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==Regional auditions==
Auditions began on June 14, 2009, less than a month after the previous season's finale. During this stage, a series of guest judges filled in on the judging panel.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120904022513/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1620572/avril-lavigne-guestjudge-idol-la.jhtml Avril Lavigne To Guest-Judge 'American Idol' In Los Angeles]</ref> Auditions were held in the following cities.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web |url=http://www.americanidol.com/news/view/pid/1737 |title=Season 9 Auditions – American Idol News |publisher=Americanidol.com |date=June 3, 2009 |access-date=January 21, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526103407/http://www.americanidol.com/news/view/pid/1737/ |archive-date=May 26, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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===Top 3 — Contestant's Choice/Judges' Choice===
Each contestant performed two songs: one chosen by the judges and one chosen by the contestant. Contestants are listed in the order they performed.
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== Controversies ==
Chris Golightly was originally selected as semi-finalist. According to reports, Golightly was disqualified on February 17, 2010, after already being told he was in the top 24, over an old contract. The contract had expired by the time the top 24 began to tape, but they disqualified him because he was under contract at the time of the tryouts, in violation of ''Idol'' rules. He was later replaced by [[Tim Urban]] at the last minute of the last part of Hollywood Week.<ref>
{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1632112/20100218/story.jhtml|title=Chris Golightly Disqualified From 'American Idol' Top 24|publisher=MTV|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=February 18, 2010|access-date=February 8, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100325155629/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1632112/20100218/story.jhtml| archive-date= March 25, 2010 | url-status=
[[Ryan Seacrest]] was criticized by [[TheWrap]] and MSNBC Entertainment for "critiquing the judges’ comments" and becoming more aggressive.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/idol-s-problem-isn-t-ellen-anymore-it-s-ryan-wbna36449260|title='Idol's' problem isn't Ellen anymore – it's Ryan|publisher=Today.com|access-date=June 5, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/forget-simon-idol-s-all-about-ryan-now-wbna36599777|title=Forget Simon — 'Idol's' all about Ryan now|publisher=Today.com|access-date=June 5, 2010}}</ref> Ratings for this season dropped significantly compared to the previous two seasons,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=10545374 |title=American Idol" Ratings Down, but Ad Sales Seen Up |publisher=ABC |location=USA |access-date=April 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707080225/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=10545374 |archive-date=July 7, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> leading to speculation that it might be coming to a close.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/arts/television/08arts-AMERICANIDOL_BRF.html |title='American Idol' Ratings Hit a Low Mark |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 7, 2010 |access-date=February 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111152259/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/arts/television/08arts-AMERICANIDOL_BRF.html |archive-date=January 11, 2017 |url-status=live |last1=Carter |first1=Bill }}</ref> It was speculated that reasons for the decline might have included the pending departure of [[Simon Cowell]] and the more unpredictable behavior of Ryan Seacrest.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bianco |first=Robert |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/reviews/2010-05-04-idolfix04_ST_N.htm |title=It's time for producers to fix 'American Idol,' and here's how |work=USA Today |date=May 5, 2010 |access-date=April 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100507080047/http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/reviews/2010-05-04-idolfix04_ST_N.htm |archive-date=May 7, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Season nine semifinals shock eliminations==
Michael Slezak of EW stated, "So you’d think by season 9 — during the inconsequential semifinals, no less — it would be easy to brush off the bad judgment of speed-texting tweens, to process the way-too-early exits of Lilly Scott, Katelyn Epperly, and Alex Lambert (plus the sort-of-maybe-too-early ouster of Todrick Hall), and move on. So why do the ritual killings of the dreams of four indisputably flawed semifinalists feel like they’re part of something bigger, a shifting of the tectonic plates at the core of the Idol universe?"
== U.S. Nielsen ratings ==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.americanidol.com}}
*{{IMDb episodes|0319931}}
{{American Idol 9}}
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