Some Absolutely Staggering Facts About American Idol You Should Know Before You Start Watching Again

There Seemed To Be A Common Prototype

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For the first six seasons, it seemed that the winners were fairly evenly mixed. However, after season seven, a major trend started to appear in terms of who would win the singing contest. Over the course of five seasons, every single winner was a good-looking white dude.

All of them also played guitar on the show and this prototype gave way to lots of criticism that American Idol was more of a popularity contest than it was an actual singing show. The streak ended when Candice Glover won Season 12.