American Idol Raise 30 Million
May 4th, 2007American Idol Raise 30 Million and counting for charity.
Focusing on children in Africa and the US, celebrities from Madonna to Bono featured alongside the show’s contestants to ask for donations on American Idol.
Live performances came from Scottish singer Annie Lennox and previous Idol winner Kelly Clarkson.
Viewers still picked their favourite contestants, although no-one was voted off during the special, with votes being carried forward to next week.
‘Stupid poverty’
The 70 million calls and texts into the Idol Gives Back show was twice the amount of the previous week.
The two-hour event regularly crossed from the usual studio to a concert hosted by comedian and talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres at the Disney Hall in Los Angeles.