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"American Idol&amp;#039;s grand final will take place in mid-May, Fox has confirmed. As per tradition, the two finalists will go head-to-head over two nights on Wednesday, May 15 and Thursday, May 16. Additionally, Phillip Phillips and Carly Rae Jepsen have been confirmed as guest performers.  Following the elimination of Lazaro Arbos last week, American Idol is guaranteed a female winner for the first time since Jordin Sparks in 2007. Elsewhere, New Girl and The Mindy Project have their season finales on Tuesday, May 14, and Glee will wrap its fourth season on Thursday, May 9.  Season finale dates in full: All times are ET/PT Monday, April 29: Bones (8pm), The Following (9pm) Saturday, May 4: Cops (8pm) Thursday, May 9: Glee (9pm) Friday, May 10: Kitchen Nightmares (8pm), Touch (9pm) Sunday, May 12: Bob&amp;#039;s Burgers (8.30pm), American Dad! (9.30pm) Tuesday, May 14: New Girl (9pm), The Mindy Project (9:30) Wednesday, May 15: American Idol (8pm) - One-hour performance show Thursday May 16: American Idol (8pm) - Two-hour grand final show Sunday, May 19: The Cleveland Show (7pm), The Simpsons (8pm), Family Guy (9pm)  Meanwhile, Fox&amp;#039;s summer premieres are led by a world-first screening of Rihanna&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;777&amp;#039; tour documentary on Monday, May 6. So You Think You Can Dance returns with a two-night premiere event on Tuesday, May 14 and Wednesday, May 15, while MasterChef is back on Wednesday, May 22 with a two-hour show. New comedy The Goodwin Games bows at 8.30pm on Monday, May 20, and new unscripted reality show Toxic Office: Does Someone Have To Go debuts on Thursday, May 23 after Hell&amp;#039;s Kitchen moves into its regular timeslot. Summer season premiere dates in full: All times are ET/PT Tuesday, April 30: Hell&amp;#039;s Kitchen (8pm) Monday, May 6: Fox Special: Rihanna 777 (8pm) Tuesday, May 14: So You Think You Can Dance (8pm) - Part one Wednesday, May 15: So You Think You Can Dance (9pm) - Part two Monday, May 20: The Goodwin Games (8.30pm) - series premiere Wednesday, May 22: MasterChef (8pm) - Two-hour premiere Thursday, May 23: Hell&amp;#039;s Kitchen (8pm) - time period premiere, Toxic Office: Does Someone Have To Go? (9pm) - series premiere "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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