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The thirteenth season of ''American Idol'', styled as ''American Idol XIII'', premiered on the Fox television network on January 15, 2014. Ryan Seacrest returned as host for his thirteenth season. Keith Urban was the only judge from the twelfth season to return. Former judge Jennifer Lopez, who returned after one season absence, and Harry Connick, Jr. joined the judging panel following the departures of Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Randy Jackson. On May 21, Caleb Johnson was announced the winner of the season, with Jena Irene as runner-up. ==Show changes== There were a number of other major changes in the season, from the judges to the format of the show itself including the opening intro, which now uses the "Gyroscope 2.0". On May 9, 2013, Randy Jackson announced that he would no longer serve as a judge. On May 30, 2013, Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj also announced they would not return to the judging panel. On August 1, 2013, it was confirmed that Keith Urban would return as a judge for another season. Executive producers Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick were succeeded by Per Blankens, previously of ''Idol'', the Swedish version of the ''Idols'' format. On June 25, 2013, it was confirmed that producers Jesse Ignjatovic and Evan Prager would join Blankens as executive producers of the show. Bill DeRonde replaced Warwick as a director of the audition episodes, and Louis J. Horvitz also replaced Gregg Gelfand as a director of the show, who had been directing since the sixth season.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Louis J. Horvitz To Direct ‘American Idol’ This Season )〕 Fox television executive Mike Darnell who helped launch ''American Idol'' in 2002 left as programming head of Fox, and Fox Sports executive David Hill was hired to oversee the series. Rickey Minor returned to the show as musical director after having left at the end of the ninth season to go to ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno''. In August 2013, Jennifer Lopez's boyfriend Casper Smart stated Lopez would be returning as an ''American Idol'' judge. On August 22, 2013, it was reported that Jimmy Iovine would not return as the in-house mentor for this season, but he is to be replaced by former judge Randy Jackson.〔(Jimmy Iovine Out Of ‘American Idol’, Randy Jackson Poised To Replace Him As Mentor ) Deadline.com, Retrieved August 22, 2013〕 On August 30, 2013, ''The Hollywood Reporter'' wrote that Harry Connick, Jr. signed a deal to join the panel as the third judge and that Simon Fuller held a party the night before with all three judges on hand to toast the forthcoming announcement.〔(Harry Connick Jr. Lands Third 'American Idol' Judge Spot (Exclusive) ) The Hollywood Reporter, Retrieved August 31, 2013〕 On September 3, 2013, Lopez and Connick Jr. were officially announced as judges for this season along with the confirmation of Jackson being the new mentor. Lopez is the first ''American Idol'' judge to return after leaving at the end of the eleventh season. It was also later reported that Idol alumni Adam Lambert and Chris Daughtry would be assisting Jackson in mentoring the contestants.〔(Official: J. Lo and Harry Connick Jr. join 'American Idol' ) Entertainment Weekly, Retrieved September 3, 2013〕 In a rules change from past seasons, semifinalists from the twelfth season (but not previous seasons) who were not in the top 10, nor on the tour, were eligible to return, provided they met all other requirements.〔('American Idol' Season 13 Registration and Audition Rules ) Retrieved January 16, 2014〕 That rule will also apply to this season's semi-finalists and finalists who were not in this season's top 10 next season. This season the viewers may also vote for their favorite contestants via Google Search, bringing the total number of ways the viewers can vote to five (the other four methods were by phone, texting, supervote online on americanidol.com and with American Idol App on mobile devices), with the number of votes limited to 50 for each method of voting. This season AT&T ended their sponsorship and it is therefore possible to text-votes with other service providers. Idol teamed up with Facebook to present "on-air visualizations" showing real-time East Coast voting developments, including live "demographic voting trends and relative contestant rankings". Voting may also start as soon as the performance shows start this season, and real time vote rankings were shown while the show is still in progress, and each contestant were assigned the same telephone number all through the competition. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「American Idol (season 13)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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