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Watch new episodes of “American Idol” 2023 live every Sunday and Monday night at 8/7c on ABC. Stream season 21 with FuboTV and Sling.

American Idol is primarily filmed in Los Angeles, California. The City of Angels serves as the backdrop for the auditions, Hollywood Week, and the live shows. Over the years, the show has utilized various locations in Los Angeles to bring the competition to life.

Auditions take place in various cities across the country, where contestants perform a song of their choosing. With each episode, singers are eliminated by judges and viewer votes until a winner takes the crown and receives a record deal with a major label and a management contract.

American is literally in the name of the show, so it makes sense that all contestants must be legal U.S. residents, and also legally allowed to work in the country.

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Where to watch American Idol online. American Idol 2023 airs on ABC every Sunday night at 8 p.m. ET. You'll also be able to stream via cord-cutting services like Hulu + Live TV, fuboTV, or YouTube TV, or the next day on regular Hulu.

American Idol is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by Fremantle North America and 19 Entertainment, and distributed by Fremantle North America. It aired on Fox from June 11, 2002, to April 7, 2016, for 15 seasons.

It's free to audition for American Idol, but you have to cover your travel and accommodations. The show will not compensate or arrange travel for people auditioning, even callbacks. You can sing any song you want. Whether it's an original song or a greatest hit, it's your choice what you sing for the judges.

Regardless of whether American Idol judges are liked or hated, it's a well-hidden secret that these judges have scripts. While it's unclear how long the show has been scripted, several past contestants have shared their experiences discovering this fact during their auditions.

Simon Fuller, who created the Spice Girls and dreamt up Pop Idol, which became American Idol, owns the rights to American Idol and reportedly offered Simon Cowell "Oprah money" to stay on the show, which Cowell rejected.

The American Idol format was imported from the United Kingdom, where Pop Idol, the creation of music and television executive Simon Fuller, aired. Both shows followed the same premise: judges travel throughout the country in search of its most-talented singer.