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(L-R) Judges Randy Jackson, Kara DioGuardi, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell are seen live on American Idol March 3, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.
American Idol is a popular U.S. singing competition, broadcast on Fox. Idol captured the hearts of Americans back in 2002, when the show first debuted in the U.S. It was created by British entertainment exec Simon Fuller as a spinoff from the reality program Pop Idol in the UK. The show seeks to crown the ... Read More

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  • Too Pitchy? Paula Abdul to Leave American Idol
    Aug. 5, 2009 | By S. James Snyder
    Only weeks after fans took to Twitter, launching a save-Paula tweet campaign, the judge uses the social-media platform to announce her departure from the popular TV series
  • Britain's New American Idol Political Party
    Mar. 17, 2009 | By William Lee Adams / London
    In a quest to truly democratize British politics, the Jury Team has created a new party where anyone can run and candidates are chosen by the public — via text message
  • Greg Kot: How the Internet Changed Music
    May. 21, 2009 | By Claire Suddath
    Greg Kot, the author of Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music , talks to TIME about the demise of the music industry, whether illegal file-sharing is really that bad and why nobody may ever again be as big as the Beatles
  • The Karaoke King
    Dec. 8, 2008 | By Claire Suddath
    TIME talkes to Brian Raftery, the author of Don't Stop Believing: How Karaoke Conquered the World and Changed My Life , about his fondness for an obscure Ghostbuster's II song, and why he doesn't want to die while singing along to R. Kelly.
  • The Un-Idol
    May. 18, 2009 | By Josh Tyrangiel
    If American Idol is a referendum on American taste, then it's possible Adam Lambert--the most flamboyant contestant yet on a show that has never been a beacon of restrained masculinity--will be gone before you read this sentence. Pleasantly little fuss has been made over pictures circulating on the Web of Lambert kissing a man, but ...
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