‘American Idol’ tweaks hit format for 8th season
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Changes are coming to “American Idol” when it returns in January, including a return to “wild card” finalists picked by the show’s judges and less airtime for memorably bad auditions. But don’t expect the show to abandon its affection for untalented contestants, executive producer Ken Warwick said Monday.
Failing to include them would mean, “I would have a pretty boring show on my hands and it wouldn’t be honest,” Warwick told a telephone news conference. The majority of those who tried out in Puerto Rico, for example, weren’t very good, he said.
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