American Idol not up to it's usual standards

Now hitting it's 11th season, American Idol not living up to it's usual standards and is starting off by a 18% drop in viewers. Between the age group of 18 - 49 years old, Nielsen's reported a staggering 27% drop in figures.

Fox TV still maintain that the 2 hour season premiere show was still the most-watched show on US TV on Wednesday with 26.2 million viewers tuning in to see it all begin and welcome new judges Steven Tyler and JLo.

It looks like The X Factor might be more competition than they can handle?