American Idol season 10
Template:Infobox reality music competition The tenth season of American Idol premiered on January 19, 2011, on Fox. This is the first season in which 15 year-olds may audition.[1] The show has undergone a number of changes since season nine, which include the reduction of the judging panel to its original number of just three judges (two of whom are new), a new executive producer and music director as well as multiple format changes. For the first time, Idol will air on Wednesdays and Thursdays as opposed to the previous schedule of Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Nigel Lythgoe also returns to the senior production team as executive producer for the series.[2] American singer Steven Tyler and American singer-actress Jennifer Lopez join the judging panel as replacements for Simon Cowell, Ellen DeGeneres, and Kara DioGuardi who all left at the end of season nine.[3] Ray Chew replaced Rickey Minor as the show's musical director and leader of the Idol's live band, and Universal Music Group replaced Sony Music Entertainment as Idol's official partner record label.
As a result one of Universal Music's executives Jimmy Iovine, a songwriter and producer in his own right, was made in-house mentor to work with the contestants on a weekly basis. He will be supported by associated producers: Rodney Jerkins, Alex da Kid, and Timbaland who will all help contestants tailor their song choices to their chosen genre of performance, as well as work in producing arrangements for the contestants and offering original material to be sung live. Other changes include online voting and a Las Vegas round and judges' wild card contestants. More contestants made it to Hollywood in season 10 than in the previous seasons.
Changes in season 10
There were a number of major changes in season 10, from the judges to the format of the show itself. Nigel Lythgoe returned as the executive producer, and Ray Chew has been hired as the show's new musical director, replacing Rickey Minor, who left the show along with vocal coach Dorian Holley to become the musical director of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.[4] Peisha McPhee, mother of season 5's runner-up Katharine McPhee, joined as one of the vocal coaches.[5] In this season, online voting was also offered for the first time for fans with Facebook account and up to 50 votes may be cast.[6]
Judges
Simon Cowell, a judge from the start of the show announced on January 11, 2010, that he would not be returning as a judge for this season in order to focus on launching the American version of his hit British singing competition The X Factor.[7] Ellen DeGeneres officially announced her departure on July 29, 2010, after judging for only one season, because she felt the show was not the “"right fit" for her.[8] Kara DioGuardi then announced on September 3, 2010, that she would also not return this season due to her pursuing new projects.[9] On September 22, 2010, it was announced that Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler would join the judging panel.[10]
New challenges
"Theme weeks will also get a makeover. We’re not going to ask a country singer to sing an R&B song, or an R&B singer to do Led Zeppelin, ... If the theme is ’80s or Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, every song will be customized to that contestant... What's most important, is that the song suit the finalist's voice."
— Ron Fair[11]
Then beginning in November 2010, returning producer, Nigel Lythgoe, revealed that there would be other significant format changes. New challenges include "contests [having] to make the best music video, to promote themselves, and to work with a band and dancers for an awards show-style performance."[12] Entertainment Weekly reported that the challenges would replace the traditional semi-finals portion of the competition meaning that finalists would go on to compete in the top-twelve for the live shows.[13] However it was later revealed that the music video challenge was only ever an idea but there were no plans to make it part of season ten of Idol.[14] The Hollywood round would narrow the contestants down to sixty potential finalists. Those who made the final sixty were then taken to Las Vegas where they were asked to sing songs from The Beatles. It was originally planned that 20 contestants would be left by the end of this phase of competition, and these remaining contestants would perform in two groups of ten in a semi-final sudden death round to find via public votes the ten finalists - five girls and five boys - for the live shows in the finals. Nigel Lythgoe however later revealed that the Top 20 would be extended to a Top 24.[15] Additionally, the judges were given wild card picks.[16][17]
Partnership with Universal Music
At the end of season nine, Sony Music Entertainment's affiliation to Idol also ended. The partnership was superseded by a new deal with Universal Music Group, meaning that the winner will now be signed to Interscope Records. Interscope's sister labels, A&M Records and Geffen Records, will also be involved in promoting and distributing the albums of the show's finalists.[18][19] Chairman of the Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group, Jimmy Iovine, will work directly with contestants as the in-house mentor.[19] Additionally, Billboard revealed that a team of Universal Music-associated producers and songwriters, such as Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Timbaland and Alex da Kid, will work alongside the contestants. It was reported that the new creative team would allow contestants to take on original material and arrangements, not just cover versions, when singing live.[20] The Hollywood Reporter also indicated that other changes for season ten will include online voting and finalists releasing music as the season progresses, rather than waiting for the summer to record an album.[11] Despite previous reports that Idol producers had axed the weekly music theme,[21] in-house mentor Fair, confirmed that the themes would remain.[11]
Regional auditions
The judges sit in this order from left to right: Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez, Randy Jackson
This is the first season in which the contestant age minimum was reduced to 15 years old. The maximum age however still remains 28.[22]
Auditions were held in the following cities:[22]
Episode air date | Audition city | First audition date | Audition venue | Callback audition date | Callback venue | Golden ticket totals |
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January 19, 2011 | East Rutherford, New Jersey | August 3, 2010 | Izod Center | September 28–29, 2010 | Liberty House Restaurant | 51 |
January 20, 2011 | New Orleans, Louisiana | July 26, 2010 | New Orleans Arena | October 17–18, 2010 | Hilton Riverside Hotel | 37 |
January 26, 2011 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | July 21, 2010 | Bradley Center | October 2–3, 2010 | Milwaukee Art Museum | 53 |
January 27, 2011 | Nashville, Tennessee | July 17, 2010 | Bridgestone Arena | October 25–26, 2010 | Ryman Auditorium | 561 |
February 2, 2011 | Austin, Texas | August 11, 2010 | Frank Erwin Center | October 8–9, 2010 | Barton Creek Resort & Spa | 50 |
February 3, 2011 | Los Angeles, California | September 22, 2010 | The Forum | November 9–10, 2010 | AT&T Center | 301 |
February 9, 2011 | San Francisco, California | August 19, 2010 | AT&T Park | November 3–4, 2010 | Westin St. Francis | 471 |
Total Tickets to Hollywood | 327 |
Note 1: Actual number not announced on the show but this number is based on the number of names listed on americanidol.com website and may not be the actual total.
In addition to the above cities, for the first time contestants were allowed to audition online via Myspace / Facebook / Twitter. To audition, they were required to upload a 40-second audition clip of them singing a pre-approved song.[23] The internet auditioners were called back to the Los Angeles auditions to audition in front of the judges.
Hollywood week
The Hollywood week phase of the competition was held in the Pasadena Civic Center. There were a record-number 327 contestants in the first round, which lasted over two days, exceeding season 2's record of 234. The contestants emerged in groups of ten and each performed individually a cappella. After the whole group had finished their performances, those who failed were cut immediately. 168 advanced to the next round, where the contestants performed in groups; out of the 168, only 100 advanced to the next round. In the next round, the contestants performed solo, accompanied by a band or an instrument. The contestants were then separated into four rooms, with two of the four rooms containing eliminated contestants and the other two containing contestants who made it into the next round. Only 61 of the 100 remaining advanced.
This year, due to the large number of contestants, two more rounds were added. The 61 remaining contestants proceeded to Las Vegas where they performed songs from The Beatles as duos and trios in the Love theatre at The Mirage for this newly added 'Las Vegas' round. After that, 40 advanced to the final "Sing For Your Life" round back in Los Angeles. In that round, each contestant performed a song of their own choosing at Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose aircraft hangar.[24] The Top 24 were then selected from the remaining 40 for the semifinals. This episode was notable for the emotional breakdown of judge Jennifer Lopez after telling contestant Chris Medina that he had been eliminated.
Top 24
The Top 24 semi-finalists were revealed in two stages. The first five were revealed on February 23, 2011, and the remaining 19 were revealed on the following night's episode.
- Females
Contestant | Age | Hometown | Audition Location | Voted Off |
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Ashthon Jones | 24 | Goodlettsville, Tennessee | Nashville, Tennessee | |
Haley Reinhart | 20 | Wheeling, Illinois | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
Julie Zorrilla | 20 | Los Angeles, California | San Francisco, California | March 3rd |
Karen Rodriguez | 21 | New York, New York | Los Angeles, California | |
Kendra Chantelle | 22 | Loudon, Tennessee | Nashville, Tennessee | |
Lauren Alaina | 16 | Rossville, Georgia | Nashville, Tennessee | |
Lauren Turner | 24 | Covington, Louisiana | New Orleans, Louisiana | March 3rd |
Naima Adedapo | 26 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
Pia Toscano | 22 | Howard Beach, New York | Jersey City, New Jersey | |
Rachel Zevita | 23 | New York, New York | Jersey City, New Jersey | March 3rd |
Ta-Tynisa Wilson | 20 | Aurora, Illinois | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | March 3rd |
Thia Megia | 16 | Mountain House, Alameda County, California | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
- Males
Contestant | Age | Hometown | Audition Location | Voted Off |
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Brett Loewenstern | 17 | Boca Raton, Florida | New Orleans, Louisiana | March 3rd |
Casey Abrams | 20 | Idyllwild, California | Austin, Texas | |
Clint Jun Gamboa | 26 | Long Beach, California | San Francisco, California | March 3rd |
Jacob Lusk | 23 | Compton, California | Los Angeles, California | |
James Durbin | 22 | Santa Cruz, California | San Francisco, California | |
Jordan Dorsey | 21 | Laplace, Louisiana | New Orleans, Louisiana | March 3rd |
Jovany Barreto | 23 | Harvey, Louisiana | New Orleans, Louisiana | |
Paul McDonald | 26 | Nashville, Tennessee | Nashville, Tennessee | |
Robbie Rosen | 17 | Merrick, New York | Jersey City, New Jersey | |
Scotty McCreery | 17 | Garner, North Carolina | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
Stefano Langone | 21 | Kent, Washington | San Francisco, California | |
Tim Halperin | 23 | Fort Worth, Texas | Los Angeles, California | March 3rd |
After the semi-finals when all 24 performed, the following 11 (5 females and 6 males) failed to pass to the next round: Julie Zorrilla, Kendra Chantelle, Lauren Turner, Rachel Zevita, Ta-Tynisa Wilson (females), Brett Loewenstern, Clint Jun Gamboa, Jordan Dorsey, Jovany Barreto, Robbie Rosen, Tim Halperin (males)
Semi-finals
The semifinal round began on Tuesday, March 1, 2011. This year, the producers use a new format. Below are the two semi-final groups (males and females) with contestants listed in their performance order. The top five males and top five females, along with the three wild card choices by the judges advanced to the finals. There were twenty-four semifinalists, twelve females and males. The males started the semifinal round, and the females continued on following night's episode, the contestants perform songs of their choice (there was no particular theme).
From this point on in the show, this season's exit song is a cover of "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by David Cook (originally by Simple Minds), played over eliminations.
Below, a summary of the contestants' performances show and results show, along with the results.
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Wildcard round
Following those ten singers advancing on Thursday, March 3, six of the remaining 14 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.
Order | Contestant | Song (original artist) | Result |
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1 | Ashthon Jones | "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" (Jennifer Holliday) | Advanced |
2 | Stefano Langone | "I Need You Now" (Smokie Norful) | Advanced |
3 | Kendra Chantelle | "Georgia on My Mind" (Ray Charles) | Eliminated |
4 | Jovany Barreto | "Angel" (Jon Secada) | Eliminated |
5 | Naima Adedapo | "For All We Know" (Hal Kemp) | Advanced |
6 | Robbie Rosen | "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (Elton John) | Eliminated |
Finalists
- Casey Abrams (born 1991 in Idyllwild, California) is 20 years old. Auditioned in Austin, Texas with Ray Charles' "I Don't Need No Doctor". He impressed the judges with his performance of "Georgia on My Mind" in Hollywood week. He also performed Ella Fitzgerald's "Lullaby of Birdland" in the Hollywood rounds and Kansas Joe McCoy's "Why Don't You Do Right?" for his final solo.
- Naima Adedapo (born October 5, 1984 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is 26 years old. Auditioned in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with Donny Hathaway's version of "For All We Know". She was doing janitorial duties at the Summerfest in Milwaukee before she auditioned on Idol. She performed Corinne Bailey Rae's "Put Your Records On" for her final solo. Initially eliminated from the Top 13, Adedapo was chosen by the judges to rejoin the competition during the Wild Card round.
- Lauren Alaina (born 1994 in Rossville, Georgia) is 16 years old. Auditioned in Nashville, Tennessee with Faith Hill's "Like We Never Loved At All" and Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" which she also reprised for the Hollywood rounds. She also performed The Righteous Brothers' "Unchained Melody" twice.
- James Durbin (born 1989 in Santa Cruz, California) is 22 years old. Auditioned in San Francisco, California with Muddy Waters's "You Shook Me" and Aerosmith's "Dream On". He performed The Beatles' "Oh! Darling" and Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come" for his solos in the Hollywood week. He was the lead singer with a band The Hollywood Scars prior to Idol.[25] He has Tourette and Asperger's syndrome.
- Ashthon Jones (born February 27, 1986 in Goodlettsville, Tennessee) is 24 years old. Auditioned in Nashville, Tennessee. She sang "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from Dreamgirls in the Holllywood rounds and Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" for her final solo. Initially eliminated from the Top 13, Jones was chosen by the judges to rejoin the competition during the Wild Card round.
- Stefano Langone (born February 27, 1989 in Kent, Washington) is 22 years old. Auditioned in San Francisco, California with Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine". He performed Stevie Wonder's "Sir Duke" in the Hollywood week and his own composition "Come Home" for his final solo. He survived a near-fatal car accident in 2009 being hit by a drunk driver[26]. Initially eliminated from the Top 13, Langone was chosen by the judges to rejoin the competition during the Wild Card round.
- Jacob Lusk (born June 23, 1987 in Compton, California) is 23 years old. Auditioned in Los Angeles, California. Randy considered his performance of Billie Holiday's "God Bless the Child" during the Hollywood rounds the best ever seen on Idol. He also performed Leon Russell's "A Song for You" for his final solo.
- Scotty McCreery (born October 9, 1993 in Garner, North Carolina) is 17 years old. Auditioned in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with Josh Turner's "Your Man" and Travis Tritt's "Put Some Drive In Your Country". He reprised "Your Man" in the Hollywood rounds but forgot the words to Lee Ann Womack's "I Hope You Dance", and he performed Josh Turner's "Long Black Train" for his final solo.
- Paul McDonald (born August 24, 1984 in Nashville, Tennessee) is 26 years old. Auditioned in Nashville, Tennessee with Rod Stewart's "Maggie May". Prior to Idol, he was the lead singer of the band Hightide Blues formed in 2005 and renamed The Grand Magnolias in 2010. He performed his own composition "American Dreams" for his final solo.
- Thia Megia (born January 1, 1995 in Mountain House, California) is 16 years old. Auditioned in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with Adele's "Chasing Pavements". She has previously competed on season 4 of 'America's Got Talent,' making it to the quarterfinals. She performed "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess and Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World" in the Hollywood rounds, and Secret Garden's "You Raise Me Up" for her final solo.
- Haley Reinhart (born 1991 in Wheeling, Illinois) is 18 years old. Auditioned in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with The Beatles' Oh! Darling. She originally auditioned for the previous season, but did not make it to Hollywood during that season. She performed "God Bless the Child" in the Hollywood rounds.
- Karen Rodriguez (born 1989 in New York, New York) is 21 years old. She was one of the MySpace auditioners and then auditioned in front of the judges in Los Angeles, California with Whitney Houston's "You Give Good Love". She had previously appeared in the fifth season of a Puerto Rican talent show Objetivo Fama.
- Pia Toscano (born October 14, 1988 in Howard Beach, New York) is 22 years old. Auditioned in Jersey City, New Jersey. She was a make-up artist. She sang the national anthem at a Mets game. Pia Toscano and Karen Rodriguez get together to duet The Beatles' Can't Buy Me Love on Las Vegas, they also went to New York's LaGuardia Arts School together. She performed Alicia Keys' "Doesn't Mean Anything" for her final solo. She received the first standing ovation by the judges of this season, on the semi-finals with her performance of "I'll Stand By You".
Elimination chart
Top 24 | Top 13 | Winner |
Safe | Safe First | Safe Last | Eliminated | Wildcard Choice |
Stage: | Semi-Finals | Wild Card | Finals | |||||||||||||
Week: | 3/3 | 3/10 | 3/17 | 3/24 | 3/31 | 4/7 | 4/14 | 4/21 | 4/28 | 5/4 | 5/12 | 5/19 | 5/26 | |||
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Casey Abrams | Top 10 | N/A | ||||||||||||||
Naima Adedapo | Wildcard | Selected | ||||||||||||||
Lauren Alaina | Top 10 | N/A | ||||||||||||||
James Durbin | Top 10 | N/A | ||||||||||||||
Ashthon Jones | Wildcard | Selected | ||||||||||||||
Stefano Langone | Wildcard | Selected | ||||||||||||||
Jacob Lusk | Top 10 | N/A | ||||||||||||||
Scotty McCreery | Top 10 | N/A | ||||||||||||||
Paul McDonald | Top 10 | N/A | ||||||||||||||
Thia Megia | Top 10 | N/A | ||||||||||||||
Haley Reinhart | Top 10 | N/A | ||||||||||||||
Karen Rodriguez | Top 10 | N/A | ||||||||||||||
Pia Toscano | Top 10 | N/A | ||||||||||||||
14-16 | Kendra Chantelle | Wildcard | Elim | |||||||||||||
Robbie Rosen | Wildcard | |||||||||||||||
Jovany Barreto | Wildcard | |||||||||||||||
17-24 | Jordan Dorsey | Elim | ||||||||||||||
Clint Jun Gamboa | ||||||||||||||||
Tim Halperin | ||||||||||||||||
Brett Loewenstern | ||||||||||||||||
Lauren Turner | ||||||||||||||||
Ta-Tynisa Wilson | ||||||||||||||||
Rachel Zevita | ||||||||||||||||
Julie Zorrilla |
Post-Idol alumni
Eliminated contestant Chris Medina released a single called "What Are Words" on February 25, 2011, the day after his elimination. The song is about his fiance who suffered a brain injury as the result of a car wreck. The song has since sold 19,000 copies and charted at #14 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100[27] and #22 on the Top Heatseekers chart.[28] He performed the ballad on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on February 28, 2011 and on Good Morning America on March 4, 2011.
On March 3, 2011, it was announced that eliminated contestant Carson Higgins joined the cast of the Los Angeles production of the Paul Storiale play, The Columbine Project. The play is inspired by the tragic events at Columbine High School in Colorado in 1999, and will be performed at the Avery Schreiber Theatre in North Hollywood beginning April 22, 2011.[29]
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