Editing American Idol (section)

===Hollywood week===
Once in Hollywood, the contestants perform individually or in groups in a series of rounds. Until the tenth season, there were usually three rounds of eliminations in Hollywood.<ref>{{cite web |last=Barber |first=Greg |date=February 16, 2010 |title=American Idol: Kodak Moments |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2010/02/17/american-idol-hollywood-eliminations/ |website=The Washington Times}}</ref> In the first round the contestants emerged in groups but performed individually. For the next round, the contestants put themselves in small groups and performed a song together.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Slezak |first=Michael |date=February 5, 2010 |title='American Idol': 15 Greatest 'Hollywood Week' Moments |url=https://ew.com/gallery/american-idol-15-greatest-hollywood-week-moments/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> In the final round, the contestants performed solo with a song of their choice [[a cappella]] or accompanied by a band{{nsmdns}}depending on the season. In the second and third seasons, contestants were also asked to write original lyrics or melody in an additional round after the first round. In the [[American Idol season 7|seventh season]], the group round was eliminated and contestants may, after a first solo performance and on judges approval, skip a second solo round and move directly to the final Hollywood round.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kickler Kelber |first=Sarah |date=February 12, 2008 |title='American Idol': Hooray for Hollywood |work=Baltimore Sun |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/bs-mtblog-2008-02-american_idol_hooray_for_hollywood-story.html |access-date=November 8, 2021 |archive-date=November 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108123756/https://www.baltimoresun.com/bs-mtblog-2008-02-american_idol_hooray_for_hollywood-story.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the twelfth season, the executive producers split up the females and males and chose the members to form the groups in the group round.

In the tenth and eleventh seasons, a further round was added in Las Vegas, where the contestants performed in groups based on a theme, followed by one final solo round to determine the semi-finalists.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=February 17, 2011 |title='American Idol' Hollywood Week Ends With A Ticket To Vegas |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1658276/american-idol-hollywood-week/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211021557/http://www.mtv.com/news/1658276/american-idol-hollywood-week/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 11, 2014 |website=MTV}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Slezak |first=Michael |date=February 17, 2012 |title=American Idol Recap: What Happened in Vegas |work=TVLine |url=https://tvline.com/2012/02/17/american-idol-recap-season-11-episode-11-vegas-group-rounds-top-42/}}</ref> At the end of this stage of the competition, 24 to 36 contestants were selected to move on to the semi-final stage. In the twelfth season the Las Vegas round became a Sudden Death round, where the judges had to choose five guys and five girls each night (four nights) to make the top twenty.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Barrett |first=Annie |date=February 21, 2013 |title='American Idol' sudden death: Five guys get cut |url=https://ew.com/article/2013/02/21/american-idol-sudden-death-five-guys-cut/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> In the thirteenth season, the Las Vegas round was eliminated and a new round called "Hollywood or Home" was added, where if the judges were uncertain about some contestants, those contestants were required to perform soon after landing in Los Angeles, and those who failed to impress were sent back home before they reached Hollywood.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mansfield |first=Brian |date=February 5, 2014 |title=American Idol: Hollywood or Home |work=USA Today |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/idolchatter/2014/02/05/american-idol-hollywood-or-home-recap/5240565/}}</ref> In the fourteenth season, the "Hollywood or Home" round was dropped, and a Showcase round was added, where the contestants performed at the [[House of Blues]] or auditorium for the judges and a live audience, and these performances determine who makes into the Top 24.<ref>{{cite web |last=Carr |first=Tom |date=February 19, 2015 |title="American Idol" Recap: Showcase Round Performances Include a Sing-Off |url=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2015/2/19/american-idol-recap-showcase-round-performances-include-a-si.html |website=ABC News Radio |access-date=November 8, 2021 |archive-date=November 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108134639/http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2015/2/19/american-idol-recap-showcase-round-performances-include-a-si.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the seventeenth and eighteenth seasons, the showcase round took place in Hawaii. From the nineteenth season onward, a showstopper round was used.