American Idol

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.

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 [...]

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...

By Rich Heldenfels Isn't one of the risks — talking to Michael, for instance, about people assuming he's a country artist — that people assume from "American Idol" that they've got what you are when maybe they don't?

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...

Sun writer Sam Sessa interviewed American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert for this piece in today's paper. Lambert and several of the other Idol contestants will perform at 1st Mariner Arena Wednesday as part of the American Idols Live tour.

By Keith Cameron Anybody who knows me is aware of my embarrassing love of American Idol. January of every year you can find me glued to my television screen, sifting through the dozens of new faces for the one I think shows the most promise to bloom into a true american music star. Season Six my pick was Jordin Sp...

By marcusandstevi Oh, and besides Jordin Sparks (who is still from a Red State in the West), every single Idol winner has been from the South. It’s a hard trend to beak. Adam became too safe of a choice: Adam was not Danny: Adam strutted too much: The Wife: Idol Awards

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...

By The Watcher After all, this is “American Idol.” Ryan then turns to the people whose actions have been the subject of much discussion the past couple of weeks: the judges. They’re all here: Randy Jackson, Karandy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell.

And so I'm sure that tonight, Danny and Adam are safe safe safe. These guys don't have to worry cause they weren't bad and they have the machinery/fans to make it through. Dial Idol however, is making me worried for Kris and Matt. Anoop Desai Kris Allen Danny Gokey Allison Iraheta Adam Lambert L...

By Christine Navratil America voted off Scott MacIntyre last week on American Idol and Simon Cowell chose not to give him a pass and keep him in the competition.  We got to participate in an interview the next day where Scott McIntyre opened up about his experiences on the show and what his future holes.

By Richard Lawson Back in the swirling hope den that is the Idol theater, it was time to announce the bottom three. Predictably Adam and Gokey and Matt were safe. Surprise, DialIdol, but Krissy was also safe too. As was, glory be!, dear old Allison. Which meant that for once America got all three people in the bott...

By Eric Deggans Once again, it feels as if competitors like Adam Lambert, Danny Gokey, Kris Allen and Lil Rounds are in a parallel universe -- Lambert finally found a spine-tingling use for that Axl Rose wail in a seriously funky cover of Play That Funky Music, for instance. In this land, great singers actu...

By Richard Yeah. Some songs were contemporary, like Matt Giraud's cover of a Fray song and Anoop's Urrrsher pastiche, but Adam Lambert, Scott Whosie, Lil Rounds, Kris Allen and Megan Joy all sang old ditties. I don't even know what Gokey sang. Who cares, though.

By Michael Giltz OK, so I spent an hour watching clips and came to the same conclusion I did after reading all the online chatter. That's depressing :) The bottom three are Scott MacIntyre and Megan Joy and Michael Sarver. The bottom two are Megan Joy and Michael Sarver. And going home is...Michael Sarver. What do y...

By Howard Cohen To Make You Feel My Love is proof that not everything Bob Dylan writes is good. Deathly dull song no matter who has cut it: Billy Joel, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood and, now, Kris Allen. The Idol hopefull sang it nicely but it's still a numbingly dull song. Simon surprisingly thought it was "te...

By Christine Navratil is your source for American Idol news and info! Visit our American Idol message boards and tell us what you think! For more on American Idol, check out SirLinksALot: American Idol. American Idol: Jason Castro Blames Elimination On InexperienceGetting To Know American Idol’s Adam Lambe...

By mj The latest Season 8 contestants to advance to the Top 12 were interviewed by the press yesterday afternoon. I posted a few quotes from Adam Lambert, Allison Iraheta and Kris Allen HERE. Adam Lambert: Kris Allen: Adam Lambert, Allison Iraheta, Kris Allen

1) Allison Iraheta: Receiving comparisons to Kelly Clarkson is high praise indeed. During the judge's Top 36 selection, Paula called her a "dark horse" and Simon told everyone to keep their eyes on her. Iraheta still needs to work on her personality, but she sang a spot-on rendition of "Alo...

By Roger Catlin Presenting the second group of 12 on "American Idol" Wednesday, singers were supposed to have learned from the first week's peformances. Well, so did the producers: the clunky, uncomfortable parts where each singer had to climb up to the interview... Presenting the second group of 12 on "Am...

By vacelts After a rocky start, Allison Iraheta proved that the second group of the Top 36 wasn’t without some talent as American Idol vets its second 12. Has American Idol Jumped the Shark? Bikini Girl Blows Idol’s Hollywood Round 2 American Idol Launches Season 8 in Phoenix

By Sarah Kickler Kelber So let's see ... who's got a shot of getting to the Top 12? Allison Iraheta for sure. Megan Corkrey probably, even though Jesse's vocals were better. Mishavonna maybe. On the guys' side, Adam's probably got it in the bag. Everyone else (except Nick/Norman) was kind of forgettable.

Austin Sisneros: This senior class president said he just wants to "inspire" people, but it took him a few tries to get any inspiration from the judges. First he adequately sang a song by Train. The judges were a tad underwhelmed. So he sang his next choice, "It Takes a Village," which I'm prett...

By mj Joesplace added another contestant to her list of those rumored to have made the American Idol Season 8 Top 50. Her name is Lil Rounds. Rumor has it, she got a standing ovation from the judges in Hollywood. After the jump, a review of notable Hollywood Contestants

By mj What’s that?, I hear you say? You went to an American Idol Concert? Hehe. Yeah, yeah, I went to see the American Idol Concert in Toronto. So sue me. Hehe. So the 6 singers come back and sing “In The Name Of Love” by U2 as a sort of Idol Gives Back Tribute. I enjoyed that a lot.

David Cook has totally earned that status of being a major hottie after winning “American Idol”. David Archuleta, who is “American Idol” runner-up revealed, “I learned so much from [David Cook], just as a person and as a musician as well.”

By Michael Giltz BOTTOM THREE -- It should be Jason and Brooke and Syesha. I'm going to ignore Simon and go with my ears and say Jason and Brooke in the bottom two and predict Jason is going home. Even Paula had nothing nice to say the second time around. So are you a fan of Neil Diamond? Do you think Carly went home be...

By Michael Giltz THE BOTTOM THREE -- So who is it going to be this week? Well, Syesha went first but I think she's going to squeak into the top three past Carly. I predict the bottom three will be Carly and Jason and Brooke. Jason and Brooke are clearly the bottom two. He was bland but she was an awkward disaster, so B...

By DAvid Table of contents for 2/American Idol Andrea and Katherine American Idol / March 25 Review American Idol/ Tuesday April 8 This week’s performances left me wondering who is going to demonstrate on a consistent basis that they have what it takes to be the next American Idol. Jordin was doing it week after week at this stage last year. And so was Melinda for that matter. Michael Johns sang Dream On and once again did a popular version of a song almost as good as the original. I am beginning to wonder if he has any original bones in his body. Please Michael could you add your special flair to a song just one time. You do have something special for us don’t you? Syesha Mercado sang I Believe and made a good choice. The judges liked Fantasia’s version better. We th...

By bumpshack Finally getting a chance to review last night’s performances on American Idol.  I don’t believe there was truly an amazing performance tonight but there were several good ones.  Kristy Lee Cook has her best night of the season.  David Archuleta was very strong as usual and Jason Castro did H...

Tonight’s episode of “American Idol” was like a battle between good and evil. On one side we have the contestants, the audience and this week’s guest mentor Dolly Parton. On the other side is cranky British judge Simon Cowell. For every great interpretation of a Dolly classic by a contestant...

By gdaysunshine Tuesday, April 1, 2008 American Idol 7 Top 9 Sang Dolly Parton While I'm not too crazy about Dolly Parton's music, it was great to see her on American Idol. I was thinking to myself, she looks great for being in her 70s, but then I just looked her up on the Wiki and found out she's only 62. Yikes. Here...

By tjicha Performance of the night honors were a toss-up between Michael Johns and David Cook. The judges have been goading Aussie Johns to show them the big performance they know he has in him and he came through with a rousing We Are the Champions, which drew the wildest ovation of the season for anyo...

By gdaysunshine Wednesday, March 5, 2008 American Idol 7 Top 8 Girls Review and Prediction Tonight was American Idol's Top 8 Girls turn to perform songs from the 80's. Overall, they did better than last week, but still not as good as the guys. There wasn't one performance where I felt like it was exceptional o...

By gdaysunshine Wednesday, February 27, 2008 American Idol Top 10 Girls Review and Prediction Last night, I wrote a review of the American Idol Top 10 Guys saying that I was overall pretty disappointed, but they performed many times better than the Top 10 Girls. It was verging on torture to listen to some of...

By gdaysunshine Friday, February 22, 2008 American Idol Gave the Boot to Four Contestants American Idol gave the boot to four contestants tonight. Well, in terms of my predictions, I was only 50% right. The folks whose Idol journey's ended tonight are (in order of elimination): Garrett Haley - I was slight...

By Niki Tschirgi Then it was time for one of my favorites Amanda Overmyer.  Hooray for the rock and roll nurse.  Well, she was certainly memorable in her performance.  I think that was the hardest rock we’ve seen on the show to date  Randy loved her trousers and he liked Amanda.  Paula loved everything about her....

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...

By Niki Tschirgi Then there was David Hernandez, Colton Berry, Garrett Haley, Jason Yeager, Luke Menard, and Chikezie Ezi.  Sorry guys, I think you will be going home over the next 3 weeks. First to go will be Luke Menard and Chikezie Ezi though or quite possibly Jason Yeager.

By gdaysunshine Tuesday, February 19, 2008 American Idol Top 12 Guys Review The 12 guys on American Idol were overall pretty good. It was a very enjoyable show tonight and here is a little review of the contestants in order of their performance: David Hernandez, nice voice, cute, but unfortunately he didn...

By Niki Tschirgi I can’t wait until next week.  It’s hard to pick so early on who is going to do well and who will not.  We’ve seen in past seasons some that were so good in auditions just blow it with song choice and nerves when they hit the live show.  But, I would have to say I have my eye on David Archuleta, Michael J...

By Niki Tschirgi After Syesha came the Australian Michael Johns and he picked “Bohemian Rhapsody” to sing.  That was brave.  Was that the right song choice for him?  Immediately I thought of Constantine.  Well, he did really, really well and Randy was totally a fan and Simon thought it was the best audition o...

By Jason Hughes Filed under: American Idol, Contestants, News and GossipOn the eve of "Hollywood Week" where the Top 24 is revealed, what better time to review the SPOILER lists that have been going around. Since I first posted these lists, we've had more audition episodes and gained more information. An...

By Niki Tschirgi Well, Atlanta was ripe with talent and for sure some Top 12 contenders.  There was 18 year old A’siah who lost her dad just two days before her audition, Alexandrea with the soulful voice, Amanda the Rock-and-Roll nurse, and finally Josiah Leming with his British accent.  Hey, even the ditz...

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.

“American Idol” is back and decimating the competition. And Fox slid into first place last week and is presumed to win the season. If only the ongoing writers strike wasn’t casting a long shadow over the broadcast universe, Fox might be able to celebrate a whole-hearted victory. But it’s tou...

By Jeanne In an interview prior to the start of the fifth season of American Idol, Executive Producer Nigel Lythgoe revealed for the first time that Clay Aiken had led the fan voting every week from the Wild Card week onward until the finale, when the possibly-random voting result gave Ruben Studda...

By Chancelucky I was very excited to hear whether Simon, Paula, and Randy thought this guy should go on to the next round of American leader, but that never happened. Instead, they had this guest judge named Jim Webb who accused this would-be American Leader of all sorts of macaca. The guy sure has aged since...

By Kaonashi Welcome to a new season of American Idol! We start off with a quick recap of last year's Finale Results Show, which lead to the crowning of Taylor Hicks over Katharine McPhee as the American Idol of 2006. Then we're shown clips of the most successful Idol contestants, as images of Kelly Clark...