Name American Idol | ||
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Broadcast from January 15, 2014 – May 21, 2014 Judges Jennifer LopezKeith UrbanHarry Connick, Jr. Finals venue Nokia Theatre Los Angeles Origin | ||
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The thirteenth season of American Idol, styled as American Idol XIII, premiered on the Fox television network on January 15, 2014. Ryan Seacrest returned as host for his thirteenth season. Keith Urban was the only judge from the twelfth season to return. Former judge Jennifer Lopez, who returned after one season absence, and Harry Connick, Jr. joined the judging panel following the departures of Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Randy Jackson.
Contents
- Born this way top 13 performance american idol season 10 finale results show 05 25 11
- Emmanuel zidor american idol season 13 talks behind the scenes life after
- Show changes
- Regional auditions
- Hollywood rounds
- Semi finalists
- Semi finals
- Females
- Males
- Wild Card round
- Finalists
- Finals
- Top 13 This Is Me
- Top 10 Billboard Top 10 Charts
- Top 9 Im with the Band
- Top 8 first week Back to the Start
- Top 8 second week Songs from the 1980s
- Top 7 Competitors Choice
- Top 6 Rock n Roll Country
- Top 5 Americas Choice
- Top 4 Love Break Ups Dedications and Make Ups
- Top 3 Randy Jacksons Choice Judges Choice Hometowns Choice
- Top 2 Simon Fullers Choice Favorite Performance Winners Single
- Caleb Johnson comment
- Critical reception
- US Nielsen ratings
- Contestants appearances on other talent showsseasons
- References
On May 21, Caleb Johnson was announced the winner of the season, with Jena Irene as runner-up.
Emmanuel zidor american idol season 13 talks behind the scenes life after
Show changes
There were a number of other major changes in the season, from the judges to the format of the show itself including the opening intro, which used the "Gyroscope 2.0". On May 9, 2013, Randy Jackson announced that he would no longer serve as a judge. On May 30, 2013, Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj also announced they would not return to the judging panel. On August 1, 2013, it was confirmed that Keith Urban would return as a judge for another season. Executive producers Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick were succeeded by Per Blankens, previously of Idol, the Swedish version of the Idols format. On June 25, 2013, it was confirmed that producers Jesse Ignjatovic and Evan Prager would join Blankens as executive producers of the show. Bill DeRonde replaced Warwick as a director of the audition episodes, and Louis J. Horvitz also replaced Gregg Gelfand as a director of the show, who had been directing since the sixth season. Fox television executive Mike Darnell who helped launch American Idol in 2002 left as programming head of Fox, and Fox Sports executive David Hill was hired to oversee the series. Rickey Minor returned to the show as musical director after having left at the end of the ninth season to go to The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
In August 2013, Jennifer Lopez's boyfriend Casper Smart stated Lopez would be returning as an American Idol judge. On August 22, 2013, it was reported that Jimmy Iovine would not return as the in-house mentor for this season, but he is to be replaced by former judge Randy Jackson. On August 30, 2013, The Hollywood Reporter wrote that Harry Connick, Jr. signed a deal to join the panel as the third judge and that Simon Fuller held a party the night before with all three judges on hand to toast the forthcoming announcement. On September 3, 2013, Lopez and Connick Jr. were officially announced as judges for this season along with the confirmation of Jackson being the new mentor. Lopez is the first American Idol judge to return after leaving at the end of the eleventh season. It was also later reported that Idol alumni Adam Lambert and Chris Daughtry would be assisting Jackson in mentoring the contestants.
In a rules change from past seasons, semifinalists from the twelfth season (but not previous seasons) who were not in the top 10, nor on the tour and the age limit past above 28, were eligible to return, provided they met all other requirements. That rule will also apply to this season's semi-finalists and finalists who were not in this season's top 10 next season. This season the viewers may also vote for their favorite contestants via Google Search, bringing the total number of ways the viewers can vote to five (the other four methods were by phone, texting, supervote online on americanidol.com and with American Idol App on mobile devices), with the number of votes limited to 50 for each method of voting. This season AT&T ended their sponsorship and it is therefore possible to text-votes with other service providers. Idol teamed up with Facebook to present "on-air visualizations" showing real-time East Coast voting developments, including live "demographic voting trends and relative contestant rankings". Voting may also start as soon as the performance shows start this season, and real time vote rankings were shown while the show is still in progress, and each contestant were assigned the same telephone number all through the competition.
Regional auditions
Auditions took place in the following cities:
In addition, special audition bus tours were held in Little Rock, Arkansas; Oxford, Mississippi; Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Knoxville, Tennessee; and Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Those chosen proceeded on to Salt Lake City to audition in front of the judges.
An auditioner this season was Tristen Langley, son of first season's third-placed finalist Nikki McKibbin, who made history as the first of the second-generation contestants on American Idol. He was eliminated in the "Hollywood or Home" round.
Hollywood rounds
A special "Hollywood or Home" round was introduced this season whereby contestants were eliminated soon after they have landed in LAX airport before they even reached Hollywood. 52 contestants the judges were uncertain of performed solo in an airplane hangar, and 32 were sent back to the airport. The 160 contestants left then proceeded on to Hollywood and performed solo in the Dolby Theatre in groups of ten. After this round, 104 contestants remained where they performed in groups of three or four. 77 contestants went through to a further solo round.
The Hollywood rounds ended with a Top 30 being announced on February 12 and 13, 2014. However, a new twist was added and the judges chose only 15 girls and 14 boys, with the "15th boy" to be chosen by the voting public. The options were Ben Briley or Neco Starr. The result of the vote and the name of the public's choice to complete the Top 30 was announced on February 18. And it was Ben Briley who had made into the Top 30.
Semi-finalists
The following is a list of the Top 30 semi-finalists who were not allowed to sing during "Rush Week":
The following is a list of Top 20 semi-finalists who failed to reach the finals:
The aforementioned contestants and three finalists outside of the top 10 will be eligible to audition for the fourteenth season.
Semi-finals
The semi-finals round started on February 18. The three-day event on February 18, 19 and 20 was marketed as "Rush Week." Below are the two semi-final groups (females and males) with contestants listed in their performance order. Five males and five females, along with the three wild card choices by the judges, advanced to the finals.
In a change, the judges eliminated five of each gender before they even had a chance to perform in front of the live studio audience. The females started the semifinal round, and the males continued on following night's episode, and the contestants performed songs of their choice (there was no particular theme).
Females
Males
Wild Card round
Following those ten singers advancing on Thursday, February 20, five of the remaining ten semi-finalists were selected by the judges to compete in the Wild Card round. The Wild Card round immediately began, following the announcement of the ten finalists. Following another performance by each Wild Card contender, the judges then selected three contestants to advance to the final group of 13. For their performances, the contestants prepared to reprise their third round Hollywood solos for consideration. Jena Irene and Spencer Lloyd each performed their own, respective original songs.
Finalists
Finals
In this season, there are 13 weeks of the finals and 13 finalists, with one finalist eliminated per week based on the American public's votes. Kelly Clarkson's "Breakaway" is used as the send-off song played when a contestant is eliminated, using the eliminated contestant's version of the song. Former judge Randy Jackson replaced Jimmy Iovine as the weekly mentor to the contestants.
Top 13 – This Is Me
Top 10 – Billboard Top 10 Charts
The finalists picked songs from Top 10 Billboard charts from 2011 to 2014. Starting this week, the studio versions of each contestant performance are available at iTunes.
Top 9 – (I'm with the) Band!
The finalists performed as lead singer of the show's band, singing songs of their choice.
Top 8 (first week) – Back to the Start
The finalists reprised the songs they performed when they first auditioned, with Jessica Meuse and Alex Preston each performing their own, respective original compositions. They also performed duets for the first time this season.
Top 8 (second week) – Songs from the 1980s
Top 7 – Competitors' Choice
Every finalist chose a song for each remaining contestant, who then selected one song choice to perform. The songs used for the duets and trios were not a product of the theme.
Top 6 – Rock 'n' Roll / Country
For the first time in the competition, each finalist sang two songs each: one from the rock 'n' roll genre, and the other from the country genre.
Top 5 – America's Choice
The finalists sang songs requested by the voting public.
On results night, the contestants were given the option to choose to have no one eliminated this week, but to eliminate two contestants the following week. In order for this to happen, the decision had to be unanimous after anonymous voting. Since two of the contestants (Jena Irene and Alex Preston) wanted to see an elimination happen this week, Sam Woolf was revealed to be the contestant with the lowest total of votes and was eliminated.
Top 4 – Love: Break-Ups, Dedications, and Make-Ups
The finalists sang three rounds of songs about love: the first dealing with break-ups, the second dealing with personal dedications to others, and the third dealing with make-ups.
Top 3 – Randy Jackson's Choice / Judges' Choice / Hometown's Choice
The finalists sang two new songs chosen by the judges and in-house mentor Randy Jackson; the third was a reprisal of a previous performance, selected by the finalists' hometowns. Also, the performance show marked the series' 500th episode overall.
Top 2 – Simon Fuller's Choice / Favorite Performance / Winner's Single
This week, the final two contestants sang a song chosen by the show's creator, a song from their previous appearance on the show this season, and a coronation song for the winner.
Caleb Johnson comment
During his interview with AfterBuzz TV following the Top 5 elimination show, Caleb Johnson made offensive remarks about his fans who tweet him song suggestions. "[Twitter] gives access to a bunch of retards to talk to me," Caleb said. "I don't really enjoy having to see somebody telling me what song I have to sing. I think at this point of the competition, I can pick and choose my own songs and represent me. I don't need 10,000 people saying, 'You should sing this, you should sing that. Listen to me!' Fortunately, guys, I'm going to listen to myself, whether you like it or not."
His comment has been described as "arrogant", with some fans turning against him. After his fans expressed outrage on Twitter, Caleb issued an apology on his Facebook page. "For the record that juvenile comment I made in the interview was not directed towards my fans but to the wackos that send hundreds of hate messages a day to me! You guys are amazing and I cannot thank you enough for your support. Sorry if it offended anybody it was the wrong choice of words. Also I greatly appreciate it when you guys give me song suggestions but it gets really overwhelming at the volume it comes in so please understand ! Rock on !:)"
Critical reception
Harry Connick Jr. was lauded for his performance as a judge. USA Today, Rolling Stone, and MTV all claimed that he "stole the spotlight" during the season premiere with his humor and knowledgeable feedback. Kristin Dos Santos of E! Online suggested that Connick Jr. could save the struggling show. She called him better than Simon Cowell, writing that while he is "brutally honest", he also shows heart. Robert Rorke of the New York Post wrote that Connick Jr. was unlikely to "save" American Idol, but also wrote that he made the show watchable again by bringing class and keeping the focus on the contestants.
The "Rush Week" twist was not well received by critics. As described by Lyndsey Parker of Yahoo TV, "(T)he judges only picked 10 of them to sing for America's votes. The other five just sat backstage for a couple hours (while their loved ones sat in the audience), waited in vain for their names to be called, and eventually went home."
Furthermore, Amy Reiter of the L.A. Times stated, "Like the women, once 10 of the guys were given the chance to compete for our votes, the five remaining...were collectively shuffled before us, looking stunned and solemn, and then sent home, this time with a few tepidly encouraging parting words from the judges."
U.S. Nielsen ratings
For the first time in nearly twelve years, an American Idol episode dropped beneath the ten-million viewer mark. This occurred on February 18, 2014. The last time an episode was below this mark was July 24, 2002.