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Published 15:16 11 May 2015 BST
Updated 13:15 11 Jun 2015 BST

While the show is still pulling in more viewers than some surviving shows, it is extremely expensive to produce with celebrity judges, multi-city audition tours and extravagant live shows driving up the production costs.
Idol's farewell season will debut in January 2016 and will "pay tribute to the past 14 seasons" of the pop culture sensation.Explore more on these topics: