Staff Writer
American
Idol is finally coming to an end. Fox executives and American Idol producers
collectively came to the decision to cancel the show after season 15. The final
season will start January 2016 with the long time host Ryan Seacrest and
judges: Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick, Jr. American Idol has
been a major runner in Fox’s TV lineup since 2002 with the original judges
Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, and Randy Jackson. Other famous judges have fallen
in and out of the show like Nicki Minaj and Steven Tyler along with dozens of
stars.
The
show has served a key launching point for many performers like Carrie
Underwood, Phillip Phillips, Kelly Clarkson, and many more. The final episodes
they are planning will pay tribute to past contestants, winners and fans
throughout the season, serving as a "celebratory event."
This
past season has ended with a bang with performances from Jamie Foxx, Fall Out
Boy and many others. Clark Beckham performs with Michael McDonald in “Takin’ it
to the Streets” and kills it. Nick Fadiani follows up with a competing
performance with Andy Grammer. Finally, in the last minutes of the show, the
standoff between Beckham and Fradiani came to an end. As Ryan Seacrest withholds
the results, temporarily leaving the audience in suspense, he names the winner
of this year’s American Idol, Nick Fadiani.
