American Idol the winner determined by American viewers using phones, Internet, and SMS text voting. The winners of the first sixteen seasons, as chosen by viewers, are Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, Jordin Sparks, David Cook, Kris Allen, Lee DeWyze, Scotty McCreery, Phillip Phillips, Candice Glover, Caleb Johnson, Nick Fradiani, Trent Harmon, and Maddie Poppe, respectively. "American Idol" employs a panel of vocal judges who critique the contestants' performances. The original judges, for the first through eighth seasons, were record producer and music manager Randy Jackson, singer and choreographer Paula Abdul, and music executive and manager Simon
Who Killed Idol? providing music for songs. "STUPiG" is written and arranged by Takeshi Ueda of AA= and The Mad Capsule Markets; "Hi" is written by Akihiro Namba of Hi-Standard; "MURA-MURA" is written and arranged by Noriaki Tsuda of Kemuri, who also plays bass on the track as well; "BiSimulation" is written by Toru Hidaka of Beat Crusaders; The guitar solo of "primal.2" is performed by Hisashi of GLAY, who is also a fan of BiS. "GET YOU" is a collaboration track with fellow Avex idols Dorothy Little Happy and is taken from the collaboration single of the same name. Who Killed Idol?