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American Idols
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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 part of the show, having signed on 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 in particular that will turn into 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 most likely be joining the present 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 such as Denver, Orlando, LA, Atlanta, Chicago, Arlington and Foxsborough. A number of potential idols are beginning 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, one or two performers particularly stood out such as Paige DeChausse, Marcus Jones, Justin Ray, Keith Semple, John Park, Angela Martin, Charity Vance and naturally, the wonderful Katelyn Epperlys audition.
The Idol fame machine is already working too, with one actual audition having found huge audiences on the web. 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 will 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 replacement is likely to be kept a heavily protected secret for some time yet.
once more this year, American Idol is permitting competitors to use their own instruments during performances. This has been featuring heavily on the show for the past couple of seasons, and whilst it is not to everyone's tastes, it does add a side to the american Idol auditions that 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 in the last 7 result show, and will definitely be showing videos of all the great things american idol is doing to help folks worldwide . The date for the show is at present set as April the 21st.
The format of the show remains the same this year - the initial few weeks focus on the diverse town auditions, giving back-stories to the competitors and letting us all get to know them. The shoot for the competitors during this stage is to receive 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 expected to perform to their best. Twenty-four are selected, and these american idol finalists move on to the show properly. They then contend for the judges and audiences favor, facing weekly'votes' over who stays and who goes home!
ultimately, 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 would not like to take on the judges chair.
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