Per USA Today:

First with the boilerplate, that's our motto here. Here are the cities that will be showcased on the opening audition shows, plus a few other key dates:

Jan. 16 (premiere, 8-10pm): Minneapolis

Jan. 17 (8-10): Seattle

Jan. 23 (8-9): Memphis

Jan. 24 (9-10): New York

Jan. 30 (8-9): Birmingham, Ala.

Jan. 31 (9-10): San Antonio

Feb. 6 (8-9): Los Angeles

Feb. 7 (9-10): "Rest of the Best" audition show (filler alert?)

Feb. 13 & 14 (8-9; 9-10): Hollywood round

Feb. 14 (9-10): Semifinalists (top 24) named

Feb. 20 (8-10): Top 12 males

Feb. 21 (8-10): Top 12 females

Feb. 22 (8-9): Results (two male, two female singers sent home)

Feb. 27 (8-9:30): Top 10 males

Feb. 28 (8-9:30): Top 10 females

March 1 (8-9): Results (two more males and females dispatched)

March 6 (8-9): Top 8 males

March 7 (8-9): Top 8 females

March 8 (8-9): Results (two further males and females eliminated)

March 13 (8-10): Finals begin with top 12.

March 14 (9-9:30): Results, one finalist has a bad day (oops, I mean goes "Home," accompanied by the Daughtry song of the same name).

You can guess how it goes from here.

Thanks for the 411, I can't wait for it to begin!

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