At 'American Idol,' Old Rules for New Year
While the Academy Awards hope to attract a larger viewership by allowing more competitors for its top prize, "American Idol" is betting the opposite way. In advance of its ninth season, Fox said "American Idol," its popular singing competition, would return to its traditional format in which 24 semifinalists — 12 women and 12 men — are chosen in the Hollywood rounds to vie for the title. Last year "Idol" altered its rules to allow 36 contestants. Fox gave no reason for the return to the original format, though a smaller pool of semifinalists, and thus fewer rounds of competition, might give viewers less time to get tired of the contestants: the "Idol" finale in May was down more than three million viewers from its 2008 conclusion, the second-lowest-rated finale in the show's history. There is already plenty of change afoot on "Idol," which will return on Jan. 12 without its longtime judge Paula Abdul. She'll be replaced by rotating guest judges during regional auditions, including Victoria Beckham, Mary J. Blige, Kristin Chenoweth and Neil Patrick Harris; Ellen DeGeneres will join the judging panel when the show arrives in Hollywood in February.
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