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Elise Testone was finally eliminated from Season 11 of ‘American Idol‘ tonight (April 26). We say “finally” not because we did not enjoy her smoky, husky voice or her offbeat, edgy and rock ‘n’ roll song choices throughout the course of the season, but because the singer has been camped out in the bottom of the voting multiple times. The odds seemed to indicate that she would eventually be voted o

Last night on ‘American Idol,’ handsome host Ryan Seacrest, who, according to TMZ, was battling a stomach bug, had to deal with another ailment: the fact that his lady love Julianne Hough is crushing on contestant Phillip Phillips.

The majestic music of the legendary rock band Queen was the focus of the first half of tonight’s (April 25) episode of ‘American Idol.’ The Top 6 had a big task ahead of them, since late vocalist Freddie Mercury was one of the biggest, most revered and inimitable voices in rock music. He was a game ch ...

Jennifer Lopez is getting so serious with boyfriend Casper Smart that she’s taking their relationship to the next step: she’s performing with him on ‘American Idol!’

Since 2002 Ryan Seacrest has been one of the constant faces of American Idol and he's apparently staying put for the next two years.  The Hollywood Reporter claims that Seacrest will be earning a $15 million paycheck each year to host the show too.

Katy Perry will hit the ‘American Idol‘ stage this Thursday, April 26. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the ‘Part of Me’ singer will perform on the elimination show, which is the second part of the show’s Queen tribute.

Season 8 winner Kris Allen had a homecoming. The Arkansas native performed his new single ‘The Vision of Love’ from the forthcoming ‘Thank You Camellia’ on the live elimination episode of ‘American Idol‘ tonight (April 19). No, it wasn’t a cover of Mariah Carey‘s debut single, either!

On tonight’s episode (April 18) of ‘American Idol,’ the Top 7 (since Jessica Sanchez earned the sole season save) performed a modern hit and a throwback classic from the soul era. Each singer performed twice, showing off different sides of their sonic personalities as the season starts to wind down and we inch closer and closer to a winner. Here’s your PopC ...

Joshua Ledet kicked off his ‘American Idol’ double header with the winning song by his personal idol and ‘Idol’ alum, Fantasia. He made believers out of all of us with an inspiring performance of ‘I Believe.’ And he couldn’t have matched it any better with is second round performance.

“Jessica doesn’t deserve to be in the bottom three if she sang ‘Yankee Doodle Dandee,” mentor Jimmy Iovine said of Jessica Sanchez on ‘American Idol‘ tonight. Sanchez was nearly booted from the competition last week — she got a second chance after she was saved by the judges — but she made a triumphant comeback with covers of Alicia Keys‘ ‘Fallin” and Otis Redding’s ‘Try a Little Tenderness.’ Read

If Season 11′s rocking country girl Skylar Laine wants to make it country, baby, it’s okay. She was born that way. She countrified two non-country songs on ‘American Idol‘ tonight (April 18) during both her performances. The contestants were asked to perform a modern song as as well as classic soul tune this evening and Laine did what she does best.

It was double songs all the way on ‘American Idol’ and who better to sing a double than the guy with a double name? Phillip Phillips started his “final seven” battle with some delicious ‘You Got It Bad’ by Usher. And now we’ve all got it bad, and can’t wait for our chance to meet up with Phillips in the midnight hour after his ‘In the Midnight Hour.’