American Juniors
| American Juniors | |
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| Genre |
Interactive talent show Reality show |
| Created by | Simon Fuller |
| Directed by | Bruce Gowers |
| Presented by |
Ryan Seacrest (episodes 1-5, 7-17) Gladys Knight (episode 6) |
| Judges |
Debbie Gibson Gladys Knight (episodes 1-5, 9-17) Justin Guarini (episodes 1-4, 6) Nick Carter (episode 6) Lamont Dozier (episodes 7 and 8) Mary Wilson (episodes 7 and 8) Brian McKnight (episodes 9 and 10) Jordan Knight (episodes 11 and 12) Monica (episodes 13 and 14) Dionne Warwick (episode 15) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 17 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Nigel Lythgoe Ken Warwick |
| Production company(s) |
FremantleMedia North America 19 Television |
| Distributor | FremantleMedia Enterprises |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox |
| Original release | June 3 – August 19, 2003 |
American Juniors is an American reality television singing competition series that was broadcast for one season, in 2003, on the Fox Network. The series was a spin-off of American Idol, but with younger contestants, and had the same production team as American Idol: it was created by Simon Fuller and 19 Entertainment, along with FremantleMedia, and directed by Bruce Gowers, and produced by Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick. However, unlike American Idol, the goal of the competition was not to find a single winner, but rather to create a singing group of five of the contestants. In this way, American Juniors more closely resembled the British series S Club Search, which had produced the group S Club Juniors.
The show spawned the singing group American Juniors, which disbanded in 2005 after lackluster sales.
The show was taped in Hollywood, California.
Two thousand children and teenagers auditioned for the show. From there, a selected group of kids and their parents were flown out to Hollywood to participate in "Hollywood Week." During "Hollywood Week", several cuts took place, eliminating all but 20 of the children and teens who originally auditioned. These kids were shown on TV during 2 top-20 episodes, which each showcased 10 kids. For each top-20 episode, America voted for the 5 kids they wanted to see in the top-10. Once the top-10 was formed, America voted each week for the one contestant they wanted to put into the group. The results were aired the following evening with the next round beginning the following week. Taylor Thompson was the first contestant voted into the group. She was eventually followed by her younger sister, Tori Thompson, Chauncey Matthews, Lucy Hale, and Danielle White.
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