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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 no longer a part of the show, having enrolled to move to the 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 turn into a permanent fixture on the show.
Ellen DeGeneres announced on her very 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 cities like Denver, Orlando, los angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, Arlington and Foxsborough. A number of potential idols are already beginning 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. In the Chicago auditions, one or two performers in particular 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 fame machine is already working too, with one special audition having found huge audiences on the internet. The performance in query 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 appears to have decided to move on from American Idol, and speculation is rife as to who will replace him. Names such as Elton John, Quincy Jones, Gladys Knight and George Cloony are being thrown around, but the replacement is likely to be kept a heavily guarded secret for a bit yet.
once again this year, American Idol is allowing competitors to use their own instruments during performances. This has been featuring heavily on the show for the past couple of seasons, and while it is not to everyone's tastes, it does add a facet 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 intended to be held during the last 7 result show, and will most likely be showing videos of all the nice stuff American Idol is doing to help folks across the world. The date for the show is presently set as April the 21st.
The format of the show remains the same this year - the first few weeks concentrate on the various town auditions, giving back-stories to the competitors and letting us all start 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. During the Hollywood auditions, the speed is stepped up and those who have made it are anticipated to perform to their best. Twenty-four 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!
eventually, we'll again be seeing everybody's favourite Ryan Seacrest, presenting American Idol with his usual flair and unique style. Seacrest is also rumored to be in line for Cowells role on the series ; however it's been mentioned that he favors 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 no longer a part of the show, having enrolled to move to the 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 turn into a permanent fixture on the show.
Ellen DeGeneres announced on her very 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 cities like Denver, Orlando, los angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, Arlington and Foxsborough. A number of potential idols are already beginning 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. In the Chicago auditions, one or two performers in particular 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 fame machine is already working too, with one special audition having found huge audiences on the internet. The performance in query 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 appears to have decided to move on from American Idol, and speculation is rife as to who will replace him. Names such as Elton John, Quincy Jones, Gladys Knight and George Cloony are being thrown around, but the replacement is likely to be kept a heavily guarded secret for a bit yet.
once again this year, American Idol is allowing competitors to use their own instruments during performances. This has been featuring heavily on the show for the past couple of seasons, and while it is not to everyone's tastes, it does add a facet 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 intended to be held during the last 7 result show, and will most likely be showing videos of all the nice stuff American Idol is doing to help folks across the world. The date for the show is presently set as April the 21st.
The format of the show remains the same this year - the first few weeks concentrate on the various town auditions, giving back-stories to the competitors and letting us all start 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. During the Hollywood auditions, the speed is stepped up and those who have made it are anticipated to perform to their best. Twenty-four 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!
eventually, we'll again be seeing everybody's favourite Ryan Seacrest, presenting American Idol with his usual flair and unique style. Seacrest is also rumored to be in line for Cowells role on the series ; however it's been mentioned that he favors his current presenter's position and wouldn't like to take on the judges chair.
