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Monkeyboy

Friday, August 29, 2003 - 2:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I found this on EW.com

"Kelly Clarkson will compete in ''World Idol.'' She'll take on the franchise's winners from other nations in December by Gary Susman

Think of it as the Olympics, but with melisma instead of hurdles. According to USA Today, the first ''World Idol'' sing-off will take place in December, pitting the initial winners of the various international ''Idol'' franchises -- ''American Idol'''s Kelly Clarkson, U.K. ''Pop Idol'' victor Will Young, and about a dozen others -- in a contest for global vocal supremacy. As ''Idol'' producer Simon Fuller explained in a recent Billboard interview, ''My intention is that the whole world will vote, and we'll work the voting system so that the population of the country will be fair and proportional to the votes the contestants receive.'' Also, you can't vote for your own country's representative. The two-hour special will be taped in London for broadcast worldwide near Christmas, with the winner announced on a second show a week later. That gives Simon Cowell about four months to learn how to say, ''That was horrible'' in 12 languages.

(Posted:08/28/03)"

http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,479308~3~0~kellyclarksonwillcompete,00.html

Rslover

Friday, December 19, 2003 - 9:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It will be on December 25th. They will pick a winner on Jan. 1.

Ladybug007

Friday, December 19, 2003 - 9:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kelly Delivers 'Trilling' Performance
Original "American Idol" champ Kelly Clarkson is the clear favorite
to win "World Idol," the contest pitching 11 winners of the
reality TV show from around the globe, PEOPLE reports from London,
where the show is being taped this week. But her performance
also set off a rivalry between the U.S. and Canada, as American-based
judge Simon Cowell slammed his Canadian counterpart Zack Werner,
who declared that Clarkson had "shouted" rather than had sung
parts of her rendition of her song, "Natural Woman." During
the program, which airs on FOX Dec. 25 (after which viewers will
cast their vote for the winner, to be announced on a Jan. 1 show
that will also feature a performance by Elton John), Cowell comes
to blows with Werner, telling him, "You are not fit to judge her.
There is a huge gulf (between Clarkson and the rest)." British
TV judge Pete Waterman (the man who launched Aussie sensation
Kylie Minogue's career) applauded Clarkson, but added, "The thing
that drives me nuts about you is how you go all over the place
with all those trills and frills." Clarkson took in his judgment
and replied, "My Mom hates it when I trill." She also said she
gets carried away with the emotion of it all and sings where the
tunes take her. After her performance and assessment at the
hands of 10 judges (Cowell, as the U.S. representative, does not
judge her), Clarkson told British presenters, Ant and Dec (real
names: Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly), that returning to
the "Idol" stage was spine-tingling -- and that once again hearing
the title music was "nightmarish." Clarkson, 21, is pitted
against another established star, 24-year-old Will Young from the
U.K., and such lesser-known Idols as Norway's Kurt Nilsen, a
former plumber. The show also includes Diana Karzon, 19, who
is representing the Pan Arabic region of 11 countries. She sang
"Ensani Ma Binsak" in Arabic, which was praised by the judges for
the fact that it brought her language to the contest. Belgian
Peter Evrard, 28, bravely tackled a hard rock anthem, Nirvana's
"Lithium." The newest Idol -- charismatic Guy Sebastian, 22,
from Australia -- only won his country's contest five weeks ago
but is considered a favorite. He sang a jaunty version of "What a
Wonderful World." Cowell, referring to the Australian's
defeat by the English in the recent rugby world cup, told Sebastian:
"After the fiasco of your rugby attempt, you made up for it."

Roteach

Thursday, December 25, 2003 - 5:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, just 40 minutes until World Idol. I am looking forward to it.

Seamonkey

Thursday, December 25, 2003 - 9:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This Show has its own thread :) World Idol