American Idol (season 7) - Wikipedia. The seventh season of American Idol, the annual reality show and singing competition, began on January 1. May 2. 1, 2. 00. 8. Ryan Seacrest continued to host the show with Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, and Randy Jackson returning as judges. David Cook was announced the winner of the competition on May 2. David Archuleta by a margin of roughly 1. The split was 5. 6 percent to 4. American Idol; Season 7; Broadcast from: January 15 – May 21, 2008: Judges: Paula Abdul Simon Cowell Randy Jackson: Host(s) Ryan Seacrest: Broadcaster: Fox. Peep This Artist's Incredible Barbies Repainted As RuPaul's Drag Race Contestants. The seventh season was the first season during which neither the winner nor the runner- up was ever in the bottom group during any week before the finale on May 2. It was also the second season during which both the winner and the runner- up were male contestants, with the second season being the first, the third being the eighth season and the fourth being the fourteenth season. Michael Johns died on August 1, 2. American Idol finalist to die. Hell's Kitchen - TV Series News, Show Information - FOX
Joanne Borgella, a semi- finalist, died on October 1. Changes from past seasons. A brand new set was built, and a new introduction credit sequence created. The season finale also moved from the Kodak Theatre to the larger Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Regional auditions. Those ineligible include former contestants who had previously reached the semifinal of Season 1 - 3 or the last phase of Hollywood round of Season 4 - 6 (top 4. Season 4 and 5, top 4. Season 6), those holding recording or management contracts, or those who were not US citizens or landed immigrants (i. She was later found dead in a hit- and- run accident. He was later asked to return to perform in the finale. Hollywood week. A total of 1. This year the process was altered slightly to ensure that no talent would be prematurely dismissed. The contestants were allowed two performances before elimination, and the group round was removed. The first round of individual performance lasted two days. Sunday Best Season 7 Contestants Of AmericanFor the first time ever, contestants had the option of either being accompanied by the band or playing an instrument themselves. Some were shown playing the keyboard, guitar, or even the drums. If the judges approved of the contestant's performance, they received a . Unlike previous seasons, contestants whose performances not considered good enough were given a second chance in the second round. They lined up on stage in groups of 1. Almost 1. 00 were eliminated in this round. In the final round, all the remaining contestants performed individually a song chosen from a large list of songs provided accompanied by the band and three backup singers. After each performance, the judges decided whether or not to cut the contestant. By the end of the day, only 5. The judges then deliberated further on who should be in the Top 2. Green Mile episode. One of the more prominent contestants during the Hollywood week was Josiah Leming whose unhappiness with the backing band resulted in him dismissing the band. He was cut in the Green Mile episode. Another piece of drama involved contestant Kyle Ensley when Simon Cowell voiced strong objection over him not being selected for the semifinals. It was later revealed that his non- selection resulted in serious rift between Simon Cowell and the show producer Nigel Lythgoe. He previously auditioned for Idol in season six and made it to Hollywood week but was cut in the first round. His elimination song was Soft Cell's version of . Shortly following his elimination, Noriega received an offer from Rosie O'Donnell to perform on her cruise. In Hollywood, he sang . He auditioned for the sixth season in Memphis and sang . Prior to season seven of Idol, he was a member of the a cappella group Chapter 6. Robert . His professional singing career prior to American Idol includes being a member of the pop group Boyz N Girlz United, which opened for Britney Spears during her . He appeared and was a finalist on the first season of Making the Band, the MTV reality show that led to the formation of boy band O- Town. Colton Berry (born October 1. Staunton, Virginia. He auditioned in Charleston. Garrett Haley (born August 1, 1. Elida, Ohio. Her elimination song was . She became known on the show for her impersonation of Britney Spears and can also impersonate several other artists. Malloy is trained in opera singing. Her elimination song was . She has released several songs to her My. Space and shot a video for a cover of . Simon's comment after her audition was: . She was a member of the female country group Della Rose along with Andrea Young and Erin James. Before the show, she and her sister won a talent competition in Tulsa. Her group Della Rose was working on their debut album in Nashville before they disbanded. The group has opened up for numerous major country acts including Travis Tritt, and Keith Anderson, who was also known as the groups mentor. Alexandr. In 2. 00. Idol semi- finalist David Archuleta on an episode of the television show Star Search. Before auditioning for Idol, she appeared in and won Mo'Nique's Fat Chance. Amy Davis (born June 1. Lowell, Indiana, who auditioned in Dallas. Semi- finals. Cook's interest in music began early in life; he received his first guitar at the age of 2. He later joined Midwest Kings in Tulsa, but left to pursue a solo project where he released an album titled Analog Heart. Prior to Idol he worked as a bartender at the . He enjoys doing crossword puzzles in his spare time and calls himself a . He wore an orange wristband to support a seven- year- old fan with leukemia from Top 1. On May 2. 1, 2. 00. He was signed to RCA Records and released a self- titled album on November 1. David Archuleta (born December 2. Miami, Florida, 1. Murray, Utah who auditioned in San Diego with John Mayer's . In 2. 00. 3, at the age of 1. Star Search. He suffered from vocal paralysis after that show which affected one of his vocal cords. He impressed the judges with his performance of Gnarls Barkley's . He was signed to Jive Records. Syesha Mercado (born January 2, 1. Bridgeport, Connecticut, 2. Sarasota, Florida who auditioned in Miami with Aretha Franklin's . She is a student at Florida International University and has been singing and dancing since she was a child. During Hollywood week, she became ill and almost completely lost her voice. In preparation for her final Hollywood performance with Aretha Franklin's . Prior to American Idol, she appeared on the short- lived US version of Star Academy (known as The One: Making a Music Star when it aired on ABC in July 2. Kara Dio. Guardi, who was one of the coaches on the Endemol franchise, joined Idol for season eight. He started in music playing the drums. In high school, he played for a band, Keeping Lions, which has since disbanded. Castro is the first person in his family, which is originally from Colombia, to be born in the United States. He is a student at Texas A& M University, with a construction science major and music minor. He began growing his hair out for dreadlocks during his senior year of high school. He exited the competition in fourth place. Brooke White (born June 2, 1. Mesa, Arizona, 2. Van Nuys, California auditioned in Philadelphia with Corinne Bailey Rae's Like a Star. During her audition, she admitted to never having seen an R- rated movie, prompting Cowell to state that the show will . She performed Carole King's . She finished in fifth place. After the contest, she started her own record label . Smithson previously signed a recording contract with major US label MCA Records and released an album in 2. Ultimate High under her birth name, Carly Hennessy. The album sold approximately 3. Smithson was originally auditioned in Las Vegas during season five, but was dropped from the show due to a problem with her visa. She auditioned in San Diego with Whitney Houston's I'm Every Woman, and performed Leo Sayer's version of . She finished sixth in the show. Kristy Lee Cook (born January 1. Selma, Oregon. She sold her prized horse in order to afford the trip to audition in Philadelphia where she auditioned with Amazing Grace, a song she also performed during the Hollywood week. In 2. 00. 1, she was signed to a major label, Arista Nashville. He was Australian; he moved to the U. S. Afterwards, he lived in Los Angeles, California. After recording a demo and traveling to Los Angeles to showcase for a number of labels in 2. Maverick Records and formed a rock band called The Rising. He was eliminated on April 1. Johns died on August 1, 2. American Idol finalist to die. Ramiele Malubay (born September 6, 1. Saudi Arabia. Prior to auditioning on Idol, she was a nursing student at Broward Community College and worked part- time at a sushi restaurant. She started Polynesian Dancing when she was in the first grade and started singing at the age of twelve. Since the age of 1. Ramiele has sung at various Filipino- American events. She was eliminated in ninth place. Chikezie (born Chikezie Eze on September 1. Inglewood, California, 2. Nigerian American from Inglewood, California who auditioned in San Diego with Luther Vandross's version of . During the competition, he dropped using his last name because it was so frequently mispronounced ('eh- zee' and not 'EE- zee'). Before auditioning for Idol, he worked as a TSA officer at Los Angeles International Airport. Amanda Overmyer (born October 2. Harley- riding nurse is from Mulberry, Indiana who auditioned in Atlanta with Janis Joplin's Turtle Blues and Creedence Clearwater Revival's . She received a nursing degree from Ivy Tech Community College and deals predominantly in respiratory issues. She has been the lead singer of several local hard rock bands, including Steeleto and Ruinaces. A week before the Hollywood week, she was injured in a serious car accident. She performed The Doors' . After the season ended she married her fianc. He was a student at Arizona State University with a major in Broadcast Journalism. He gave up his apartment to move to Hollywood. Until September 3. Hernandez worked as a male stripper named . He was voted off in twelfth place. Top 1. 2 – Lennon–Mc. Cartney Songbook. The results show was moved to Thursday, April 1. Results night performances. Despite this season having long concluded filming in early 2. Sunday, January 4, 2. The season aired more than a year and a half after the conclusion of the previous season. This was Trump's final season as host as he was replaced by Arnold Schwarzenegger amidst Trump's campaign for the U. S. Presidency in advance of the 2. Shortly following the death of Celebrity Apprentice 2 winner, Joan Rivers, Donald Trump revealed that Rivers was one of his advisors for two episodes of this (then- upcoming) season (specifically as a judge in episodes 4 and 6). Leeza Gibbons was the winner, while Geraldo Rivera was the runner- up. Candidates. Fox. Actress. Infinity. 50. Indianapolis, Indiana. Best Buddies International. Fired in task 1. 2(0. Brandi Glanville. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star. Infinity. 41. Salinas, California. Make- A- Wish Foundation. Fired in task 1. 1(0. Johnny Damon. MLB outfielder. Vortex. 41. Orlando, Florida. The Johnny Damon Foundation. Fired in task 1. 1(0. Ian Ziering. Actor. Vortex. 50. West Orange, New Jersey. EB Medical Research Foundation. Fired in task 1. 1(0. Kenya Moore. Miss USA 1. The Real Housewives of Atlanta star. Infinity. 43. Detroit, Michigan. Detroit Public Schools Foundation. Fired in task 1. 0(0. Fox. Infinity. Vortex. Vortex. Vortex. Fired in task 1. Brandi Glanville. Infinity. Infinity. Infinity. Infinity. Fired in task 1. 11–1 (win in task 8, loss in task 1. Johnny Damon. Vortex. Infinity. Infinity. Infinity. Fired in task 1. Ian Ziering. Vortex. Infinity. Infinity. Infinity. Fired in task 1. Kenya Moore. Infinity. Infinity. Vortex. Fired in task 1. 01–1 (win in task 6, loss in task 1. Kate Gosselin. Infinity. Vortex. Vortex. Fired in task 9. Sig Hansen. Vortex. Vortex. Fired in task 8. Lorenzo Lamas. Vortex. Vortex. Fired in task 7. Shawn Johnson. Infinity. Vortex. Fired in task 6. Terrell Owens. Vortex. Infinity. Fired in task 5. Jamie Anderson. Infinity. Fired in task 4. 0–1 (loss in task 4)Gilbert Gottfried. Vortex. Fired in task 3. Kevin Jonas. Vortex. Fired in task 2. 0–1 (loss in task 2)Keshia Knight Pulliam. Infinity. Fired in task 1. Elimination chart. No. Candidate. 12. Leeza Gibbons. ININININININWININININWININCA2. Geraldo Rivera. WINBRBRINWININININININININFIRED3. Vivica A. Fox. ININWINININLOSEINININININFIRED4. Brandi Glanville. INININININININWINININFIRED5. Johnny Damon. INININWINBRININININWINFIRED6. Ian Ziering. INBRININLOSEINININWININFIRED7. Kenya Moore. INININBRINWININININFIRED8. Kate Gosselin. BRWININBRINBRININFIRED9. Sig Hansen. INININININININFIRED1. Lorenzo Lamas. ININININININFIRED1. Shawn Johnson. INININININFIRED1. Terrell Owens. ININLOSEINFIRED1. Jamie Anderson. BRININFIRED1. Gilbert Gottfried. ININFIRED1. 5Kevin Jonas. INFIRED1. 6Keshia Knight Pulliam. FIRED The candidate was on the winning team. On the women's team, Keshia Knight Pulliam suggested the name Trojan Horse, which was rejected because of its association with condoms. Brandi Glanville suggested Gold as there were two Olympic medalists on the team, but Kenya Moore's suggestion of Infinity was chosen. Keshia then volunteered to be Project Manager. Both teams concentrated on social media to spread the word that they were selling pies. Keshia assigned Shawn Johnson and Brandi Glanville to oversee this for the women's team. In the boardroom, Piers Morgan felt that both teams, but the women's in particular, should have concentrated more on calling big donors for money, especially since it was revealed Kevin Jonas had more Twitter followers individually than the women's team combined. Each team had to make a sweet pie and a savory pie. The men's team chose to go with a chocolate- vanilla layer pie suggested by Kevin and a low- calorie chicken pot pie suggested by Lorenzo Lamas. The women's team chose a pear- blueberry pie suggested by Jamie Anderson, and an enchilada pie suggested by Keshia. During the making of the pies, Kevin felt Geraldo ignored the men who were in the kitchen to concentrate on raising money. Additionally, Sig Hansen burned a batch of 6. On the women's team, Jamie Anderson and Kate Gosselin took charge of making the pies since Keshia offered no clear direction. Gilbert Gottfried was able to secure comedic entertainment for the crowd. Celebrities such as Sean Hannity, Maria Menounos, and Joe Piscopo showed up to donate money. Additionally, former contestant Claudia Jordan came to the women's store with the intention of smashing a pie in Kenya Moore's face, but Kenya smashed a pie in Brandi Glanville's face, who then retaliated. Piers Morgan, upon visiting the teams, felt the women's store was chaotic with no clear direction, and expressed concern that Geraldo did not have a handle on what was actually coming in. Buddy Valastro, the star of Cake Boss, judged each team's pies. He felt that the men's savory pie needed salt, and ended up tasting one of the sweet pies that had been burned by Sig Hansen. On the women's team, he felt the savory pie had too many flavors for a pie, but thought that their sweet pie was excellent. It was revealed in the boardroom that Buddy had chosen the women to receive the $2. Toshiba. In the boardroom, it was revealed that, on the men's team, Geraldo raised the most, while Lorenzo Lamas raised the least, with only $1. Additionally, Terrell Owens only raised $7. On the women's team, Leeza Gibbons raised the most, while Kate Gosselin was unable to raise any money. Shawn Johnson stated in the boardroom that she did not believe the women raised enough money to win. Kate stated that Keshia was a poor Project Manager because she did not give any clear direction, which Piers agreed with. Geraldo did not know the amounts raised by each person on the team, which Donald Trump found surprising given his journalistic background. When the women's team was left behind, Kate and Kenya Moore expressed concerns over Keshia's role as Project Manager. Kate said Keshia had good intentions, but could have done better, while Kenya told Donald that Keshia had failed to call Bill Cosby, which Donald said could have made the difference between the women's winning and losing. In the final boardroom, Keshia was called out by Ivanka Trump for bringing back Jamie Anderson, who was responsible for the pear- blueberry pie which won them $2. Jamie had raised less than $5,0. Before firing Keshia, Donald gave her charity $2. This marks the first time on any celebrity version of The Apprentice in which the losing project manager was fired for after the first task, and only the fourth time overall that the losing project manager has been fired after a fundraising task (the first being Omarosa in Celebrity Apprentice 1, the second being Tom Green in Celebrity Apprentice 2, and the third being La Toya Jackson in Celebrity Apprentice 4). Usually Trump's policy of never firing the top fundraiser in any task is enough to save the project manager, but Keshia was only the fourth- highest fundraiser on the team. Piers pointed out that it had been somewhat foolish to volunteer herself as project manager when she was limited in terms of fundraising ability. Total money raised was $2. Geraldo's charity. Episode 2: . Geraldo was later given the task of writing the script, but became angry again upon finding out that Sig Hansen had asked Mike Rowe to narrate the commercial, rather than Geraldo. On the women's team, Leeza Gibbons and Brandi Glanville initially took charge of the commercial, but Kate saw Brandi as a distraction and excluded her from the further production stages. In the boardroom, Kate stated Brandi was the weakest player on the women's team due to her being a distraction. Geraldo said Kevin Jonas was a good PM, but slighted him even though he had experience in production. Winning team: Infinity. Reasons for win: Even though they lacked in targeting their marketing- audience, the executives liked the women's brand messaging and the overall concept better, along with the fact that their commercial starred Vivica A. Despite Infinity's victory, Kate's work as project manager received a poor reception from her team- mates, who near unanimously agreed that she deserved little (if any) credit for the win. Kate Gosselin won $4. During the initial boardroom, Geraldo Rivera attempted to take responsibility for having Gilbert in the commercial, even though it was Kevin Jonas's idea, which the other men called him out on. Kevin blamed Geraldo for the team's loss, since his script did not cover the Neat Cloud service, but both Donald, Jr. The women, who were watching in their suite, were also surprised by this choice. Trump tried to convince Ian that Kevin should be fired for bringing him back, but Ian stood behind Kevin. Ultimately, Trump fired Kevin anyway. Task 3. Air Date: January 5, 2. Task Scope: Teams must create a presentation for the frozen food product line Luvo. Infinity Project Manager: Vivica A. Fox. Vortex Project Manager: Terrell Owens. Judges: Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, and Eric Trump. Task tension: Vivica A. Fox assigned Kate Gosselin and Shawn Johnson to retrieve props for their presentation, and was upset when they took six hours to secure the needed props, since this left no time to rehearse. Shawn also did not feel good due to her menstrual cycle. The women's service was not as smooth, with large gaps between the service of each dish. At one point, Kenya Moore, who was trying to get the food out on time, angered Jamie Anderson by asking her for a plate which was not ready. Terrell Owens asked all the men to come up with a script for their parts of the presentation, but Gilbert Gottfried refused and insisted he would improvise during the presentation itself, much to Terrell's annoyance. Winning team: Infinity. Reasons for win: Despite the inefficiency of the service (which resulted in some of the food being cold), the women had better brand messaging, produced a consistent lifestyle in the presentation, and the executives complimented Leeza for her solid presentation.
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