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American Idol Season 9
TexasLady:
Let's use this as an information, general discussion thread. OK?
Here's the schedule so far:
Auditions:
Jan. 19: Chicago
Jan. 20: Orlando
Jan. 26: Dallas
Jan. 27: Los Angeles
Feb. 2: Denver
Feb. 3: "The Road to Hollywood"
Feb. 9: Hollywood Round, Part 1
Feb. 10: Hollywood Round, Part 2
Feb. 16: Hollywood Round, Part 3
Feb. 17: Hollywood Round, Part 4 Top 24 Semifinalists Announced
Voting begins:
Feb. 23: Top 12 Female Semifinalists Perform
Feb. 24: Top 12 Male Semifinalists Perform
Feb. 25: First Results Show (ET live/PT tape-delayed) Two Male and Two Female Contestants Eliminated
March 2: Top 10 Female Semifinalists Perform
March 3: Top 10 Male Semifinalists Perform
March 4: Results Show (ET live/PT tape-delayed) Two Male and Two Female Contestants Eliminated
March 9: Top 8 Female Semifinalists Perform
March 10: Top 8 Male Semifinalists Perform
March 11: Results Show (ET live/PT tape-delayed) Two Male and Two Female Contestants Eliminated; Finalists Revealed
Finalists:
March 16: Perform (ET live/PT tape-delayed)
March 17: Results Show (ET live/PT tape-delayed) One Contestant Eliminated
TexasLady:
Trouble, trouble in paradise....
TV TUG OF WAR: It's Ellen vs Simon, And 'American Idol' vs 'X Factor', As Tommy Mottola Is First Choice To Judge Both Shows (And Paula Is Involved, Too)
By NIKKI FINKE Monday January 25, 2010 @ 6:27pm
EXCLUSIVE: It was American Idol's newest judge Ellen DeGeneres’ first day of taping the Hollywood segment, and she was excited and nervous, sources tell us. But then that turned to anger. Because, our insiders say, Simon Cowell was an hour and a half late for the taping. And Ellen stewed while she waited. She had reason: to accomodate both her talk show hosting duties and her American Idol judging duties, she had moved up her schedule so that now she shot the talk show earlier in the day and then jumped in the car to go to Idol. She was on time, and Cowell was not. "Here it was the first day of taping of the Hollywood shows, and Ellen was there waiting for Simon to show up. Ellen's new to the gig and she's very organized and she made a commitment to take this on, and now she's asking herself, 'What did I get myself into?' She called Simon Cowell a prima donna. So right from the start, the chemistry isn't great," an insider tells us.
With that, Ellen Degeneres contacted the pal who brought her to the primetime hit show, Fox alternative programming chief Mike Darnell, and made a request: she asked him to "hurry up and pick" Simon's successor. Cowell has told the world this will be his last season judging Idol to do his own U.S. version of The X Factor. But there's a problem, a big multi-pronged one, and it involves Ellen vs Simon, and Simon Fuller vs Simon Cowell, and American Idol vs The X Factor as well.
Our sources say that American Idol's first choice to succeed Cowell is former Sony music chief Tommy Mottola, best known to the public as Mariah Carey's ex-husband and the top executive behind Michael Jackson's music in its heyday. But Cowell has also designated Mottola as first choice to be a judge on Simon's American X Factor show just announced.
Cowell is reportedly being paid nearly $175 million for launching the new talent search show in the Fall of 2011. (Cowell didn't own American Idol and only gets paid to appear on it, but he does own X Factor and the whole brand. It is currently shown in 17 countries worldwide and is the No. 1 TV entertainment format in Europe. The X Factor format is owned by Syco, a global music, television and film production joint venture between Cowell and Sony Music Entertainment.)
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TexasLady:
Have we a phony with Nicci Nix? This might be interesting to watch! TMZ reports:
'American Idol' -- Duped by a Phoney???
Posted Feb 5th 2010 12:10AM by TMZ Staff
It seems one high-pitched "American Idol" favorite is not who she appears to be -- at least when it comes to her accent -- because Nicci Nix has been on all sorts of reality shows before ... with a completely different voice.
Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2010/02/05/american-idol-nicci-nix-accent-italian-fear-factor-making-the-band-video-clip/#ixzz0egEDVWnV
Jobby:
I hate the auditions and am glad the real show is starting soon.
ugot2bekidinmeny:
ha ha ha :lol3: when i saw her audition she looked a little familiar!! Guess i HAVE seen her before!! :doh:
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