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American Idol is an annual American televised singing competition, which began its first season on June 11, 2002. 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 auditions. The outcomes of the latter stages of this competition is determined by public voting by phone. The format features three judges who critique the contestants' performances in order to facilitate the voting: record producer and bass player Randy Jackson; former pop star Paula Abdul; and producer and manager Simon Cowell. Ryan Seacrest is the host.
The show usually airs on Tuesday and Wednesday nights and has millions of viewers. In its six seasons, its six winners have been, in order of their season,
Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino,
Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, and Jordin Sparks. All of the American Idols are from the Southern U.S, five from the traditional South and one, Jordin Sparks, from the Southwest. Hicks was the oldest winner at 29, Sparks the youngest at just 17.
2008
American Idol returned for its seventh season when it aired on January 15, 2008 for a two day, four hour premier. Executive producer Nigel Lythgoe revealed small changes will be made in the show upon its return in 2008. It was reported that more attention will be paid to who the contestants are, where they come from, and why fans should care to vote for them. Nothing as dramatic as the songwriting competition or an age-limit change was planned for the season. Still, the executive producer owns up to the fact that season 6 took the focus away from the contestants, their backgrounds and their talent, and it needs to get back on track.
In Season 6, relatively little was known about the contestants, which was evident by the fact that Sanjaya's hair was the biggest "personal" story of each week. While there are a couple of big changes planned, "fans shouldn't fret" states Lythgoe. Despite cries that every season in the initial audition process the judges were cruel and mean, there will be little to no adjustments made to that part of the show. The contestants might be allowed to play their own instruments in the top 12, but Lythgoe hasn't yet decided on that and wants to be careful to keep the competition fair for those who don't have that skill. It is, after all, a singing competition. (Contestants on Canadian Idol and Australian Idol, similar competitions in Canada and Australia, are allowed to play instruments.)
As the return of American Idol drew close a former contestant spoke out about the show's credibility. Season 5 sensation Chris Daughtry was quoted saying "I feel like it's definitely lacking some credibility at this point. I'm sure that it will be used against me, but that's the truth."
"Idol Gives Back" raised more than $75 million last year for underprivileged children, and will return this year on April 9, 2008.
Auditions for the seventh season of American Idol began July 30
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