Only one more week until the American Idol 2010 premiere on Tuesday, January 12th at 8pm with a 2-hour launch. Meanwhile you can get a preview of the action with a set of audition photos from the new season.

Small Screen Scoop scored some sweet pics of the brave singers who ventured out for Paula-less auditions rounds. You can see the full set of audition pics over here.

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What do you think? Any faces in the crowd that could be the next Idol?

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