"American Idol: The Search for a Superstar"
Live Results Show: One Contestant Eliminated (2008)

Sceneggiatore:

Simon Fuller (creator)

Serie TV:

"American Idol: The Search for a Superstar" (2002)

Original Air Date:

7 maggio 2008 (Season 7, Episode 38)

Genere:

Game-Show | Music | Reality-TV

Plot:

Nearly 51 million people voted, but Jason Castro received the fewest nods of the four remaining performers. |

Plot Keywords:

American Idol | Singing Contest | Audition | Based On British TV Series | Manufactured Pop

Cast

Ryan Seacrest	...	Himself - Host
Simon Cowell	...	Himself - Judge
Paula Abdul	...	Herself - Judge
Randy Jackson	...	Himself - Judge
resto del cast in ordine alfabetico:
David Archuleta	...	Himself
Bo Bice	...	Himself
Jason Castro	...	Himself
David Cook	...	Himself
Camille Guaty	...	Herself - Audience
Howie Mandel	...	Himself - Audience
Maroon 5	...	Themselves
Syesha Mercado	...	Herself
Carly Smithson	...	Herself - Audience

Scritto da
Simon Fuller		(creator)

Prodotto da
Norm Betts	....	segment producer
Clay Wolflick	....	associate producer

Sonoro
Daniel S. McCoy	....	production sound mixer
Brian Riordan	....	sound re-recording mixer

Editorial Department
Shar Alamdari	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Altro personale
Charles Chen	....	audience page (uncredited)

Scritto da (in ordine alfabetico)
Simon Fuller		creator

Prodotto da
Nikki Boella	....	associate producer
Jennifer Bresnan	....	producer
Billy Cooper	....	producer
John Entz	....	producer
Esther Frank	....	associate producer
Cam Frierson	....	associate producer
Brian Gadinsky	....	co-executive producer
Nicola Gaha	....	producer
David Goffin	....	supervising producer
Mona Grenier	....	associate producer
Simon Jones	....	executive producer
Tarvenia Jones	....	producer
Sarah Kane	....	segment producer
Jessica Kelly	....	associate producer
Nigel Lythgoe	....	executive producer (2004)
Simon Lythgoe	....	producer
Beth McNamara	....	producer
Andy Meyer	....	producer
Megan Michaels	....	associate producer (-2005)
Ken Warwick	....	executive producer (2004)
Mike Yurchuk	....	associate producer

Musiche originali di
Jeremy Sweet

Fotografia di
Jack Messitt		(location photography)
Dave Rutherford

Montaggio di
George W. Ball
Bill DeRonde
Sharon Everitt
Kevin Finn
Spencer Keimon
Michael B. Klein		(2 episodes season 2)
David Michael Maurer
William Morris
Ryan Polito
Julius Ramsay
Patrick Sayers
John Sterneman
Yoram Tal

Responsabile casting
Kelly Brock		(2004)

Scenografie di
Steve Bass

Trucco
John Dahlstrom	....	hair stylist
Kimberly Hendrickson	....	hair stylist
Klexius Kolby	....	key makeup artist (2003)
Klexius Kolby	....	makeup artist: Paula Abdul
Mezhgan	....	key makeup artist
Theraesa Rivers	....	hair stylist

Direttore di produzione
Vicki Ariamal	....	production manager
Michelle Baker	....	production manager
Mike Hofferth	....	production manager
Chris Wagner	....	production manager
Barry J. Ward	....	post-production supervisor (season 3)

Sonoro
Michael Abbott	....	sound mixer (2004)
Steve Anderson	....	sound mixer
Elliott Cowand	....	sound
Keith A. Garcia	....	sound mixer
J. Mark King	....	sound mixer
Klaus Landsberg	....	production sound mixer
Jenn Raudman	....	sound mixer
A. Troy Thomas	....	sound (1 episode)
Andrew Tills	....	sound mixer
Adam Weber	....	audio systems technician (2004)
Rob Whitehurst	....	location sound mixer (2004-)

Camera and Electrical Department
Theodore Ashton	....	camera operator
Ffilip Bolton	....	rigging electrician
Manny Bonilla	....	camera operator
Mark Clark	....	gaffer
Matt Firestone	....	lighting director (as Matthew Firestone)
Matt Ford	....	lighting director
Thomas Geren	....	camera operator (as Tom 'Scoop' Geren)
Larry Heider	....	camera operator
Derek Hoffmann	....	camera operator
Jeff Howison	....	electrician
Steve Martyniuk	....	camera operator
Allen Merriweather	....	camera operator
Kenneth Patterson	....	camera operator (as Kenny Patterson)
Derek Paulin	....	electrician (2005-2006)
Dave Rutherford	....	camera operator
Tony Sacco	....	camera operator
Wade Samul	....	camera operator
Barry Strickland	....	best boy electric
Barry Strickland	....	electrician
Matt Wicks	....	camera operator (season 4)

Casting Department
Amy Kolsky	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nick Manno	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Ben Folts	....	assistant editor
Colby Guillory	....	post-production coordinator
Geoff Hathaway	....	assistant editor
Sean Humphries	....	assistant editor
Cory L. McNeill	....	assistant editor
Josh Miyaji	....	assistant editor
Christina Parisi	....	assistant editor
Joe Tarantini	....	post-production assistant
David Teller	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Kevin Bassinson	....	music arranger
Kevin Bassinson	....	musical director
Avi Kipper	....	music mixer (season 1)
Steven Orich	....	music arranger
Susan Slamer	....	music supervisor
Ed Smart	....	orchestrator
Cathy Waldman	....	music clearance coordinator
Cathy Waldman	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
J. Armin Garza II	....	driver: camera car
Billy Kane	....	driver: honeywagon

Altro personale
Nathan Adloff	....	production assistant (season 5)
Erica Bello	....	production assistant: Los Angeles auditions (2002)
Norm Betts	....	contestant coordinator
Norm Betts	....	production assistant (seasons 3-4)
Shani Black	....	production assistant
Jason Bonner	....	production assistant: Orlando auditions
Richard J. Bosner	....	production assistant
Kelly Brennen-Kleyn	....	production assistant: L.A. auditions (season 3)
Wendy Bronfein	....	production assistant
Tasha Bueno	....	production assistant: Orlando auditions
Stephen Burns	....	production assistant
Jessica Cabrera	....	production assistant
R. Todd Campbell	....	production assistant
Daniel Cardona	....	production assistant
Shawn Chou	....	logger
Shawn Chou	....	production assistant
Mark Colegrove	....	production assistant
Brock Cravy	....	talent coordinator
Atticus Culver-Rease	....	production assistant
Darrell Davis Jr.	....	production assistant
Serge Delpierre	....	production assistant
David Eatherly	....	production assistant
Katie Fennelly	....	production assistant
Laurie Garner	....	production assistant (season 2-3)
Tom Gribbins	....	production assistant
Rita Hawn	....	production assistant
Jason Henson	....	production assistant
Claire Hoogendoorn	....	production assistant: L.A. auditions (season 3)
Josh Hope	....	production assistant (2005)
Carrie Ann Inaba	....	choreographer (2004)
Chris M. Jackson	....	production assistant
Andrea Johnson	....	production assistant: Austin (season 5)
Katie Jordan	....	production assistant (season 3)
Nicholas Lapolla	....	production assistant: Boston (season 5)
Mary Lapworth	....	celebrity judge assistant
Elise Roshau Luquette	....	production assistant
Rich Massucci	....	production assistant: Orlando auditions
Joann Matsuo	....	production assistant
Wylleen May	....	production executive (2004)
Roger McGuin	....	production assistant
Blake McNay	....	production assistant
Ray Melendez	....	production assistant: Dallas
Jonathan Mince	....	production assistant
Jarrette Moats	....	production assistant: Austin (season 5)
Erica Moss	....	production assistant: Orlando auditions
Don Napoli	....	first assistant accountant
Jessica O'Brien	....	production assistant: New York auditions
Louise O'Brien	....	production assistant: New York auditions
Derek Paulin	....	truss followspot operator (2006)
Michael Percival	....	location manager (season 3)
Jonathan Phillips	....	production assistant: Miami (2008)
Jessica Pollak	....	production assistant
John Pritchett	....	technical director
Tom Rice	....	script (2003-2004)
Jared Richard	....	production assistant (1 episode)
Todd S. Ross	....	production assistant: Denver auditions (season 5)
Joseph Ruggieri	....	production assistant
Ramiro Saldivar	....	production assistant
Christopher Schwein	....	production assistant
Lee Scott	....	production assistant (Nashville episode only)
Nicole Slamer	....	script coordinator
Mark Andrew Smith	....	production assistant
Christina Solera	....	production assistant: Orlando auditions
Tom Trainor	....	production assistant
Chris Trew	....	production assistant
Chris Wagner	....	senior production coordinator
Ian Weiss	....	production assistant
Cammie West	....	production assistant: New Orleans auditions
Danny A. White	....	medic
Matt Wicks	....	production assistant (season 4)
Samantha Wilson	....	production assistant (season 5)
Clark Woodman	....	production assistant: St. Louis, MO
Andy Yip	....	production assistant
S. Michael Youngstrom	....	production assistant (2005)
Mike Yurchuk	....	production assistant
Daniel Zimmer	....	production assistant (season 5)