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American Inventor
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American Inventor is a reality television series based on a search for America's best inventor. It was conceived by UK entrepreneur Peter Jones, who appears on the somewhat similar British program Dragon's Den, and produced by Jones alongside Simon Cowell and the producers of American Idol. Airing on ABC, it premiered on March 16, 2006. Janusz Liberkowski, with his invention the Anecia Safety Capsule, was declared the first season's winner in a live episode May 18, 2006. The second season will premiere on June 6, 2007 and will be on at 9pm on Wednesday nights.
Contents
- 1 Overview
- 1.1 Premise
- 1.2 Time slot
- 1.3 Controversy
- 1.4 Season One Finalists
- 1.5 Credits
- 2 See also
- 3 External links
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Overview
Premise
Twelve inventors and their products are chosen from a pool of hundreds by four judges. The 12 semi-finalists are broken down into four groups of three, with each episode focusing on a different group of three. Each of the three semi-finalists in each group receives $50,000 to improve their inventions and compete to become one of the four finalists. In the show's live finale, the four finalists present a 30-second commercial advertisement for their product, with the home audience voting by phone for the winner. The winner receives $1,000,000 worth of business support, entrepreneurial counsel, physical resources, and prize money.
On the season finale, it was announced that the show will return for a second season. Prospective contestants can
sign up online to audition.
Time slot
American Inventor debuted March 16, 2006 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Each subsequent Thursday, it aired at 9 p.m. until the season finale May 18, 2006. American Inventor aired on ABC and on CH in Canada. In Malaysia, it is aired on NTV7 every Sunday at 7.00pm. The Second Season aired on Wend. at 9pm.
Controversy
The makers of the program were accused of modeling American Inventor on a similar program called Million Dollar Idea [1] [2].
Season One Finalists
Credits
American Inventor is produced by Simon Cowell's Syco
Television LLC and
FremantleMedia North America,
Inc in association with Peter Jones TV. The executive producers are Simon Cowell, Liz Bronstein, Siobhan Greene, Nigel Hall and Cecile Frot-Coutaz. Co-executive producer is Daniel Soiseth. The show's panel of judges for season one were
Peter Jones,
Ed Evangelista,
Mary Lou Quinlan and
Doug Hall. It was hosted by
Matt Gallant. It has been reported that season two will be hosted by
Nick Smith with
George Foreman,
Pat Croce and the owner of
Spanx apparel, as well as
The Rebel Billionaire runner-up
Sara Blakely.
Peter Jones will remain on the panel.
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See also
