The 15th and final bittersweet season of American Idol is almost over, and all season long, Yahoo Music’s Reality Rocks has been inviting alumni from the series to share their stories. Today’s essay is by Season 10 rocker James Durbin, the man responsible for two of the most headbanging (and only two Judas Priest-related) moments in Idol history – moments that had fans “giving metal a chance!"
