%meta(topic:01016000;ap_topic:general entertainment;subtopic:tv;%) NEW YORK (AP) _ It'll be David vs. David. Syesha Mercado was voted off "American I...
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.
AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.13.2008 | Entertainment
NEW YORK — Contestants are disappearing as the "American Idol" finale approaches. Unfortunately for Fox, so are the viewers. The 21.8 million p...
AP | ERIN CARLSON | Posted 05.07.2008 | Entertainment
(Scroll down for video) NEW YORK — Simon Cowell once told Jason Castro that his face would save him from elimination. Not this time. The dread...
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.
AP | ERIN CARLSON | Posted 05.01.2008 | Entertainment
NEW YORK — Diamond wasn't Brooke White's best friend on "American Idol" Wednesday night. The tearful 24-year-old folkster from Mesa, Ariz., was ...
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.
Ken Levine | Posted 04.23.2008 | Entertainment
Jason Castro didn't know "Memory" was sung on stage by a cat. I guess the fact that it was from the musical Cats wasn't enough of a clue for him. What a complete moron.
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.
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.
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.
Ken Levine | Posted 04.09.2008 | Entertainment
American Idol's "Inspirational Music Night" was manufactured hokum -- trumping up your emotions so you'll be all primed and ready to give to American Idol Gives Back, their big charity oozfest.
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.
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 03.26.2008 | Entertainment
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.
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 03.12.2008 | 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 02.13.2008 | Entertainment
We think we know who the strong people are but the final 12 always has some surprises.
AP | ERIN CARLSON | Posted 02.13.2008 | Entertainment
NEW YORK — The tears flowed on "American Idol" Wednesday night as the show trimmed the competition to 24 semifinalists. They were mostly happy t...
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AP | ERIN CARLSON | Posted 05.14.2008 | Entertainment