Simon Fuller, Simon Jones, Simon Cowell...So many Simons! Lol

This is my childhood right here. I'd play "American Idol" with my mom and we'd dress up in costumes and sing our hearts out. We'd have our brother be the judge and to this day he's still the Simon Cowell in our hearts!

@charlietarr

5 жыл бұрын

Melinda Schwartz that’s an adorable story. Your mom sounds fun!

@mitchb2305

4 күн бұрын

Nice, I love this post!

Beginning of one of the best talent show ever.

DAMN! That's a big cell phone!!!

Simon was soooo brutal but honest

@yorickstrangefield2976

4 жыл бұрын

He was more brutal than he needed to be.

@joseitsme

4 ай бұрын

That's how it was back in those days. You had to be thick skinned. Now, we're soft

@mitchb2305

4 күн бұрын

I agree with lalalovengun. He was showing how the entertainment industry can be really unforgiving, that was one whole half of the show back in the early days.

Dude, I kinda like what Simon Cowell was saying about this showing how REAL auditions are

@LarizaCruz1980

4 жыл бұрын

Real?!? To whom?!? I’m sorry but they were brutal and in my opinion some that did get chosen.. you ask yourself... how ?!? Who or what are they listening to while singing

OMG this is sooooo early 2000's I LOVE IT

@captainagk

Ай бұрын

omg your comment was soo 12 years ago

OH LAWD! I'll never, ever forget those painful auditions @ 5:02 and 8:08 (I thought both of them were wounded).

And Kelly clarkson it was !!!! She made American idol History :)

Ryan: We don't know who it is yet... Contestant: Hi, my name is Kelly Clarkson...

omg I watched this in jail before I was hooked & continued after realease

Look at that Cellphone lol

@LarizaCruz1980

4 жыл бұрын

Jermano Mayfield lol yes!!! Right!!

Ryan looked fire on season 1

OH MY GOD the phone Ryan holds up at 4:03

To the one who posted this--Thank you for showing how and when it all began.

this is the only episode i have never seen, thanks for uploading it.

Anyone else watching the LAST EPISODE EVER OF AMERICA IDOL EVER right now?

@abimason2546

7 жыл бұрын

Yes I did last year and I really hope it comes back in a few years. All of the winners are good singers but in my opinion I think it has gotten week over the past few years. The last ones have been great before anyone says anything bitchy to me but that is just how I feel... If anyone else knows what I am trying to say.

haha finally watching the very first episode! never seen it before! haha

I was a year old when this aired, but I started watching it almost as early as possible- when I was 4. I'm still watching it today...I don't know why, but I am... It's like a tradition with me and my dad. We've been watching it forever together. I miss it like this...with these judges. I started watching in carrie underwoods season

It's funny to see how little the show had when it first started. I love how there's just like a big sheet for the backround.

thank you so much for posting these episodes! i live in NZ and they only started to show american idol season 2.

damn simon cold blooded af

@babyinblack

8 жыл бұрын

+jayseesee haha yes when Paula saw him she was probably like.. Cold hearted snakkeee!! :P

LOL @ simon talking about the auditioning process like they're going to the electric chair.

LOOK AT THE PHONES THEY HELD UP!!!

watching the final episode right now :( feel like crying

thank you so much for uploading this!

It’s amazing how the video (youtube) is older than most of the fortnite gamers (12yrs old) and the original video is older than some adults now (19yrs old)

Wow the show I grew up with!!!

Wow. Simon Cowell was so harsh back then. I kind of think he's softened over the years. Anyone agree or disagree?

@culdee4525

8 жыл бұрын

Definitely.

@goldeneyebannedx2492

8 жыл бұрын

totally!!!

@LarizaCruz1980

4 жыл бұрын

Maria W. Girl, he was there to literally destroy some that actually HAVE TALENT!!! Now I know and understand who was really hurting the most!!! Him!!

Awww thank you for this!!!!!! \

Happy Anniversary American Idol! :D

thanks for uploading cx

thank you for uploads!!!!

Jesus Christ Ryan seacrest looks way different

*may 2015* Still watching

@scherasadelewis7998

9 жыл бұрын

June 2015 still watching

@igotyou287

9 жыл бұрын

Nice

@astrumfaerie

9 жыл бұрын

Tfate 27 August 2015 still watching!

@southernlady2980

8 жыл бұрын

March 2016 watching final season :(

@astrumfaerie

8 жыл бұрын

Southern Lady same

Oh God I must be old ...I can't believe I'm hearing the phrase "early 2000s".

I heard Idol is gonna cancel next year. It's bittersweet, but it remains as a legacy

@victoriadeguzman6198

3 жыл бұрын

bryc actually it got revived by ABC as American Idol 2.0

I miss the original 3...

i clicked your link and now im deaf :( thaks alot

Back when idol was on fox....ahhh good days. abc/Disney has took the edge of this show. what edge it had.

Simon's reaction to Steven Ware's audition is priceless "Steven, stop.. that was terrible, I mean seriously terrible" Hahahahahaha

The nostalgia I can't even.

Hell of a cell phone at 4:02

paulas so gorgeous . enough said, i lover her very much hehe

Wow the first ever episode of American Idol ever! I live in Australia so never saw Brian Dunkleman until now.

4:02. i died.

Steven took his neighbors shirt from the clothline to attend this audition

omg that phone is huge xD

awesome.

I second that.

LOL @ the phone. XD

I was just a baby when this aired.

this is my favourite season of American Idol, even better than season 4 with the two rockers Constantine and Bo.

It would be interesting to see what these rejects are doing now.

@kaylatorres6667

7 жыл бұрын

Juliaflo the last girl is my coach for high school cheer we tease her about this video all the time

@Ajsirb24

4 жыл бұрын

@@kaylatorres6667 No way! That's hilarious 😂

simmon is hilarious hahah

ahhh... back when american idol was still good.

7:33 that song was in Men in Black II.

I kind of laughed when Ryan held up that phone without it being a joke.

8:00 Cassandra had me dying 😭😭

lol LOOK AT THE CELL PHONE! XD

LOL THAT CELL PHONE

One Simon is the creator, another Simon is the executive producer, another Simon is the top judge. Three Simons.... Half Life 3 confirmed.

LOL guurl it was that funny!

i love how good american idol has gotten. like honestly if any of these people tried out not, they probably wouldn't make it

Omg simon was so younger then

HA. Dinosaur phone. Love it.

Steven Ware was the first to be crashed on by Simon Cowell live! Without realising, he was opening new ground on TV. LOL!

hope they release all the seasons for dvd

Can believe all these people laughing at Ryan's ''cellphone''. You can tell is just a regular cordless phone. This is from 2002 not fuckin '94.

I was 5 when this came out

I want Netflix to stream old American Idol so bad

THAT CELL PHONE KILLED ME

Bahahahaha SImon driving around!

brian dunkleman is a great name for a action movie villain "DUNKLEMAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!"

Lol, was just thinking that!

Randy looks so different without his glasses!

American Idol has come so far. It feels like just yesterday it was Simon, Paula, and Randy. Now Paula's gone and tonight Simon is leaving. American Idol just isn't gonna be the same. I'm gonna miss Simon. He may act like a jerk most of the time but he knows what he's talking about and just getting his approval shows that you're an awesome singer. What sucks is that I'm never gonna be able to get his approval because he's leaving. ) :

secreast looks so different to season 10. yeah i know ten years but hey ? Whats up hahaha SIMON bring me to laugh ^^

WOAH! I've watched this show since the beginning, and this is so weird!!!

THE PHONE. OH JEEZ THE PHONE.

3:38 so true

Ever notice how they've REALLY lowered the standards over the years? They were a lot more picky back then.

I miss it when the auditions were only one episode.

@ 8:16 Gitchi gitchi ya ya hee! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

American Idol has come so far. It feels like just yesterday it was Simon, Paula, and Randy. Now Paula's gone and tonight Simon is leaving. American Idol just isn't gonna be the same. I'm gonna miss Simon. He may act like a jerk most of the time but he knows what he's talking about and just getting his approval shows that you're an awesome singer. What sucks is that I'm 13 now so unless he comes out of retirement in the future he won't be there when I audition. ) :

I hope it returns

This would later be referenced in _The Fairly OddParents_ just years after this debut with Simon Sparklefield, Fairy World's equivalent to Simon Cowell, appearing in an episode prior I have on DVD titled "Timmy TV" from 2005. *"Nag nag nag, no wonder Wanda's the third least popular character on Timmy TV"*

Cassandra had such a good attitude, I really wished she had had a good voice to match.

So painful to watch, yet so addicting...

I hate it when Simon says things like "you're never going to be able to be a good singer", but then again I haven't seen any one of those singers prove him wrong...

*Standards were VERY low back then*

Paula Abdul looked like Michael Jackson at 2:43

@sammariofan

7 жыл бұрын

AlanW. Lmfaoooo

back when simon tried, good ol days

Happy 10th anniversary to American Idol.

8:35 That was so nasty Simon...she was so happy when she was up there and then he shut her down to tears...I feel so bad for her. :(

@egaliteryan4

10 жыл бұрын

simon is not being mean he's telling the truth she didn't have to come up there to make a fool out of themselves or she was just up there to get on tv.

Look how much lower the budget was with the sets!

wheres episode 2? can anyone post episode 2 pls, thanks.

THAT PHONE. LMAO. I remember my dad having a few of those. Jeeeesus.... Also, who the fuck is Brian Dunkleman? I can't get over that name. Lmfao.

Anybody else miss Simon? He was a little mean, but that's what I think made him awesome XD

Holy Shit the cell phone Ryan holds Up!!!!