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June 11, 2002

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And The Winner Is............
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6.1

And The Winner Is............

The most anticipated night of the television season is here! Find out whom America has chosen as the newest American Idol. The Top 12 reunite on the stage one last time before the newest American Idol is revealed live

Aired: 05/26/10

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This is American Idol - the hit FOX musical reality series following four judges, Simon Cowell , >, Randy Jackson (II) , Kara DioGuardi and Ellen DeGeneres , along with host Ryan Seacrest around the United States in search of the next American Idol, a pop star that truly shines aboveMore all the rest. With help from the viewers, they will decide from thousands of participants who will walk away with a record deal and the fame and fortune that is sure to come along with it. American Idol began as a spinoff of Pop Idol , a U.K. series with the same general format and also featuring Simon Cowell as a judge. It has since emerged as hit series in its own right, propelling FOX to the top of television rankings, inspiring various merchandise, and launching the careers of many hit-stars. The show also lead to a short-lived spinoff with younger singers called American Juniors . The series is currently in its ninth season, featuring what the judges are describing as the best crop of new talent yet. Changes have been made to the season, with contestants allowed to play instruments during the program's famous "Hollywood Week" and a renewed focus on talent, rather than guest celebrities. This season also featured different guest judges during the audition process. These judges included Victoria Beckham , Mary J. Blige , Shania Twain , Kristin Chenoweth , Avril Lavigne , Katy Perry , Neil Patrick Harris and Joe Jonas . American Idol can generally be caught Tuesday and Wednesday nights on FOX. However, watch listings, as airings are often extended from their original broadcast times, to as much as two hours in length. You can also catch American Idol: Rewind in syndication, a program narrated by Clay Aiken , featuring the best of past seasons. American Idol is also available on DVD, and specials about the program are often seen on both TV Guide Channel and FOX Reality.

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    5 Mediocre

    The only good part is the auditions. Other than that it sucks. The new judges are terrible too. hide show

    I miss the old American Idol when everyone would watch it and talk about it, but now days no one even cares about this show. The show just isn't the same and it's pretty sad how hard it fell. People just don't care any more. I don't know what went wrong or what changed other than the judges, all I know is that it's ratings suck and it's been losing fans by the thousands. I used to watch this show, but now it's just not worth wasting hours watching all the good singers get voted off. Sorry, but it's time to leave.

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    10 Perfect

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    1 Abysmal

    Used to be good... hide show

    This show used to be good... But since Chris Daughtry was booted off a couple of years ago, I hate this show. Most of the good people get voted off and all the really bad or kinda bad people stay. Now it just seems like they're only doing it for the ratings and not for anything else. I stopped watching it because of the whole Chris Daughtry thing because he was a better singer than that deuchebag Taylor Hicks dude and Daughtry is more famous than him. Anyway... This show sucks now cuz its old and I'm sick of hearing about it.

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    7.5 Good

    a show that atracts alot of excitement and heartace all in one area hide show

    well its american idol a show that goes around picking people from diffrent states and seeing if they got talent or not. and you perform in front of the judges and if you are accepted or not they say your going to this next city or your not and . the judges and be critical or like simon mean all the time to people that suck. but i cant blame the guy if you know your bad dont go up there. its been around for alot of seasons and i have seen the show since the beging but have not watched the last two seasons because this season right now is bad. the beging seasons had alot of talent and the show has faced some cruisal moments with paula leaving and simon going to be leaving afte this season . so things change i guss but its a good reality show i think .

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    7.5 Good

    Sometimes it's good, and other times it's boring hide show

    What's good about AI is that we get exposed to some great talent, unfortunately, America isn't voting for the right people and we are stuck watching contestants who aren't very good. It's also sad that the winners don't usually get as far in their career as the others.
    This season isn't very good. About half the people who were eliminated were gone way too soon and most people just simply don't shine. Kara talks way too much.
    The only thing keeping me on this show is the people with talent. I won't be watching next year without Simon because he is the judge with the best comments.

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