American Idol

The US Trends | American Idol | American Idol (also known as American Idol: The Search for a Superstar) is a singing competition reality show created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment, which began airing on Fox June 11, 2002. Part of the Idol franchise, it is a spin-off from the British Pop Idol show. The concept of the series is to find new solo artist, and has since become one of the most popular in the history of American television. In June 2011 is the most watched television series in the Nielsen rankings and is the only program that has been number one for seven seasons, surpassing all in the family and the Cosby Show, both of which were number one for five consecutive seasons.

The American Idol program aims to find the best singer in the country where the winner is determined by viewers. Via telephone, Internet and SMS voting, viewers have chosen as winners Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, Jordin Sparks, David Cook, Kris Allen, Lee DeWyze and Scotty McCreery.

The American Idol uses a panel of judges who critique the performance of participants. The three judges were original Grammy record producer and music manager Randy Jackson, a Grammy-winning pop singer and Emmy Award-winning choreographer Paula Abdul and award-winning musical director and music manager Simon Cowell. Jury is currently composed of Jackson, award-winning singer / actress and record producer and singer Jennifer Lopez and Aerosmith's Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Steven Tyler. For every season the show was hosted by radio DJ Ryan Seacrest.

The American Idol show was described by the leaders of rival television as "the show greater impact on the history of television." It has also become a springboard recognized for launching the careers of many artists such as bona fide stars. As Entertainment Weekly says, "It gave us Kelly, Carrie, Daughtry, and J. Hud. Idol of the baton, because the real winners of the Fox ratings giant really get through. And Taylor Hicks? He Is the exception that proves the rule. "

American Idol was created based on the British show Pop Idol, which in turn inspired by Popstars, a TV show producer Nigel Lythgoe has seen in Australia and brought over to Britain. Using the idea of ​​the use of the Popstars judges to choose the singers feel, then add other elements, such as the telephone vote of the viewers (who was then already in use shows like the Eurovision Song Contest), and theater as well as back-stories and real life soap opera evolves in real time, Simon Fuller, then created the Pop Idol. The show debuted in 2001 in the UK as a producer Lythgoe and Simon Cowell as one of the judges and the audience was a great success.

Fuller and Cowell tried to sell Pop Idol in the United States in 2001, but the idea was met with a poor response from the U.S. television networks. However, Rupert Murdoch, head of the parent company of Fox, persuaded to buy the show by his daughter, Elisabeth, who was a fan of the British series. The show was renamed American Idol: The Search for a Superstar and started in summer 2002 and became one of the summer hit show this year. The show, with the personal involvement of viewers with participants in the vote, and the presence of caustic tongue judge Simon Cowell, has grown into a phenomenon. In 2005 he became the biggest show on U.S. television, a position he has held for seven years in a row. The show is scheduled to remain on air until 2013.

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