On Jan. 16, the talent show, produced by Fremantle Media and 19 Entertainment for News Corp.
"I realized that Hollywood is more than a talent show--it's a popularity contest, " says McHale.
Girl group Kandy Rain were the first act to be voted off the TV singing talent show.
The talent show's eighth series is the first without judge Simon Cowell, who is developing a US version of the show.
Season to date, the talent show is averaging a 3.9 rating among adults 18-49 and 10.6 million viewers.
Victoria Wood, who began her career on ITV talent show New Faces, is appointed CBE in the honours list.
And he is not a whole-hearted believer in the modern talent show format.
However, although Dennis entered a BBC TV talent show herself when she was 14, she feels the experience was beneficial.
Davina McCall was brought in as a replacement for three specials of the presenter's long-running ITV1 talent show Stars In Their Eyes.
As well as auditioning for ITV's Britain's Got Talent show, some of her children performed in professional productions on TV and on stage.
The musical talent show has changed its judging line-up this year, with Simon Cowell absent for the first time and replaced by Gary Barlow.
Come fall 2011, Cowell will return to the Fox lineup with a U.S. version of his popular British music talent show, The X Factor.
The tale of an unpopular teenager who is desperate to appear on a TV talent show, the film also features Michelle Pfeiffer and Queen Latifah.
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The week is punctuated with hayrides, sing-alongs, and a talent show.
However, the runaway success of the night was talent show The X Factor, which continues to cement its flagship status on ITV1 with 11.1 million viewers.
Jordan is one of five acts vying for the Eurovision honour, alongside previous contestant Gina G and TV talent show hopefuls Javine and Andy Scott Lee.
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An obituary in the Oklahoman newspaper said Antonia was especially talented in music and art, and had recently auditioned to sing in the school's talent show.
They first saw Anastasia from a distance in the audience of a talent show and later met her face-to-face accompanied by a nurse and doctor, Josh Johnston said.
The singer, along with his brothers, won a talent show at the New York theatre in 1967, which led to the Jackson Five being signed to Motown Records.
In its sixth season, the talent show drew 30 million viewers on average each week, making it the year's most-watched series on TV, according to Nielsen Media Research.
Last year she had to come to terms with the discovery that her biological father was Hughie Green, the creator and presenter of the television talent show Opportunity Knocks.
He became president of Dartmouth College in 2009, where he made a memorable appearance as a rapping spaceman, complete with white, studded leather jacket, at a college talent show.
As the current plan stands, he will return to the Fox lineup in fall 2011 with a U.S. version of his popular British music talent show, The X Factor.
Sam Barks, from Laxey, shot to fame on the BBC talent show I'd Do Anything in 2008 despite losing out on the role of Nancy to Jodie Prenger from Blackpool.
Street of Dreams will feature Paul O'Grady as the narrator plus Street stars Kym Marsh, Katy Cavanagh and Brian Capron as well as Jodie Prenger, winner of TV talent show I'd Do Anything.
There are reports that Simon Fuller, who created Pop Idol in the U.K. which morphed into American Idol here, is suing Fox for an executive producer credit on the upcoming talent show The X Factor.
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Of course, the season finale of American Idol was a farewell to the likable curmudgeon of a judge, Simon Cowell, who many would say has been the face of the extremely successful talent show franchise.
Councillors seeking re-election were not the only ones whose performances were being scrutinised - polling took place on the same day auditions for talent show guru Simon Cowell's X Factor were being held in Inverness.
In a biography on the university's website, Muchnick said the one thing he would like to do before he died was "live, " and that his most embarrassing moment was getting caught lip-synching in a school talent show.
While Idol will continue sans-Cowell "for many, many years, " according to Fox entertainment chairman Peter Rice, the famous host will shift his focus to a U.S. version of his popular British music talent show, The X Factor.
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