What ever happened to that Junior American Idol show?
Ratings and aborted second season American Juniors became one of the highest rated television shows of the summer season, with approximately 11.9 million viewers on June 3, though the numbers dropped 40% toward the end of July. Nonetheless, the producers were satisfied of the strong teen demographic. A second edition had been planned for fall 2003, later postponed to the summer after American Idol (season 3), then called off. Following the show The American Juniors made a brief appearance on the December 2003 American Idol Christmas special, An American Idol Christmas. Their debut album America Juniors was released on October 26, 2004 after a year’s delay from its original scheduled date. Probably the most successful teenagers from the show are Julie Dubela (who failed to make the final ten), Jordan McCoy and Katelyn Tarver who both made the final ten but failed to reach the final five. All three of them have since to gone on in their singing career with Tarver and McCoy both releasing
