American Idol Season 8
Twelve finalists and/or future singers (six men and six women) who were selected from America, compete in a talent contest in which they were asked to sing any song they like on this "Star Search" clone. After each song that was sung, the judges, Abdul, Jackson and Cowell, then critique that finalist's chosen song. After each show's ending, America must vote for a finalist to whom they really think their performance is good using this AT&T (now Cingular Wireless) or any other cellular phone to cast votes with. Once the votes are locked in, the judges and America decides who has the most and the least amount of votes, and the contestant with the least amount of votes is eliminated, and it goes on each week's show until the winner is crowned as "American Idol," where he/she wins a recording contract worth up to $1,000,000. The rest of the other finalists to whom they have been voted off before (the runner-up) also get recording contracts, too.
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- Episode 01 - Auditions: Phoenix13 January 2009
- Episode 02 - Auditons: Kansas City14 January 2009
- Episode 03 - Auditions: San Francisco20 January 2009
- Episode 04 - Auditons: Louisville21 January 2009
- Episode 05 - Auditions: Jacksonville27 January 2009
- Episode 06 - Auditions: Salt Lake City28 January 2009
- Episode 07 - Auditions: NYC/San Juan29 January 2009
- Episode 08 - Hollywood Round No. 13 February 2009
- Episode 09 - Hollywood Round No. 24 February 2009
- Episode 10 - Hollywood Round No. 310 February 2009
- Episode 11 - Hollywood Round No. 4: Top 36 Chosen11 February 2009
- Episode 12 - Group 1 Performs17 February 2009
- Episode 13 - Group 1 Results18 February 2009
- Episode 14 - Group 2 Performs25 February 2009
- Episode 15 - Group 2 Results26 February 2009
- Episode 16 - Group 3 Performs3 March 2009
- Episode 17 - Group 3 Results4 March 2009
- Episode 18 - Wild Card5 March 2009
- Episode 19 - The Top 13 Finalists Perform10 March 2009
- Episode 20 - Live Results Show: Two Contestants Eliminated11 March 2009
- Episode 21 - The Top 11 Finalists Perform17 March 2009
- Episode 22 - Live Results Show: One Contestant Eliminated18 March 2009
- Episode 23 - The Top 10 Finalists Perform25 March 2009
- Episode 24 - Live Results Show: One Contestant Eliminated26 March 2009
- Episode 25 - The Top Nine Finalists Perform31 March 2009
- Episode 26 - Live Results Show: One Contestant Eliminated1 April 2009
- Episode 27 - The Top Eight Finalists Perform7 April 2009
- Episode 28 - Live Results Show: One Contestant Eliminated8 April 2009
- Episode 29 - The Top Seven Finalists Perform14 April 2009
- Episode 30 - Live Results Show15 April 2009
- Episode 31 - The Top Seven Finalists Perform21 April 2009
- Episode 32 - Live Results Show: Two Contestants Eliminated22 April 2009
- Episode 33 - The Top Five Finalists Perform28 April 2009
- Episode 34 - Live Results Show: One Contestant Eliminated29 April 2009
- Episode 35 - The Top Four Finalists Perform5 May 2009
- Episode 36 - Live Results Show: One Contestant Eliminated6 May 2009
- Episode 37 - The Top Three Finalists Perform12 May 2009
- Episode 38 - Live Results Show: One Contestant Eliminated13 May 2009
- Episode 39 - The Final Two Perform19 May 2009
- Episode 40 - Finale20 May 2009
Also Known As:
"American Idol" | "American Idol 10" | "American Idol 2" | "American Idol 3" | "American Idol 4" | "American Idol 5" | "American Idol 6" | "American Idol 7" | "American Idol 8" | "American Idol 9" | "Idol"