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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 isn't a part of the show, having enrolled to head off 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 in particular that will become a permanent fixture on the show.
Ellen DeGeneres pronounced on her own 'Ellen' show that she would be starring as Paula's replacement, and will definitely be joining the existing panel with Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi. We are 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 such as 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 selected high note with the judges at the Atlanta and Boston auditions. In the Chicago auditions, some performers in particular stood out such as Paige DeChausse, Marcus Jones, Justin Ray, Keith Semple, John Park, Angela Martin, Charity Vance and of course, the amazing Katelyn Epperlys audition.
The Idol celebrity machine is working too, with one actual audition having found big audiences on the internet. The performance in query was from one General Larry Platt, a 62-year-old veteran from Georgia, singing his song'Pants on the Ground'.
unfortunately for a large amount of Idol fans, this can be the last season with Simon Cowell. Having come to the end of his contract, Cowell seems to have decided to move on from American Idol, and supposition is abundant as to who will replace him. Names like Elton John, Quincy Jones, Gladys Knight and George Cloony are being thrown around, but the particular replacement is likely to be kept a heavily protected secret for a bit yet.
once again 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 side to the american Idol auditions which has been lacking over time.
Also this year we'll be seeing the return of 'Idol Gives Back' on american idol. It's planned to be held in the final seven result show, and will be showing videos of all the nice stuff American Idol is doing to help people across the world. The date for the show is at present set as Apr the 21st.
The format of the show remains the same this year - the first few weeks focus on the various town auditions, giving back-stories to the competitors and letting us all get to know them. The aim at the competitors during this stage is to get their'Golden Ticket' and move on to the next phase, Hollywood. In the Hollywood auditions, the pace is stepped up and those who've made it are anticipated to perform to their best. 24 are selected, and these american idol finalists move on to the show correctly. They then fight for the judges and audiences favor, facing weekly'votes' over who stays and who goes home!
ultimately, we'll again be seeing everybody's favorite Ryan Seacrest, presenting american idol with his usual panache and unique style. Seacrest is also rumored 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 isn't a part of the show, having enrolled to head off 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 in particular that will become a permanent fixture on the show.
Ellen DeGeneres pronounced on her own 'Ellen' show that she would be starring as Paula's replacement, and will definitely be joining the existing panel with Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi. We are 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 such as 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 selected high note with the judges at the Atlanta and Boston auditions. In the Chicago auditions, some performers in particular stood out such as Paige DeChausse, Marcus Jones, Justin Ray, Keith Semple, John Park, Angela Martin, Charity Vance and of course, the amazing Katelyn Epperlys audition.
The Idol celebrity machine is working too, with one actual audition having found big audiences on the internet. The performance in query was from one General Larry Platt, a 62-year-old veteran from Georgia, singing his song'Pants on the Ground'.
unfortunately for a large amount of Idol fans, this can be the last season with Simon Cowell. Having come to the end of his contract, Cowell seems to have decided to move on from American Idol, and supposition is abundant as to who will replace him. Names like Elton John, Quincy Jones, Gladys Knight and George Cloony are being thrown around, but the particular replacement is likely to be kept a heavily protected secret for a bit yet.
once again 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 side to the american Idol auditions which has been lacking over time.
Also this year we'll be seeing the return of 'Idol Gives Back' on american idol. It's planned to be held in the final seven result show, and will be showing videos of all the nice stuff American Idol is doing to help people across the world. The date for the show is at present set as Apr the 21st.
The format of the show remains the same this year - the first few weeks focus on the various town auditions, giving back-stories to the competitors and letting us all get to know them. The aim at the competitors during this stage is to get their'Golden Ticket' and move on to the next phase, Hollywood. In the Hollywood auditions, the pace is stepped up and those who've made it are anticipated to perform to their best. 24 are selected, and these american idol finalists move on to the show correctly. They then fight for the judges and audiences favor, facing weekly'votes' over who stays and who goes home!
ultimately, we'll again be seeing everybody's favorite Ryan Seacrest, presenting american idol with his usual panache and unique style. Seacrest is also rumored 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.
