Season 7 Tour Stats for the first 5 concerts became available yesterday. Following the jump is a summary of those statistics plus the statistics for the first 5 concerts of Season 1 through 6:
Season 7:
July 1: Glendale, Ariz: 10,277 of 10,938 (94%): $630,137
July 2: San Diego, Calif: 8,602 of 10,109 (85%): $535,103
July 5: Las Vegas, Nev: 5,925 of 7,661 (77%): $374,795
July 7: Los Angeles, Calif: 11,739 of 12,358 (95%): $709,598
July 8: San Jose, Calif: 12,095 of 12,095 (100%): $718,721
Summary: 48,638 of 53,161 (91%) Total Revenue: $2,968,354 Avg Revenue: $593,671
Season 6:
July 6: Sunrise, Fla : 7,738 of 10,938 (70.7%) : $476,428
July 7: Tampa, Fla : 7,761 of 9,876 (78.6%) : $475,416
July 8: Jacksonville, Fla : 7,089 of 9,450 (75%) : $429,908
July 10: Greenville, S.C: 6,714 of 11,767 (57.1%): $410,576
July 11: Nashville, Tenn: 5,720 of 9,560 (59.8%): $363,742
Summary: 35,022 of 51,591 (68%) Total Revenue: $2,156,070 Avg Revenue: $431,214
Season 5:
Manchester, NH (July 5-6), Worcester, Mass (July 7-8), Hartford, Conn. (July 9)
Summary: 51,829 of 51,829 (100%) Total Revenue: $2,956,416 Avg Revenue: $591,283
Season 4:
Sunrise Fla (July 12), Tampa, Fla. (July 13), Birmingham, Ala. (July 15), Duluth, Ga. (July 16), Greensboro, N.C. (July 17)
Summary: 50,162 of 52,421 (96%) Total Revenue: $2,170,403 Avg Revenue: $434,081
Season 3:
July 14: Salt Lake City, Ut: 2,916 of 6,416 (45%) : $125,580
July 16: Portland, Or: 4,390 of 8,166 (54%) : $194,335
July 17: Everett, WA: 3,933 of 7,700 (52%) : $181,291
July 21: St. Paul, MN: 4,105 of 8,616 (48%) : $185,616
July 22, Milwaukee, WI: 3,596 of 6,721 (54%) : $164,982
Summary: 19,000 of 37,619 (51%) Total Revnue: 851,804 Avg Revenue: $170,361
Season 2:
July 8: St Paul, MN: 10,817 of 13,627 (79%) : $435,861
July 9: Chicago, IL: 12,114 of 13,908 (87%) : $443,290
July 11: Columbus, OH: 10,727 of 13,056 (82%) : $429,892
July 12: Indianapolis, IN: 8,144 of 13,787 (59%) : $342,918
July 13: Cincinnati, OH: 6,944 of 10,467 (66%) : $296,807
Summary: 48,746 of 64,845 (75%) Total Revenue: $1,948,768 Avg Revenue: $389,753.60
Season 1:
Oct 8: San Deigo, CA: 7,099 of 7,643 (93%) : $192,434
Oct 9: Phoenix, AZ: 9,422 of 12,257 (77%) : $249,119
Oct 12: San Antonio, TX: 5,621 of 7,284 (77%): $137,724
Oct 13: Dallas, TX: 12,964 of 13,303 (97%) : $381,760
Oct 14: Houston TX: 6,560 of 10,500 (62%): $224,725
Summary: 41,666 of 50,987 (82%) Total Revenue: $1,185,762 Gross Revenue: $237,152
Please keep in mind that the ticket prices vary from year to year. Higher ticket prices mean greater potential revenue, but may also have a downward trend on ticket sales. The tour also starts at different times of the year which may have an impact . The venues may change from year to year. And even if it is in the same venue, the number of tickets available may change significantly. Individual Season 5 and Season 4 statistics will not be posted, so please do not ask. Thanks!
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Wow on the Season 5 stats. Thanks, Kirsten. :)
Very interesting. I’ve been led to believe that the Season 6 Idol tour was the worst attendence-wise, but this suggests that the worst season is actually season 3 if the figures (and they are bad whichever way you look at it) are similar for the rest of that tour.
Adjusting for inflation, this season is probably the second most successful after Season 5 revenue-wise. (Fewer tickets sold this season than Season 4, but the ticket price looks way more expensive this year.)
Thanks for the stats. I hope that the Season 7 tour continues to sell well.
Season 3 was my least favorite season until Season 6 came along. Boy, I did not like that season. It was the worst in many ways, IMO. As far as the Season 6 tour, I hated the many duets and group numbers concept. I’m still pissed that Melinda only had one solo last year. LOL.
Season 7 was good. Fans are excited again. Also they know that they will get a chance to hear their favorites sing alone. No wincing through uncomfortable duets and only two group numbers. If Wednesday nights taught us anything this year, it was that this year’s Idols usually did not sound great together in group numbers. (IMO)
I like the separate mini concerts feel of Season 5 and Season 7. Now I can decide during which set to go buy tour merchandise and something to drink without missing my favorite(s).
Season 3 was the worst season for the tour. Some of those venues must have been echo chambers. Indianapolis only had 27% capacity while Cincinatti eked out a 29%. Evansville had 32%, Pittsburg 33% and Omaha 39%. Sesason 3 did manage to have 3 sold out shows in a row, though…in Honolulu. Hawaii fans are dedicated (and they get their own time zone to vote in!!!!)
Meanwhile, Season 6’s poorest showings were in Birmingham (39%), Salt Lake City (44%), Nampa (45%) and Moline (47%). So, it did outdo Season 3, but it was the first season not to have any sell-outs (according to the Pollstar numbers).
Please note that this is just gross revenue.We don’t know how much they actually net and that is probably how Freemantle judges success. I believe the first tours didn’t even bring along a band, so operating costs vary from year to year.
Interesting that season five’s first 5 concerts were in only three different cities - all within a 150 mile radius - and they still sold out.
That was the only year I went.
Season five had a very diverse group of contestants with strong fan bases that really drew in the crowds. Six and three didn’t have that at all. I’m a little surprised at the season two numbers early on, though, as I thought the Claymates had more clout. I know the show I went to was packed. I am pleased this tour is doing so well. It bodes well for the future of the show.