''America's Most Talented Kid'' was an American

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series that premiered on NBC on March 28, 2003. In each round, three age groups (3-7, 8-12, 13-16) of talented children would perform songs,

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numbers,

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, and other forms of entertainment in front of head judge Lance Bass and other guest celebrity judges, such as Sisqo, Maureen McCormick, Jermaine Jackson and Daisy Fuentes. Host Mario Lopez led the highest scorer from each round until only three children were left to compete in the grand finale. In the end, Cheyenne Kimball was crowned the grand champion. The final NBC episode featured senior citizens competing in a special "America's Most Talented Senior". A limited-run series on NBC to compete with the growing talent-show trend in reality television, it would later move to the PAX TV (which then had a business/content-sharing relationship with Paxson Communications), the title pluralized to "Kids", with

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as host and Daryl Sabara, Scarlett Pomers and

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as judges. Unlike the NBC version, however, each show would crown a $1,000 winner and give the winner a finale slot. The Grand Champion of this season of "America's Most Talented Kids" was then 13-year-old rock violinist/singer/songwriter

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. In 2004 ''

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'' runner-up Diana DeGarmo, 2007 ''American Idol'' winner

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, plus ''American Idol'' season 9 contestant

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appeared on the show. Singer

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performed on the show during the PAX TV run and won, beating out singer and accordionist, Hunter Hayes.

Notable contestants

* Cheyenne Kimball - Grand Champion (2003); Debut Album

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debuted at #15 on ''The Billboard 200'' in North America *

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- singer *

- Grand Champion (2004) *

- Singer, songwriter, and actress. * Diana DeGarmo - Later appeared on the third season of ''

'' where she finished in second place. * Julie Dubela - She also appeared in ''

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'' & ''Endurance Tehachapi'' * Hunter Hayes - Singer and accordionist *

, Vocalist and actress. She was in the Tournament of Champions. Winner of the 6th season of "American Idol."

References

External links

Official Website of the NBC version

Official Website of the PAX version
* 2003 American television series debuts 2006 American television series endings 2000s American reality television series PAX TV original programming NBC original programming {{US-nonfiction-tv-prog-stub