A look into Idol Season 3 and other Idol seasons’ controversies

A look into Idol Season 3 and other Idol seasons’ controversies - By: David Yuri, Posted on: 2007-03-09

During the early days of 2002, the only people who had ever heard of the American Idol were the numerous television executives who had decided that this show had no future. Can you imagine what it would be like to be one of the television executives that had decided to take a pass on American Idol? Wow! That would bite.

American Idol’s host and star judges were known in certain circles, but only Paula Abdul had been a household name around the world. The trajectory of Paula Abdul Idol participation in the jury has its roots in the singer’s career. She had begun her dance and choreography career in 1983 – that was the year when Abdul won a position on the Los Angeles Lakers’ cheerleading squad. Within a few weeks of taking that position, she was made the head choreographer for the squad. A year later, she began choreographing music videos, and that eventually led to her place as a pop music icon. The Paula Abdul Idol star judge designation was one of the regular consequences of her background.

Aired by the Fox Broadcasting Company, American Idol was introduced as a summer replacement television show in June of 2002. Although Fox had enough faith in the program to give it airtime, it apparently did not have high hopes for this music talent show. The show was introduced to the summer lineup with very little advertising and fanfare.

Word-of-mouth launched Idol’s ratings into the heavens. By the finale of season 1, in September of 2002, 50 million viewers had tuned in to see Kelly Clarkson win a recording contract. Clarkson’s first single set a record for the fastest climb up the Billboard Charts moving from #52 to #1 in just one week. Her first album “Thankful” met commercial success in North America, but did not get much traction anywhere else. Clarkson’s second album “Breakaway” was a global success and earned two Grammy Awards in 2006.

The finale episode of season 2 was marked by controversy when Ruben Studdard emerged as the winner over Clay Aiken by fewer than 130,000 votes of the 24 million votes cast. Part of the Idol phenomenon is that the public is invited to vote for the person they think should be the next Idol. During the finale of season 2, the telephone communications systems broke under the abnormally high load of phone calls.

With 65 million votes cast, Fantasia Barrino, later known as just Fantasia, won Idol Season 3. Idol Season 3 could not avoid the controversy that season 2 brought to the surface. Many people began to openly question the voting process. Complaints were aired in the public forum suggesting that people who should have been propelled forward during IDOL SEASON 3 were voted off the show, and that people who should have been cut early went on to participate in later rounds. Jennifer Hudson was one who was cut early in the process; yet she went on to appear in the feature film and musical Dreamgirls, winning Hudson a Golden Globe and getting her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. The Dreamgirls soundtrack also included a song performed by Hudson, and the soundtrack reached #1 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart.

Season 4 helped launch country singer Carrie Underwood and record sales. Underwood’s debut album “Some Hearts” peaked at #2 on the Billboard charts and has sold more than five million copies to date. Season 4 was rocked by Corey Clark, a contestant from season 1, who claimed a relationship with Paula Abdul Idol judge, while he was still a contestant on the show. Fox Entertainment completed an investigation and decided that the accusations did not merit the termination of Paula Abdul Idol judge position.

63.5 million votes were cast in the final show of season 5. Taylor Hicks took the top honors. Season 5 was not without its own controversies, although those were mild in comparison to the controversies of Idol Season 3.

As season 6 is getting underway, Crystal Entertainment has released a DVD titled “American Idol Unauthorized.” Unauthorized is a behind-the-scenes look at the American Idol competition, which shares the good, bad and ugly of the Idol production process.

Within their DVD, Crystal Entertainment conducted in-depth interviews with former Idol contestants and received expert commentary from Hollywood and pop music insiders.

American Idol Unauthorized is best watched among friends and family. It will literally generate hours of entertaining conversation and debate among those who have the chance to see it together.

Article Source:- Directory Submission & Sexy Deepika Padukone

The five seasons of American Idol generated a whole assortment of controversies related to the success of the contestants and to the integrity of famous Paula Abdul Idol judge. For instance, Idol Season 3 missed the proper rewarding of the later on successful Jennifer Hudson. A closer look into the controversies of American Idol is now offered by the release of American Idol Unauthorized.

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