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After eliminating roughly half of the 327 contestants the first two days of Hollywood Week, "American Idol" is back with the dreaded Group Day, which is one of our favorite parts of the entire show. There are always so many tears and meltdowns, but there are also some amazing performances that come out of it -- remember Danny Gokey and Jamar Rogers group from two years ago? I still remember how good they were.

Also - I realize how stupid it is to make solo artists perform in groups, but I don't care. Group Day is awesome.

Since there were two days of first-round eliminations, a bunch of day one kids had already formed groups and were thinking they were ahead of the game. But then producer Ken Warwick drops the bomb that the groups have to include a mixture of both days' contestants, because that's only fair for the day two kids.

'I pretty much almost fainted,' one 'Idol' wannabe told MTV News about Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez announcement.

By Kara Warner, with reporting by Matt Elias

Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jackson

Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images

The big news is out: Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler are officially "American Idol" judges. MTV News first consulted a few experts on the topic, and then we hit the L.A. "Idol" auditions, at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California, to chat with the wannabe singers to see what they thought of the new faces they would soon be seeing in the audition rooms.

"I'm super excited," Kaeli Filpi said. "I'm a huge fan of Steven Tyler. My parents are all into '80s classic rock, so I'm a huge fan of him. I'm so excited."

Fellow hopeful Vonabell Sherman echoed the Tyler love. "Oh my gosh,...