American Idol
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[edit] Introduction
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[edit] The Show
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[edit] Terminology
Below is a list of terms and their definitions that are used in this fan community.
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[edit] Timeline
Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in this fan community.
[edit] 2002
- On April 12, 2002, idolslash, one of the most influential American Idol fan fiction communities, was founded on LiveJournal. ([1] , tisharrasofine on AIM)
- On August 8, 2002, the IdolStar_JustinGuarini mailing list was created and dedicated to Justin Guarini. [2]
- On August 16, 2002, the American Idol mailing list AmericanIdolFanFic was created. [3]
- On October 21, 2002, the American Idol mailing list AIFanFics was created. [4]
[edit] 2003
- On March 3, 2003, an article was created about American Idol on Wikipedia. [5]
- On March 6, 2003, the Clay Aiken LiveJournal community clay_aiken was created. [6]
- On March 16, 2003, the Clay Aiken LiveJournal community aiken4clay was created. [7]
- On March 30, 2003, the American Idol mailing list FFAIG was created. [8]
- On April 10, 2003, the mailing list SimonCowellFanfic was created for people to post fan fiction related to Simon Cowell. [9]
- On April 12, 2003, the LiveJournal community idolslash was created. [10]
- On May 23, 2003, the Clay Aiken LiveJournal community claypride was created. [11]
- On September 25, 2003, the GreatestJournal community ai_adult_fans was created. [12]
- On October 14, 2003, the GreatestJournal community americanidolfan was created. [13]
[edit] 2004
- On January 16, 2004, the mailing list RyanSeacrestMatureFic was created for people to post Ryan Seacrest fan fiction. [14]
- On May 28, 2004, the Clay Aiken icon LiveJournal community claycons was created. [15]
- On May 29, 2004, the Clay Aiken LiveJournal community _clayaiken was created. [16]
- On June 10, 2004, the MySpace group jasminetrias was created. [17]
- On October 18, 2004, the Clay Aiken LiveJournal community clayaday was created. [18]
[edit] 2005
- On January 5, 2005, the MySpace group MATTROGERS was created. [19]
- On February 19, 2005, the MySpace group ameridolconstantine was created. [20]
- On March 12, 2005, the GreatestJournal community idolized_talk was created. [21]
- On March 20, 2005, the MySpace group AnthonyFedorovFans was created. [22]
- On March 22, 2005, the message board American Idol Talk was created. [23]
- On April 23, 2005, the Bo Rice GreatestJournal community bo_patrol was created. [24]
- On April 26, 2005, the MySpace group carrieunderwoodgroup was created. [25]
- On April 28, 2005, the MySpace group WINNERCONSTANTINE was created. [26]
- On April 29, 2005, the MySpace group constantinemaroulisrocks was created. [27]
- On June 7, 2005, the MySpace group idolsonfox was created. [28]
- On June 28, 2005, the MySpace group carrieandkelly was created. [29]
[edit] 2006
- During 2006, people posted American Idol fan fiction on Quizilla.
- "On February 6, 2006, The National Enquirer runs an article titled "Clay is Gay!" and all hell breaks loose. John Paulus, a 37 year old former Green Beret, claimed to have met American Idol superstar Clay Aiken online under the IM username "valleyprettyboy". On January 2, Paulus claims he and then went to the Quality Inn hotel in Garner, North Carolina. He paid cash for a room and waited. Within 5 minutes of Clay showing up, Paulus claims they began to have unprotected sex. The National Enquirer claimed they gave Paulus a polygraph test that he passed and that he had evidence from the night he spent with Clay that had his DNA on it. Shockingly enough, Clay wasn't keen on offering up a DNA sample to a man who claimed he saved a towel with ejaculate on it. " [30]
- Starting shortly after the accusations regarding Clay Aiken's alleged relationship with John Paulus, "The Claymates and Aiken's legal team attacked. Paulus claimed he and his family received death threats on a daily basis. Paulus began releasing more stories about Aiken's family and personal life that couldn't be substantiated." [31]
- On April 9, 2006, the GreatestJournal community aceyoungfans was created. [32]
[edit] 2007
- On August 20, 2007, the InsaneJournal community rymon was created for Simon/Ryan fan fiction. [33]
- "In October 2007, a Clay Aiken fan went looking for more information on the John Paulus situation and if he was still claiming to have had sex with Clay Aiken. The fan, known as "Clayfully Yours", took screenshots of various comments Paulus made in response to questions left on his site. In these comments, Paulus recants almost every single accusations he made about meeting Clay Aiken and answers why he made the stories up to begin with." [34]
- On December 9, 2007, the InsaneJournal community idol_times was created. [35]
- On December 9, 2007, the InsaneJournal icon community idol_xpose_icon was created. [36]
[edit] 2008
- Threats to John Paulus by Claymates continued into 2008. [37]
- On January 2, 2008, the InsaneJournal asylum american_idol was created. [38]
- On February 14, 2008, the InsaneJournal asylum americanidols was created. [39]
- On March 5, 2008, MSNBC ran an article asking if America was ready for a gay Idol. The article discussed how, during the first season, message boards discussed idol contestant Verraros saying how a "faggot" should never win Idol. [40]
- On March 28, 2008, the_flyboys, a community dedicated to the pairing of Season Seven contestants Michael Johns and David Cook (given the conjoined nickname Mavid), was created on Livejournal. [41]
- In April 2008, the Taylor Hicks fandom made fandom wank. [42]
- On May 29, 2008, Claymates learned that Clay Aiken was going to be the father of Jaymes Foster's child. [43] According to What Rumors, Claymates
- were congratulatory and wished the star success while stunned at how soon the baby would be arriving. A few did respond on People.com with comments about how the baby will ruin his touring schedule and future cd releases but the Claymates have a history of being divided over issues in Clay's life outside of his singing career. [44]
- On June 2, 2008, the InsaneJournal asylum clayfiction was created. [45]
[edit] 2009
- On March 31, 2009, the fansite The David Chronicles was created. [46]
- In July 2009, the Westboro Baptist Church (whose website is the infamous www.godhatesfags.com), announced they would be staging pickets at some of the American Idol tour dates this summer, in protest of AI runner-up Adam Lambert.
[edit] Kerfluffles
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[edit] MySpace
"all American Idol contestants have MySpace pages set up by the show’s publicity staff. " [47]
[edit] Influential Fanworks
[edit] Fan fiction
- "Pieces" featuring Carrie Underwood/Reese Witherspoon.
[edit] Fandom Members
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[edit] Fandom Size
[edit] April 2007
There were 19 American Idol stories on Quizilla as of April 8, 2007.
[edit] December 2007
There were 28 American Idol stories on Quizilla as of December 8, 2007. [48]
As of December 29, 2007, there were 659 fans on FanPop. [49]
[edit] External Links
- American Idol @ FanPop
- American Idol @ FanWorksFinder
- American Idol @ IMDB
- Simon and Paula Fan Fiction
- American Idol fanfiction - Seasons 1 - 7
[edit] Blog posts
[edit] News articles
- Is America ready for a gay ‘Idol’? - MSNBC article
[edit] See also
[edit] Sources
Below is a partial list of articles and academic sources to help you continue to learn about this community.
- Kidder, Kristine. "Passing Out and Acting Up with young female music fans" Bitch magazine. pgs 82-86. Issue 32, Summer 2005.
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