Comedienne and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, who has danced with President Barack Obama (back when he was campaigning) and sang with Josh Groban, will fill the gap left behind by Paula Abdul’s exit. She is going to be the fourth judge on American Idol’s ninth season, premiering in January 2010.
Ellen made the surprising announcement [...]

Many unsuccessful American Idol contestants were soon forgotten by the audience after they failed to advance to the second round of FOX reality show. Apparently Alexis Cohen was not one of them. Alexis Cohen was 23-years-old when she auditioned for season 7 of “American Idol” with Jefferson Airplane’s 1967 hit song Somebody To Love. When [...]

Kris Allen seemed to have no chance in winning this competition as Lambert’s commanding vocal range and stage presence - and the judges’ adoration of him - at times turned “Idol” into “The Adam Lambert Show,” with the other contestants mere guests. But it turned out that “Idol” viewers finally embraced Kris’s talent and thus, [...]

Once again a new elimination on American Idol decided the Top 2 and revealed who made it into the finale. Special guests were former American Idol Jordin Sparks, Katy Perry, and Noah (from Rwanda). Alicia Keys made an appearance to speak as a global ambassador of Keep a Child Alive, seeking donations to support [...]

For the second year in a row, the finals of the famous TV show “American Idol” is only for men. Coincidence or not, Season 8th said goodbye to the last of its female finalists. On My 6th, a night where No Doubt played its anthem to girl power live on stage.
She was in the bottom [...]

It was a surprising line up of the bottom three this week in American Idol. Many have predicted that either Matt Giraud or Allison Iraheta will be the least voted but they only got one right.
Nominated for potential elimination were Matt Giraud, Kris Allen and Adam Lambert, after Ryan Seacrest announced that Allison Iraheta and [...]

Lil Rounds, a 24-year-old from Memphis, TN, and Anoop Desai, a 22-year-old from Chapel Hill, NC, were the seventh and eighth finalists eliminated from American Idol’s eighth season during this week’s live results show broadcast on Fox. They were sent home based on the home viewer votes cast immediately following Tuesday night’s live performance episode [...]

Last week on American Idol 2009, we saw Scott MacIntyre eliminated from the competition and sent home as this season’s #8. This week a new contestant should have gone home. But, surprisingly, this didn’t happen.

This week, the American Idol theme was about Hollywood movie soundtracks. Quentin Tarantino was invited to be mentor of Top 7 [...]

The American Idol competition is over for Scott MacIntyre.
The 23-year-old piano player from Scottsdale, Ariz., who failed to impress with his rendition of Survivor’s “The Search is Over”, received the fewest number of viewer votes Wednesday on the popular Fox singing competition. Early in the competition, he looked like he could be a serious multi-talented [...]

On Wednesday, March 25th, on American Idol, the remaining 10 contestants performed songs from Motown to win your vote on a special 2 hour episode. Smokey Robinson, who has written over 4,000 songs was the American Idols mentor for the week to prepare for their performances.
“When we say the contestants are singing ‘The Sound [...]