“The advice I’d give for contestants on the next season is just to enjoy every moment of it,” David said.

Last year’s American Idol runner up, David Archuleta, has offered some advice to this year’s auditionees.

The new series of AI kicked off in the States last night and in an interview with MSN David Archuleta said:

“You never know how long it will last. It could end at the first audition or you could keep going until the end, which I sure wasn’t expecting to go to the finale. But it was really cool, and you just have to keep a good attitude about it because if you focus on the stressful things, there are plenty of things to stress out about. But there are also a lot of great things to focus on and look back on.”

David admitted that he is very excited about the addition to the panel this year after Simon hired singer/songwriter Kara DioGuardi as a judge.

“I’m really excited about the new judge because I think Kara is so talented,” David admitted.

He added: “She’s an amazing singer and songwriter so it’ll be a really cool element added to the judging panel. She just has the knowledge and can offer useful advice.

“She’s not afraid to tell it like it is and be herself, so I think it will be really interesting to see what she has to say. I think she’ll be a little more picky than Paula.”