The Next Great American Band

The Next Great American Band
Created by	Simon Fuller
Presented by	Dominic Bowden
Judges	Ian Dickson Sheila E. John Rzeznik
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	5
Production
Executive producers	Nigel Lythgoe Ken Warwick
Running time	120 mins (Oct. 19, 26 and Nov. 2), 60 mins (Nov. 9)
Original release
Network	FOX
Release	October 19, 2007 – present

The Next Great American Band is a reality television talent contest. The show airs on FOX starting in the fall of 2007 at 8 p.m. Eastern and Pacific times Friday nights, beginning with a premiere episode on October 19, 2007. The premiere episode received poor ratings. It had a 2.0/4 share in the first hour placing it fifth in the time slot and 2.3/4 share in the second hour, again placing it fifth. The show remained in fifth place for the next 4 episodes.

The program was created by 19 Entertainment, which is one of the companies behind American Idol, and the show shares the same basic concept as Idol. This time, however, the winner will not be a singer but instead a musical band. The contest is open to performers of all genres of music, and there are no age limits for the performers. In an interview with the Australian newspaper The Daily Telegraph, Australian Idol judge Ian "Dicko" Dickson revealed that he has signed on as one of the judges. The other two judges are Sheila E. and John Rzeznik of The Goo Goo Dolls. Dickson serves as a judge on Australian Idol concurrently. The host of the show is New Zealand Idol host Dominic Bowden.

Over 6000 bands sent in audition tapes. 60 bands from around the country were chosen to participate in a judging session that took place at the Montelago Resort in Lake Las Vegas, Nevada on August 19 - August 25, 2007. While most of these 60 bands were flown straight to Las Vegas as 'gimmick' acts, the ones being seriously considered for the show participated in a round of regional auditions and then auditions in Los Angeles before advancing to Las Vegas. Twelve of these forty acts were chosen by show producers and judges to become semifinalist acts to compete against each other in the main season of the show beginning October 19. Again, the show resembles Idol at this point, with telephone and text message votes deciding the winner. Unlike American Idol, however, the final episode will be a winner-takes-all showdown between the top three bands, not two.

The audition rounds of the show were kept very secretive by the producers, and thus caused a bit of controversy between bands who had sent in audition tapes. Many online forums and chat rooms were full of bands falsely stating they had been selected to appear on the show, and further confused hopefuls by posting several versions of the rules, contracts, and audition details.

The show was officially announced May 16, 2007 at the American Idol website. Fox announced the pickup the next day.

In promotional announcements that aired on the final episodes of So You Think You Can Dance, another 19 creation, the title was given one night American Band, then the next night as The Next Great American Band.

The show is taped at CBS Television City in Los Angeles on Wednesday evenings in Studio 36, which is the same studio used for American Idol.

Performances

Band	Round 1 (10/26) Bob Dylan	Round 2 (11/2) Elton John and Bernie Taupin	Round 3 (11/9) Billy Joel	Round 4 (11/16) Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Round 8	Round 9	Round 10	Round 11
The Clark Brothers	"Maggie's Farm" "Billy the Kid" (original)	"Country Comfort" "Country Time" (original)	"She's Got a Way"	"Saved"
Cliff Wagner and the Old #7	"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" "Old Fire" (original)	"Honky Cat" "Little White Chapel" (original)	"You May Be Right"	"Poison Ivy"
Denver and the Mile High Orchestra	"Freight Train Blues" "One Time Show" (original)	"I'm Still Standing" "All Night" (original)	"Tell Her About It"	"Ruby Baby"
Dot Dot Dot	"Like a Rolling Stone" "Another Stupid Love Song" (original)	"Your Song" "Stay" (original)	"Pressure"	"Love Potion No. 9"
Light of Doom	"All Along the Watchtower" "Eye of the Storm" (original)	"Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" "Light of Doom" (original)	"The Stranger"	"Jailhouse Rock"
Sixwire	"Mr. Tambourine Man" "Good to Be Back" (original)	"Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me" "Gotta Get Away" (original)	"She's Always A Woman"	"I Keep Forgettin'"
Très bien!	"Subterranean Homesick Blues" "Easy to Love Me" (original)	"Love Lies Bleeding" "How I Feel" (original)	"Movin' Out"	"Some Other Guy"
Franklin Bridge	"Tangled Up in Blue" "Incredible" (original)	"Philadelphia Freedom" "Love's Fool" (original)	"Big Shot"
Rocket	"Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door" "Mean to You" (original)	"Rocket Man" "Future Ex-Boyfriend" (original)
The Muggs	"Meet Me in the Morning" "Slow Curve" (original)	"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" "Should've Learned My Lesson" (original)
The Hatch	"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" "Stretch Out the Time" (original)
The Likes of You	"Blowin' in the Wind" "Love and Gravity" (original)

• Bands that performed on 10/26 were asked to play excerpts of an original song and a cover of a Bob Dylan song. Bands that advanced to the 11/2 episode played an original song and a cover of an Elton John/Bernie Taupin composition. On the 11/9 episode the bands played covers of Billy Joel songs. The 11/16 episode featured covers of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller songs. The 11/22 episode will be dedicated to The Rolling Stones

Elimination chart

Week:		10/26	11/2	11/9	11/16	11/23	-	-	-	-	-	-
Place	Contestant	Result
	The Clark Brothers
	Cliff Wagner and the Ol’#7
	Denver and the Mile High Orchestra
	Dot Dot Dot
	Light of Doom
	Sixwire
	Très bien!
8	Franklin Bridge			Elim
9	Rocket		Elim
	The Muggs		Elim
11	The Hatch	Elim
	The Likes of You	Elim

Other participating bands

• The 440 Alliance
• Blackbird
• Faces Without Names
• Mezcal
• Nothing More
• Northmont
• The Dirty Marmaduke Flute Squad
• Zombie Bazooka Patrol
• Simply Sick

Nielsen ratings

Weekly ratings

#	Air Date	Rating	Share	18-49 (Rating/Share)	Viewers (m)	Rank (Night)	Rank (Timeslot)	Rank (Overall)
1	October 19, 2007	2.1	4	1.5/5	3.57	9	5	83 [1]
2	October 26, 2007	1.8	3	1.2/4	2.89	10	5	87 [2]
3	November 2, 2007	1.4	3	1.0/3	2.31	11	5	92 [3]
4	November 9, 2007	1.8	3	1.0/4	2.69	12	5	91 [4]
5	November 16, 2007	1.7	3	1.1/4	2.57	12	5	TBA

External links

• Official Website
• Announcement of show
• The Next Great American Band at IMDb
• Template:Tv.com show
• The Next Great American Band at Vote For The Worst