American Idol New Jersey

We have some hometown pride going on! There is a local Manasquan singer on American Idol's kickoff show on Sunday, February 27th and his singing is as beautiful and his heart.

With news breaking just a little while ago that Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan will be joining Katy Perry on the judging panel when American Idol returns to primetime in January, let's take a look back at the plenty of New Jersey links in the show's history.