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* Result show - Beach Boys Medley; "[[Up Where We Belong]]" by [[Joe Cocker]] & [[Jennifer Warnes]], 1982; All-Star Medley
* Result show - Beach Boys Medley; "[[Up Where We Belong]]" by [[Joe Cocker]] & [[Jennifer Warnes]], 1982; All-Star Medley


'''''Winner: Carrie Underwood'''''
'''''Winner: Motherfucker'''''


'''''Runner-Up: Bo Bice'''''
'''''Runner-Up: SEX'''''


===Finale===
===Finale===

Revision as of 02:29, 20 May 2009

American Idol season 4
Created bySimon Fuller
Directed byBruce Gowers
StarringRyan Seacrest
Paula Abdul
Simon Cowell
Randy Jackson
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes42
Production
Executive producersNigel Lythgoe
Ken Warwick
Simon Fuller
Running timeVaries
Original release
NetworkFOX, CTV
ReleaseJanuary 18 –
May 25, 2005

The fourth season of American Idol premiered on January 18, 2005 and continued until May 25, 2005. It was hosted by Ryan Seacrest. Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell also returned to judge. It was won by Carrie Underwood, who has gone on to become a four-time Grammy-winning country megastar. This is the last season to be aired in standard definition.

Auditions

American Idol Season 4 Winner

Birthname Carrie Marie Underwood
Years as winner May 25, 2005 - May 24, 2006
Genres Country pop, Country rock, Pop, Hard rock
Successor Taylor Hicks
Predecessor Fantasia Barrino

Auditions were held in Washington, D.C., St. Louis, Missouri, New Orleans, Louisiana, Las Vegas, Nevada, Cleveland, Ohio, Orlando, Florida and San Francisco, California. There was originally supposed to be an audition held in Anchorage, Alaska, but that was changed about a month before so they could go to Orlando, Florida. Auditions were held from August to October 2004. While in the past seasons celebrity guest judges have been invited to participate during the competition, this was the first season where guest judges were invited to participate in the auditions. The music celebrities featured were:

It is also the first season in which the age limit was raised to 28, in order to increase variety. Among those who benefited from this new rule were Constantine Maroulis and Bo Bice, considered to be the eldest (and most experienced) of Idol contestants. They were also constantly mentioned by Ryan Seacrest and in the media as "the two rockers", since their long hair and choice of songs made them stand out from conventional Idol standards.

Semi-finals

Because of the highly unbalanced finals in Season 3 where female contestants took a clear supermajority (8 to 4) of the Final 12, rules were changed to prevent a similar incident from happening again.

This season also implemented new rules for the final portion of the contest. Instead of competing in semifinal heats in which the top vote-getters are promoted to the final round, 24 semifinalists were named -- 12 men and 12 women, who competed separately, with 2 of each gender being voted off each week until 12 finalists were left.

Top 24 (Men)

Eliminated: Jared Yates and Judd Harris

Top 24 (Women)

Eliminated: Melinda Lira and Sarah Mather

Top 20 (Men)

Eliminated: Joseph Murena and David Brown

Top 20 (Women)

Eliminated: Celena Rae and Aloha Mischeaux

Top 16 (Men)

Eliminated: Travis Tucker and Nikko Smith (Smith returned after Mario Vazquez withdrew from the competition)

Top 16 (Women)

Eliminated: Janay Castine and Amanda Avila

Finals

Top 12 (1960s)

Bottom 3: Lindsey Cardinale, Mikalah Gordon and Jessica Sierra

Bottom 2: Lindsey Cardinale and Mikalah Gordon

Eliminated: Lindsey Cardinale

Top 11 (Billboard Number Ones)

Bottom 3: Nadia Turner, Mikalah Gordon and Anthony Fedorov

Bottom 2: Nadia Turner and Mikalah Gordon

Eliminated: Mikalah Gordon

Top 10 (1990s)

Bottom 3: Nadia Turner, Jessica Sierra and Anwar Robinson

Bottom 2: Jessica Sierra and Anwar Robinson

Eliminated: Jessica Sierra

Top 9 (Classic Broadway)[1]

Bottom 3: Nikko Smith, Vonzell Solomon and Scott Savol

Bottom 2: Nikko Smith and Scott Savol

Eliminated: Nikko Smith

Top 8 (Songs from Birth Year)

Bottom 3: Scott Savol, Bo Bice and Nadia Turner

Bottom 2: Bo Bice and Nadia Turner

Eliminated: Nadia Turner

Top 7 (1970s Dance Music)

  • Result show - "You Can Shine"

Bottom 3: Anthony Fedorov, Anwar Robinson and Scott Savol

Eliminated: Anwar Robinson

Top 6 (21st Century)

Bottom 3: Vonzell Solomon, Anthony Fedorov and Constantine Maroulis

Bottom 2: Anthony Fedorov and Constantine Maroulis

Eliminated: Constantine Maroulis

Top 5 (Lieber & Stoller/Current week Billboard chart)

Bottom 2: Anthony Fedorov and Scott Savol

Eliminated: Scott Savol

Top 4 (Country/Gamble & Huff)

Bottom 2: Anthony Federov and Vonzell Solomon

Eliminated: Anthony Federov

Top 3 (Clive's Choice, Idols' Choice, Judges' Choice)

Eliminated: Vonzell Solomon

Top 2 (Finale)

Winner: Motherfucker

Runner-Up: SEX

Finale

The fourth season finale featuring Bo Bice and Carrie Underwood aired May 24-May 25, and 37 million votes were cast. It featured appearances by former auditioners, and celebrity cameos by Kenny G, Rascal Flatts, David Hasselhoff, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, George Benson, Billy Preston, Babyface and Lynyrd Skynyrd. The winner of the competition was Carrie Underwood, who would eventually become the first "Idol" winner to sweep all three major music awards (American Music, Billboard, and Grammy Award) in a single season (for 2006-07).

In a nod to the "Diana knew she'd been eliminated by the performance order" controversy of Idol 3, neither contestant sang the winner's single, "Inside Your Heaven", before the results were announced.

Elimination Chart

Legend
Female Male Top 12 Top 24

Note: Bottom 2 indicates that the contestant was 'saved' last. This may or may not indicate his or her actual vote rank.

Stage: Semi-Finals Finals
Week: 2/23 3/2 3/9 3/16 3/24 3/30 4/6 4/13 4/20 4/27 5/4 5/11 5/18 5/25
Place Contestant Result
1
Carrie Underwood
Winner
2
Bo Bice
Btm 2
Runner-Up
3
Vonzell Solomon
Btm 3 Btm 3 Btm 2 Elim
4
Anthony Fedorov
Btm 3 Btm 3 Btm 2 Btm 2 Elim
5
Scott Savol
Btm 2 Btm 3 Btm 3 Elim
6
Constantine Maroulis
Elim
7
Anwar Robinson
Btm 2 Elim
8
Nadia Turner
Btm 2 Btm 3 Elim
9
Nikko Smith
Elim1 Elim
10
Jessica Sierra
Btm 3 Elim
11
Mikalah Gordon
Btm 2 Elim
12
Lindsey Cardinale
Elim
13
Mario Vazquez
WD2
14-16
Amanda Avila
Elim
Janay Castine
Travis Tucker
17-20
Joseph Murena
Elim
David Brown
Aloha Mischeaux
Celena Rae
21-24
Judd Harris
Elim
Sarah Mather
Jared Yates
Melinda Lira

1Nikko was originally eliminated in a semi-finals results show, He was called back after Mario Vazquez withdrew from American Idol and he replaced Mario on the final 12.

2Mario was originally joined in the top 12. A few days later, he withdrew from American Idol for personal reasons.

3Owing to a mixup in which incorrect phone numbers were displayed on-screen for three contestants during the March 22nd performance show, American Idol eliminated nobody on its Wednesday, March 23 results show and instead conducted a full re-vote. Mikalah Gordon was sent home on Thursday, March 24.

Major releases

Compilations

The compilation album for this season was performed by the top twelve finalists.

Information
The Showstoppers
  • Released: May 17, 2005
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Chart positions: -
  • RIAA Certification: Gold
  • U.S. sales: >500,000

Albums

Artist Information
Carrie Underwood Some Hearts
  • Released: November 15, 2005
  • Label: Arista Records
  • Chart Positions: #2 (Billboard 200)
  • RIAA Certification: 7x Platinum
  • U.S. sales: 6,720,000
Carnival Ride
  • Released: October 23, 2007
  • Label: Arista Nashville
  • Chart Positions: #1 (Billboard 200)
  • RIAA Certification: 2x Platinum
  • U.S. sales: 2,800,000
Bo Bice The Real Thing
  • Released: December 13, 2005
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Chart Positions: #4 (Billboard 200)
  • RIAA Certification: Gold
  • U.S. sales: 688,000
Mario Vazquez Mario Vazquez
  • Released: September 26, 2006
  • Label: J Records
  • Chart Positions: #80 (Billboard 200)
  • RIAA Certification: Uncertified
  • U.S. sales: 24,000

Minor or independent releases

(This list does not include pre-Idol releases)

Artist Information
Bo Bice See the Light
  • Released: October 23, 2007
  • Label: SugarMoney/StratArt Records
  • Chart Positions: #150 (Billboard 200)
  • RIAA Certification: --
  • U.S. sales: --
Constantine Maroulis Constantine
  • Released: August 7, 2007
  • Label: Sixth Place Records with Sony RED Distribution
  • Chart Positions: -- #79 (Billboard 200)
  • RIAA Certification: --
  • U.S. sales: --
Celena Rae Invisible Woman
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: YMC Records
Elizabeth Pha (aka Chandara) The Moon & the Stars
  • Released: January 23, 2006
  • Label: Independent
Jamie Paul Koehler It's Christmas Time
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Independent
Jared Yates All That I Am
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Independent
Jeff Johnson Enter In
  • Released: July 19, 2005
  • Label: Jeff Johnson Ministries
Jeff Johnson Glorious Day
  • Released: August 14, 2007
  • Label: Jeff Johnson Ministries
Jessica Sierra Deepest Secret- EP
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Verge
Judd Harris Fly (with Visible from Space)
  • Released: April 11, 2006
  • Label: Independent
Kurtis Parks Something for Everyone
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Independent
Melinda Lira Melinda
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Independent
Travis Tucker Live
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Independent
Nadia Turner Standing On Love (Single)
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Independent
Nikko Smith Revolution
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Independent
Sarah Mather Another Day
  • Released: April 1, 2007
  • Label: ???

Source: Idolsmusic.com

DialIdol

The computer program DialIdol, which allows voters to autodial their votes and uses the dialing results to make predictions about the eliminations, was in development during season 4. It was finished by Top 6 week and was used to predict the voting results from the Top 6 to Top 2. However, the dialing program was not made available to the general public until season 5.

Controversy

  • This season brought attention to the alleged Corey Clark and Paula Abdul "Macarena scandal". The finale show included a parody segment spoofing the alleged scandal.
  • Votefortheworst.com, of Survivor Sucks, made headlines when Scott Savol received the most votes and made it into the final five.

Contestants who appeared on other shows

References

  1. ^ American Idol: Season 4 Recap
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