American Idol Final
February 8th, 2010American Idol Audition
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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 now not part of the show, having signed on to head to the american version of the UK talent show X-Factor. Her place has been taken by a number of guest judges, with one particularly that will change into a permanent fixture on the show.

Ellen DeGeneres articulated on her own 'Ellen' show that she would be starring as Paula's replacement, and will most likely be joining the current 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 common, in cities like Denver, Orlando, LA, Atlanta, Chicago, Arlington and Foxsborough. A number of potential idols are already starting 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, a few 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 celebrity machine is working too, with one particular audition having found massive audiences on the internet. The performance in question was from one General Larry Platt, a 62-year-old veteran from Georgia, singing his song'Pants on the Ground'.
sadly for plenty of Idol fans, this may 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 rumination is common as to who will replace him. Names such as Elton John, Quincy Jones, Gladys Knight and George Cloony are being thrown around, but the actual replacement is certain to be kept a heavily protected secret for a bit yet.
once more this year, American Idol is permitting contestants 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 facet to the american Idol auditions which has been lacking over the years.
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 be showing videos of all the good things american idol is doing to help people globally. The date for the show is currently set as April the 21st.
The format of the show stays the same this year - the initial few weeks focus on the diverse town auditions, giving back-stories to the competitors and letting us all start to know them. The shoot for the competitors during this stage is to receive their'Golden Ticket' and move on to the subsequent phase, Hollywood. In the Hollywood auditions, the speed is stepped up and those who've made it are predicted to perform to their best. Twenty-four are selected, and these american idol finalists move on to the show properly. 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 favorite Ryan Seacrest, presenting american idol with his usual flair 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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