Question: Wha was the executive producer of Pop Idol in 2001?
Answer: Nigel Lythgoe

Question: What show was Pop Idols based on?
Answer: Popstars

Question: Who saw Popstars while in Australia and wanted Britain to have the same thing?
Answer: Nigel Lythgoe

Question: In addition to back stories and drama, what did Fuller add to the show?
Answer: telephone voting

Question: When did Pop Idol premiere in Britain?
Answer: 2001

Question: Who was the executive producer of Pop Idol?
Answer: Lythgoe

Question: For how many seasons was American Idol the most watched show in the US?
Answer: seven

Question: What year did American Idol first air on FOX?
Answer: 2002

Question: What year did producers attempt to sell the Pop Idol format in the United States? 
Answer: 2001

Question: Who talked Rupert Murdoch into buying American Idol for FOX?
Answer: his daughter Elisabeth

Question: Who is the head of Fox's parent company?
Answer: Rupert Murdoch

Question: What was Pop Idol renamed to for its American debut?
Answer: American Idol: The Search for a Superstar

Question: For how many seasons were the three original judges on American Idol?
Answer: eight

Question: How many judges were originally planned for American Idol?
Answer: four

Question: What New York radio personalty was hired as a judge for American Idol in season two but declined?
Answer: Angie Martinez

Question: What radio DJ was originally hired as a judge in season one but declined?
Answer: Stryker

Question: How many judges were originally intended for the show?
Answer: four

Question: Which judge quit before the premiere, citing image concerns?
Answer: DJ Stryker

Question: During Season two, which judge quit after a few days?
Answer: Angie Martinez

Question: When did American Idol change to a four-judge panel?
Answer: season eight

Question: Who was added as a fourth judge in the eighth season of American Idol?
Answer: Kara DioGuardi

Question: Who replaced Paula Abdul as a judge in season nine of American Idol?
Answer: Ellen DeGeneres

Question: For how many seasons was Steven Tyler a judge on American Idol?
Answer: two

Question: What year did Simon Cowell announce that he was leaving American Idol?
Answer: 2010

Question: What show did Simon Cowell launch in 2011 after leaving American Idol?
Answer: The X Factor

Question: Who was added as a fourth judge for the eighth season?
Answer: Kara DioGuardi

Question: When did Paula Abdul quit as a judge?
Answer: before season nine

Question: When did Simon Cowell announce he was no longer going to be a judge?
Answer: January 11, 2010

Question: Which talk show host replaced Paula Abdul?
Answer: Ellen DeGeneres

Question: When did Steven Tyler become a judge?
Answer: season ten

Question: In what season was Lionel Richie a guest judge on American Idol?
Answer: season two

Question: Which season eight contestant was a guest judge in season fourteen?
Answer: Adam Lambert

Question: In what season was Donna Summer a guest judge on American Idol?
Answer: season three

Question: In which season was Shania Twain a guest judge on American Idol?
Answer: season six

Question: Which season of American Idol featured Katy Perry as a guest judge?
Answer: season nine

Question: Who were the guest judges in season two?
Answer: Lionel Richie and Robin Gibb

Question: When was Shania Twain a guest judge for auditions?
Answer: season eight

Question: When did Donna Summer help the contestants during the final rounds?
Answer: season three

Question: Who was the only host of American Idol after season one?
Answer: Ryan Seacrest

Question: Which host quit after the first season?
Answer: Brian Dunkleman

Question: Who was a mentor to the contestants on American Idol in its thirteenth season? 
Answer: Randy Jackson

Question: Who mentored contestants in the fourteenth and fifteenth seasons of American Idol?
Answer: Scott Borchetta

Question: What two things did the mentors help the contestants with?
Answer: song choice and performance

Question: Who was the mentor for seasons 10 - 12?
Answer: Jimmy Iovine

Question: Who was the mentor for season 13?
Answer: Randy Jackson

Question: Who was the mentor for seasons 14 and 15?
Answer: Scott Borchetta

Question: What is the upper age limit for contestants on American Idol?
Answer: twenty-eight

Question: When was the age limit increased to 28?
Answer: season four

Question: Currently, contestants can not have a recording track by what stage of the competition? 
Answer: semi-final stage

Question: How many auditions are there before contestants audition for the judges?
Answer: at least three

Question: Which audition stage is televised?
Answer: the judges

Question: How many contestants make it through the initial auditions in each city?
Answer: a few hundred

Question: What is the only televised portion of the preliminary audition rounds?
Answer: in front of the judges

Question: How many rounds can a contestant make it through before Hollywood?
Answer: three

Question: Who do contestants sing for in the second round of cuts during auditions?
Answer: producers

Question: If contestants get approval from the judges, where do they go next?
Answer: Hollywood

Question: Which season did not have a group round in Hollywood?
Answer: seven

Question: In which seasons were contestants required to write original lyrics?
Answer: two and three

Question: How many Hollywood rounds were there in the first nine seasons?
Answer: usually three

Question: In which season were contestants separated by gender to form groups?
Answer: twelve

Question: How many rounds of cuts were in the Hollywood stage until season ten?
Answer: three

Question: What was eliminated from the Hollywood round in Season seven?
Answer: groups

Question: Which seasons did contestants have to write an original lyric or melody?
Answer: seasons two and three

Question: In what city did contestants perform an additional round in seasons ten and eleven?
Answer: Las Vegas

Question: What was the Las Vegas round called in season twelve?
Answer: Sudden Death

Question: In which season was the "Hollywood or Home" round added to the competition?
Answer: twelve

Question: How many text message votes were there in season eight?
Answer: 178 million

Question: In which season was online voting introduced?
Answer: ten

Question: What company counts the votes on American Idol? 
Answer: Telescope Inc

Question: At what point does the public begin voting for contestants?
Answer: the semi-finals

Question: How many votes were cast for contestants in the first season?
Answer: Over 110 million

Question: How many votes were cast by season ten for all contestants?
Answer: nearly 750 million

Question: How many finalists were there on the first season of American Idol?
Answer: ten

Question: What is the name of the round that gives failed contestants another chance?
Answer: wildcard

Question: How were the semi-finalists split up to perform in season one?
Answer: three groups of ten

Question: How were the semi-finalists split up to perform in seasons two and three?
Answer: four groups of eight

Question: When did the wildcard round become a factor?
Answer: season one

Question: How many finalists were chosen for season one?
Answer: ten

Question: How many finalists made it to the finals for seasons two and three?
Answer: 12

Question: How many semi-finalists were there in season 4?
Answer: twenty-four

Question: How were the semi-finalists divided in season four?
Answer: by gender

Question: How many men were in the top twelve on season five of American Idol?
Answer: six

Question: How many women were in the top twelve on season nine of American Idol?
Answer: six

Question: How many women were semi-finalists on season six of American Idol?
Answer: twelve

Question: How many wildcards were chosen by the judges in season eight?
Answer: four

Question: How many wildcard contestants were advanced in the competition in season ten?
Answer: three