The American Idols Live! Tour 2012 is a summer concert tour in the United States, Canada and

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that features the Top 10 contestants of the eleventh season of ''

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''. The tour began on July 6, 2012 in Detroit, Michigan and ended on September 21, 2012 in Quezon City, Philippines. At most venues, the stage was placed in the middle while the other half was closed off with curtains, thus making a theate-rlike environment. Like the 2011 summer tour, this is the second time to include the

at the same venue in

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, marking this the third time that the tour took place outside North America.

Performers

Overview

The tour this repeated the same format as American Idols Live! Tour 2011, where there were solos and group performances. The first half contained solos from the first five contestants eliminated: Erika Van Pelt, Heejun Han, Deandre Brackensick, Colton Dixon and Elise Testone. The second half started with a set for the runner-up, Jessica Sanchez, then there were performances by Skylar Laine, Hollie Cavanagh and Joshua Ledet, and then a set for the winner, Phillip Phillips. The show ended with a group number. Unlike previous tours, the stage was placed in the middle of an arena to make it look like a theater environment.

Setlist

* Top 10 (except Phillips) – "

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) * DeAndre Brackensick – "

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) * Hollie Cavanagh and Skylar Laine – " Undo It" (

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) *

Erika Van Pelt Erika Lynn Van Pelt (born December 12, 1985) is an American singer from South Kingstown, Rhode Island, who placed in tenth place on the eleventh season of ''American Idol.'' Early life Van Pelt was born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island. I ...

– " Glitter in the Air" (

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) * Van Pelt, Cavanagh,

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and

Colton Dixon Michael Colton Dixon (born October 19, 1991) is an American singer-songwriter and musician from Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He placed seventh on the eleventh season of ''American Idol''. Early life Colton Dixon was born Michael Colton Dixon on Oc ...

– "

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Heejun Han Han Hee-jun (; born April 20, 1989), also known as Heejun Han, is a South Korean singer. He finished in ninth place on the eleventh season of ''American Idol'' in 2012. He also finished in the top six of ''K-pop Star 3'' in 2014. Early life H ...

– "

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) * Han, Brackensick and

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– "

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) * Ledet, Dixon, Brackensick and Han – " Everybody Talks" (

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) * Elise Testone – "

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), " Rumour Has It" (with Brackensick and Van Pelt on backing vocals) (

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) * Dixon – " Meant to Live" (

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), "

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) * Top 10 (except Phillips)– " Just the Way You Are"/" What Makes You Beautiful" (

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) ''Intermission'' * Sanchez – "

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), " How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" (with Ledet and Brackensick on backing vocals) (

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" (with Ledet and Brackensick on backing vocals) (

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) * Laine – " Gunpowder & Lead" (

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) and " Stay with Me" (

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) * Cavanagh – "

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" (with Testone and Van Pelt on backing vocals) (Adele) and "

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) * Ledet " Runaway Baby" (with Testone, Brakensick and Van Pelt on backing vocals) (

) and "

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) * Ledet and Sanchez – " I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (

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and

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) *

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– "

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" (Stevie Wonder) and " Nice & Slow" ( Usher) * Phillips and Testone – "

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feat.

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) * Phillips (with Sanchez on backing vocal) – "

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) * Phillips (with Dixon and Brackensick on backing vocals) – " Home" (Phillip Phillips) * Sanchez, Cavanagh, Laine, Testone and Van Pelt – " Raise Your Glass" (Pink) * All Top 10 – "

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)

Tour dates

Revenue

The tour was ranked No. 62 in the list of 2012 Year-end Top 200 North American tours, based on total gross income .

Tour summary

* Number of shows – 46 (3 sold out) * Total gross – $14,413,023 (45 shows) * Total attendance – 252,703 (84%) * Average attendance – 5,616 (84.2%) * Average ticket price – $57.04 * Highest gross – Lafayette, Louisiana – $481,581 * Lowest gross – Syracuse, New York – $160,018 * Highest attendance – Lafayette, Louisiana – 9,226 (100%) * Lowest attendance – Syracuse, New York – 2,712 (61%)

References

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