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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 up to head off to the american version of the UK talent show X-Factor. Her place has been taken by a number of guest judges, with one in particular that will turn 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 present panel with Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi. We are 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 towns such as Denver, Orlando, los angeles, 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 particular high note with the judges at the Atlanta and Boston auditions. In the Chicago auditions, one or two performers particularly stood out such as Paige DeChausse, Marcus Jones, Justin Ray, Keith Semple, John Park, Angela Martin, Charity Vance and of course, the wonderful Katelyn Epperlys audition.
The Idol fame machine is already working too, with one actual audition having found huge 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 a large amount of Idol fans, this can be the last season with Simon Cowell. Having come to the end of his contract, Cowell seems to have decided to move on from American Idol, and rumination is rife as to who will replace him. Names like Elton John, Quincy Jones, Gladys Knight and George Cloony are being thrown around, but the particular replacement is sure to be kept a closely guarded secret for a while yet.
once more this year, American Idol is allowing 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's not to everybody's tastes, it does add a side 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 planned to be held in the last seven result show, and will most likely be showing videos of all the nice stuff American Idol is doing to help folks globally. The date for the show is presently set as Apr the 21st.
The format of the show stays the same this year – the initial few weeks concentrate on the assorted town auditions, giving back-stories to the contestants and letting us all start to know them. The shoot for the contestants during this stage is to get their'Golden Ticket' and move on to the next phase, Hollywood. In the Hollywood auditions, the speed is stepped up and those who have made it are expected to perform to their best. 24 are selected, and these american idol finalists move on to the show properly. They then compete 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 aptitude and unique style. Seacrest is also rumoured to be in line for Cowells role on the series ; however it has been mentioned that he prefers his current presenter's position and wouldn't like to take on the judges chair.
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Allan Briggs