Alums Megan Joy and Nikki McKibbin note the many benefits ‘Idol’ stardom offers young moms and dads. By Gil Kaufman Megan Corkrey Photo: Jean Baptiste Lacroix/ Wireimage This year’s “American Idol” audition rounds presented a veritable baby boom of young parents aiming for their shot at stardom, often with a newborn or adorable moppet on their hip or clutching too-cute-for-words crayon pictures for the judges. From the hyper-focused Andrew Garcia , himself the son of former Los Angeles gangbangers, who is in search of a better life for his own young boy, to hulking personal trainer and expectant father Michael Lynche , who might have already washed out because his father allegedly blabbed about his Hollywood experience to a local Florida paper, moms and dads were featured in nearly every audition episode for season nine

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