American Idol

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reality television series singing competition television series

American Idol is a long-running U.S. televised singing competition that discovers and showcases aspiring music artists to a national audience.

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Surface form Occurrences
American Idol (judge) 1
American Idol (season 1) 1
American Idol (season 4) 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf reality television series ⓘ
singing competition ⓘ
television series ⓘ
aim discover new recording artists ⓘ
audienceParticipation public voting ⓘ
basedOn Pop Idol ⓘ
competitionType singing competition ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Simon Fuller ⓘ
debutYear 2002 ⓘ
developedFor Fox Broadcasting Company ⓘ
distribution national broadcast in the United States ⓘ
executiveProducer Nigel Lythgoe ⓘ
Simon Fuller ⓘ
firstAired 2002-06-11 ⓘ
format talent show ⓘ
franchise Pop Idol ⓘ
surface form: Idol franchise
genre music television ⓘ
reality competition ⓘ
inspiredBy Pop Idol ⓘ
judge Katy Perry ⓘ
Lionel Richie ⓘ
Luke Bryan ⓘ
Paula Abdul ⓘ
Randy Jackson ⓘ
Simon Cowell ⓘ
notableContestant Adam Lambert ⓘ
Chris Daughtry ⓘ
Jennifer Hudson ⓘ
notableWinner Carrie Underwood ⓘ
Fantasia Barrino ⓘ
Jordin Sparks ⓘ
Kelly Clarkson ⓘ
originalHost Brian Dunkleman ⓘ
Ryan Seacrest ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork ABC ⓘ
Fox ⓘ
productionCompany 19 Entertainment ⓘ
Fremantle ⓘ
surface form: Fremantle North America
revivedBy American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
selectionProcess judges’ critiques ⓘ
live performance rounds ⓘ
nationwide auditions ⓘ
spinOff American Juniors ⓘ
status ongoing ⓘ
targetAudience general television audience ⓘ
typicalSeasonStructure auditions to finale ⓘ
votingMethod online voting ⓘ
telephone ⓘ
text messaging ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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Fantasia (album) → associatedWith → American Idol ⓘ
Carrie Underwood → competitionShow → American Idol ⓘ
American Idol (season 3) → followedBy → American Idol ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Idol (season 4)
Katy Perry → judgeOn → American Idol ⓘ
Jennifer Lopez → notableWork → American Idol ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Idol (judge)
Jordin Sparks → notableWork → American Idol ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Idol (season 6)
Kelly Clarkson → notableWork → American Idol ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Idol (season 1)
American Idol (season 3) → partOf → American Idol ⓘ
Fantasia Barrino → participantIn → American Idol ⓘ
Ruben Studdard → participatedIn → American Idol ⓘ
Nicki Minaj → seasonJudged → American Idol ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Idol season 12
Kelly Clarkson → winnerOf → American Idol ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Idol season 1