It’s all change on American Idol for 2010

It's all change on American Idol for 2010
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It's all change on american idol for 2010, with the ninth season of the show featuring new judges and missing some regular faces. Paula Abdul isn't part of the show, having signed on to head off to the North American version of the United Kingdom talent show X-Factor. Her place has been taken by a number of guest judges, with one in particular that will change into a permanent fixture on the show.

Ellen DeGeneres announced on her own 'Ellen' show that she would be starring as Paula's replacement, and will most likely be joining the existing panel with Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi. We are also going to be seeing a number of guest judges, with the likes of Kristin Chenoweth, Shania Twain, Mary J. Blige, Joe Jonas, Victoria Beckham, Neil Patrick Harris and Katy Perry!

This year's auditions have been held all over the states as common, in towns like Denver, Orlando, los angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, Arlington and Foxsborough. A number of potential idols are already starting to stand out, with performances from Vanessa Wolfe, Mallorie Haley and Keia Johnson having hit a selected high note with the judges at the Atlanta and Boston auditions. During the Chicago auditions, one or two performers in particular stood out such as Paige DeChausse, Marcus Jones, Justin Ray, Keith Semple, John Park, Angela Martin, Charity Vance and naturally, the smashing Katelyn Epperlys audition.

The Idol fame machine is already working too, with one special audition having found huge audiences on the web. The performance in question was from one General Larry Platt, a 62-year-old vet from Georgia, singing his song'Pants on the Ground'.

sadly for a lot of Idol fans, this will be the last season with Simon Cowell. Having come to the end of his contract, Cowell appears to have decided to move on from American Idol, and supposition is common as to who will replace him. Names such as Elton John, Quincy Jones, Gladys Knight and George Cloony are being thrown around, but the actual replacement is certain to be kept a closely guarded secret for some time yet.

once again this year, American Idol is allowing contestants to use their own instruments during performances. This has been featuring heavily on the show for the past couple of seasons, and while it is not to everybody's tastes, it does add a side to the North American Idol auditions that has been lacking over time.

Also this year we'll be seeing the return of 'Idol Gives Back' on american idol. It's intended to be held during the final 7 result show, and will be showing videos of all the great things American Idol is doing to help folks globally. The date for the show is presently set as Apr the 21st.

The format of the show stays the same this year - the first few weeks concentrate on the various city auditions, giving back-stories to the contestants and letting us all start to know them. The shoot for the contestants during this stage is to get their'Golden Ticket' and move on to the following phase, Hollywood. In the Hollywood auditions, the pace is stepped up and those who've made it are anticipated to perform to their best. Twenty-four are selected, and these american idol finalists move on to the show correctly. They then compete for the judges and audiences favor, facing weekly'votes' over who stays and who goes home!

It's all transition on American Idol for 2010
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finally, we'll again be seeing everybody's favourite Ryan Seacrest, presenting American Idol with his usual flair and unique style. Seacrest is also rumored to be in line for Cowells role on the series ; however it has been mentioned that he likes his current presenter's position and would not like to take on the judges chair.