Post by lostmediafan02 on Nov 27, 2022 21:46:33 GMT
With Christmas coming up, I thought I would bring up an interesting piece of lost media not really known in the community.
On November 25, 2003, Fox aired a one-off special of American Idol, entitled An American Idol Christmas. It featured finalists from the first two seasons, along with the American Juniors, a musical group from the short-lived Idol spin-off of the same name. Reportedly, the first Canadian Idol Ryan Malcolm performed on the Canadian broadcast of the special, but I haven't come across any uploads.
While a number of performances have been uploaded over the years, the full special has not. It was reran only once on December 23, 2003. I remember coming across a YouTube upload of it in 2016, with all of the commercials intact, however that was later taken down by Idol rights owner Fremantle.
With the special's twentieth anniversary coming up next year, I think it would be great if this special resurfaced once more. There's also another lost Idol Christmas special featuring the show's first three winners, but I think I might save that topic for another day.
My sincere apologies for the bump, but I wanted to update the thread and say this: two days after I created the article, the full special was uploaded to the Internet Archive by TVRepeater_Christmas. That just leaves one more Idol-related Christmas special that has yet to resurface in its entirety. Not to mention that I also may bring attention to two other Idol specials that aren't online in full. Those will probably be saved for another day, but I am glad to know that An American Idol Christmas has finally been found once more.
My sincere apologies for the bump, but I wanted to update the thread and say this: two days after I created the article, the full special was uploaded to the Internet Archive by TVRepeater_Christmas. That just leaves one more Idol-related Christmas special that has yet to resurface in its entirety. Not to mention that I also may bring attention to two other Idol specials that aren't online in full. Those will probably be saved for another day, but I am glad to know that An American Idol Christmas has finally been found once more.
Post by lostmediafan02 on Jan 16, 2023 3:58:57 GMT
Apologies for the late reply, but the other two Idol specials that have yet to resurface are American Idol in Las Vegas, a two-hour special that aired a few weeks after the first season finale; and World Idol, a one-off version featuring international Idol winners. Again, I think I'll save those for another day.
Apologies for the late reply, but the other two Idol specials that have yet to resurface are American Idol in Las Vegas, a two-hour special that aired a few weeks after the first season finale; and World Idol, a one-off version featuring international Idol winners. Again, I think I'll save those for another day.