The biggest and the most popular TV show in the whole of United States of America is the \”American Idol\” and it has been on the number one slot in terms of popularity among the masses for the past five years according to the Nielsen\’s ratings. This television show is actually intent on finding the best musical talents which is spread all across the country and bringing them in to light. Both male and female singers can apply for auditioning in the American Idol TV show.

The first episode of American Idol was aired on June 11, 2002 in the Fox channel which was originally created by the great Simon Fuller, a versatile TV show creator. Ever since its launch in the television media, it has toppled all TV shows and is currently the number 1 TV show in the whole of America and is the biggest money grosser. This is actually adaptation from the Britain\’s reality show called as the Pop Idol which was not a runaway hit as the American Idol.

This TV show is aimed at discovering the best singer by conducting numerous auditions in every big city. The audition is just the preliminary round where they select a huge number of contestants who are eligible for this competition and capable of crooning in a good manner. The eligibility criterion is that the candidate should be in the age range of 16-28. Normally 150-175 contestants are selected from each city after the auditions.

After the audition, the candidates are called to the studio and will be asked to showcase their talents in front of the audience as well as millions of people who are watching this show. Yes, these candidates are asked to perform in front of the television which is watched closely by a panel of judges who are experts in this field. These judges watch each and every performance closely and give marks on the basis of the degree fineness in their performance and as per the rule of this television show, the candidate with the lowest support from the judges will be eliminated from the show.

So this process of elimination goes on for many weeks until the number of contestants reduces to three. Then there will be a round called the wildcard round in which the candidates who were eliminated earlier has a last chance to come into the semi-finals and compete with the rest three to win the coveted title of American idol. The finale is aired as a Live TV show. The winner will be decided on the basis of the highest number of telephone votes they receive from the public. The winner gets huge price money and even gets a chance in the Hollywood.

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