World Idol

World Idol (Germany: SuperStar Weltweit, Middle East: SuperStar El Alaam) is the title of the one-off international version of the television show Pop Idol. The competition was held in December 2003. After presenting the competitors, viewers from the 11 participating countries were allowed to vote by telephone, but not for the participant from their home country. All participants sang in Engl ...

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• World Idol - Results
• World Idol - Judges

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See also: 2004 in music (UK) other events of 2004 list of 'years in music' 2000s in music 2004 in music - Events. January 1 - Vienna New Year's Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Vienna, conducted by Riccardo Muti January 1 - Kurt Nilsen wins World Idol January 3 - Britney Spears marries Jason Allen Alexander, a childhood friend, in Las Vegas. The marriage was annulled two days later. February 1 - Daron Hagen ...

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• 2004 in music - Events
• 2004 in music - Albums Released
• 2004 in music - Top Hits
• 2004 in music - Hot 100 Number One Hits of 2004
• 2004 in music - Top 10 selling albums of the year
• 2004 in music - Classical music
• 2004 in music - Opera
• 2004 in music - Musical theater
• 2004 in music - Musical films
• 2004 in music - Births
• 2004 in music - Deaths
• 2004 in music - Awards
• 2004 in music - Grammy Awards
• 2004 in music - Country Music Association Awards
• 2004 in music - Eurovision Song Contest
• 2004 in music - Brit Awards
• 2004 in music - Juno Awards
• 2004 in music - Mercury Music Prize
• 2004 in music - Charts
• 2004 in music - KROQ
• 2004 in music - Triple J Hottest 100
• 2004 in music - External link

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American Idol is the US version of British TV hit show Pop Idol. American Idol is featured on the Fox Network in the United States, and other versions of the show are broadcast on CTV in Canada (Canadian Idol), and Australian Idol on Ten Network in Australia. Pop Idol/Amercan Idol was created by Simon Fuller (creator of the Spice Girls and S Club 7) and Simon Cowell, the latter being one of the judges on both Pop Idol and Amercan Idol. American Idol is singing talent contest in which viewers can call in and vote on contestants ...

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• American Idol - Background
• American Idol - Overview
• American Idol - Early auditions
• American Idol - On to Hollywood
• American Idol - Final twelve
• American Idol - Spin-offs
• American Idol - Season synopses
• American Idol - Season one
• American Idol - Season two
• American Idol - Season three
• American Idol - Season four
• American Idol - Season five
• American Idol - Season six and beyond
• American Idol - Product placement
• American Idol - Imitations
• American Idol - Trivia

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I is the ninth letter in the Latin alphabet. I - History. The letter I derived from the Greek iota (Ι, ι). It stood for the vowel /i/, the same as in the Old Italic alphabet. In Latin (as in Modern Greek) /j/ (as English Y in YOKE) was added. In Semitic, /j/ was the usual sound value of Jôd (probably originally a pictogram for an arm with hand), /i/ only in foreign words. In English, I represents different sounds, among them a diphthong that developed from /i:/ as well as short, open /I/ as in BIL ...

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• I - History
• I - Alternative representations
• I - Computing
• I - Meanings for I

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The letter I derived from the Greek iota (Ι, ι). It stood for the vowel /i/, the same as in the Old Italic alphabet. In Latin (as in Modern Greek) /j/ (as English Y in YOKE) was added. In Semitic, /j/ was the usual sound value of Jôd (probably originally a pictogram for an arm with hand), /i/ only in foreign words. In English, I represents different sounds, among them a diphthong that developed from /i:/ as well as short, open /I/ as in BILL. The dot over the lowercase 'i' is sometimes called a tittle. In the Turkish alphabet, dotted and dotless I are considered separate letters and both have uppercase (I, İ) ...

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I, I - History, I - Alternative representations, I - Computing, I - Meanings for I

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Guy Sebastian was born in Klang, Malaysia to a Sri Lankan and Portugese father, and a mother of Portugese and English descent. [1] He moved to Adelaide, South Australia as a child. He started singing at the age of fourteen. After moving to Adelaide, he attended school at King's Baptist Grammar School, a Christian private school. He also attended the Paradise Community Church, one of the largest in Australia with over 5,000 people in attendance, associated with the Pentacostal Assemblies of God. While at Paradise, he joined their youth confer ...

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Guy Sebastian, Guy Sebastian - Australian Idol, Guy Sebastian - Just As I Am, Guy Sebastian - Beautiful Life, Guy Sebastian - Discography

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There is also a World Idol competition, however not all of the countries listed above participated in the December 2003 competition. In addition, future series are planned for Latin America, and Brazil. The rights to the series have been bought in other countries such as The Philippines but no plans for the actual series have started. ...

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Idol series, Idol series - Idol spin-offs around the world:, Idol series - Idol series with a twist, Idol series - Movies based on Idol franchises, Idol series - Direct unlicensed adaptations of the format, Idol series - Direct parodies of the format

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Pop Idol - International spinoffs. The Pop Idol format has been launched in over a dozen nations worldwide. These spin-off are listed at Idol series. Pop Idol - World Idol. A World Idol international television special was held in December 2003, featuring national first series Idol contest winners competing against each other; viewers worldwide voted Norwegian idol Kurt Nilsen "World Idol." See also:

Pop Idol, Pop Idol - Related programs, Pop Idol - International spinoffs, Pop Idol - World Idol, Pop Idol - Other similar formats

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Kelly Clarkson - Early life. Clarkson was born in Fort Worth, Texas to Stephen Michael Clarkson and Jeanne Ann Rose. She eventually moved to Burleson, Texas after fourth grade. In middle school, she was overheard singing in a school corridor by a teacher, who invited her to join the school choir. Her participation in choral and musical activities spurred her interest in a recording career and, following her high ...

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Kelly Clarkson, Kelly Clarkson - Biography and music career, Kelly Clarkson - Early life, Kelly Clarkson - American Idol competition, Kelly Clarkson - Thankful, Kelly Clarkson - Film and television, Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway, Kelly Clarkson - Discography, Kelly Clarkson - Concert tours, Kelly Clarkson - Awards and nominations

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Professional artists usually lip sync while recording music videos. The technique of recording video clips consists of recording a film to pre-recorded music, so artists have to lip-sync to their songs (and often imitate playing musical instruments as well). Regarding new techniques in recording music videos, artists sometimes move their lips to music playing at different speed, or even backwards, to make unusual effects in the final clip. It is also common for singers to lip sync on live television, especially when making short guest ...

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Lip sync, Lip sync - Lip synching songs, Lip sync - Lip synching films, Lip sync - Lip synching video games, Lip sync - Transmission synchronization, Lip sync - Lip synching in the headlines, Lip sync - Singers that have been caught lip-synching

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American Idol - Early auditions. In the show, hosted by Ryan Seacrest (lone host since season 2), hopeful contestants, after being screened by preliminary panels which select for singing talent or humorous potential and human interest, audition before three judges (Simon Cowell (one of the judges from Pop Idol), Paula Abdul, and Randy Jackson) in cities across the United States (sometimes a celebrity fourth judge is added). These are generally held at large convention centers where thousands of people wait ...

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American Idol, American Idol - Background, American Idol - Overview, American Idol - Early auditions, American Idol - On to Hollywood, American Idol - Final twelve, American Idol - Spin-offs, American Idol - Season synopses, American Idol - Season one, American Idol - Season two, American Idol - Season three, American Idol - Season four, American Idol - Season five, American Idol - Season six and beyond, American Idol - Product placement, American Idol - Imitations, American Idol - Trivia

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An example of a lip synchronization problem is the case in which television video and audio signals are transported via different facilities (e.g., a geosynchronous satellite radio link and a landline) that have significantly different delay times, respectively. In such cases it is necessary to delay the audio electronically to allow for the difference in propagation times. ...

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Lip sync, Lip sync - Lip synching songs, Lip sync - Lip synching films, Lip sync - Lip synching video games, Lip sync - Transmission synchronization, Lip sync - Lip synching in the headlines, Lip sync - Singers that have been caught lip-synching

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Early video games did not feature prominent use of voice, mainly being text-based. At most, games featured some generic jaw or mouth movement to convey a communication process in addition to text. However, as games become more advanced, lip sync and voice acting has become a major focus of many games. Lip sync is a minor focus in role-playing games. Because of the sheer amount of information conveyed through the game, the majority of communication is done through the use of scrolling text. Most RPGs rely solely on text, while ...

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Lip sync, Lip sync - Lip synching songs, Lip sync - Lip synching films, Lip sync - Lip synching video games, Lip sync - Transmission synchronization, Lip sync - Lip synching in the headlines, Lip sync - Singers that have been caught lip-synching

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Albums: Just As I Am (2003) #1 (Platinum x 5) Beautiful Life (2004) #2 (Platinum) Singles "Angels Brought Me Here (single)" (2003) Australia #1 New Zealand #1 Malaysia #1 "All I Need Is You (single)" (2004) #1 Australia "Out With My Baby (single)" (2004) #1 Australia "Kryptonite (single)" (2004) #15 Australia "Oh Oh (single)" (2005) #11 Australia While these are albums released since his win, further music available as "No More" - PilotPen competition Awa ...

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Guy Sebastian, Guy Sebastian - Australian Idol, Guy Sebastian - Just As I Am, Guy Sebastian - Beautiful Life, Guy Sebastian - Discography

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In film production lip synching is often part of the post-production phase. Most film today contains scenes where the dialouge has been re-recorded afterwards, lip synching is the technique used when animated characters speak, and lip synching is essential when films are dubbed into other languages. See ADR The other is the art of making a character appear to speak in a pre-recorded track of dialogue. The lip sync technique to make an animated character appear to speak involves figuring out the timings of ...

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Lip sync, Lip sync - Lip synching songs, Lip sync - Lip synching films, Lip sync - Lip synching video games, Lip sync - Transmission synchronization, Lip sync - Lip synching in the headlines, Lip sync - Singers that have been caught lip-synching

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The NATO phonetic alphabet represents I as India. In international Morse code the letter I is dit dit, ·· In Braille the letter I is represented as ⠊ (in Unicode), with the dot pattern, The International maritime signal flag for I is, I - Computing. In Unicode the capital I is codepoint U+0049 and the lowercase i is U+0069. The ASCII code for capital I is 73 and for lowercase i is 105; or ...

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I, I - History, I - Alternative representations, I - Computing, I - Meanings for I

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A spin-off series called American Juniors premiered on June 3, 2003 on the Fox Network. In December 2003, winners of eleven different national Idol competitions were collected for a World Idol competition in London, which aired in all territories that show the format. Kelly Clarkson came in second after Norway's Kurt Nilsen. The Fox network is scheduled to air the program Celebrity Idol with all celebrity contestants in the fall of 2005, just ahead of the launch of the fifth season of the regular sho ...

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American Idol, American Idol - Background, American Idol - Overview, American Idol - Early auditions, American Idol - On to Hollywood, American Idol - Final twelve, American Idol - Spin-offs, American Idol - Season synopses, American Idol - Season one, American Idol - Season two, American Idol - Season three, American Idol - Season four, American Idol - Season five, American Idol - Season six and beyond, American Idol - Product placement, American Idol - Imitations, American Idol - Trivia

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2004 in music - KROQ. KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 2004 2004 in music - Triple J Hottest 100. Triple J Hottest 100, 2004 ...

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The number next to a contestant's name denotes the number of times he or she was in the "Bottom Three". American Idol - Season one. In the first season the show was co-hosted by Seacrest and Brian Dunkleman. Kelly Clarkson won, with Justin Guarini coming in second. Numerous television specials starring the ten finalists followed, as well as the box office bomb entitled From Justin to Kelly. Since winning, Clarkson has gone on to a very successful recording career, including multiple-platinum albums and a number of Top 10 hit singles. ...

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American Idol, American Idol - Background, American Idol - Overview, American Idol - Early auditions, American Idol - On to Hollywood, American Idol - Final twelve, American Idol - Spin-offs, American Idol - Season synopses, American Idol - Season one, American Idol - Season two, American Idol - Season three, American Idol - Season four, American Idol - Season five, American Idol - Season six and beyond, American Idol - Product placement, American Idol - Imitations, American Idol - Trivia

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