady from last week's American Idol with us this week. Don't worry, it's ok. She's ok with it really. We talked to her and her inspirational attitude and outlook towards what's to come for her truly defines what NEXT GEN insider means. If you wanna get a closer idea to how Karen Rodriguez feels and