The new season of American Idol starts tomorrow.

We will of course be providing full, gold-plated coverage of the goings on (here’s a quick preview: a contestant’s granddad just died, a contestant has a sad mother who’d cheer up if they won the show, and a contestant has an inexplicably over-developed sense of their own importance).

Anyway, because you are without doubt almost fainting from pre-Idol expectation, we have generously collected some of our favourite bits from the show’s past. Featuring delusional Abdul, a girl who laughs without actually laughing, and DioGuardi‘s titties: enjoy!