{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox television | alt_name = America's Most Talented Kids | image = | caption = | runtime = 44 minutes | creator = | presenter = {{Plainlist| * Mario Lopez * Dave Coulier * Lance Bass }} | country = United States | executive_producer = {{Plainlist| * Mark Cronin * Peter Johansen * Stuart Krasnow }} | company = {{Plainlist| * NBC Studios<br />(season 1) * Mindless Entertainment<br />(seasons 2–3) }} | network = {{Plainlist| * NBC (season 1) * PAX TV (seasons 2–3) }} | opentheme = | camera = | first_aired = {{Start date|2003|3|28}} | last_aired = {{End date|2005|5|22}} | num_episodes = | num_seasons = 3 }}
'''''America's Most Talented Kid''''' is an American television series<ref>{{Cite news |date=2003-03-19 |title=New reality: Judges are B-list talents |work=Chicago Tribune |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2003-03-19-0303200026-story.html |access-date=2022-04-29 |archive-date=2022-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430021444/https://www.chicagotribune.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Dyer |first=Richard |date=2003-04-24 |title=Kids' talent show on a low road; Much of the show, America's Most Talented Kid, isn't about kids or talent at all, it's about feelings and exploiting them, says Boston Globe writer Richard Dyer |pages=D13 |work=The Hamilton Spectator |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/270130483|access-date=2022-04-30|id={{ProQuest|270130483}} }}</ref> that premiered on NBC on March 28, 2003. In each round, three age groups (3–7, 8–12, 13–16) of talented children would perform songs, dance numbers, magic, and other forms of entertainment in front of head judge Lance Bass and other guest celebrity judges, such as Sisqo, Maureen McCormick, Jermaine Jackson and Daisy Fuentes. Host Mario Lopez led the highest scorer from each round until only three children were left to compete in the grand finale. In the end, Cheyenne Kimball was crowned the grand champion.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Friedman |first=David |date=2006-06-06 |title=Cheyenne Kimball: This teen can rock |work=The News-Times |url=https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Cheyenne-Kimball-This-teen-can-rock-114546.php |access-date=2022-04-29 |archive-date=2022-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430021445/https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Cheyenne-Kimball-This-teen-can-rock-114546.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
The final NBC episode featured senior citizens competing in the special ''America's Most Talented Senior''.
A limited-run series on NBC to compete with the growing talent-show trend in reality television, it would later move to PAX TV (which then had a business/content-sharing relationship with Paxson Communications), the title pluralized to "Kids", with Dave Coulier as host and Daryl Sabara, Scarlett Pomers and Bobb'e J. Thompson as judges. Unlike the NBC version, however, each show would crown a $1,000 winner and give the winner a finale slot. The Grand Champion of this season was then 13-year-old rock violinist/singer/songwriter Antonio Pontarelli.
In 2004 ''American Idol'' runner-up Diana DeGarmo, 2007 ''American Idol'' winner Jordin Sparks, plus ''American Idol'' season 9 contestant Aaron Kelly appeared on the show. Singer Tori Kelly performed on the show during the PAX TV run and won, beating out singer and accordionist, Hunter Hayes.
==Notable contestants== *Cheyenne Kimball – Grand Champion (2003); debut album ''The Day Has Come'' debuted at number 15 on the ''Billboard'' 200 in the United States *JoJo – singer<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wartofsky |first=Alona |date=2004-06-30 |title=Pop 'n' Fresh: JoJo Is Latest Teen Sensation |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2004/06/30/pop-n-fresh-jojo-is-latest-teen-sensation/ae2c3640-530d-4abb-a922-1cbf159a25ac/ |access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref> *Antonio Pontarelli<ref>{{Cite news |last=Price |first=Ruth |date=2006-07-11 |title=Somerfest tunes up appeal with something for everyone |work=The Tribune-Democrat |url=https://www.tribdem.com/news/local_news/somerfest-tunes-up-appeal-with-something-for-everyone/article_b466c4b1-dfbc-5646-85b7-59937cdeb03e.html |access-date=2022-04-30}}</ref> – Grand Champion (2004) *Tori Kelly<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dillon |first=Nancy |date=2019-02-10 |title=Singer Tori Kelly wins her first Grammy awards, dedicates them to 'any girl' feeling 'not good enough' |work=New York Daily News |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny-news-tori-kelly-wins-two-grammy-awards-20190210-story.html |access-date=2022-04-30}}</ref> – Singer, songwriter, and actress. *Diana DeGarmo<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yeo |first=Debra |date=2011-06-29 |title=Diana DeGarmo's sugar and spice |work=Toronto Star |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2011/06/29/diana_degarmos_sugar_and_spice.html |access-date=2022-04-30}}</ref> – Later appeared on the third season of ''American Idol'' where she finished in second place. *Julie Dubela<ref name="Stratham songbird narrowly loses TV talent title">{{cite web|last=Cicco|first=Nancy|title=Stratham songbird narrowly loses TV talent title|url=http://www.seacoastonline.com/2005news/01112005/news/58367.htm|work=Portsmouth Herald|accessdate=2022-04-30|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312195940/http://www.seacoastonline.com/2005news/01112005/news/58367.htm|archivedate=March 12, 2007}}</ref> – She also appeared in ''American Juniors'' and ''Endurance Tehachapi'' *Hunter Hayes<ref>{{Cite news |last=Drown |first=Michelle |date=2019-09-04 |title=Hunter Hayes Interviewed |work=Santa Barbara Independent |url=https://www.independent.com/2019/09/04/hunter-hayes-interviewed/ |access-date=2022-04-30}}</ref> – Singer and accordionist *Jordin Sparks<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Boardman |first=Madeline |date=2017-07-27 |title='American Idol' Winners: Where Are They Now? |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |url=https://ew.com/gallery/american-idol-winners-where-are-they-now/?slide=240153#240153 |access-date=2022-04-30}}</ref> – Vocalist and actress. She was in the Tournament of Champions. Winner of season 6 of ''American Idol''.
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20030322011451/http://www.nbc.com/America's_Most_Talented_Kid/ Official Website of the NBC version] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20040813083508/http://www.pax.tv/shows/msttlkid/ Official Website of the PAX version] * {{IMDb title|0361145}}
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