American Idol Receives 10 Emmy Nominations

Dim the lights...here we go!

The nominees for the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards were announced this morning, and American Idol accumulated a very impressive 10 nominations!

The ceremony, to be hosted by Glee's Jane Lynch, will air on FOX-TV on September 18.

Here are the 10 awards Idol is up for:

OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION FOR VARIETY, MUSIC OR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING
James Yarnell, Production Designer and Dave Edwards, Art Director

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES
Gregg Gelfand, Directed by

OUTSTANDING SHORT-FORM PICTURE EDITING - Scotty's Home Story
Oren Castro, Editor

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN/LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY
SERIES - Finale
Kieran Healy, Lighting Designer, Joshua Hutchings, Lighting Director, Matthew McAdam, Lighting Director, George Harvey, Lighting Director

OUTSTANDING HOST FOR A REALITY OR REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM
Ryan Seacrest as Host

OUTSTANDING REALITY - COMPETITION PROGRAM
Ken Warwick, Executive Producer, Simon Fuller, Executive Producer, Cecile Frot-Coutaz, Executive Producer, Nigel Lythgoe, Executive Producer, Charles Boyd, Co-Executive Producer, Patrick M. Lynn, Supervising Producer, Megan Michaels, Supervising Producer, Ron DeShay, Senior Producer, Norm Betts, Senior Producer, Theodore Dimitriou, Producer, Katie Fennelly, Producer, Melanie Oberman, Producer

OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING (SINGLE OR MULTI-CAMERA) - Auditions No. 2: New
Orleans
Matt Slivinski, Sound Editor and Bryan Parker, Sound Editor

OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A VARIETY OR MUSIC SERIES OR SPECIAL - Finale
Edward J. Greene, Production Mixer, Randy Faustino, Music Mixer, Patrick Baltzell, PA Mixer, Michael Parker, Monitor Mixer
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING - Auditions No. 2: New
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