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After making many stars like Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson and Adam Lambert, American Idol returns at season sixteen to discover more talents. Competitors have to pass the first round and persuade judges by their voices to reach the final round also to get the prize which is a recording contract worth up to $1,000,000.
27 August 1970, Kingsbury, London, England, UK
28 August 1969, Hermosa Beach, California, USA
25 October 1957, Dayton, Ohio, USA
13 March 1972, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2 July 1985, West Deal, New Jersey, USA
March 22, 1991 in Fremont, California, USA
25 January 1981, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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March 09, 2018
"American Idol" still has the power to make dreams come true.
March 12, 2018
This new show doesn't come at you like the aggressive, pointedly grandiose hit that it used to be. But at a time when real-life events have left audiences hungry for familiar, soothing television, ABC's version of American Idol just might fit that bill.
March 09, 2018
You might not see this coming from the network that only this week broadcast the footage of a woman being dumped by her fiancé on The Bachelor, but ABC's Idol looks to be a kinder, gentler version than Fox's.
March 12, 2018
The lack of Cowell-ian meanness in this Idol does cause the lapses from wall-to-wall encouragement to feel all the more awkward.
March 12, 2018
With a salary of $20 million and, Perry didn't seem like the best person to save American Idol from ratings oblivion. She is, though. On Sunday's premiere episode, Perry - every glittered inch of her - is working for her $20 million paycheck.
March 12, 2018
While the uplift makes for happy viewing, Idol is nevertheless far from the water-cooler phenomenon it once was.
March 12, 2018
For a juggernaut that dates back to the halcyon days of Nellyville, American Idol has always been an effort to endure. And then, out of nowhere, a thrill to survive.
March 09, 2018
If you liked American Idol in the past, you'll probably like this version, which is, at least so far, virtually unchanged. But did you miss the show? Do you want it back? ABC is betting the answer is "Yes." But I'm not so sure.
March 12, 2018
Congenial, comfortable and safe, Idol makes a quiet return.
March 12, 2018
Yet the music is just starting, and, if nothing else, ABC's determination to bring back "American Idol" is emerging as the most intriguing programming ploy of the current season.
