American Idol 2012 Singer Phillip Phillips Explains Jimmy Iovine Rebuff

By: Matthew Boyer | April 7, 2012 at 4:00 PM EST 164 Comments »

Phillip Phillips has apologized to his fans and American Idol’s Jimmy Iovine after seemingly rejecting the in-house mentor’s advice on how to protect his potential this season. During Thursday’s Top 8 elimination show each American Idol 2012 finalist was given advice from Jimmy but when it came to Phillips theses [...]

American Idol Gets Shazam’d

By: Matthew Boyer | April 7, 2012 at 11:00 AM EST 1 Comment »

American Idol has broken out a new gadgety feature for the Season 11 performance shows and you’ll need your favorite device and Shazam app to make it all happen. While other singing competition shows have managed to display the name of the song on the screen during a performance, American [...]

American Idol 2012: Top 8 Week Ratings

By: Matthew Boyer | April 7, 2012 at 8:40 AM EST 22 Comments »

American Idol 2012 Top 8 week’s ratings are in and things are looking pretty steady again for FOX’s advertising juggernaut. Hits from the 80′s brought in just over an average of 17 million viewers on Wednesday night which kept the performance show level with last week’s Top 9 ratings. While [...]

American Idol 2012 Top 7 Finalists Revealed – Updated

By: Matthew Boyer | April 6, 2012 at 12:00 PM EST 281 Comments »

The American Idol 2012 Top 7 finalists were revealed last night when DeAndre Brackensick was eliminated from the competition. Elise Testone and Hollie Cavanagh joined DeAndre before being sent back to safety. After surviving several weeks in the Bottom 3 and at the bottom of our weekly polls it may [...]

American Idol 2012: Is JLo The Only Judge That Cares?

By: Matthew Boyer | April 6, 2012 at 9:40 AM EST 107 Comments »

Last night on American Idol 2012 Jennifer Lopez outed her co-judges when telling DeAndre Brackensick that he would not be saved from elimination. “I only get one vote,” JLo told DeAndre and the rest of America (watch that moment below). Her statement of course implicated judges Steven Tyler and Randy [...]

American Idol 2012 Top 8 Results Show Recap: Another Goes Home

By: Branden Barker | April 6, 2012 at 12:11 AM EST 174 Comments »

Thursday night on American Idol 2012, we said goodbye to another contestant, meaning the judges did not use their save. At the top of the show we got a sneak peek at judge Jennifer Lopez’s new video for her single “Dance Again.” The we got the weekly Ford music video [...]

American Idol 2012: Top 8 Elimination Results

By: Matthew Boyer | April 5, 2012 at 7:50 PM EST 299 Comments »

We’re about to find out who went home tonight on American Idol 2012. If your votes in our weekly poll are any indication then we already have a good idea who is in the danger zone. Along with the usual results reveal by Ryan Seacrest we’ll get the return of [...]

American Idol 2012 Top 8 Elimination Predictions

By: Matthew Boyer | April 5, 2012 at 1:36 PM EST 108 Comments »

Season 11′s Top 8 face elimination tonight as we prepare for the American Idol results to be revealed. While we wait for the lights to be dimmed, let’s take a look at your votes in our poll which continues to be a reliable indicator of the bottom placed contestants. Things [...]

American Idol 2012: Top 8 Results Tonight

By: Branden Barker | April 5, 2012 at 11:10 AM EST 45 Comments »

Tonight on American Idol 2012, we find out which member of the Top 8 didn’t impress America enough during last night’s performances enough to pick up the phone and vote. The judges’ save is still in play, so the person with the least amount of votes will have one last [...]

American Idol 2012: Relive Highlights From The Top 8

By: Matthew Boyer | April 5, 2012 at 10:00 AM EST 37 Comments »

The American Idol 2012 Top 8 performed their favorites from the 80′s last night and in a few hours we’ll find out who goes home, but for now let’s enjoy last night. Here are the top 3 performers based on your votes in our poll of “who was the best?” [...]