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American Idol
It's all change on American Idol for 2010, with the ninth season of the show featuring new judges and missing some regular faces. Paula Abdul is now not part of the show, having signed up to move to the North American version of the UK talent show X-Factor. Her place has been taken by a number of guest judges, with one particularly that will turn into a permanent fixture on the show.
Ellen DeGeneres articulated on her very own 'Ellen' show that she would be starring as Paula's replacement, and will most likely be joining the current panel with Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi. We're also going to be seeing a number of guest judges, with the likes of Kristin Chenoweth, Shania Twain, Mary J. Blige, Joe Jonas, Victoria Beckham, Neil Patrick Harris and Katy Perry!
This year's auditions have been held all over the states as usual, in towns like Denver, Orlando, los angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, Arlington and Foxsborough. A number of potential idols are starting to stand out, with performances from Vanessa Wolfe, Mallorie Haley and Keia Johnson having hit a specific high note with the judges at the Atlanta and Boston auditions. During the Chicago auditions, one or two performers particularly stood out like Paige DeChausse, Marcus Jones, Justin Ray, Keith Semple, John Park, Angela Martin, Charity Vance and of course, the wonderful Katelyn Epperlys audition.
The Idol celebrity machine is already working too, with one particular audition having found huge audiences on the internet. The performance in question was from one General Larry Platt, a 62-year-old vet from Georgia, singing his song'Pants on the Ground'.
sadly for a lot of Idol fans, this will be the last season with Simon Cowell. Having come to the end of his contract, Cowell seems to have made a decision to move on from American Idol, and rumination is common as to who will replace him. Names such as Elton John, Quincy Jones, Gladys Knight and George Cloony are being thrown around, but the actual replacement is likely to be kept a closely guarded secret for some time yet.
once more this year, American Idol is allowing contestants to use their own instruments during performances. This has been featuring heavily on the show for the past couple of seasons, and while it's not to everyone's tastes, it does add a facet to the North American Idol auditions that has been lacking over the years.
Also this year we'll be seeing the return of 'Idol Gives Back' on american idol. It's intended to be held during the last seven result show, and will definitely be showing videos of all the nice stuff american idol is doing to help folks globally. The date for the show is at present set as April the 21st.
The format of the show stays the same this year - the initial few weeks focus on the assorted city auditions, giving back-stories to the competitors and letting us all begin to know them. The aim at the competitors during this stage is to receive their'Golden Ticket' and move on to the following phase, Hollywood. In the Hollywood auditions, the pace is stepped up and those who have made it are predicted to perform to their best. Twenty-four are selected, and these american idol finalists move on to the show correctly. They then compete for the judges and audiences favor, facing weekly'votes' over who stays and who goes home!
eventually, we'll again be seeing everyone's favorite Ryan Seacrest, presenting American Idol with his usual panache and unique style. Seacrest is also rumoured to be in line for Cowells role on the series ; however it's been mentioned that he prefers his current presenter's position and wouldn't like to take on the judges chair.
It's all change on American Idol for 2010, with the ninth season of the show featuring new judges and missing some regular faces. Paula Abdul is now not part of the show, having signed up to move to the North American version of the UK talent show X-Factor. Her place has been taken by a number of guest judges, with one particularly that will turn into a permanent fixture on the show.
Ellen DeGeneres articulated on her very own 'Ellen' show that she would be starring as Paula's replacement, and will most likely be joining the current panel with Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi. We're also going to be seeing a number of guest judges, with the likes of Kristin Chenoweth, Shania Twain, Mary J. Blige, Joe Jonas, Victoria Beckham, Neil Patrick Harris and Katy Perry!
This year's auditions have been held all over the states as usual, in towns like Denver, Orlando, los angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, Arlington and Foxsborough. A number of potential idols are starting to stand out, with performances from Vanessa Wolfe, Mallorie Haley and Keia Johnson having hit a specific high note with the judges at the Atlanta and Boston auditions. During the Chicago auditions, one or two performers particularly stood out like Paige DeChausse, Marcus Jones, Justin Ray, Keith Semple, John Park, Angela Martin, Charity Vance and of course, the wonderful Katelyn Epperlys audition.
The Idol celebrity machine is already working too, with one particular audition having found huge audiences on the internet. The performance in question was from one General Larry Platt, a 62-year-old vet from Georgia, singing his song'Pants on the Ground'.
sadly for a lot of Idol fans, this will be the last season with Simon Cowell. Having come to the end of his contract, Cowell seems to have made a decision to move on from American Idol, and rumination is common as to who will replace him. Names such as Elton John, Quincy Jones, Gladys Knight and George Cloony are being thrown around, but the actual replacement is likely to be kept a closely guarded secret for some time yet.
once more this year, American Idol is allowing contestants to use their own instruments during performances. This has been featuring heavily on the show for the past couple of seasons, and while it's not to everyone's tastes, it does add a facet to the North American Idol auditions that has been lacking over the years.
Also this year we'll be seeing the return of 'Idol Gives Back' on american idol. It's intended to be held during the last seven result show, and will definitely be showing videos of all the nice stuff american idol is doing to help folks globally. The date for the show is at present set as April the 21st.
The format of the show stays the same this year - the initial few weeks focus on the assorted city auditions, giving back-stories to the competitors and letting us all begin to know them. The aim at the competitors during this stage is to receive their'Golden Ticket' and move on to the following phase, Hollywood. In the Hollywood auditions, the pace is stepped up and those who have made it are predicted to perform to their best. Twenty-four are selected, and these american idol finalists move on to the show correctly. They then compete for the judges and audiences favor, facing weekly'votes' over who stays and who goes home!
eventually, we'll again be seeing everyone's favorite Ryan Seacrest, presenting American Idol with his usual panache and unique style. Seacrest is also rumoured to be in line for Cowells role on the series ; however it's been mentioned that he prefers his current presenter's position and wouldn't like to take on the judges chair.
