After many years at No. 1, American Idol could finally get overthrown in the weekly ratings as the country’s highest-rated TV series.
We used Social Radar to analyze conversations online.
American Idol mentions have been steadily declining for the last several years.
Chatter around American Idol is at its most negative point. The chart contains data from 2008-present.
Is American Idol’s run as the highest rated show on TV over?
NBC’s hit show “The Voice” aired its finale this week, naming Javier Colon the show’s first ever winner. ”The Voice” incorporated social media into its strategy from the beginning, building a Twitter presence into the broadcast with hashtag #thevoice, and included live tweets on air during the show. We used Social Radar to analyze conversations online.
We measured conversations around upstart program “The Voice” vs. television behemoth “American Idol.” Thanks to a strong social media presence, “The Voice” generated more chatter than American Idol on its April 26 premiere, even as competition tightened on “Idol.”
We also measured chatter around “American Idol” winner Scotty McCreery vs. “The Voice” winner Javier Colon. McCreery generated more chatter following his “Idol” win.
So it appears that “The Voice” did a great job of generating conversations around the show overall, rather than individual contestants.
NBC is already planning to broadcast an episode of “The Voice” following the Super Bowl in February 2012. Will it help save the fledgling network? Will we see more shows incorporating Twitter into broadcasts to boost audience participation?
American Idol is down to the final three contestants, after a dramatic exit by James Durbin in last week’s show.
We used Social Radar to analyze chatter around the remaining three contestants.
We measured the number of mentions for each of the top three contestants within overall American Idol conversations. Haley has generated the most buzz following each show three out of the last four weeks, and has generated the highest amount of buzz overall.
We are predicting Haley vs. Scotty in the finale. Check Buzzstudy next week for follow up analysis and our winner prediction!
American Idol contestant Pia Toscano was eliminated from the competition in a shocking results show last week. Fans and the judges were surprised that Pia, one of this season’s favorites, was sent packing early. Reports are already surfacing that Pia was offered a record deal from Interscope.
Chatter around Pia spiked 296% following her elimination. Too little too late to save her.
Overall chatter around American Idol was nearly twice as high following Pia’s elimination compared to other weeks.
Throughout the past month, contestant Casey Abrams has generated the most chatter. Conversations around American Idol are currently 70% positive, and have been an average of 75% positive throughout the past month. Will Pia’s elimination help or hurt the show?
When Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez replaced Simon Cowell as judges on American Idol, many speculated doom and gloom for the powerhouse TV show.
But recent ratings and a new hit song by Jennifer Lopez have people buzzing about the show.
We used Social Radar to run analysis around American Idol.
American Idol chatter is currently at its highest point within the last year, recently spiking above chatter around Simon’s last show last May.
Conversations around American Idol are currently 82% positive.
All major topics of conversation around American Idol have been positive (green). Contestants Casey Abrams and Pia Toscano are currently generating the most chatter.
Will Season 13 be the best ever for Idol?
American Idol 2011 premiered Wednesday night for the first time without Simon Cowell. Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez made their debut, joining Randy Jackson on the judges panel and host Ryan Seacrest.
Overall buzz around American Idol is down so far in January 2011 compared to January 2010.
Steven Tyler has been the most discussed topic within American Idol conversations so far this week. Simon Cowell is still being mentioned in 7% of all Idol conversations currently.
Conversations around American Idol are 79% positive so far this week, up from the 69% positive sentiment we reported after the new judges were announced in September 2010.
Will American Idol be able to recover from the loss of Simon Cowell this season?
Fox announced yesterday that Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez would join Randy Jackson on the American Idol judging panel.
Overall sentiment around American Idol was only 69% positive yesterday.
Individual sentiment around Jennifer Lopez was 68% positive, and Steven Tyler only 62% positive.
How will the new judges and the absence of Simon Cowell impact ratings? Overall chatter around American Idol is currently at an all time low.
It’s that time of year again. Tonight, a new American Idol is crowned. We used Social Radar to predict the winner. Based on these results, we’re predicting your next American Idol will be:
For those of you following American Idol this year, Adam Lambert has been the perceived obvious winner from the start of the Top 12. Not only did he receive constant praise and amazement from the judges, but week after week he sailed through with his over-the-top and powerhouse performances to reach the Final 2. His buzz corresponded quite well, as chatter around Adam Lambert has been dominating the other contestants for weeks.
But, before we declare Adam Lambert our next American Idol, let’s take a step back. Who’s he up against in the finale? Kris… something.. Kris Allen? Who’s that? This underdog came from getting absolutely zero American Idol air-time or hype prior to the live episodes to somehow sneaking by each week with solid, cool performances and becoming the unexpected final contender for the American Idol title. Does he really have a shot? Several weeks ago, I would’ve said “absolutely not.” Tonight, I’m not so sure. In fact, in my uncertainty, I’ve become certain that he has a real shot.
Take a look at this surprising analysis of mentions “voting for” either Adam or Kris.
Who do we predict as the winner? Honestly, based on our analysis up to this hour, it’s damn near impossible to tell. It is so close, it could go either way. But, let’s look at the sentiment for both.
Based on the sentiment results, Kris Allen is slightly ahead (74% positive to Adam’s 72% positive). But again, it’s very close. Given what we’re seeing in Social Radar and my opinion of the determined winner, I predict our American Idol for 2009 will be…
Kris Allen
Why did I choose Kris? Well, our analysis gives him a very slight advantage. And, maybe deep down I like rooting for the underdog. I also think that, although Adam Lambert is a brilliant singer, he just doesn’t bring enough mass appeal with his mostly “Hard Rock” related music-style. Kris has a much more alternative/pop mainstream appeal. But if he does win, our buzz suggests that it will be by a very small margin. I guess we’ll find out soon enough.
Lambert is trending down, and Anoop is on the rise this week. Adam Lambert still led in overall posts thanks to lingering buzz from his last performance, but after this week’s performance Anoop has been generating the most chatter over the past few days.
Here are the overall rankings based on number of blog posts, news feeds, chat rooms, forums, social networks and Twitter posts throughout the past week:
1. Adam Lambert
2. Anoop Desai
3. Kris Allen
4. Danny Gokey
5. Matt Giraud
6. Lil Rounds
7. Allison Iraheta
8. Scott MacIntyre
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