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American Idol 5 Schedule Announced
December 19, 2005 09:27 PM by Joe Blackmon
AMERICAN IDOL, the No. 1 show of last season, returns in January with outrageous new auditions and unbelievable talent. The search for the next singing superstar began last summer, as AMERICAN IDOL held auditions in San Francisco, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, Denver and Greensboro. Find out who makes it to Hollywood and who is sent home as season five of AMERICAN IDOL premieres Tuesday, Jan. 17 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and Wednesday, Jan. 18 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.
Episodes featuring the audition cities will air on four consecutive Tuesdays: Jan. 17 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), Jan. 24 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), Jan. 31 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) and Feb. 7 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT); and three Wednesdays: Jan. 18 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT), Jan. 25 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) and Feb. 1 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT).
Those who get past the judges move on to the Hollywood Round, which will air on Wednesday, Feb. 8 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) and Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 14 and 15 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT). On Wednesday, Feb. 15, the Top 24 semifinalists – 12 males and 12 females – will be announced.
Then it will be up to America to decide who stays in the competition. The first performance show featuring the Top 12 male singers will air Tuesday, Feb. 21 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). The following night, Wednesday, Feb. 22 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), the Top 12 female singers will perform. A LIVE results show revealing America’s vote will air Thursday, Feb. 23 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT), when the two male and two female performers with the fewest votes will be sent home.
For the next two weeks, the males will perform on Tuesdays, the females on Wednesdays and the LIVE results show will air on Thursday nights. Thus, the Top 10 male singers will perform on Tuesday, Feb. 28 (8:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) and the Top 8 male singers on Tuesday, March 7 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT). The Top 10 female singers will perform on Wednesday, March 1 (8:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) and the Top 8 female singers battle it out on Wednesday, March 8 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). Four contestants, two males and two females, will be eliminated from the competition on the LIVE results shows airing Thursday, March 2 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) and Thursday, March 9 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT). The Top 12 Finalists will be revealed on Thursday, March 9.
The competition heats up as the Top 12 Finalists take the stage for the first time together on Tuesday, March 14 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). One contestant’s journey will end as America’s vote is revealed on Wednesday, March 15 (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT).
Fourteen-time Emmy-nominated AMERICAN IDOL is created and executive-produced by Simon Fuller, founder of 19 Entertainment; and executive-produced by Cecile Frot-Coutaz, CEO, FremantleMedia North America, Inc.; Nigel Lythgoe, President, 19 Television; and Ken Warwick, Executive Producer, FremantleMedia North America, Inc.
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December 20th, 2005 at 9:16 am
“American Idol†Schedule Announced
Get out your appointment books; it’s time to pencil in some important dates.
December 20th, 2005 at 9:17 am
“American Idol†Schedule Announced
Get out your appointment books; it’s time to pencil in some important dates.
December 22nd, 2005 at 9:52 am
Yawn. I don’t have to watch season five to know what will happen. First off, the most promising talent will be voted off early and we’ll be expected to believe it was due to the voting. Secondly, there will be a very weak player, such as John Stevens and Scott Savol, who should never have made it to the finals in the first place… but will make it into the top five. Simon Cowell will make an early prediction as to who will win. And of course, that person will win. But, along the way, he will do everything he can to trash other contestants, no matter how brilliant they are. I won’t be watching this year. I put up with the sham for two and I don’t need to see all this again. And, Simon, you’re WAY overpaid.
January 16th, 2006 at 7:39 pm
“American Idol†Schedule Announced
Get out your appointment books; it’s time to pencil in some important dates.
January 17th, 2006 at 11:04 pm
“American Idol” Schedule Announced
Get out your appointment books; it’s time to pencil in some important dates.
February 6th, 2006 at 11:35 am
I love American Idol and I’d like to know where the next season auditions will be held. These last auditions were terrible, but entertaining.
March 13th, 2006 at 12:53 pm
“American Idol” Schedule Announced
Get out your appointment books; it’s time to pencil in some important dates.
January 10th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
I hope they leave the country contestants behind. There is already a program for country winners and if they do count the votes, there are more country people than rock people so of course the country singers are going to win — I never used to hate country, but I’m starting to because rock is gone. This show should cover other music. Let the country show have the country singers.