Follow the Idol journey of one your favorite contestants Adam Lambert. Watch the official Nightline online at ABC. Get exclusive videos and free episodes. Watch Naked News free full videos streaming online, free download Naked News. Watch MTV Cribs Online Watch full length episodes, video clips, highlights and more. Phillips-Thumb.jpg' alt='Watch Full Episodes Of American Idol Free' title='Watch Full Episodes Of American Idol Free' />American Idol Wikipedia. American Idol is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by Fremantle. Media North America and 1. Entertainment, and distributed by Fremantle. Media North America. It began airing on Fox on June 1. April 7, 2. 01. 6. In 2. 01. 8, the show will make its debut on ABC. The concept of the series involves discovering recording stars from unsigned singing talents, with the winner determined by the viewers in America through telephones, Internet, and SMS text voting. Winners chosen by viewers in its fifteen seasons were Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, Jordin Sparks, David Cook, Kris Allen, Lee De. Wyze, Scotty Mc. Creery, Phillip Phillips, Candice Glover, Caleb Johnson, Nick Fradiani, and Trent Harmon. American Idol employed a panel of judges who critiqued the contestants performances. The original judges were record producer and music manager Randy Jackson, pop singer and choreographer Paula Abdul and music executive and manager Simon Cowell. The judging panel for the final seasons consisted of country singer Keith Urban, singer and actress Jennifer Lopez, and jazz singer Harry Connick, Jr. According to Billboard magazine, in its first ten years,. American Idol will return for a sixteenth season its first on ABC in 2. The announcement was made official on Good Morning America on May 9, 2. Television producer Nigel Lythgoe saw a version in Australia and helped bring it over to Britain. He then added other elements, such as telephone voting by the viewing public which at the time was already in use in shows such as the Eurovision Song Contest, the drama of backstories and real life soap opera unfolding in real time. Cowell was initially offered the job as showrunner but later turned down the offer Lythgoe then took over that position. Much to Cowells surprise, it became one of the biggest shows of the summer. By 2. 00. 4, it had become the most watched show on U. S. All three original judges stayed on the judging panel for eight seasons. In season eight, Latin Grammy Award nominated singersongwriter and record producer Kara Dio. Guardi was added as a fourth judge. She stayed for two seasons and left the show before season ten. He was joined by previous judge Jennifer Lopez and former mentor Harry Connick, Jr. In season two, guest judges such as Lionel Richie and Robin Gibb were used, and in season three Donna Summer, Quentin Tarantino and some of the mentors also joined as judges to critique the performances in the final rounds. Guest judges were used in the audition rounds for seasons four, six, nine, and fourteen such as Gene Simmons and LL Cool J in season four, Jewel and Olivia Newton John in season six, Shania Twain in season eight, Neil Patrick Harris, Avril Lavigne and Katy Perry in season nine, and season eight runner up, Adam Lambert, in season fourteen. The first season was co hosted by Ryan Seacrest and Brian Dunkleman following the format of Pop Idol of using two presenters. Dunkleman quit thereafter. Dunkleman did, however, return in the series finale. In house mentors. Jimmy Iovine was the mentor in the tenth through twelfth seasons, former judge Randy Jackson was the mentor for the thirteenth season and Scott Borchetta was the mentor for the fourteenth and fifteenth season. The mentors regularly bring in guest mentors to aid them, including Akon, Alicia Keys, Lady Gaga, and current judge Harry Connick, Jr. Selection process. The initial age limit was sixteen to twenty four in the first three seasons, but the upper limit was raised to twenty eight in season four, and the lower limit was reduced to fifteen in season ten. The contestants had to be legal U. S. The first was a brief audition with a few other contestants in front of selectors which may include one of the shows producers. Although auditions can exceed 1. Successful contestants then sang in front of producers, where more may be cut. Only then can they proceed to audition in front of the judges, which is the only audition stage shown on television. Between 1. 06. 0 people in each city may make it to Hollywood. The Thirteenth Chair Full Movie. Until season ten, there were usually three rounds of eliminations in Hollywood. In the first round the contestants emerged in groups but performed individually. For the next round, the contestants put themselves in small groups and performed a song together. In the final round, the contestants performed solo with a song of their choice a cappella or accompanied by a band. In seasons two and three, contestants were also asked to write original lyrics or melody in an additional round after the first round. In season seven, the group round was eliminated and contestants may, after a first solo performance and on judges approval, skip a second solo round and move directly to the final Hollywood round. In season twelve, the executive producers split up the females and males and chose the members to form the groups in the group round. In seasons ten and eleven, a further round was added in Las Vegas, where the contestants performed in groups based on a theme, followed by one final solo round to determine the semi finalists. At the end of this stage of the competition, 2. In season twelve the Las Vegas round became a Sudden Death round, where the judges had to choose five guys and five girls each night four nights to make the top twenty. In season thirteen, a new round called. Resolved Full Movie Part 1. During the contestants performance as well as the recap at the end, a toll free telephone number for each contestant was displayed on the screen. For a two hour period after the episode ends up to four hours for the finale in each US time zone, viewers may call or send a text message to their preferred contestants telephone number, and each call or text message was registered as a vote for that contestant. Viewers were allowed to vote as many times as they can within the two hour voting window. However, the show reserves the right to discard votes by power dialers. Over 1. 10 million votes were cast in the first season, and by season ten the seasonal total had increased to nearly 7. Voting via text messaging was made available in the second season when AT T Wireless joined as a sponsor of the show, and 7. American Idol that season. The votes are counted and verified by Telescope Inc. In season one, there were three groups of ten, with the top three contestants from each group making the finals. In seasons two and three, there were four groups of eight, and the top two of each selected. These seasons also featured a wildcard round, where contestants who failed to qualify were given another chance. In season one, only one wildcard contestant was chosen by the judges, giving a total of ten finalists. In seasons two and three, each of the three judges championed one contestant with the public advancing a fourth into the finals, making 1. From seasons four to seven and nine, the twenty four semi finalists were divided by gender in order to ensure an equal gender division in the top twelve. The men and women sang separately on consecutive nights, and the bottom two in each groups were eliminated each week until only six of each remained to form the top twelve. The wildcard round returned in season eight, wherein there were three groups of twelve, with three contestants moving forward the highest male, the highest female, and the next highest placed singer for each night, and four wildcards were chosen by the judges to produce a final 1. Starting season ten, the girls and boys perform on separate nights. In seasons ten and eleven, five of each gender were chosen, and three wildcards were chosen by the judges to form a final 1. In season twelve, the top twenty semifinalists were split into gender groups, with five of each gender advancing to form the final 1. Full Episodes. Please contact your television provider. 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