American idol official web site

Like every other show on TV, the most popular reality competition show ever created, American Idol, has an own Web site, provided and maintained by the FOX television network, the home of the American Idol franchise. Aimed at the consumer, the fan, aficionado, viewer, devotee or simple interested person, the americanidol.com Web site features any and all information that is available pertaining to the show.

Short of the really juicy gossip, which perhaps can be found buried in the forums, and any outside links except for the sponsored ones, there is plenty of information available, almost anything you can think of. Starting with the latest news, information about contestants, the judges, the host, the affiliated companies and producers, the current tour, the just recently finished season 7, any season before that, the forthcoming season 8, the recent auditions, videos, interviews, everything is right there at your fingertips.

If you are a fan of the show, plenty of material is being made available, from multimedia to wallpapers, from behind the scenes footage to interviews with the participants, there is material for days and weeks to browse through, constantly being updated with fresh material and resources. For instance, there is a current interview with the two Cooks, David Cook and Kristy Lee Cook, taped during the current tour, were they muse about their concerts and fans, the newly mustached Michael Johns, future plans and what not. There is also information on the iTunes downloads and plenty of other links leading to the blogs, the boards and updates.

The community section requires free registration, but then the user is being allowed to post wherever and whatever he wishes, common decency respected, even to start his or her own blog. Once you get the hang of it, it is really easy to use; anybody who has experience with the forum structure should have no problems whatsoever. Browsing through the blogs just starts to give the impression how extensive americanidol.com is, there is blogs and forums accumulated from the past seasons as well.

The photos and videos sections give a lot of material to browse through, maybe the most fun are the behind the scenes photos and the moments that make you smile plus the audition videos. Check out the “Name that hopeful” video.

There is also an American Idol shop, where you can buy DVDs, Books, Fan Gear, Games, music from any American Idol contestant who has a release out or was featured on American Idol as an artist, tank tops and tee shirts, even baseball caps with the logo.