American Idol

American Idol
GenreReality television
Created bySimon Fuller
Directed byAndrew Scheer (2002)
Bruce Gowers (2003–06, 2008)
Gregg Gelfand (2007, 2011-12)
Ken Warwick (2007, 2011-12)
Bill DeRonde (2009, 2014–15)
John Pritchett (2006–2008, 2010)
Gregg Gelfand (2010, 2013)
Louis J. Horvitz (2014)
Phil Heyes (2015–16, 2018-)
Ben Thursby (2018)
Presented byRyan Seacrest
Brian Dunkleman (2002)
StarringSimon Cowell (2002-2010)
Paula Abdul (2002–2009)
Randy Jackson (2002-2013)
Kara DioGuardi (2009–2010)
Ellen DeGeneres (2010)
Jennifer Lopez (2011-12, 2014-16)
Steven Tyler (2011-12)
Mariah Carey (2013)
Nicki Minaj (2013)
Keith Urban (2013-16)
Harry Connick, Jr. (2014-16)
Katy Perry (2018-2024)
Luke Bryan (2018-)
Lionel Richie (2018-)
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons23
No. of episodes718
Production
Executive producersSimon Fuller (2002–)

Cecile Frot-Coutaz (2002–)
Simon Jones (2002–03)
Nigel Lythgoe (2002-08, 2011-13, 2016)
Ken Warwick (2002-13)
Brian Gadinsky (2002)
Charles Boyd (2009-16)
Trish Kinane (2013–)
Jesse Ignjatovic (2014)
Evan Prager (2014)
Per Blankens (2015)
David Hill (2015-16)
Megan Wolflick (2015–)
Jessica Castro (2016)
Jenniffer Mullin (2018–)

Phil McIntyre (2018–)
Running time22-104 minutes
Original release
NetworkFox
ReleaseJune 11, 2002 (2002-06-11) –
April 7, 2016 (2016-04-07)
NetworkABC
ReleaseMarch 11, 2018 (2018-03-11) –
present

American Idol is an American reality-singing competition series created by Simon Fuller, produced by 19 Entertainment, and distributed by FremantleMedia North America. It aired on Fox from June 11, 2002 to April 7, 2016, as an addition to the Idols format based on the British series Pop Idol and has since become one of the most successful shows in the history of American television. On March 11, 2018, the 16th season aired on ABC.

Eventually the American people are allowed to vote by calling or texting, and the person with the fewest votes is off the show.

The TV show consists of multiple rounds of elimination. The singers can be anyone between the age of 15 and 29 years.

Host and judges

American Idol often has three or four judges, who give comments on performances.

The three judges are:

American Idol judges
Year Judges
2002 Randy Jackson Paula Abdul Simon Cowell N/A
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009 Kara DioGuardi
2010 Ellen DeGeneres
2011 Jennifer Lopez Steven Tyler N/A
2012
2013 Nicki Minaj Keith Urban Mariah Carey
2014 Jennifer Lopez N/A
2015 Harry Connick
2016
2018 Luke Bryan Katy Perry Lionel Richie
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

Host

Winners

Runners-up

Other contestants

References

  1. ↑ "ABC Officially Gets 'American Idol,' Chides Fox for Canceling". EW.com. Retrieved 2018-04-22.

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