American Idol Finals: David Wins It All!
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.
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.
Huffington Post | Posted 05.16.2008 | Media
Larry King hosted good friend — and rumored replacement — Ryan Seacrest Thursday night in an interview hyped by Seacrest saying they would...
Michael Giltz | Posted 05.14.2008 | Entertainment
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.
Michael Giltz | Posted 05.07.2008 | Entertainment
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.
Michael Giltz | Posted 04.30.2008 | Entertainment
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.
AP | Posted 04.23.2008 | Media
LOS ANGELES — Real competition is coming to reality TV: Hosts including Ryan Seacrest, Howie Mandel and Tyra Banks are now eligible for an Emmy ...
Michael Giltz | Posted 04.23.2008 | Entertainment
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.
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...
LA Times | Posted 04.21.2008 | Entertainment
MAYBE it's not as shocking as, say, Aussie heartthrob Michael Johns getting voted off the show. But the news still surprises: "American Idol's" rating...
Michael Giltz | Posted 04.16.2008 | Entertainment
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.
Huffington Post | Posted 04.11.2008 | Entertainment
This Sunday's Parade is their annual feature on what people earn. In addition to regular jobs, they round up some celebrity pay packages for ogling. F...
Patrick Waldo | Posted 04.11.2008 | Entertainment
What the hell happened to my favorite karaoke show? First Kristy Lee Cook vomits out "Proud To Be An American" and now we've moved on to singing praise to Jesus?
Michael Giltz | Posted 04.10.2008 | Entertainment
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.
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...
Michael Giltz | Posted 04.09.2008 | Entertainment
A lot of very savvy song choices, some major stumbles from front-runners (by which I mean the people whose initials aren't D and A, since we're talking front-runners for second place) and my girl Syesha is in trouble.
AP | DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 04.07.2008 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — "American Idol" _ and just about everyone else in Hollywood _ were in a very giving mood. "Idol Gives Back," the Fox singing comp...
Michael Giltz | Posted 04.02.2008 | Entertainment
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.
Michael Giltz | Posted 03.20.2008 | Entertainment
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?
Michael Giltz | Posted 03.19.2008 | Entertainment
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.
Michael Giltz | Posted 03.13.2008 | Entertainment
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!
Michael Giltz | Posted 03.12.2008 | Entertainment
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.
AP | DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 03.07.2008 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — The top 12 "American Idol" finalists include an actress, a "Star Search" champion, an Australian, a male stripper and someone who ...
Michael Giltz | Posted 03.05.2008 | Entertainment
It's Ladies Night and Eighties Night and the women...had their butts kicked by the guys.
People | Posted 03.02.2008 | Entertainment
When Robbie Carrico was eliminated Thursday on American Idol, host Ryan Seacrest asked judge Simon Cowell to give the rocker some advice. "It's authen...
Ken Levine | Posted 02.29.2008 | Entertainment
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.
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Michael Giltz | Posted 05.21.2008 | Entertainment