The Next Great American Band

*The Next Great American Band*
The Next Great American Band
Created by	Simon Fuller
Presented by	Dominic Bowden
Judges	Ian Dickson; Sheila E. ; John Rzeznik
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	2
Production
Executive producers	Nigel Lythgoe ; Ken Warwick
Original release
Network	FOX
Release	October 19, 2007 –; present

Template:Future television series

The Next Great American Band is a new reality television talent contest. The show will air on FOX starting in the fall of 2007 at 8 p.m. Eastern and Pacific times Friday nights, beginning with a premiere episode on October 19, 2007.

The program was created by 19 Entertainment, which is one of the companies behind American Idol, and the show shares the same basic concept as Idol. This time, however, the winner will not be a singer but instead a musical band. The contest is open to performers of all genres of music, and there are no age limits for the performers. In an interview with the Australian newspaper The Daily Telegraph, Australian Idol judge Ian "Dicko" Dickson revealed that he has signed on as one of the judges. The other two judges are Sheila E. and John Rzeznik of The Goo Goo Dolls. Dickson will serve as a judge on Australian Idol concurrently. The host of the show will be New Zealand Idol host Dominic Bowden.

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 August 19 through 25, 2007. While most of these 60 bands were flown straight to Las Vegas as 'gimmick' acts, the ones being seriously considered for the show participated in a round of regional auditions and then auditions in Los Angeles before advancing to Las Vegas. Ten 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 will resemble Idol at this point, with telephone and text message votes deciding the winner. Unlike American Idol, however, the final episode will be a winner-takes-all showdown between the top three bands, not two.

The audition rounds of the show were kept very secretive by the producers, and thus caused a bit of controversy between bands who had sent in audition tapes. Many online forums and chat rooms 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.

The show was officially announced May 16, 2007 at the American Idol website. Fox announced the pickup the next day.

In promotional announcements that aired on the final episodes of So You Think You Can Dance, another 19 creation, the title was given one night American Band, then the next night as The Next Great American Band. In any event, this show is not to be confused with American Band, a 2007 book about a high school marching band near Elkhart, Indiana.

The show will be taped at The Bob Barker Studio at CBS Television City in Los Angeles.

Bands Chosen to Audition

Participating bands

The Muggs

Denver and the Mile High Orchestra www.denvermho.com

The Dirty Marmaduke Flute Squad

Cliff Wagner & The Old #7

External links