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American Inventor
American Inventor was a reality television series based on a competition to be named America's best inventor. It was conceived by Simon Cowell and the producers of American Idol after Ben Hausbach appeared on Season 5 with his Cosmic Coaster invention.[1] He also appeared on Season 2 of American Inventor and was featured in the Florida auditions.[2] It premiered on MediaCorp Channel 5 on August 12, 2007. The show is aired every Sunday at 11:00am. It was organized as a competition between inventors nationally resulting in one overall winner. Janusz Liberkowski, who invented a new type of child safety seat based on the human womb called the Anecia Safety Capsule, was declared the first season's winner on December 2, 2007. The second season was not aired on television. Firefighter Greg Chavez, who invented a fire suppression system for Christmas trees called the Guardian Angel, was declared the winner of the second season in an unaired season finale. PremiseSeason 1Twelve inventors and their products are chosen from a pool of hundreds by four judges. The 12 semi-finalists are broken down into four groups of three, with each episode focusing on a different group of three. Each of the twelve semi-finalists in each group receives $50,000 to improve their inventions and compete to become one of the four finalists. The finalists would then work with a dedicated prototype and design company, such as T2 Design & Prototype who would help with expert advice and manufacturing assistance.[3] Each group is assigned a judge who would judge their products that they have invented. Each of the four judges would then choose one inventor from their group to compete in the finals, for a total of four finalists. In the show's finale, the four finalists present a 30-second commercial advertisement for their product, with the home audience voting by phone for the winner. The winner receives $1,000,000 prize money. Season 2 (not aired)Instead of 12 finalists receiving $50,000 checks to develop their inventions like in season one, six finalists, one from each of the audition cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Tampa and Houston, will each receive a $50,000 check and have one month to develop their inventions. The 6 finalists are narrowed down to three based on the judges' preference. Unlike the first season, the three finalists for voting were declared and were voted on by viewers immediately after the second-to-last show. The season finale was a single show, where the winner is declared among the finalists. In the first season, the finale was held two episodes with 30-second commercials on the first and the results of viewer voting on the second part. Also, the first season had four finalists instead of six narrowed to three. FinalistsSeason 1 finalists
Season 2 finalists (not aired)
Time slotThe first season of American Inventor debuted in Singapore on MediaCorp Channel 5 on August 12, 2007 on Sundays at 11:00am and ran until December 2, 2007 (pre-empted on October 14, 2007 and November 4, 2007) with the season finale. The first season was rerun on Channel 5 from November 27, 2007 on Mondays to Fridays at 1:00pm. The second season was not aired on any channel, as MediaCorp Channel 5 did not air it. ControversyThe makers of the program were accused of modeling American Inventor on a similar program called Million Dollar Idea.[5] CreditsAmerican Inventor was produced by Simon Cowell's Syco TV and FremantleMedia North America, Inc in association with Peter Jones TV. The executive producers were Simon Cowell, Liz Bronstein, Siobhan Greene, Nigel Hall, and Cecile Frot-Coutaz. Co-executive producer was Daniel Soiseth. See also
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