American Idol online… (King.com + FremantleMedia [RTL Group/Bertelsmann])

After “Deal or No Deal,” “1 vs 100,” “Who Wants to be A Millionaire,” and “Big Brother” a company called King.com now also has the license for “American Idol.” Extending the existing brand into online game space, King.com is really just giving you a more-or-less interactive (someone say iTV?) version.

“The idea behind the game is to really re-create the experience of going before the ‘American Idol’ jury,” said Robert Norton, vp business development in the U.S. at King.com. “Players will create a personal avatar and dress them in costumes and then use the cursors on the keyboard to sing and dance to the music.” (source)

Quoting a whopping $250,000 to develop the game, it is apparently the most expensive “casual Web game ever made.” FremantleMedia (wholly owned by the RTL Group, which is 90% owned by Bertelsmann) seems excited.


Discussion (13 comments)
sabrina November 11th, 2008 (10:36 pm)

you NEED to put american idol BACK on KING.com because it was REALLY FUN!!!!=]

milbank star January 2nd, 2009 (7:41 pm)

American idol is an awesome game. so many people go on king .com provided by yahoo.
If u want to keep ur 2 favorite fans put American Idol back on King.com. Please with caviar on top.

Mandy January 17th, 2009 (8:12 pm)

King.com doesnt have American idol anymore

bryan burrows January 25th, 2009 (3:41 pm)

i want american idol back on king .com what is wrong with you!!!

kamaria February 14th, 2009 (4:11 pm)

seriously it was fun why did u take it off

kamaria February 14th, 2009 (4:12 pm)

Ok well amarican idol is a awsome game what was so wrong with it that you took it off ? we all enjoyed it. Well i hope me and everyone elses commets persuade you to put it back on king.com

Tea March 16th, 2009 (8:43 pm)

PUT IT BACK ON!!!!! I DID IT ALL THE TIME AND NOW I’M BORED!!!!

Brooke May 26th, 2009 (3:58 pm)

Why did you get rid of it? That game was so fun, by the way, King.com just lost a lot of users due to that. :(

kellie September 24th, 2009 (5:43 pm)

wtf why did they take that game off!!!!

gabby November 10th, 2009 (5:58 pm)

fuck you the ones who took the game off king.com iplayed that game all the time but one day i went on it there was no american idol game anymore boohoo fuck you.

jennifer December 26th, 2009 (1:48 am)

king.com was much better off with american idol but now that they took it off lesspeople go on it

plz put it back on king.com!!!!!

jennifer December 26th, 2009 (1:49 am)

king.com was much better off with american idol but now that they took it off less people go on it

plz put it back on king.com!!!!!

jasmine February 6th, 2010 (3:50 pm)

yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy i been x searching for dat game for trwo yeas now tear tear plz put on or else fffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuucccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk u guys ((king .com)) azz whoels

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