''The Next Great American Band'' is a

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talent show. The show premiered on October 19, 2007 and aired on Fox at 8 p.m. Eastern and

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times Friday nights. The show was taped at

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on Wednesday evenings in Studio 36, which is the same studio used for ''American Idol''. The program was created by

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, which is one of the companies behind ''

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'', and the show shared the same basic concept as ''Idol''. This time, however, the winner was not a singer but instead a

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. The contest was open to performers of all genres of music, and there were no age limits for the performers. The three judges were ''

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'' judge

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, Sheila E., and

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. Dickson served as a judge on ''Australian Idol'' concurrently. The host of the show was ''

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'' host

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. In promotional announcements that aired on the final episodes of ''

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'', another 19 creation, the title was given one night as ''American Band'', then the next night as ''The Next Great American Band''. The show was officially announced May 16, 2007 at the ''American Idol'' website and Fox announced the pickup the next day. On May 15, 2008, a year after the show was announced, the series was officially cancelled due to poor ratings. The eventual winners, The Clark Brothers (later renamed ''

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'') disbanded in 2012.FOX Announces Their 2008-09 Schedule. Who’s Been Cancelled?

Auditions

Over 6000 bands sent in audition tapes. 60 bands from around the country were chosen to participate in a judging session that took place at the Montelago Resort in Lake Las Vegas, Nevada on August 19–25, 2007. While most of these 60 bands were flown straight to

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as 'gimmick' acts, the ones being seriously considered for the show participated in a round of regional auditions and then auditions in

before advancing to Las Vegas. Twelve of these forty acts were chosen by show producers and judges to become semifinalist acts to compete against each other in the main season of the show beginning October 19. Again, the show resembled ''Idol'' at this point, with

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and

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votes deciding the winner. There was no results show after the live performance. In each episode, the results were shown in the green room. The two bands (one in later episodes) with the lowest votes were forced to perform in the green room via the internet. Unlike ''American Idol'', however, the final episode was a winner-takes-all showdown between the top ''three'' bands, not two. The results were shown live in the grand finale and the host only presented the winner to the viewing audience right after the final commercial break. The audition rounds of the show were kept very secretive by the producers, and thus caused some controversy between bands who had sent in audition tapes. Many

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s and

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were full of bands falsely stating they had been selected to appear on the show, and further confused hopefuls by posting several versions of the rules, contracts, and audition details.

Top 12

:: Each band performed an original song and a cover of a song by the theme artist. :: The bands only performed a cover of a song by the artist listed above. :: The bands played a song chosen by the judges, a song chosen by the producers and a song they chose. :: In the final episode the bands did not perform any theme, but chose songs to showcase their band. :: The elimination date is the date of broadcast of the show where the elimination was announced. The actual elimination in each case occurred two days earlier, when the show was taped.

Other participating bands

The following is a list of bands who did not make it to the Top 12. These bands were either seen on Episode 1 (the Vegas auditions) or are featured on the official website: *Ballroom Dancing *The Van-Dells *The Daytime Soap Stars *waketheday * The 440 Alliance *The Queue *Fat Shitty Surprise * Blackbird *BoTcHED *Faces Without Names *Mezcal *Nothing More *Northmont *The Early Republic *The Dirty Marmaduke Flute Squad *Gothic Heavy Metal *Zombie Bazooka Patrol *Simply Sick *Fifi LaRue *The Groovin Grannies *Just Live *Starchild *Red Halo *Honky Stomp *The Cat's Pajamas *El Toro's League *J.I.Z. *Big Provider *Viva Las Jablonski *

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*The Sizzling Happy Family *Sunset West *Lexicon *Dova Grove *The Fabulous Johnson Brothers * The Big Toe *Heaven Bound *Thirteen Stars *Potential Difference

Nielsen ratings

References

External links

Official Website (via Internet Archive)Announcement of show
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