Apparently, not even getting a rock star on American Idol can stop its plunge. The premiere didn't do as well as previous years and doesn't look like things will get better.
Here's video from this year's Swedish "Idol" show, where Jay Smith performs Metallica's "Enter Sandman".
Sweden and Finland have way cooler stuff on TV...a few years ago, Ari Koivunen won Finnish "Idol" singing Iron Maiden and other metal songs...