8:00 AM PDT 3/13/2014 by Fred Bronson
While American Idol fans were curled up on the sofa munching popcorn and enjoying a night at the movies -- musically speaking -- The Hollywood Reporter was peering behind-the-scenes inside Stage 36 at CBS Television City to see how the movie magic was made. Seven of our on-the-scene observations below...
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8:17 PM PST 3/5/2014 by Michele Amabile Angermiller
With this week’s American Idol theme of “Home” the Idols chose songs representing their home towns.
While the contestants made some unique song choices, would it have killed any of them to try “Sweet Home Alabama” or even Kid Rock’s “All Summer Long”--which pays homage to both Michigan and Alabama? Or even “Home” by Idol champ, Phillip Phillips?
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12:05 AM PST 2/19/2014 by Fred Bronson
Ten girls sang and five girls were never called to perform at the first live show of season 13 of American Idol. That's what you saw on TV. The view from inside Stage 36 at CBS Television City offered another picture.
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3:45 PM PST 2/14/2014 by Fred Bronson
When American Idol broadcasts its first live show of season 13 on Tuesday night, viewers will experience what the top 31 contestants saw this afternoon for the first time -- a brand-new set featuring many new elements, including a second stage directly in front of the seated audience, a lounge area where contestants will watch their co-competitors perform and gantries on two upper levels where even more members of the audience will stand as they surround the stage and become part of the 360-degree environment.
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7:15 PM PST 2/13/2014 by Ashley Lee
Adding Harry Connick, Jr. to the panel means not only adding a seasoned musician, but also an accomplished actor in his own right. So after entertaining on the big screen with P.S. I Love You, Hope Floats and Independence Day -- plus a long run on Will & Grace -- he aggravated all the nail-biting auditionees with a ton of well-acted fake-outs during American Idol's Final Judgment round on Thursday.
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8:23 PM PST 2/5/2014 by Michele Amabile Angermiller
After seven cities of auditions, the best and brightest of American Idol hopefuls are ready to face the dreaded rigors of Hollywood Week.
However, in a new twist, the show introduced a wrinkle with a new round: competitors that received shaky Golden Tickets to Hollywood were shuttled straight to an abandoned airplane hangar not long after arriving at LAX.
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8:22 PM PST 1/30/2014 by Ashley Lee
8:55 PM PST 1/15/2014 by Michele Amabile Angermiller
From the first frame of American Idol's season-13 premiere, it already feels like a very different show, as a nervous Marialle Sellars entered the program’s brand-new "chamber," a holding room just before going in front of the judges.
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3:00 PM PST 1/15/2014 by Shirley Halperin, Michele Amabile Angermiller
What exactly is it about American Idol that keeps viewers coming back season after season? Returning judge Jennifer Lopez has a theory.
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5:00 PM PST 1/14/2014 by THR Staff
The day is almost upon us -- season 13 of American Idol launches on Jan. 15 with one new judge, Harry Connick, Jr. and three returning talents, Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and host Ryan Seacrest, on a mission to find the next great superstar.
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1:32 PM PST 1/13/2014 by Shirley Halperin
With American Idol about to kick off its 13th season, plenty of questions remain as to how the show may be different in 2014. Expect some of those changes to be illuminated during today's Fox panel at the annual gathering of the Television Critics Association in Pasadena, but The Hollywood Reporter's Idol Worship has this early report.
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8:00 AM PST 1/13/2014 by Shirley Halperin
The biggest difference viewers will notice when American Idol season 13 kicks off on Jan. 15? Not the snazzy Roman numeral logo or the postcard-inspired, Greetings from Asbury Park-esque graphics denoting each audition city.
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4:37 PM PST 12/14/2013 by Michele Amabile Angermiller
American Idol host Ryan Seacrest has a message for viewers who may have checked out of the show last season: Give us another chance.
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8:58 PM PDT 9/22/2013 by Michele Amabile Angermiller
Nigel Lythgoe is still peeved about the Emmys' American Idol snub.
The Fox show's former executive producer took to Twitter immediately after the award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Show was handed to NBC's The Voice.
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