Template:Infobox reality talent competition/doc

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Purpose

This infobox was built for individual seasons of a specific popular franchise of reality music competitions, but if you've got another show that needs one that doesn't already have its own set of infoboxes, you can use this. An example for American Idol season 4 is provided alongside.

American Idol Season 4 example 
American Idol
Season 4
Broadcast from January 18, 2005 – May 25, 2005
Judges Paula Abdul
Simon Cowell
Randy Jackson
Host(s) Ryan Seacrest
Broadcaster Fox, CTV
Finals venue Kodak Theater
Winner:
Carrie Underwood
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Carrie Underwood performing during her Carnival Ride tour on Oct. 30, 2008.
Origin Checotah, Oklahoma, United States
Song "Inside Your Heaven"
Genre(s) Country, Pop
Runner-up
Bo Bice
Chronology
2005
{{Infobox reality talent competition
|name          = American Idol
|first_aired   = January 18, 2005
|last_aired    = May 25, 2005
|judges        = [[Paula Abdul]]<br />[[Simon Cowell]]<br />[[Randy Jackson]]
|host          = [[Ryan Seacrest]]
|broadcaster   = [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]], [[CTV Television Network|CTV]]
|finalsvenue   = [[Kodak Theater]]
|image         = [[File:Cu2.jpg|200px]]
|winner-name   = [[Carrie Underwood]]
|caption       = Carrie Underwood performing during her Carnival Ride tour on Oct. 30, 2008.
|winner-origin = [[Checotah, Oklahoma]], [[United States]]
|winner-genre  = [[Country music|Country]], [[Pop music|Pop]]
|winner-song   = [[Inside Your Heaven]]
|runner-name   = [[Bo Bice]]
|last          = American Idol (season 3)
|next          = American Idol (season 5)
|year          = 2005
}}


Usage

Main parameters
{{Infobox reality talent competition
| name          =
| season        =
| first_aired   = 
| last_aired    = 
| judges        = 
| coaches       =
| host          = <!-- or | presenter = -->
| cohost        = <!-- or | copresenter = -->
| broadcaster   = 
| finalsvenue   = 
| image         = 
| caption       =
| winner-name   = 
| winner-origin = Hometown of the winner
| winner-genre  = Genres performed by the winner
| winner-song   = Name of the performer's first single/winning song
| runner-name   =
| runner-image  =
}}
Succession box
| last          = 
| next          = 
| year          = 

Fields

name

Name of the competition show (e.g., American Idol or Britain's Got Talent)

first_aired and last_aired

This spans when the first episode was aired and when the finale was (or is planned to be) aired.

judges, host or presenter and co-host or copresenter

Specify the any applicable staff here. Use presenter (and copresenter) for British/Australian shows.

broadcaster

The main domestic or host broadcasters of the season.

finalsvenue

If the grand finale was held outside the normal studio (as is often for American Idol and Australian Idol), note this here.

winner fields

These fields are used to specify information about the winner once one is confirmed.

runner-name

2nd place finisher.

image and caption

Used to provide an image and optional caption for a photograph of the winner.

last, next, and year

Providing the year, and the page titles for the applicable pages will generate succession arrows between different seasons.

british

Setting |british=yes will change some terms used to British terminology, such as using "presenter" instead of host and "series" instead of season.

See also