Randy Jackson

American Idol Finals: David Wins It All!

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.21.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

The show's producers may have told us it's been a lot closer than we believed (with only one million votes separating the Davids two weeks ago), but this is what I think: a tie goes to Archuleta.

"American Idol" Finale: Judges Crown David Archuleta Winner (VIDEOS)

AP | ERIN CARLSON | Posted 05.20.2008 | Entertainment


***Scroll down for video of Tuesday's final performances*** NEW YORK (AP) _ Each of the dueling Davids raised his game on Tuesday's "American Idol," ...

American Idol Top 3: David Vs David

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.14.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

The top three finalists on Idol performed last night amid the growing possibility that the inevitable David Archuleta crowning is not in fact so inevitable.

American Idol Top 4: Jason's Last Bow

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.07.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

I've preached that as long as the two best make the finals, there's no real big scandal about who goes home in what order. But if Jason Castro doesn't say "bye bye" this week, it'll be a shonda.

American Idol Top 5: The Results

Michael Giltz | Posted 04.30.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

Diamond gave away little about his attitude towards the singers and since we didn't see him actually giving any tips or suggesting arrangements, changing keys, or doing much of anything, I assume he wasn't a very active mentor.

American Idol Top 6: Andrew Lloyd Webber

Michael Giltz | Posted 04.23.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

Idolmade the debatable claim that Andrew Lloyd Webber "composed most of the important musicals of our time," and I predict the bottom three will be Carly, Jason, and Brooke.

American Idol: The Scripting, Pretaping And Sorority Girls

New York Times | Edward Wyatt | Posted 04.22.2008 | Entertainment


The tens of thousands of hopefuls who lined up last summer to audition for "American Idol" have been trimmed to just six aspiring pop stars, whose fat...

American Idol Top 7: The Results

Michael Giltz | Posted 04.16.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

My apologies to Mariah Carey. I thought she would be a disaster as a coach and that a week devoted to her songs would be a mountain of melisma overload.

American Idol "Shout to the Lord" Controversy and Results

Michael Giltz | Posted 04.10.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

Asking all the kids to do a group sing on a born-again evangelical Christian number is wrong for many reasons. As a practicing Catholic I was stunned and upset for the performers.

"American Idol" Shock As Michael Johns Is Eliminated

AP | DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 04.10.2008 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — "American Idol" said g'day to Michael Johns. The Australian-born singer was eliminated Thursday from Fox's popular singing compet...

"Idol Gives Back" Recipients Remain Unclear One Year Later

NY Times | Edward Wyatt | Posted 04.06.2008 | Entertainment


Just about anyone who has tuned in "American Idol" this season has seen video clips of Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell touring slums in A...

'American Idol' Cuts Another Contestant

AP | ERIN CARLSON | Posted 04.02.2008 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — Say goodbye, Malubay. Ramiele Malubay _ the diminutive singer with the big voice _ was booted from "American Idol" as the show tri...

American Idol Top 9: The Results

Michael Giltz | Posted 04.02.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

Dolly Parton is one of the most talented songwriters in country music history, has a sensational voice and has recorded more great albums than you can shake a stick at.

American Idol Top 10: The Results

Michael Giltz | Posted 03.26.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

Now we're at the Top 10 -- the ten singers who know they'll be going on tour and now are quietly thinking to themselves, "Hey, I could WIN this!" According to the judges, we had four great performances. According to me, two.

American Idol Top 11: The Results

Michael Giltz | Posted 03.20.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

The results show begins with a list of all the mentors who will appear this season. Mariah Carey one assumes would be useless -- doesn't she need six assistants to get up in the morning?

American Idol Top 11: The Beatles

Michael Giltz | Posted 03.19.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

Simon can no longer be dubbed the judge America loves to hate. He's the judge America loves to love because he's blunt and funny and usually right.

American Idol Top 12: The Results

Michael Giltz | Posted 03.13.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

The results show began with a very expensive promo for Horton Hears A Who, which Ryan Seacrest said with scripted punk-rock attitude was a FOX movie. Way to read a cue card, Ryan!

American Idol Top 12: The Beatles

Michael Giltz | Posted 03.12.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

Ryan Seacrest said we had been waiting for it with bated breath. But it wasn't the Top 12 he was referring to -- it was the set.

Get Your White On, Margaret Seltzer!

Linda Keenan | Posted 03.10.2008 | Media


Linda Keenan

It may be a tough and boring road for you, without those gunshot wounds and helicopter-hovers that seemed to liven up your drab suburban life. But we're here for you, Boo.

American Idol Top 16: The Women

Michael Giltz | Posted 03.05.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

It's Ladies Night and Eighties Night and the women...had their butts kicked by the guys.

American Idol Top 16: The Men

Michael Giltz | Posted 03.04.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

Eighties Night as we finish up separating the wheat from the chaff and pick the Top 12. Luke Menard -- It's never fun going first because viewership...

American Idol: The Swingin' 70s

Ken Levine | Posted 02.29.2008 | Entertainment


Ken Levine

Unless David Archuleta knocks up Miley Cyrus in the next two months he's the new American Idol. The rest are playing for hometown parades and royalties on the eight iTunes they sell.

American Idol Top 20: The Results Show

Michael Giltz | Posted 02.29.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

Another so-so night for my future as a Jimmy The Greek, but a good night for drama with lots of tears and mysterious subplots. I'm batting .500, which...

American Idol Top 20: The Women

Michael Giltz | Posted 02.28.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

When the judges weren't urging women to pigeonhole -- I mean, "define" -- themselves, they were ignoring awful vocal performances and accentuating the positive.

Hillary, Barack, Randy, Paula and Simon

Bob Franken | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics


Bob Franken

I missed American Idol for this? Last night's Clinton-Obama debate in Cleveland made me wish Hillary had really meant it when she said she wasn't going to show up.


 

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