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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 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. [edit] Semi-finalsBecause 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. [edit] Top 24 (Men)
Eliminated: Jared Yates and Judd Harris [edit] Top 24 (Women)
Eliminated: Melinda Lira and Sarah Mather [edit] Top 20 (Men)
Eliminated: Joseph Murena and David Brown [edit] Top 20 (Women)
Eliminated: Celena Rae and Aloha Mischeaux [edit] Top 16 (Men)
Eliminated: Travis Tucker and Nikko Smith (Smith returned after Mario Vazquez withdrew from the competition) [edit] Top 16 (Women)
Eliminated: Janay Castine and Amanda Avila [edit] Finals[edit] Top 12 (1960s)
Bottom 3: Lindsey Cardinale, Mikalah Gordon and Jessica Sierra Bottom 2: Lindsey Cardinale and Mikalah Gordon Eliminated: Lindsey Cardinale [edit] Top 11 (Billboard Number Ones)
Bottom 3: Nadia Turner, Mikalah Gordon and Anthony Fedorov Bottom 2: Nadia Turner and Mikalah Gordon Eliminated: Mikalah Gordon [edit] Top 10 (1990s)
Bottom 3: Nadia Turner, Jessica Sierra and Anwar Robinson Bottom 2: Jessica Sierra and Anwar Robinson Eliminated: Jessica Sierra [edit] Top 9 (Classic Broadway)[1]
Bottom 3: Nikko Smith, Vonzell Solomon and Scott Savol Bottom 2: Nikko Smith and Scott Savol Eliminated: Nikko Smith [edit] 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 [edit] Top 7 (1970s Dance Music)
Bottom 3: Anthony Fedorov, Anwar Robinson and Scott Savol Eliminated: Anwar Robinson [edit] Top 6 (21st Century)
Bottom 3: Vonzell Solomon, Anthony Fedorov and Constantine Maroulis Bottom 2: Anthony Fedorov and Constantine Maroulis Eliminated: Constantine Maroulis [edit] Top 5 (Lieber & Stoller/Current week Billboard chart)
Bottom 2: Anthony Fedorov and Scott Savol Eliminated: Scott Savol [edit] Top 4 (Country/Gamble & Huff)
Bottom 2: Anthony Federov and Vonzell Solomon Eliminated: Anthony Federov [edit] Top 3 (Clive's Choice, Idols' Choice, Judges' Choice)
Eliminated: Vonzell Solomon [edit] Top 2 (Finale)
Winner: Carrie Underwood Runner-Up: Bo Bice [edit] FinaleThe 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. [edit] Elimination Chart
Note: Bottom 2 indicates that the contestant was 'saved' last. This may or may not indicate his or her actual vote rank.
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. [edit] Major releases[edit] CompilationsThe compilation album for this season was performed by the top twelve finalists.
[edit] Albums
[edit] Minor or independent releases(This list does not include pre-Idol releases)
Source: Idolsmusic.com [edit] DialIdolThe 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. [edit] Controversy
[edit] Contestants who appeared on other shows
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