50 contestants that the judges weren't confident about, sang in order to remain in the competition. The Contestants during the Knock Out Round Knock-out Round Ī new addition to American Idol, the surprise "knock out round", took place in an airline hanger at the LAX airport. For this season, the design is now a small golden-yellow strip of paper that says "Congratulations!" and is handed out by the judges.ĭuring Hollywood Week, the contestants who made it past auditions will undergo brutal rounds of singing, cooperation, and stamina. Golden Tickets in past seasons were a large yellow piece of paper with the contestant's number written on it. This season has also changed the design of Golden Tickets. Once the big light flashes green, it's time for them to audition. Only Aubrey Cleland, who won the sing-off to be a part of the 2013 American Idols Live Tour, as well as Tenna Torres and Vincent Powell, due to the age limit, are ineligible.įor Season 13, American Idol has added a room called a "chamber", for contestants to make last minute preparations. San Francisco, California - July 16, 2013įor the first time ever, semi finalists from season 12 will be able to try out for the show again.The following cities hosted auditions for Season 13, the date of the auditions are also shown. By the time the auditions ended, the grand total of tickets given was 212. On August 15, the bus tour cities were announced including the cities of Little Rock, Arkansas and Knoxville, Tennessee among others.
The audition cities were also revealed during the broadcast. Because of this commercial, it was officially confirmed that there would be another season of the show. With this, it revealed that they would be doing another season.ĭuring the results show for the Top 3 on Season 12 of the show, a commercial was broadcast advertising singers to come and audition for Season 13 of American Idol. 10.2 Caleb Johnson's Reaction to his Fansĭuring the results of the Top 3 for Season 13, they announced the audition cities and bus tour stops for Season 14.This season also marks the first time since season 11 that the "judges' save" was used when it was used on contestant Sam Woolf on April 3, 2014. Idol alums Adam Lambert and Chris Daughtry assisted Jackson in mentoring the contestants during "Rush Week". David Hill, former head of Fox Sports, oversaw the show.įormer longtime Idol judge Randy Jackson was confirmed as the show's in-house mentor, replacing Jimmy Iovine. They were replaced by Swedish Idol executive producer Per Blankens and Den of Thieves producers Jesse Ignjatovic and Evan Prager. On June 8, 2013, Nigel Lythgoe confirmed on Twitter that he had been fired from the show, and Ken Warwick was later fired as well. Ryan Seacrest returned as the host with the judging panel consisting of Keith Urban, Jennifer Lopez, and Harry Connick, Jr. Rickey Minor returned to the show as musical director after leaving the show after season 9 to join The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The season was won by North Carolina rocker Caleb Johnson.
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