American Idol
American Idol is broadcast to over 100 nations outside of the United States. In most nations these are not live broadcasts and may be tape delayed by several days or weeks. In Canada, the first thirteen seasons of American Idol were aired live by CTV and/or CTV Two, in simulcast with Fox. CTV dropped Idol after its thirteenth season and in August 2014, Yes TV announced that it had picked up Canadian rights to American Idol beginning in its 2015 season.
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Chris Daughtry's performance of Fuel's "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" on the show was widely praised and led to an invitation to join the band as Fuel's new lead singer, an invitation he declined. His performance of Live's version of "I Walk the Line" was well received by the judges but later criticized in some quarters for not crediting the arrangement to Live. He was eliminated at the top four in a shocking result.
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This was the first season where the contestants were permitted to perform in the final rounds songs they wrote themselves. In the Top 8, Sam Woolf received the fewest votes, but he was saved from elimination by the judges. The 500th episode of the series was the Top 3 performance night.
Herbert McQuillan
Herbert Raymond "Hub" McQuillan (October 25, 1891 – November 25, 1972) was an American football and basketball coach in the United States. He served as the head football coach at Stetson University from 1923 to 1934 and again from 1955 to 1956, compiling a record of 55–44–8. McQuillan was also the head basketball coach at Stetson from 1924 to 1935, at Texas A&M University from 1935 to 1941, and at Texas Christian University from 1941 to 1948, amassing a career college basketball record of 220–224.
Billie Moore
Billie Jean Moore (born May 5, 1943) is an American basketball coach. She was the first coach in women's basketball history to lead teams from two different schools to national championships. She coached California State-Fullerton team from 1969 to 1977 (she won the AIAW national title in 1970 in her first year with the team) and UCLA team from 1977 to 1993 (winning the AIAW national title in 1978). Her overall college coaching record is 436-196.
Roy Williams (basketball coach)
Roy Williams Williams at a North Carolina press conference Sport (s) Basketball Current position Title Head coach Team North Carolina Conference ACC Record 424 -- 126 Biographical details (1950 - 08 - 01) August 1, 1950 (age 67) Marion, North Carolina Playing career 1968 -- 1969 North Carolina (J.V.) Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1973 -- 1978 Charles D. Owen HS 1978 -- 1988 North Carolina (assistant) 1988 -- 2003 Kansas 2003 -- present North Carolina Head coaching record Overall 842 -- 227 Accomplishments and honors Championships 3 × NCAA Division I Tournament (2005, 2009, 2017) 9 × NCAA Division I Regional -- Final Four (1991, 1993, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017) 3 × ACC Tournament (2007, 2008, 2016) 8 × ACC regular season (2005, 2007 -- 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017) 3 × Big 12 Tournament (1997 -- 1999) 4 × Big 12 regular season (1997, 1998, 2002, 2003) Big Eight Tournament (1992) 5 × Big Eight regular season (1991 -- 1993, 1995, 1996) Awards 2 × AP Coach of the Year (1992, 2006) Naismith College Coach of the Year (1997) 2 × Henry Iba Award (1990, 2006) 2 × ACC Coach of the Year (2006, 2011) 3 × Big 12 Coach of the Year (1997, 2002, 2003) 4 × Big Eight Coach of the Year (1990, 1992, 1995, 1996) John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award (2003) Adolph Rupp Cup (2006) Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2007 College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006
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Since the show's inception in 2002, ten of the fourteen Idol winners, including its first five, have come from the Southern United States. A large number of other notable finalists during the series' run have also hailed from the American South, including Clay Aiken, Kellie Pickler, and Chris Daughtry, who are all from North Carolina. In 2012, an analysis of the 131 contestants who have appeared in the finals of all seasons of the show up to that point found that 48% have some connection to the Southern United States.
Patrick Eddie
Patrick Eddie is a former American basketball player who played center in the National Basketball Association for the New York Knicks during the 1991–92 NBA season. He was the head coach of the Heritage Christian High School Varsity basketball team in 2012-13 and 2013-14.
Armen Gilliam
Armen Louis Gilliam (May 28, 1964 – July 5, 2011) was an American professional basketball player who played 13 years in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1987 to 2000. He also played one season (2005–06) for the Pittsburgh Xplosion of the American Basketball Association. Gilliam returned to the court after retirement as the head basketball coach for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Penn State Altoona Lions from 2002 to 2005.
Porter Moser
Porter Andrew Moser (born August 24, 1968) is the head men's basketball coach at Loyola University Chicago. Originally from Naperville, Illinois, Moser attended and played varsity basketball at Benet Academy, and then Creighton University. Moser previously held the head coaching position at Illinois State (2003 -- 2007) and Arkansas - Little Rock (2000 -- 2003). Prior to being hired at Loyola, Moser was an assistant coach at Saint Louis under Rick Majerus for the 2007 - 08 season, and the associate head coach from 2008 - 11.
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Once in Hollywood, the contestants perform individually or in groups in a series of rounds. Until season ten, there were usually three rounds of eliminations in Hollywood. In the first round the contestants emerged in groups but performed individually. For the next round, the contestants put themselves in small groups and perform a song together. In the final round, the contestants perform solo with a song of their choice a cappella or accompanied by a band‍—‌depending on the season. In seasons two and three, contestants were also asked to write original lyrics or melody in an additional round after the first round. In season seven, the group round was eliminated and contestants may, after a first solo performance and on judges approval, skip a second solo round and move directly to the final Hollywood round. In season twelve, the executive producers split up the females and males and chose the members to form the groups in the group round.
Chris Burgess
Chris Burgess (born 23 April 1979) is an American former professional basketball player and current assistant coach for the Brigham Young Cougars men's basketball team. Burgess started his freshman year at Mater Dei High School, then transferred to his local school Woodbridge High School in California and played his remaining high school years. He then attended Duke University and University of Utah. Although Burgess attended training camp with the Phoenix Suns of the NBA, and played on several NBA Summer League teams, he never played in a regular-season NBA game. He did, however, play professional basketball in a variety of leagues in various parts of the world. In 2013, he officially retired from professional basketball and joined the coaching staff at the University of Utah as an undergraduate assistant coach. From 2015 to 2019, Burgess served as an assistant coach for the Utah Valley University men's basketball team. Following the 2019 season, Burgess followed UVU head coach Mark Pope to BYU.
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The show itself is popular in the Southern United States, with households in the Southeastern United States 10% more likely to watch American Idol during the eighth season in 2009, and those in the East Central region, such as Kentucky, were 16 percent more likely to tune into the series. Data from Nielsen SoundScan, a music-sales tracking service, showed that of the 47 million CDs sold by Idol contestants through January 2010, 85 percent were by contestants with ties to the American South.
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In what was to become a tradition, Clarkson performed the coronation song during the finale, and released the song immediately after the season ended. The single, "A Moment Like This", went on to break a 38-year-old record held by The Beatles for the biggest leap to number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Guarini did not release any song immediately after the show and remains the only runner-up not to do so. Both Clarkson and Guarini made a musical film, From Justin to Kelly, which was released in 2003 but was widely panned. Clarkson has since become the most successful Idol contestant internationally, with worldwide album sales of more than 23 million.
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The finals are broadcast in prime time from CBS Television City in Los Angeles, in front of a live studio audience. The finals lasted eight weeks in season one, eleven weeks in subsequent seasons until seasons ten and eleven which lasted twelve weeks except for season twelve, which lasted ten weeks, and season thirteen, which lasted for thirteen weeks. Each finalist performs songs based on a weekly theme which may be a musical genre such as Motown, disco, or big band, songs by artists such as Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley or The Beatles, or more general themes such as Billboard Number 1 hits or songs from the contestant's year of birth. Contestants usually work with a celebrity mentor related to the theme. In season ten, Jimmy Iovine was brought in as a mentor for the season. Initially the contestants sing one song each week, but this is increased to two songs from top four or five onwards, then three songs for the top two or three.
Curt Miller
Curt Miller (born October 6, 1968) is an American basketball coach, currently the head coach of the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. He previously served as the head coach at Bowling Green State University from 2001–2012 and Indiana University from 2012–2014, and spent one season as an assistant to Brian Agler with the Los Angeles Sparks.
American Idol (season 8)
The eighth season of American Idol premiered on January 13, 2009, and concluded on May 20, 2009. Judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, and Randy Jackson continued to judge the show's contestants, along with Ryan Seacrest as host. The season introduced Kara DioGuardi as the fourth judge on the Idol panel. It was also Abdul's final season as a judge. Kris Allen, a native of Conway, Arkansas, was announced the winner of the competition on May 20, 2009, defeating runner - up Adam Lambert after nearly 100 million votes. This was the second season where both of the final two contestants had been in the bottom three or two at least once before the finale, with the first being season three.
Kelvin Sampson
Kelvin Dale Sampson (born October 5, 1955) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Houston Cougars men's basketball team. He was the head coach at Montana Tech from 1981 to 1985, Washington State University from 1987 to 1994, the University of Oklahoma from 1994 to 2006, and Indiana University 2006 to 2008. He has also been an assistant coach for NBA teams including the Milwaukee Bucks and Houston Rockets.
Bruce Weber (basketball)
Bruce Brett Weber (born October 19, 1956) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the men's basketball head coach at Kansas State University. Weber was formerly head coach at Southern Illinois University and the University of Illinois.
Russell Ellington
Russell Ellington (February 4, 1938 – September 1, 2007) was an American basketball coach. He served as the head basketball coach at Savannah State College—now known as Savannah State University—from 1976 to 1984 and Morris Brown College from 1997 to 2000, compiling a career college basketball coaching record of 181–141. He also coached the Harlem Globetrotters for nine years. His titles as a coach include: four state high school basketball championships; three Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAA) titles; two Region XVII Junior College championships, and one NJCCA District 10 championship.
Who is the coach for the basketball team in the US state having the American Idol contestant performing a Fuel song on this season?
Who performed a Fuel song on this season?
Chris Daughtry
What state is American Idol contestant #1 from?
North Carolina
who is the coach for #2 basketball
Roy Williams