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American Idol
American Idol logo
Format
Interactive reality game show
Created by
Simon Fuller
Directed by
John Pritchett (live shows)
Bruce Gowers (live shows, 2002-2008)
Nigel Lythgoe (audition shows)
Ken Warwick (audition shows)
Presented by
Ryan Seacrest
Brian Dunkleman (season 1)
Judges
Simon Cowell
Paula Abdul
Randy Jackson
Country of origin
United States
No. of episodes
259 (As of April 9, 2008) (List of episodes)
Production
Executive
producer(s)
Nigel Lythgoe
Ken Warwick
Cecile Frot-Coutaz
Location(s)
Various locations (Auditions)
Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, CA (Hollywood)
CBS Television City (Semi-finals and finals)
Nokia Theatre (Finale)
Running time
Varies
Broadcast
Original channel
FOX (repeats on Fox Reality)
Picture format
480i (NTSC),
720p (HDTV)
Original run
June 11, 2002 ? Present
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary
Common rating
Australia
G, PG or M
Canada
TV-PG
Malaysia
U
Singapore
R
United States
TV-PG (audition segments TV-PG-L), TV-G (some episodes)
For the current American Idol season, see American Idol (season 7).
American Idol is an American televised singing competition, which began its first season on June 11, 2002. Part of the Idol franchise, it originated from the reality program Pop Idol created by English entertainment executive Simon Fuller, which was first aired in 2001 in the United Kingdom.
The program seeks to discover the greatest young singer in the country through a series of nationwide auditions. The outcomes of the later stages of this competition are determined by public voting by phone. The format features three judges who give critiques of the contestants' performances in order to facilitate the voting: record producer Randy Jackson; pop singer and choreographer Paula Abdul; and record executive Simon Cowell. The show is hosted by former children's game show emcee and television personality Ryan Seacrest; comedian Brian Dunkleman cohosted with Seacrest in season one. The American Idol band is led by Rickey Minor. The show usually airs on Tuesday and Wednesday nights in the US and Thursday and Friday nights in the UK (two days after the US airing). 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. The first five American Idols are from the Southern United States of America (U.S) and the sixth, Jordin Sparks, is from the Southwest. Hicks was the oldest winner at 29, Sparks the youngest at just 17.
American Idol is televised on Fox in the United States, CTV in Canada, FOX8 in Australia, ITV2 in the UK, TV3 Ireland in Ireland and on Q11 for the 7th season, in the Philippines. The Idol series was first created by Simon Fuller (manager of the Spice Girls and S Club 7. The director is Bruce Gowers (director of Queen's original "Bohemian Rhapsody" video) and executive producers are Nigel Lythgoe (a judge on So You Think You Can Dance) and Ken Warwick (Gladiators and Grudge Match).
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