American Idol is an annual American singing competition which began its first season in June 11, 2002. American Idols tv show tickets Part of the Idol franchise, it originated from the UK reality program Pop Idol.
The program seeks to discover the best young singer in the country, through a series of nationwide American Idols tv show tickets auditions. The outcomes of the latter stages of this competition is wholly determined by public voting. The format features three judges who critique the contestants' performances in order to facilitate the American Idols tv show tickets voting. These are: record producer and bass player Randy Jackson; former pop star Paula Abdul; and UK American Idols tv show tickets producer and manager Simon Cowell. Ryan Seacrest is the current lone host.
American Idol is screened on the Fox Network in the United States and on CTV in Canada.[1] The Idol American Idols tv show tickets series was first created by Simon Fuller (manager of the Spice Girls and S Club 7) and developed by American Idols tv show tickets Simon Jones of Thames Television. The directors are Bruce Gowers (director of Queen's original American Idols tv show tickets "Bohemian Rhapsody" video), Nigel Lythgoe (a judge on So You Think You Can Dance), Simon Fuller (creator) and Ken Warwick (Gladiators and Grudge Match).
Once in Hollywood, the three judges narrow the initial field of a few hundred down to a group of 24 American Idols tv show tickets semi-finalists (30 in Season 1 and 32 in Seasons 2 and 3) (complete list). Beginning with the fourth American Idols tv show tickets season, the semi-finalists were split into two groups separating the male contestants from the female American Idols tv show tickets contestants, promoting an equal number of each sex to the finals. The judges, who, from this point on, American Idols tv show tickets serve almost entirely in an advisory capacity, with no direct influence on the results.
Viewers have two hours following the broadcast of the show in their time zone to phone in votes for American Idols tv show tickets their favorite contestant by calling a toll-free number. Callers are allowed to vote as many times as they like for any number of contestants, as long as they vote within the voting window for the time American Idols tv show tickets zone assigned to their phone's area code.
The contestants sing a song of their choice based on a theme each week and the 2 with the least public American Idols tv show tickets votes exit from the competition.
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