Channel 5 clinched the rights in a two-year deal for the 12th and 13th series of the show with FremantleMedia, which co-produces the show with Fuller's 19 Entertainment.
The 12th season of American Idol will air on Channel 5's spin-off channel, 5*, beginning in January next year, the same month it premieres in the US on Fox.
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