American Idol Reality Competition
American Idol is a televised reality competition to find a new solo musical talent. It debuted on June 11, 2002, and has since become one of the most popular shows on American television it was created by Simon Fuller a British entertainment executive who created Pop Idol in the United Kingdom in 2001. American Idol is in it's 8th season and is a spinoff of Pop Idol and is part of the very successful Idol franchise.
The show which is hosted by television personality Ryan Seacrest seeks to discover the best singer in the US through a series of nationwide auditions. The American public decides the outcome of the contestant eliminations through phone voting. A select panel of judges give critiques of the contestants' performances. The current panel of judges consist of Grammy award -winning record producer and music manager Randy Jackson; Grammy award-winning pop singer and Emmy award-winning choreographer Paula Abdul; award-winning music executive and music manager Simon Cowell; and Grammy award-nominated singer-songwriter and record producer Kara DioGuardi. The show originally featured only three judges and DioGuardi was added in the eighth season.
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The Idol season finals are broadcast live in prime time from CBS Television City in Los Angeles, in front of a live studio audience. The finals lasted for eight weeks in season one and was increased to eleven weeks in subsequent seasons. Each Idol finalist performs a song or songs selected from a weekly theme. During the first few weeks, Idol contestants sing one song each. As the group of contestants thins out the top four and five contestants must sing two songs apiece. And finally the top three Idol contestants perform three songs apiece.
Theme choices are based on a musical genre of songs recorded by recent popular artists, or Billboard #1 hits. In the past, themes have included Motown, disco, and big band music, as well as music performed by popular artists like Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Billy Joel, Mariah Carey, Gloria Estefan, Elton John, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Dolly Parton, and Elvis Presley. Contestants usually work with a celebrity mentor during each week of the competition.