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Rate 'American Idol' contestant Ju'not Joyner says show is rigged

Original at Zap2it's Guide to American Idol external link    11 hours ago

By Andrea Reiher Former "American Idol" semi-finalist Ju'not Joyner has some pretty strong words about the popular reality show.Joyner told Yahoo that he "was labeled a "troublemaker" by Idol producers for questioning the contract (which he dubbed a 'slavetract') that all auditioners are required b...

Rate Paula Abdul can always join 'So You Think You Can Dance'

Original at Zap2it's Guide to American Idol external link    16 hours ago

By Andrea Reiher Follow Zap2It American Idol on Twitter and follow Zap2It's general feed for all your movies, TV and celebrity news Paula Abdul unlikely to return to "American Idol" Twitter campaign to save Paula Paula Abdul admits painkiller addiction Paula Abdul's stalker a former Idol auditioner

Rate Kris Allen Is Running Out The ClockVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Idolator external link    Fri, Nov 6

By Maura Baby-faced American Idol victor Kris Allen’s first music video, for his cover of the Script’s seize-the-day anthem “Live Like We’re Dying,” is a simple—and pretty beautifully shot!—affair in which he performs in front of a desert-erected clock, which is presumably counting down the...

Rate CKX, Inc., reports third quarter

Original at USA Today external link    Fri, Nov 6

American Idol parent company CKX, Inc., reported a third-quarter revenue decline of $2.6 million Thursday. Plus, info on Carrie Underwood, Kris Allen and David Cook.

Rate American Idol: More Babies On The Way For Jennifer Hudson?

Original at realitytvmagazine.sheknows.com external link    Fri, Nov 6

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By Britteny Elrick American Idol: Jennifer Hudson Talks About MotherhoodAmerican Idol: Jennifer Hudson Is A MomJennifer Hudson’s Dreams Come True Jennifer Hudson just can’t stop talking about her new bundle of joy. Only two months ago, Jennifer and fiance David Otunga welcomed their first child, David...

Rate ‘Real Housewives’ Watchalong: How much am I being paid?

Original at OCRegister external link    Thu, Nov 5

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By The Watcher Longtime readers are familiar with the Watcher’s take on “American Idol.” Now, I dip even farther down the ladder of credibility to take on the local ladies of liquor and lip collagen. Tamra’s husband, Simon, flips out. “It’s disgusting,” he says. And being on this show isn’t?

This Week

 

Rate Podcast: Allison Iraheta – Friday I’ll Be Over You (Spanish)

Original at rickey.org external link    Thu, Nov 5

By Rickey is a post from: American Idol Allison Iraheta – Friday I’ll Be Over You (Spanish) is a post from: American Idol Allison Iraheta’s “Friday I’ll Be Over You” in Spanish! I actually like it... This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Rate V – Pilot – Recap

Original at rickey.org external link    Tue, Nov 3

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By Rickey is a post from: American Idol (Here’s Noelle’s recap of tonight’s pilot episode of V) V tells the story of an alien race visiting Earth, calling themselves the Visitors or V’s. They claim to come in peace and only wish to share and contribute to humanity. The V’s show up in our time [...]

Rate Podcast: Adam Lambert – For Your Entertainment – Preview and Track List

Original at rickey.org external link    Tue, Nov 3

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By Rickey is a post from: American Idol Yay! Listen to the previews of Adam Lambert’s latest album “For Your Entertainment“. What do you guys think? Does it meet all the hype? Track List: 1. Music Again 2. For Your Entertainment 3. Whatya Want From Me 4. Strut 5. Soaked 6. Sure Fire Winners 7. A [...]

Rate Eminem, Lady Gaga Booked to Perform at American Music Awards

Original at Rolling Stone external link    Mon, Nov 2

By Rolling Stone The 37th annual show is determining its winners list based on online votes for the third time, and nominees include Taylor Swift (who leads the pack with six nominations), Michael Jackson and Eminem, who each scored five nods apiece. Alicia Keys, the Black Eyed Peas, Jennifer Lopez and Ad...

Past Month

 

Rate Adam Lambert tweets about album cover, song titles

Original at From Inside the Box external link    Wed, Oct 28

By Andrea Reiher Adam Lambert is still the "American Idol" we know and love -- his album cover is deliberately campy and he isn't apologizing. We also know six of his song titles (including one called "Down the Rabbit Hole").

Rate Billy Bell – Official Statement

Original at rickey.org external link    Mon, Oct 26

By Rickey is a post from: American Idol Billy Bell withdrew from So You Think You Can Dance due to medical reasons. Here is the official statement from his family from SYTYCDism: Billy’s family would like to thank all of the fans that came out to show their support for Billy this season. It has [...]

Rate Podcast: Live from Honolulu – Don’t Stop Believing

Original at rickey.org external link    Tue, Oct 20    4 related articles

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By Rickey is a post from: American Idol is a post from: American Idol Here it is, the last MP3 of the American Idols Live! 2009 Tour in Honolulu: “Don’t Stop Believing” I had a great time doing the cellcasts for the tour on Rickey TV. I met a lot of new friends online, as well as old, who [...]

Rate Podcast: Clay Aiken - Invisible

Original at funlifefun (WordPress) external link    Tue, Oct 20

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By reglest Maybe it’s boring, but I should say that I’m a fans of Clay Aiken (even when truth reveals he is a gay). I’ve fallen in love with his voice since I first saw him on the big three of 2nd season American Idol, and honestly, that is the only show of American Idol that I’ve remember (I’m not too interes...

Rate American Idol: Adam Lambert Dishes On Debut Album

Original at realitytvmagazine.sheknows.com external link    Sat, Oct 17

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By Britteny Elrick is your source for American Idol news and info! Visit our American Idol message boardsand tell us what you think! For more on American Idol, check out SirLinksALot: American Idol . American Idol: Melinda Doolittle To Release Debut Solo Album2006 Billboard Music Awards - Carrie Underwoo...

Rate Podcast: Modern Family – The Incident – Recap – In the Moonlight (Do Me)Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at rickey.org external link    Wed, Oct 14

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By Rickey is a post from: American Idol Cuz maybe baby I just wanna do you, do you Do you wanna do me, do me? Underneath the moonlight, moonlight tonight Chorus Want to hear something awesome? Listen to Live Like We’re Dying by Kris Allen here. is a post from: American Idol

Rate Podcast: Modern Family – The Incident – Recap – In the Moonlight (Do Me)Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Rickey.org external link    Wed, Oct 14

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By Rickey is a post from: American Idol Cuz maybe baby I just wanna do you, do you Do you wanna do me, do me? Underneath the moonlight, moonlight tonight Chorus Want to hear something awesome? Listen to Live Like We’re Dying by Kris Allen here. is a post from: American Idol

Rate Fic: Rainy Day

Original at Idolslash external link    Tue, Oct 13

Title: Rainy Day Author: scarlett_o Fandom: American Idol Pairing/Characters: David Cook/Michael Johns Rating: PG Disclaimer: I own no one and nobody. Summary: David thinks Michael is insane. Michael thinks David needs to have more fun.

Rate Taylor Swift, Michael Jackson, Eminem Lead AMA Nominations

Original at Rolling Stone external link    Tue, Oct 13

By Daniel Kreps POP or ROCK MUSIC Favorite Male Artist Eminem Michael Jackson T.I. Favorite Album Lady Gaga – Fame Michael Jackson – Number Ones Taylor Swift – Fearless SOUL/RHYTHM & BLUES MUSIC Favorite Male Artist Jamie Foxx Michael Jackson Maxwell

Rate Opinion: Kara DioGuardi on ‘Hannah Montana,’ Chris Daughtry writes with Kris Allen

Original at blogs.ajc.com external link    Mon, Oct 12

By Rodney Ho Kara DioGuardi shows up on an episode of “Hannah Montana” October 18 on Disney when Hannah fills in for Kara’s judge’s seat in a thinly disguised version of “American Idol.” Chris Daughtry is Twittering that he’s doing a song with Kris Allen. Will it make it on the album next month? We’ll see.

Rate Podcast: Danyl Johnson – And I Am Telling You – Called Out by Dannii Minogue for Being Bisexual – Video MP3Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at rickey.org external link    Sat, Oct 10

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By Rickey is a post from: American Idol is a post from: American Idol Go Danyl Johnson! I believe! Danyl Johnson sang “And I Am Telling You” from Dreamgirls on the first live performance show on X-Factor. Woohoo! Dannii Minogue however made a controversial comment during the [...]

Rate Opinion: Kris Allen – Live Like We’re Dying – Drops Out of iTunes Top 100

Original at rickey.org external link    Sat, Oct 10

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By Rickey is a post from: American Idol is a post from: American Idol is a post from: American Idol Wow. I am so disappointed. After only 2 weeks in the iTunes charts, Kris Allen’s Live Like We’re Dying is out of the Top 100 Songs Chart. So bummed. Just this week, Live Like We’re Dying made it [...]

Rate How To: Simon Cowell Pumpkin PaloozaVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at rickey.org external link    Fri, Oct 9

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By Rickey is a post from: American Idol Learn how to make your own Simon Cowell pumpkin here from FEARnet’s Pumpkin Palooza. Or watch the video here: Simon Cowell Pumpkin Palooza is a post from: American Idol Simon Cowell Pumpkin Palooza is a post from: American Idol

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Original at Rickey.org external link    Fri, Oct 9

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By Rickey is a post from: American Idol Learn how to make your own Simon Cowell pumpkin here from FEARnet’s Pumpkin Palooza. Or watch the video here: Simon Cowell Pumpkin Palooza is a post from: American Idol Simon Cowell Pumpkin Palooza is a post from: American Idol

September of 2009

 

Rate CHARITY AUCTION FIC: TANKSHALLKILL

Original at Idolslash external link    Sat, Sep 26

look into your heart and you’ll find love love love Author: writingpickle (Clare) Rating: R Pairing: David Archuleta/David Cook, David Archuleta/MC who is a surprise Fandom: American Idol (real person slash) Word Count: 4097 Warnings: slash, rps, high school au

Rate Allison Rockefeller: National Parks: America's Best Idea

Original at Huffington Post external link    Fri, Sep 25

By Allison Rockefeller Video Biographers of the American Nation, Co-Producers Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan. Can you imagine PBS with a swinging chance at audience numbers that rival American Idol? Well, Simon, this is not just a singing contest, this is Great Television.

Rate Fanfiction: Two Broken Hearts

Original at Idolslash external link    Thu, Sep 24

By pyrosgf Title: Two Broken Hearts Author: pyrosgf Pairing: Kradam/Kris and Katy Wordcount 306 (One shot) Rating: R? Warnings: Sadness? Disclaimer: Nope I don’t own them. Don’t claim it ever happened and all that jazz.

Rate Sanjaya Malakar – From American Idol to Live Mowgli

Original at rickey.org external link    Sat, Sep 19

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By Rickey For Season 8, Sanjaya thought that “Adam Lambert was incredible,” and that “Kris Allen deserved to win.” Kris was “pure and real,” he said. When I asked about Anoop Desai who was of Indian-descent like he was, he said Anoop’s voice “had a soft pure tone.”

Rate Fanfiction: Kris’s Confession and Matt’s Surprise

Original at Idolslash external link    Fri, Sep 11

By pyrosgf Notes: Please do not ask me where the hell this came from because I have no idea. I have NEVER even read a Kratt fic, but somehow the person consoling Kris in this fic didn’t feel like Adam. He felt like Matt. Please be gentle as this is my first dabble in Kratt. Matt has a surprise for Kris.

August of 2009

 

Rate Opinion: My Top 10 American Idol/X Factor performances: #10Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at tiarnansidols (WordPress) external link    Fri, Aug 28

By Tiarnán Just to pass time, I’ve come up with a short list, this time involving my personal top ten performances from American Idol/X Factor. Each contestant is only featured once, so hopefully that should allow for a nice range in style of song etc. I was tempted to choose several songs from the same...

Rate Opinion: "Idol" Conversation: Adam Lambert

Original at ohiomm.com external link    Tue, Aug 25

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By Rich Heldenfels Yeah, I can see that being a risk. Luckily, my experience on "Idol" was colored with a lot of different styles. Like, I took songs from different genres and did them. So hopefully, people will be ready for an album that is eclectic, and a collection of different sounds.

Rate Opinion: "Idol" Conversations: Michael Sarver

Original at ohiomm.com external link    Tue, Aug 25

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By Rich Heldenfels Third of the five chats I had with "American Idol" performers when the tour came to Cleveland on Sunday. Sarver talks about being pegged as a country singer, how he has grown because of "Idol," and missing LSU news. I started with the what-are-you-listening-to question, with Sarver coming...

Rate Fanfiction: Shelter (new, improved, and now complete)

Original at Idolslash external link    Sat, Aug 8

By i_refuse_to Title: Shelter Pairing: Kris Allen/Adam Lambert (American Idol RPS) Author: i_refuse_to Summary: Kris never really had made a five-year plan, but even if he had it would have been blown to hell the first moment he arrived in Hollywood. Rating: PG-13 Words: about 14,500

Year 2009

 

Rate David Archuleta Assumed Adam Lambert Was GayVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Snarky Gossip external link    Fri, Jun 12

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By Jeanne American Idol season 7 runner-up, David Archuleta, wasn’t shocked when his season 8 counterpart, Adam Lambert, officially came out of the closet in a Rolling Stone interview.  While he was performing at the Children Uniting Nations gala in Washington, DC, he said: “I don’t think it was a...

Rate How To: What the finalists do during American Idol finale rehearsals

Original at USA Today external link    Fri, May 15

By Brian Mansfield Apparently, several of this year's Idol also-rans are using their down time during today's finale rehearsals to learn how to use Twitter. If you want to follow all the fun, here are their accounts:

Rate How To: Kris Allen - Heartless (cover) American IdolVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Wed, May 13

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By rss@youtube.com (guitartutee) Author: guitartutee Keywords: Kris Allen America Idol Guitar Tutorial Song Acoustic Live Lyrics Chords Tabs Cover Videoke How To Play Added: May 13, 2009

Rate Opinion: American Idol: To Inanity, and Beyond!

Original at Gawker external link    Wed, Apr 29

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By Richard Lawson Dear me, Kris Allen. He sang "The Way You Look Tonight" and, sorry y'all, but it had just been good. Perfect song choice to arouse the squealing laydays, perfect suit, perfect sideways triangle mouth anime smile. The criticism was just and slobbery, until Simon did a bit of course correction...

Rate Opinion: Justin Guarini: Justin Guarini's Lowdown On Last Night's "American Idol"

Original at Huffington Post external link    Wed, Apr 22

By Justin Guarini Another Tuesday night was upon us and after a historic week in Idol, I was looking forward to seeing how the contestants stepped up to... Another Tuesday night was upon us and after a historic week in Idol, I was looking forward to seeing how the contestants stepped up to the tremulous nature of...

Rate Ken Levine: American Idol: Movie Night for the Top (Magnificent?) 7

Original at Huffington Post external link    Wed, Apr 15

By Ken Levine No matter what LIL ROUNDS sings Simon thinks it's wrong. Still, it was fun to hear her stand up to him, even if he was right. I like Lil, just don't love her. For weeks Simon has been trying to zero in on just what kind of singer she is. I can tell you that. Background. Lil over-sang and later under-sang "...

Rate Fanfiction: She swears that she's artsy, but you could distinguish Miles from Coltrane.

Original at Idolslash external link    Tue, Apr 14

By Seven of Spades Fandom: American Idol Characters: Adam- and Brad-centric, minor mentions of Kris, Anoop and some other people Summary: It's the Idols' first day off in months, and Adam has nothing better to do than stay indoors. Brad comes over to raise hell.

Rate Podcast: David Cook - Radio Interviews - “I remember just being really nauseous and dry heaving, I was so scared”

Original at mjsbigblog external link    Thu, Nov 6

By mj ETA: Check out this brand-new interview with David Cook from Entertainment Weekly.  It’s pretty in-depth and covers everything from that 2nd indie album David nearly had finished before his Idol stint, to giving Simon the what-for during the Idol finale, to recording his first major la...

Rate How To: American Idol Halloween Costume

Original at Infopirate.org external link    Sat, Sep 27

By javaman American Idol is a great show. This article offers help and tips on how to make a Halloween costume from one of the judges, Simon. View more »

Rate Fanfiction: iTunes 10 drabble thing - Cookleta

Original at Idolslash external link    Wed, Jul 2

Pairing: David Cook/David Archuleta with a brief mention of David Cook/unidentified male A/N: Finally doing this too. I did it a while ago for David A/Danny, so I figured I'd try it out here too. Oh, and the links go to youtube videos, for anyone that wants to hear the song.

Rate Fanfiction: American Idol RPS: Lonely Paradise 1/? (David Cook/David Archuleta)

Original at Idolslash external link    Wed, May 21

Title: Lonely Paradise Author: Franki (allthingsfranki@gmail.com) Rating: PG Word Count: 985 Warning(s): Alternative Universe, Language, Possible Anachronisms.

Rate How To: Fox Considering Major Changes To Sinking "American Idol" Flagship

Original at Huffington Post external link    Sun, Apr 27

By The Huffington Post News Editors Read more about the proposed changes to "American Idol" at Broadcasting & Cable, or read the survey Fox executives are using to determine how to tweak the show below, embedded via DocStoc: ...

Rate Fic: 'Oeuvre' (Archie, Cook & Castro) and 'Waterproof' (Caldwell/Aiken)

Original at Idolslash external link    Sat, Apr 26    1 related articles

Title: Waterproof Author: kenzimone Disclaimer: I wish. Fandom: American Idol 2 Pairing: Kimberly Caldwell/Clay Aiken Rating: PG-13 Summary: She's a teeth clashing against teeth, sex in the backseat of your car kind of girl. No Southern Baptist boy is going to change that.

Rate How To: Apple to fuel your misguided dreams

Original at macinspector.com external link    Fri, Mar 21

By Shaun Nichols Steve Jobs must owe Simon Cowell a favor. Either that, or he sees dollar signs in the current fervor over American Idol. Those are the only explanations for why Apple would launch a new iLife songwriting program with American Idol. The company is offering would-be balladeers a tutorial on ho...

Rate American Idol Top 12 Girls Review and Prediction

Original at www.gabbybabble.com external link    Wed, Feb 20

By gdaysunshine Wednesday, February 20, 2008 American Idol Top 12 Girls Review and Prediction It was the night for American Idol's Top 12 Girls and overall, I didn't feel they were as strong as the guys performance. I think the main problem was that most of the girls sang such boring songs. The 60s are filled w...

Rate Opinion: Carly Smithson, an 'American Idol' singer with a major-label pastVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Chicago Tribune external link    Wed, Jan 23

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By Tempo Tuesday's "American Idol" audition episode gave the choice closing slot to a young Irish singer named Carly Smithson. The judges obviously thought she was great before she’d even opened her mouth to sing. Smithson was a shoo-in to the Hollywood round.

Year 2006

 

Rate 'American Idol': Our burning questions

Original at Entertainment Weekly external link    Thu, Feb 2

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By Michael Slezak 4. Is 16-year-old William Makar, whose ''Ain't Too Proud to Beg'' won kudos from Simon and Randy (but not Paula) the younger brother of The O.C.'s Adam Brody? Probably not, but he could be! I have this friend who thinks about American Idol at least once an hour. He's constantly listening to Fant...

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