American Idol Announces "Idol Gives Back"
Two Night Event to Raise Money for Children in Africa and the U.S
The first day of Idol Gives Back, The American Idol show on Tuesday April 24 will be a normal show featuring the top six performers singing songs with an "inspirational" theme. After the show viewers will be able to vote as usual. The twist will be that for each vote cast, the show's sponsors, Coca Cola, AT&T, as well as Ford, will donate money that will go to the Charity Projects Entertainment Fund.
The second night of Idol Gives Back, the results show on Wednesday, April 25 will be a two hours event (8-10 p.m. ET live). This will be a "star-studded extravaganza." Performers will include: Gwen Stefani, Pink, Michael Buble, Josh Groban, Annie Lennox, Borat, and Bono. Viewers will be able to make their own charitable donations on toll-free lines and via the Internet. The money raised by both shows will benefit children in Africa and the United States equally.
Ryan Seacrest quoted Bono in saying that, "We'll see worlds collide when Africa appears on America's most-watched television show... it's a little bit of pop history."
The American Idol website has a great list sharing what can you do to support Idol Gives Back. The list includes:
- Watch the shows on April 24th and 25th.
- Vote for your favorites.
- Make a donation at www.americanidol.com.
- Read more at www.cpefund.com.
- Tell your friends about Idol Gives Back.
- Get all the kids you know to go to Scholastic.com/idolgivesback
- If you want to learn more about how you can help to make poverty history go to www.one.org
Published by Renee Bodkin
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16 Comments
Post a CommentI think it's a wonderful thing to help people in need, but at the same time I help run a homeless shelter in Beloit wisconsin. It is The Sparrow's nest homeless shelter, and we are asking for help everyday of the week. It is not a wealthy community, so the donattions we receive are very minamal. It's nice to help other countries, but I wish someone would right here in the U.S.A. this shelter has been around for 10 yrs. now because the O'Leary family has made it happen, each day get's harder. But we would like to be able to continue to help the homeless for another 10 yr's. And we are the only shelter in the whole county that helps men. Homeless shelter funds dwindle as needs arise. We are ran by private donations and the grace of GOD. It would really be nice to see some of that money put to use right here in the united states. Sincerely Kenneth John Servin Beloit Wisconsin 53511
We both did an article on this. I think it's a great idea to help others with something that is so popular. Nice article.
I enjoyed this show and I just wonder how much the judges gave? Ellen (hosting at the Disney Auditorium in LA) said she was donating $100,000 but no word from anyone on the American Idol panel. Still, it's a great cause, and it's nice that it also focuses on the Gulf Coast where a lot of help is still needed.
I think this is an excellent article, and an excellent theme! Thanks for sharing it!
Thanks for bringing this to people's attention.
Great information Renee! I totally missed it when it came out, but I think it's great that they're going to be giving to others.....they definitely make enough off of that show to do it!
I think this is really a wonderful thing to do. And the fact that they are spreading the help around among different continents is even better.
I love to see celebrities giving back.
Glad they are doing something useful!
AI is so popular, it will be a great way to get an important message out to a huge number of people. Thanks for the great article.