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The fourth season of ''American Idol'' premiered on January 18, 2005 and continued until May 25, 2005. It was hosted by Ryan Seacrest. Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell also returned to judge. Carrie Underwood won the season with approximately 500 million votes cast in the season and 37 million for the finale. Underwood has since gone on to become a seven-time Grammy-winning country megastar. This is the last season to be aired in standard definition. ==Regional auditions== Auditions for Season 4 started in August 2004 in Cleveland, Ohio.〔(Fox announces first 'American Idol 4' auditions, raises age limit to 28 )〕 An audition was originally planned for Anchorage, Alaska, but that was cancelled about a month before due to possible schedule conflict as a result of hurricanes affecting the Orlando auditions.〔(Alaska Airlines' Last Chance 'Flight to Fame' to Bring Musical Dreamers to Final 'American Idol' Audition. )〕 Auditions were held from August to October 2004, and over 100,000 people attended the auditions for the first time. * The audition venue was originally advertised to be Las Vegas Convention Center,〔('American Idol' City by City Schedule Posted Here )〕 but changed to Orleans Arena at the last minute. * The contestants from the Orlando audition were moved to Las Vegas for the final round of the audition due to the impending Hurricane Ivan.〔('American Idol's' Caldwell brawls )〕 It was originally scheduled for September 6–7, 2004,〔(Thousands Flock To 'American Idol' Tryouts In Orlando )〕 but rescheduled to September 14, 2004 to coincide with the Las Vegas audition. While in the past seasons celebrity guest judges have been invited to participate during the competition, this was the first season where guest judges were invited to participate in the auditions. The music celebrities featured were: * January 18 (Washington auditions), Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray * January 25 (New Orleans auditions), Gene Simmons of KISS * January 26 (Las Vegas auditions), Kenny Loggins * February 1 (Cleveland auditions), LL Cool J * February 2 (San Francisco audition), Brandy Where there were four judges present, three yeses were required for the auditioner to proceed on to Hollywood. It is also the first season in which the age limit was raised to 28, in order to increase variety. Among those who benefited from this new rule were Constantine Maroulis and Bo Bice, considered to be the eldest (and most experienced) of Idol contestants. They were also constantly mentioned by Ryan Seacrest and in the media as "the two rockers", since their long hair and choice of songs made them stand out from conventional Idol standards. Scott Savol and Nadia Turner also benefited from the change. The audition episodes featured the Molfetta twins multiple times. They first auditioned in New Orleans but both failed, Rich Molfetta tried again in Las Vegas and got through to the Hollywood, but J.P. Molfetta failed in his audition in San Francisco.〔(American Idol's Twin Twist )〕 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 4)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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