American Idol

By Allison Waldman The on-again, off-again love affair between ABC and American Idol star Adam Lambert is making my head spin. In the past week or so, still stinging over Lambert's over the top performance at the American Music Awards, ABC dropped Adam Lambert appearances on Good Morning American, Jimmy Ki...

By Allison Waldman When Adam Lambert was competing on American Idol, there were times when his performances reminded the judges -- and viewers -- of Elvis Presley. And other rock icons, too. It was all part of Adam's appeal. But now that he's promoting his new CD and did a "scandalous" performance at the America...

By Bob Sassone The end of a year also means that it's time for the midseason shows to make their appearance. We already know that Chuck and Lost are coming back (January and February, respectively) and now FOX has announced their midseason schedule. After the jump, full details on when we'll see the return...

By Kona Gallagher Yeah, so for once, Lady Gaga's performance, which involved smashing a plate-glass window and setting a piano on fire wasn't the most interesting performance of the night. Instead, everyone is talking about two people: Jennifer Lopez and Adam Lambert. Lopez's unfortunate fall during he...

By Allison Waldman If Kara DioGuardi has her way, she and Ellen DeGeneres will be hitting it off like franks and beans, peanut butter and jelly, frick and frack... two peas in a pod. At at an industry conference in New York, Kara was musing about the upcoming season of American Idol in which DioGuardi and DeGeneres...

By Danny Gallagher CollegeHumor has uncovered the true reason FOX nixed the action drama from its airwaves. It needed more room for more Seth MacFarlane cartoons about pop-culture spewing families with anthropomorphic pets and American Idol. I never thought I'd long for the good ol' days was Fox was known f...

By Allison Waldman Oprah devoted the show to reality TV and the big get was Adam Lambert, the runner up in last season's American Idol. You wouldn't have guessed he was second place based on the assertion by Oprah that he was the top choice of her viewers when asked which reality star they wanted to see on her show.

By Jason Hughes The past few seasons have seen some controversy about some American Idol contestants. Particularly in the case of Carly Smithson who'd already had a major label deal. People want their American Idol to be an unknown. Some waitress plucked from Texas or something.

By Allison Waldman Ellen DeGeneres on American Idol as a guest star would be a rating boost, so it's safe to say that her weekly presence will ensure that Idol's numbers will continue to be top of the chart.Continue reading American Idol shocker: Ellen DeGeneres replacing Paula...permanently

By Allison Waldman Simon, who seems to have a lexicon all his own, said that he misses Paula, too. But in his bizarre way with words, he compared the new Idol atmosphere as different, like "comparing a carrot to a banana."Continue reading So now Simon and Randy miss Paula

By Kona Gallagher I'm not a giant fan of guest judges on American Idol. I don't mind when musicians come in during the later rounds to mentor the contestants, but guest judges during auditions just kind of throw off the dynamic of the judging. However, recent judges like Kristen Chenoweth and Neil Patrick Har...

By Allison Waldman Could the departure of Paula Abdul from American Idol actually result in a revitalization and renewal of the Fox monster hit? I ask that question because in the past couple of days, guest judges have been announced to sit in Paula's place and I'm absolutely psyched by the choices. The other...

By Jason Hughes It's a great nab for VH1; people will be curious to see her first post-Idol gig. You can even argue that the choice makes sense, considering the concert will feature two former American Idol winners: Kelly Clarkson and Jordin Sparks. Joining them are Adele, Leona Lewis and Miley Cyrus. It doe...

By Bob Sassone Filed under: American Idol, Celebrities, Judges, Contestants, Alumni, Reality-Free Bo Bice, who was the runner-up on American Idol a few years ago, says that FOX shouldn't let Paula Abdul go because she's part of what makes the show great .

By Jason Hughes The rotating guest judge slots in the wake of Paula Abdul's departure continue. The latest celebrities guest judging American Idol are Kelly Clarkson and Joe Jonas of the Jonas Brothers. I'm starting to see an upside for the show post-Paula.

By Danny Gallagher Filed under: American Idol, Celebrities, Judges, Performances, Reality-Free If you're still scratching your head over Paula Abdul's sudden departure from American Idol, here's a theory. Continue reading Simon Cowell's awful Wonderdog song defies description

By Bob Sassone Yesterday we had video of Paula Abdul's weird live interview with a Seattle TV station, and here's another American Idol classic: Paula judging a song that contestant Jason Castro didn't even sing. I love Ryan Seacrest's look offstage that says "what the hell is going on?"

By Joel Keller According to Rice, Paula Abdul was the only member of Idol whose contract was up. They were talking to her about it for months, and they very much wanted her to return. In past few weeks, "negotiations came to conclusion, as Rice put it. "We made a fair offer with a substantial raise. Paula decide...

By Jason Hughes I don't know why today it's the big story, but suddenly everywhere I look there's another story about Adam Lambert being gay. Or maybe gay. He's never officially come out one way or the other. And it's mostly the same story being recycled on every website or news portal imaginable, but while it...

By Michael Pascua In her defense: Carrie Ann represents a youthful view of dance. By getting rid of her, there would be two grumpy old men. Carrie Ann also slips a small tip for each contestant, i.e. fix their arms, posture, or work on their core. A little tip is better than no tip.

By Jane Boursaw Kris Allen starts things off with "The Way You Look Tonight," one of my favorite songs from that era. It's really nice having Ricky Miner and the band onstage, because it helps to put you in that era. The tune starts off slow, then picks up with a jazzy beat in the middle. Really, really nice.

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By Kona Gallagher The audience is completely psyched, but Simon quickly brings everyone down in that special way of his by announcing that tomorrow's show is going to be double-elimination. This makes sense, since we have the same number of episodes to find this year's Idol, but we have one extra contestan...

By Kona Gallagher This episode just gets weirder when we see that the limo Ryan and Simon are in has a police escort. There are literally half a dozen sheriff's vehicles surrounding them as they are driven to the audition site. Now, I used to live in Florida and I still have family there, so I visit quite often. Let...

By Kristin Sample Any TV Squad readers going to sing for Paula, Randy and Simon? If I were to audition (and I won't), I think I'd sing something by Stevie Wonder (cause no one ever sings anything by him), or Mariah Carey (cause her songs are super easy), or maybe I'd just do my own composition and dedicate it to S...

By Brett Love With Clay Aiken having wrapped up his run as Sir Robin in Spamalot, the Idol quotient on Broadway was down. Fortunately for theatergoers, it's Taylor Hicks to the rescue. Kind of. He's a bit of a step down from Clay Aiken, isn't he? I mean, Clay's new album debuted at number four, and Taylor was d...

By Jason Hughes S07E39) It only took until the Final Three, but finally the contestants are going to be able to sing at least one song that is entirely their own choice. No themes, no specific artists just whatever their little hearts content. Expect David Cook to do a rock song, Syesha to do a Whitney song and...

By Jason Hughes Filed under: American Idol, Contestants, Alumni, Predictions and TrendsWelcome back to our weekly American Idol polls round-up. Each week we look at various online polls that were conducted from the end of last week's results up to the performance show Tuesday. And then a few that were co...

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 Jason Hughes The last stop of "Idol Train 2008" hit Atlanta tonight. There were some good singers and some bad singers but no real extremes on either side for me. I think I'm just getting kind of tired of this round of the competition. Here we are in week four and it's the same old thing just with different face...

By Jason Hughes Filed under: OpEd, American Idol, TV Sports, JudgesWell, it wasn't halftime, but Paula Abdul did "rock" the Super Bowl. Somehow, when I sat down in front of my TV for a second before heading out, it was just at the moment when Ryan Seacrest was introducing the Abdul performance. This was abou...

By Liz Finn-Arnold Filed under: American Idol, Celebrities, Alumni, News and GossipKelly Clarkson has held the title of the "most successful American Idol recording artist" for a very long time. But things aren't going so well for Kelly who has cancelled her summer tour due to poor ticket sales.

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By Liz Finn-Arnold Filed under: Programming, American Idol, Judges, News and Gossip, UpfrontsAs reported in our Upfronts coverage, NBC announced that American Idol judge Randy Jackson's World Moves will be on their 2007-2008 primetime schedule. World Moves is a reality competition series (what else?...

By Liz Finn-Arnold Filed under: American Idol, Judges, Reviewcaps, Contestants, Performances, News and Gossip, Episode Reviews(S06E38) Ryan tells us that the theme of tonight's American Idol is "Three." There are three finalists singing three songs each. The three contestants have three phone number...

By Liz Finn-Arnold Filed under: Programming, OpEd, American Idol, News and GossipLast week, the producers of American Idol made a surprise announcement about the launch of a new reality show, called The Next Great American Band. However, the producers of a different reality competition, called America...

By Liz Finn-Arnold Filed under: Programming, American Idol, Contestants, News and GossipAs the competition is winding down on this season of American Idol, a brand-new competition is about to begin. As announced by Ryan Seacrest on Wednesday night's live results show, the Idol producers have launched a...

By Liz Finn-Arnold Filed under: American Idol, Reviewcaps, Contestants, Performances, Predictions and Trends(S06E30) The show begins in a subdued mood tonight, with Ryan giving "our thoughts and prayers'' to all the people affected by the Virginia Tech tragedy. AND. THIS. IS. AMERICAN. IDOL.

By Liz Finn-Arnold Filed under: American Idol, Contestants, News and GossipThis week, Martina McBride will be coaching the remaining seven Idol finalists with their country music selections. McBride, considered the "Celine Dion of country music," will also perform her Top-5 single "Anyway" during We...

By Jon Peter Lewis Filed under: OpEd, American Idol, Celebrity Commentary

By Anna Johns Filed under: FOX, Talent, American Idol, Music and VarietyShocking news from the world of American Idol. While Taylor Hicks was the first to sign his recording contract because of actually winning the contest, a handful of the other finalists are right behind him with recording contrac...

By Bob Sassone Filed under: Reality, FOX, Talent, American Idol, Music/Variety/Game Show, CelebritiesAmerican Idol judge Simon Cowell told Good Morning America last week that he thinks the finale is going to come down to a battle between two guys, Chris Daughtry and Taylor Hicks.