American Idol season 7
| American Idol season 7 | |
|---|---|
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| Created by | Simon Fuller |
| Directed by | Bruce Gowers |
| Starring | Ryan Seacrest Paula Abdul Simon Cowell Randy Jackson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 0 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Nigel Lythgoe Ken Warwick Simon Fuller |
| Running time | Varies |
| Original release | |
| Network | FOX, CTV |
| Release | TBD, 2008 |
The seventh season of American Idol set to air on the Fox Broadcasting Company in 2008. Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson will return to judge once again, and Ryan Seacrest will return as host.
Broadcast schedule
January - May 2008. Exact dates to be announced
Regional auditions phase
Locations
August & September 2007 - Cities and dates to be announced
Structure of auditions
The contestants herded before two assistant producers and given roughly 15 seconds to perform one song. At that point the large majority of them are summarily rejected. Survivors of the first phase are then seen then by Idol's executive producers, and only if surviving that cut (because they were especially good and fit what Idol is looking for, or especially bad in some novel way) were seen by Cowell, Abdul, and Jackson. The contestants then have one chance to impress the judges by singing a song of their choice a cappella. Then the judges each give the contestant either a "yes" or a "no" to continue to the next round. If the contestant receives a majority of yeses, the contestant receives a "golden ticket" and qualifies for the "Hollywood Rounds." If rejected, the contestant returnes home.