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American Idol Season 8
RudyRules:
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--- Quote from: s1 on July 21, 2008, 02:48:20 PM ---Okay, I need info on how American Idol works. I just got an email from my cousin that her son made it through the first round today at Freedom Hall in Louisville. Does this get him on the show or are there other rounds?
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There are more rounds S1 but that is great news for your cousin's son he must be a pretty good singer
Best of Luck to him!!
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Yeah, good luck to him, s1! Hope he made it thru all the rounds and on to Hollywood! :tup: If so, you'll have to tell us who he is!
marigold:
An interesting article posted by a spoiler from mjsbigblog:
BREAKING: Idol Schedule Set - Auditions Cut Back, Hollywood Round Expanded, Top 36 Coming to Hollywood, Wildcard Round Brought Back!
Snipped from an internal FOX Memo distributed this morning. (thanks sumIdol!)
FOX Network Program Executive Council DECEMBER 2008 MINUTES
AMERICAN IDOL When will the schedule and any new details about this season be released?
January through March details will hopefully be released before the Holidays. All episodes will be Tuesday-Wednesday. No Thursday’s planned; same overall number of hours as last year. There will be 3 weeks of auditions and 2 weeks of Hollywood rounds. There will be 36 contestants coming here to Hollywood as opposed to 24 last year. There will be a wild card week and there will continue to be 12 contestants in the Finals. There will be a couple of more 2 hour shows than in the past. Promotional thrust will have fewer bad singers and more ‘aspirational’ singers. There will be no Idol Gives Back.
So, lets summarize!
American Idol will be sticking to its Tuesday/Wednesday schedule - Not a surprise
There will be 3 weeks of auditions, down from 4 the past few years - YES! Four weeks of auditions, particularly with the bad singers taking up the bulk, had become interminable.
There will be a Top 36, rather than a Top 24 - Hm…
The Wild Card Week will be re-introduced- Hm…
No Thursdays planned- and Hm…
There will be 2 weeks of Hollywood Rounds - In the past, there would be at least 3 episodes of Hollywood, which made for some really compelling TV. I think the show really suffered when they cut these back to shoehorn in more crappy auditions. This is good news
There will be a Top 12 as in previous years - Just as it should be.
Promotional thrust will have fewer bad singers and more ‘aspirational’ singers. There will be no Idol Gives Back. - Fewer bad singers? Hallelujah. It was getting to the point where I could not stomach the auditions anymore, they became so predictable and contrived. I wonder if the death of auditioner Paula Goodspeed has impacted this decision at all. With a tough economy gripping the nation, giving Idol Gives Back a rest is a good idea.
I’m a little unclear as to how the Semi-final/Wildcard round will play out. It’s not really outlined in this memo. Will they go back to the way they did it Seasons 1-3–which was to have groups of contestants perform each week, with the Top vote getters moving on to the Top 12? The Wildcard round had rejected contestants come back to perform again, filling the remaining Top 12 slots…
Link: http://mjsbigblog.com/breaking-american-idol-sets-its-schedule-top-36-coming-to-hollywood-wildcard-round-brought-back.htm
marigold:
American Idol Season 8 Update:
Fox is having a press conference call about “Idol’s” new season on Monday.
Look for plenty of news in the following days!!
TexasLady:
Thanks for keeping us informed Marigold! Yeoman's Job, well done!
They needed to make a change. Let us get invested in the singers earlier. Last season we really never heard the ones who made the finals until they got to Hollywood. I'm so tired of the losers although a few will stick in my mind forever. William Hung, the guy with the white feather hat and cape, singing I am your brother! The Yellow bird lady.
Now that I think about it, I will miss a few of the auditions... :kisses
marigold:
--- Quote from: TexasLady on December 13, 2008, 08:33:12 PM ---Thanks for keeping us informed Marigold! Yeoman's Job, well done!
They needed to make a change. Let us get invested in the singers earlier. Last season we really never heard the ones who made the finals until they got to Hollywood. I'm so tired of the losers although a few will stick in my mind forever. William Hung, the guy with the white feather hat and cape, singing I am your brother! The Yellow bird lady.
Now that I think about it, I will miss a few of the auditions... :kisses
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:jumpy: OMG OMG
Incase I miss you TL have a great holiday, see you soon
:hugs: and :kisses
ps: I totally agree
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