Ultimate Idol (Season 1)

The first season of Ultimate Idol is set to premiere at the end of March 2013. It is the debut season of the franchise and is in partnership with 'Janelle's X Factor. 'The season sets out to find a solo artist that has the whole package and can claim a gift at the end of the season. The competition is based on the format of ''American Idol/Pop Idol. ''

The judging line up for the first season consists of four very talented professionals who are experienced within the music industry. Thomas, who is the current head judge/mentor and excecutive producer on the partner show Janelle's X Factor is a judge, he is also the creator of the franchise. Janelle, a long-term trusted friend and collegue of Thomas' she is the creator of Janelle's X Factor and has been a judge on it for four seasons. Katia, the host and creator of a similar music based competition Idol: Tengaged Edition which is on its first season. Finally, Ryder is a experienced judge on another music based competition Tengaged (Kareoke) Idol which is in it's eigth season. The four experienced judges will help the season debut.

Regional auditions
Auditions were held in Atlanta, Chicago,, Dallas, Miami, New York City and Seattle in March/April of 2013.

At each audition date ten contestants will audition in front of the judges and try to impress them. The contestants need the majority of the judges to say 'YES' in order to receive their goldeon tickets to Hollywood. However, if the judges do not say 'YES' as a majority the contestant will go no further. There may be a possible 'call back' date added depending on how many contestants receive a golden ticket to Hollywood.

Hollywood week
This stage of the competition takes place in Hollywood. The number of contestants that get through to this round is dependent on the amount the judges put through in the auditions stage. The contestants will be tested in a certain area to see how well they work with it and their versatility, The judges will score each act out of 10, without commenting on them. The 14 highest scoring contestants will be able to advance straight to the semi-finals, the next 20 are sent to Las Vegas for one more chance to get into the semi-finals while the rest are cut from the competition and will not advance no more.

Las Vegas Round
This stage of the competition takes place in Las Vegas. 20 contestants that never scored high enough to advance to Hollywood, but were too good to cut get one final chance to make it into the semi-finals. The contestants are given another task again, half will go home while the other half join the semi-finalist's.