Category Archives: American Idol

‘Idol’ audience upset about Katy Perry, Kanye West performance

By doris | Published: April 22, 2011

Full Story at As is often the case when big names appear on “Idol” results shows, Perry and West pre-taped their spot. Too bad no one mentioned that to the audience. Prerecorded or live, the “ET” performance was all the same for the at-home crowd watching the action on the small screen, but E! Online [...]

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Judging the new ‘Idol’ judges: Are they cutting it?

By doris | Published: April 6, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com When “American Idol” announced that Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez would be the new judges — joining Randy Jackson and replacing the iconic Simon Cowell, the cipher Kara DioGuardi and the funny but unlamented Ellen DeGeneres — the reception among critics, fans and those in the reality biz was somewhat … [...]

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‘Idol’ kicks off double elimination with a big lie

By doris | Published: April 3, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com At the end of the “American Idol” opening montage on Thursday, the show teased its viewers by saying “… and you won’t believe who is going home.” Oh, how it lied. In contrast to last week, when everyone was shocked to see Casey Abrams finish with the lowest number of votes [...]

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‘Idol’ delivers dramatic finish in epic episode

By doris | Published: March 25, 2011

Full Story atTODAYmsnbc.msn.com In what was the best results show in recent memory, “American Idol” had a little bit of everything Thursday night. It went from a Motown legend to a country-music duet to a wrestling icon to a surprising and dramatic finish. There were also plenty of winners and losers along the way. Here’s [...]

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Who has what it takes to win it all on ‘Idol’?

By doris | Published: March 16, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com There’s still more than two months until “American Idol” crowns its season 10 winner, but that doesn’t mean it’s too early to gauge who the favorites are. This season has one of the deeper pools of contenders in the show’s history. A lot of the remaining dozen have special expertise in [...]

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Ashthon Jones Eliminated From ‘American Idol’

By doris | Published: March 12, 2011

Full Story at huffingtonpost.com LOS ANGELES — “American Idol” viewers didn’t tell Ashthon Jones they loved her. The silky smooth 24-year-old retail manager from Nashville, Tenn., on Thursday was revealed to have the fewest viewer votes on the Fox talent competition. The judges decided not to save Jones after her performance of Diana Ross’ “When [...]

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Simon Cowell talks ‘Idol’ with Piers Morgan: ‘I personally think it is a better show than last year.’

By doris | Published: March 9, 2011

Full Story at PopWatch.EW.com The sky is blue. The Ryan Seacrest is orange. And season 10 of American Idol is much better than season 9, Simon Cowell tells Piers Morgan, while throwing on his Captain Obvious cape. In a preview clip for his March 14 interview on Piers Morgan Tonight, the former American Idol judge [...]

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After Fox’s `Idol,’ CBS dominates TV ratings

By doris | Published: February 23, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com NEW YORK – After Fox’s “American Idol,” the television landscape lately has become pretty clear: There’s CBS, and there’s everybody else. The two versions of “Idol” last week were the most popular programs on TV, the only shows with more than 20 million viewers, the Nielsen Co. said Tuesday. The next [...]

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‘American Idol’ apology a joke?

By doris | Published: February 3, 2011

Full Story at  Marquee.Blog.CNN.com OK, “American Idol,” you got us…we think. Fans waited to see what the big apology would be Wednesday night after host Ryan Seacrest tweeted the producers would be issuing a mea culpa. The show began with a black screen with the words, “American Idol would like to apologize for last week’s [...]

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Youngest singers shine, older ones screech on ‘Idol’

By doris | Published: January 21, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com This is the first year that 15-year-olds can audition for “American Idol,” as 19 Entertainment and Fox look to jump on the Bieber bandwagon and catch that next big teenage star before the Disney Channel snaps them up. Jacee Badeaux because the first one to benefit from that, or at least [...]

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