The tenth season of American Idol is scheduled to premiere on January 19, 2011, on Fox. This will be the first season for which 15 year-olds may audition. The show has undergone a number of changes since season nine, which include the reduction of the judging panel to just three judges (two of whom are new), a new executive producer and music director as well as multiple format changes. For the first time, Idol will air on Wednesdays and Thursdays as opposed to the previous schedule of Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Nigel Lythgoe returns to the senior production team as executive producer for the series. American singer Steven Tyler and American singer-actress Jennifer Lopez join the judging panel as replacements for Simon Cowell, Ellen DeGeneres and Kara DioGuardi who all left at the end of season nine. Ray Chew replaces Rickey Minor as the show's musical director and leader of the Idol's live band. Universal Music Group has replaced Sony Music Entertainment, as Idol' official partner record label.
As a result one of Universal Music's executives Ron Fair, a songwriter and producer in his own right, was made in-house mentor to work with the contestants on a weekly basis. He will be supported by associated producers: Rodney Jerkins, Alex da Kid and Timbaland who will all help contestants tailor their song choices to their chosen genre of performance, as well as work in producing arrangements for the contestants and offering original material to be sung live. Other changes are set to include online voting and a Las Vegas round and judges' wild card contestants.
There are many changes in season 10 that we should look forward.
Simon Cowell, a judge from the start of the show announced on January 11, 2010, that he would not be returning as a judge for this season in order to focus on launching the American version of hit British singing competition The X Factor. Ellen DeGeneres officially announced her departure on July 29, 2010, and judged only for one season, because she felt the show was not the “"right fit" for her. Kara DioGuardi then announced on September 3, 2010, that she would also not return this season due to her pursuing new projects. On September 22, 2010, it was announced that Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler will join the judging panel.
Then beginning in November 2010, returning producer, Nigel Lythgoe, revealed that there would be other significant format changes. New challenges include "contests [having] to make the best music video, to promote themselves, and to work with a band and dancers for an awards show-style performance." Entertainment Weekly reported that the challenges would replace the traditional semi-finals portion of the competition meaning that finalists would go on top compete in the top-twelve for the live shows. However it was later revealed that the music videos challenge was only ever an idea but there were no plans to make it part of season ten of Idol. Entertainment Weekly reported further changes on January 4, 2011. The Hollywood round will return to narrow the contestants down to sixty potential finalists. Those who made the final sixty were then taken to Las Vegas where they were asked to sing songs from The Beatles. Forty contestants left the competition at the end of this round, before producers placed the remaining twenty contestants, in two groups of ten, before the American public, for a semi-final sudden death round to find ten finalists - five girls and five boys - for the live shows in the finals. Additionally, the judges have been given wild card picks.
Don't dare miss to watch American Idol season 10 Episode 1 entitled Audition # 1, and pick your own contestants. I'm sure you will love the show and wait for another episode.
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