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| American Juniors | |
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| Genre | Interactive talent show Reality show |
| Created by | Simon Fuller |
| Directed by | Bruce Gowers |
| Presented by | Ryan Seacrest (episodes 1–5, 7–17) Gladys Knight (episode 6) |
| Judges | Debbie Gibson Gladys Knight (episodes 1–5, 9–17) Justin Guarini (episodes 1–4, 6) Nick Carter (episode 6) Lamont Dozier (episodes 7 and 8) Mary Wilson (episodes 7 and 8) Brian McKnight (episodes 9 and 10) Jordan Knight (episodes 11 and 12) Monica (episodes 13 and 14) Dionne Warwick (episode 15) |
| Opening theme | "One Step Closer" by S Club Juniors |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 17 |
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| Executive producers | Nigel Lythgoe Ken Warwick |
| Production companies | FremantleMedia North America 19 Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | Fox |
| Release | June 3 – August 19, 2003 |
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American Juniors is an American reality television singing competition series that was broadcast for one season from June 3 to August 19, 2003, on Fox. The series was a spin-off of American Idol, but with younger contestants. The show had the same production team as American Idol: it was created by Simon Fuller and 19 Entertainment along with FremantleMedia, directed by Bruce Gowers, and produced by Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick.
Unlike American Idol, the goal of the competition was not to find a single winner, but rather to create a singing group of five of the contestants. In this way, American Juniors more closely resembled the British series S Club Search, which had produced the group S Club Juniors.
The show spawned the singing group American Juniors, consisting of Taylor Thompson, Tori Thompson, Chauncey Matthews, Lucy Hale, and Danielle White. The group disbanded in 2004, after their self-titled studio album generated lackluster sales.
The show was filmed in Los Angeles.