High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The ninth season of American Idol premiered on January 12, 2010 and concluded on May 26, 2010 on Fox. Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi all returned as judges, and Ellen DeGeneres has permanently replaced Paula Abdul as the fourth judge. Idol Gives Back also returned for the season and was held on April 21, 2010, during the top seven results show. The top 24 semi-finals format used in the fourth through seventh seasons also returned this season. This was Simon Cowell's last season judging on American Idol. This was the second season where neither of the final 2 contestants had been in the bottom 2 or 3, the first being the seventh season. This was also the third consecutive season a male contestant had won. It is also the first time since season 5 that both the finalists released a different song as a debut single.

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