America’s favorite talent show is back on air starting this week, as Fox announced a two-night season premiere of “American Idol” on Tuesday and Wednesday 8/7 c. Coming after four years of being the number one show and breaking all audiences,”American Idol” is ready to set a new record this year, as the Writers Guild of America’s strike already weakened most of the competition.

Season 7 of the “American Idol” is said to outnumber the viewers of the previous season, and not only the show itself is expected to raise so much interest, but also everything about the contestants or judges. Nigel Lythgoe, executive producer, is most optimistic about the beginning of the new series, as he said this will be one of the strongest groups of contestants since almost the beginning of the show.

Who will be this year’s winner? America will vote, and hopefully with more enthusiasm and better intuition than in previous years, as album sales of idols have not been as high as one would expect. Idol winners like Taylor Hicks (Season 5) and Ruben Studdard (Season 2) haven’t exactly managed to keep up with their recording career.

However, some winners like Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood, and runner-ups, like Chris Daughtry, made their debut into the music business and had an outstanding success, with multiple Grammy nominees and millions of album sales. Chris Daughtry’s debut album sold 3.6 million copies last year, but he was one of the few whose career really took off.

Fox couldn’t be happier with its show, considering the unbelievable amount of revenue the media assumes it generated. Although no exact figure has been disclosed by any of the Fox representatives or the producers, it is believed to have collected approximately $810 million in the past year, and this year’s estimations are up 20%.

What are the assets that make this show so big? Well, for starters, the judges, Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson, the acid comments of Simon and the regular disputes between him and Paula, which makes the show so delicious. Of course, we could not forget about the competitors, who have been announced to be better than ever, but that’s something they’ll have to convince the American viewers of, starting with Tuesday season premiere on Fox.