Template:Infobox reality talent competition/doc

Purpose
This infobox is used for individual seasons of reality talent competitions such as Got Talent, Idols, The Voice and The X Factor. An example for American Idol season 4 is provided alongside.

Fields
Separate multiple values using Plainlist or Flatlist.

name
Name of the competition show (e.g., American Idol or Britain's Got Talent)

first_aired and last_aired
This spans when the first episode was aired and when the finale was aired. Use Start date and End date, omit y for US-style dates. In accordance with TV project guidelines,  should not be competed until the first episode has aired and   should remain as "present" until the season finale has aired.

judges, host or presenter and co-host or copresenter
Specify the any applicable staff here. Use presenter (and copresenter) for British/Australian shows.

broadcaster
The main domestic or host broadcasters of the season.

competitors
Total number of competitors in the competition.

finalsvenue
If the grand finale was held outside the normal studio (as is often for American Idol and Australian Idol), note this here.

winner fields
These fields are used to specify information about the winner once one is confirmed.

runner-name
2nd-place finisher.

image and caption
Used to provide an image and optional caption for a photograph of the winner.

last, next, and year
Providing the year, and the page titles for the applicable pages will generate succession arrows between different seasons.

british
Setting |british=yes will change some terms used to British terminology, such as using "presenter" instead of host and "series" instead of season.