Rising Star (American TV series)
Rising Star | |
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Presented by | Josh Groban |
Judges | Brad Paisley Kesha Ludacris |
Country of origin | Israel (original version) United States |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 10[1] |
Production | |
Executive producers | Ken Warwick Nicolle Yaron |
Running time | 2 hours |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | June 22, 2014 – present |
Rising Star is a reality television singing competition which began airing on ABC on June 22, 2014. It is based on the Israeli singing competition HaKokhav HaBa (meaning "The Next Star") made by Keshet Broadcasting Ltd. The program is a continuation of the Israeli show Kokhav Nolad (meaning "A Star is Born") which features aspiring singers competing for a winning title. The program format combines the internet, smartphones, and television, and will be filmed live in Los Angeles.[2] The show will also be carried in Canada with advertising simultaneous substitution and voting access on CTV.[3]
Format
As opposed to other singing competition TV shows which feature a cast of celebrity judges, Rising Star features a cast of celebrity experts and considers the viewers at home the judges.[4] During each performance, the audience at home is able to decide in real time whether or not a contestant is sent through to the next round by using a mobile voting app.[5]
While the viewers at home are considered the “judges”, the expert panelists (Brad Paisley, Kesha, and Ludacris)[6] also influence the vote.
Each performance begins with the contestant singing behind a screen (“The Wall”).[7] Once the contestant reaches 70% of "Yes" votes, the wall is raised and the contestant goes to the next round of the competition. Alongside the viewers' vote, three of the panelists (excluding the host) have 7% of the vote each, which will be added should they vote "Yes". [2] Throughout the season, competitors are eliminated if they fail to raise the wall, until reaching the final stage of the competition, wherein four singers compete to win the title of "The Next Rising Star" and a recording contract with Capitol Records.
Time zones
Due to the effects of time zones on North American broadcasting, the show will broadcast at 9 PM EDT in the Eastern, Central, and Mountain Time Zones. Thus, the program will air at 7 PM Mountain time, with the program which normally airs at 9 PM Eastern/8 PM Central airing at 9 PM Pacific.[8] Additionally, the network's affiliates in the Caribbean Sea region, including Aguadilla, Puerto Rico's WPRU-LP and WSVI in the United States Virgin Islands will carry the series live despite being an hour ahead in the Atlantic Time Zone, as they both take ABC's Eastern feed an hour ahead.
In the state of Arizona, which does not observe Daylight Saving Time, the program will air live at 6 PM Mountain Standard Time. For Pacific and Alaskan time zone viewers, a dedicated feed will be provided to show real-time voting particular to these viewers and a comparison to how the earlier time zones voted. In an instance where a contestant who didn't pass based on viewers from the Eastern, Central, and Mountain Time Zones, yet ends up faring better with the Pacific and Alaskan time zones, the contestant will pass. As Alaska is one hour before the Pacific Time Zone, and programming normally airs similar to Central and Mountain time, Alaskans will be able to participate live as well; however, residents of Hawaii will not be able to participate since Hawaii time is two hours ahead of Pacific Time, and residents of the Mariana Islands, including Guam, cannot participate as well (since most of ABC affiliate KTGM's programming is a day ahead of the rest of the mainland United States). Live cut-ins to show reactions of contestants who passed only with West Coast viewers will be provided. There is no revocation of "pass" status should West Coast viewers reject a contestant. ABC has stated that the chances of the West Coast differing substantially from other viewers is statistically small.[9][10]
For CTV viewers in Canada, broadcasts will follow the ABC model completely, including CTV's Saskatchewan and Manitoba stations in the Central Time Zone airing the Eastern feed live and CTV stations in British Columbia and Alberta carrying the Pacific version (Alberta is on Mountain Time, but all television service providers in the province use U.S. network affiliates based in Washington state). Stations in the Atlantic time zone will air the show live with the Eastern feed. There are currently no CTV stations based in the Newfoundland Time Zone, but in general viewers in Newfoundland and Labrador will be able to watch the program on Atlantic Time-based CTV stations at 10:30 NT.
Season 1 (2014)
This season's host is Josh Groban. The panel of experts consists of Brad Paisley, Kesha and Ludacris.[11]
Auditions
Week One
Order | Artist | Song | Percentage | Experts' choices | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
East Coast | West Coast | Brad Paisley |
Kesha | Ludacris | |||
1 | Joshua Peavy | "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" | 87% | 83% | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
2 | Lisa Punch | "How Will I Know" | 80% | 78% | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
3 | Maneepat Molloy | "Con te partirò" | 73% | 75% | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ |
4 | Daniel & Olivia | "Counting Stars" | 6% | 17% | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
5 | Jesse Kinch | "I Put a Spell on You" | 92% | 92% | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
6 | Beyond 5 | "Wake Me Up" | 46% | 44% | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ |
7 | Sarah Darling | "Merry Go 'Round" | 89% | 86% | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
8 | Colin Huntley | "Sing" | 38% | 37% | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
9 | Summer Collins | "Classic" | 40% | 37% | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ |
10 | Macy Kate | "Me and My Broken Heart" | 93% | 91% | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Week Two
Order | Artist | Song | Percentage | Experts' choices | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
East Coast | West Coast | Brad Paisley |
Kesha | Ludacris | |||
1 | Shameia Crawford | "We Are Young" | 69% | 71% | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
2 | April Lockhart | "Say You'll Be There" | 85% | 85% | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
3 | Austin French | "Georgia on My Mind" | 87% | 85% | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
4 | Trinitii | "Problem" | 30% | 35% | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ |
5 | Alice J. Lee | "You and I" | 73% | 74% | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ |
6 | Rye Davis | "When You Say Nothing at All" | 46% | 43% | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
7 | Sonnet Simmons | "Wicked Game" | 81% | 80% | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
8 | Deedra Ervin | "Anything Could Happen" | 26% | 29% | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
9 | Will Roth | "Sweater Weather" | 83% | 82% | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
10 | Egypt Dixon | "Fancy" | 44% | 45% | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ |
11 | Adam Jaymes | "I Won't Give Up" | 87% | 88% | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
12 | Megan Tibbits | "All of Me" | 68% | 70% | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ |
Week Three
Order | Artist | Song | Percentage | Experts' choices | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
East Coast | West Coast | Brad Paisley |
Kesha | Ludacris | |||
1 | Dana Williams | "Stay" | 87% | 84% | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
2 | Unselfish | "Some Nights" | 46% | 48% | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ |
3 | Cliff Cody | "I'm Gonna Be Somebody" | 49% | 44% | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ |
4 | Audrey Kate Geiger | "Stay with Me" | 84% | 84% | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
5 | OhMG | "Lights" | 33% | 35% | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ |
6 | Gabrielle Nicole | "My Man" | 90% | 89% | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
7 | Karen Hornsby | "To Love You More" | 82% | 79% | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
8 | TX3 | "Keep Your Head Up" | 22% | 25% | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ |
9 | Skye Griffin | "Only Girl (in the World)" | 28% | 29% | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ |
10 | Morgan Higgins | "Alone" | 79% | 77% | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ |
The Duels
Week Four
Elimination table
Artist | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adam Jaymes | — | 87% / 88% | — | |||||||
Alice J. Lee | — | 73% / 74% | — | |||||||
April Lockhart | — | 85% / 85% | — | |||||||
Audrey Kate Geiger | — | — | 84% / 84% | |||||||
Austin French | — | 87% / 85% | — | |||||||
Dana Williams | — | — | 87% / 84% | |||||||
Gabrielle Nicole | — | — | 90% / 89% | |||||||
Jesse Kinch | 92% / 92% | — | — | |||||||
Joshua Peavy | 87% / 83% | — | — | |||||||
Karen Hornsby | — | — | 82% / 79% | |||||||
Lisa Punch | 80% / 78% | — | — | |||||||
Macy Kate | 93% / 91% | — | — | |||||||
Maneepat Molloy | 73% / 75% | — | — | |||||||
Megan Tibbits | — | 68% / 70% | — | |||||||
Morgan Higgins | — | — | 79% / 74% | |||||||
Sarah Darling | 89% / 86% | — | — | |||||||
Shameia Crawford | — | 69% / 71% | — | |||||||
Sonnet Simmons | — | 81% / 80% | — | |||||||
Will Roth | — | 83% / 82% | — | |||||||
Cliff Cody | — | — | 49% / 44% | Eliminated (Week 3) | ||||||
Unselfish | — | — | 46% / 48% | |||||||
OhMG | — | — | 33% / 35% | |||||||
Skye Griffin | — | — | 28% / 29% | |||||||
TX3 | — | — | 22% / 25% | |||||||
Rye Davis | — | 46% / 43% | Eliminated (Week 2) | |||||||
Egypt Dixon | — | 44% / 45% | ||||||||
Trinitii | — | 30% / 35% | ||||||||
Deedra Ervin | — | 26% / 29% | ||||||||
Beyond 5 | 46% / 44% | Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||||
Summer Collins | 40% / 37% | |||||||||
Colin Huntley | 38% / 37% | |||||||||
Daniel & Olivia | 6% / 17% |
- Note: percentages listed as East Coast / West Coast
- Blue numbers indicate the highest voting percentage for each week.
- Red numbers indicate the lowest voting percentage among the qualifiers.
- The performer was eliminated that week.
- The performer was initially eliminated but was later saved by the West Coast's vote.
- The performer won Rising Star.
- The performer was the runner-up.
- The performer placed third.
U.S. Nielsen ratings
Show | Episode | First air date | Rating (18–49) |
Share (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
Rank (Night) |
18-49 Rank (Week) |
Viewers Rank (Week) |
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1 | Qualifiers Episode 1 | June 22, 2014 | 1.5 | 5 | 5.20[12] | 2 | 9[13] | 21[13] |
2 | Qualifiers Episode 2 | June 29, 2014 | 1.2 | 4 | 4.85[14] | 2 | 19[15] | |
3 | Qualifiers Episode 3 | July 6, 2014 | 1.2 | 4 | 4.32[16] | |||
4 | Duels Episode 1 | July 13, 2014 | ||||||
5 | Duels Episode 2 | July 20, 2014 | ||||||
6 | Duels Episode 3 | July 27, 2014 | ||||||
7 | Quarterfinals Episode 1 | August 3, 2014 | ||||||
8 | Quarterfinals Episode 2 | August 10, 2014 | ||||||
9 | Semifinals | August 17, 2014 | ||||||
10 | Finals | August 24, 2014 |
References
- ^ http://www.thewrap.com/abc-orders-singing-competition-rising-star-summer/
- ^ a b "ABC's 'Rising Star' Juggles Time Zones to Allow For Live Voting". Variety. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
- ^ "RISING STAR App Now Available from CTV.ca as Canadians Invited to Judge New Interactive Music Competition Series, Premiering Sunday" (Press release). CNW. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ^ "ABC's 'Rising Star' Judges Explain Why This Singing Competition Will Be Different". The Wrap. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
- ^ "ABC's 'Rising Star' Trailer: You're the Judge of the New Singing Competition". Variety. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
- ^ "ABC's 'Rising Star' team revealed: Ke$ha, Ludacris, Groban join music competition". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
- ^ "'Rising Star' trailer: Ludacris is tired of waiting for results". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
- ^ Littleton, Cynthia. "ABC's 'Rising Star' Juggles Time Zones to Allow For Live Voting". Variety.
- ^ 2 WKS. "'Rising Star' Producers Consulted Mathematicians Over Time Zone Dilemma". Hollywood Reporter.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Andreeva, Nellie. "'Rising Star' Producers On How Interactive Talent Show Will Tackle U.S.' 4 Time Zones". Deadline.com.
- ^ ABC's 'Rising Star' to Include Kesha, Ludacris, Josh Groban and Brad Paisley - Hollywood Reporter
- ^ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/06/24/sunday-final-ratings-wipeout-adjusted-up/276103/
- ^ a b http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/06/24/tv-ratings-broadcast-top-25-americas-got-talent-tops-week-39-with-adults-18-49-and-with-total-viewers/275993/
- ^ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/07/01/sunday-final-ratings-wipeout-adjusted-up-reckless-adjusted-down/278414/
- ^ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/07/01/tv-ratings-broadcast-top-25-big-brother-tops-week-40-with-adults-18-49-and-with-total-viewers/278604/
- ^ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/07/07/tv-ratings-sunday-big-brother-rising-star-steady-reckless-up-unforgettable-down-miley-cyrus-bangerz-tour-low/279784//
External links
- 2014 television seasons
- 2014 American television series debuts
- 2010s American television series
- American television series based on Israeli television series
- American music television series
- Music competitions in the United States
- English-language television programming
- American Broadcasting Company network shows
- Singing competitions
- Music television series
- Talent shows
- Television series by Dick Clark Productions