American Idol 2012: What should the Top 7 sing?

By: Branden | April 10, 2012 at 10:40 AM EDT 289 Comments »

This week’s American Idol 2012 theme is songs from this decade so it’s time to take a look at what the Top 7 should sing. I’m going to preface my suggestions with a ban on Adele songs. Please, no more Adele songs on American Idol! Jessica Sanchez, “You and I” [...]

American Idol 2012 Eliminee DeAndre Brackensick Makes The TV Rounds

By: Matthew Boyer | April 10, 2012 at 8:50 AM EDT 23 Comments »

American Idol 2012 eliminee DeAndre Brackensick has been making the TV rounds since he was voted out last week so now his fans can watch a little more. On Friday DeAndre visited Jay Leno at The Tonight show where he performed a series of songs which were clipped down in [...]

American Idol 2012 Rankings: Top 8 Week In Review

By: Matthew Boyer | April 9, 2012 at 12:00 PM EDT 96 Comments »

We’ve got your American Idol 2012 rankings for the Top 8 week. There were more ups then downs this time around in your poll results, but once again the pimp-spot played a big role in pulling up one singer while letting another course correct. No surprise here in the poll [...]

American Idol 2012: What to Expect Top 7 Week

By: Branden | April 9, 2012 at 10:00 AM EDT 139 Comments »

It’s Top 7 Week on American Idol 2012 and the contestants are taking on songs from this decade, according to American Idol Executive Producer Nigel Lythgoe. “This week’s #AmericanIdol theme is ‘This Decade.’ In other words 2010/2011/2012,” he Tweeted. This should be a good week for the contestants. They can pick [...]

American Idol 2012 Singer Phillip Phillips Explains Jimmy Iovine Rebuff

By: Matthew Boyer | April 7, 2012 at 4:00 PM EDT 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 EDT 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 EDT 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 EDT 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 EDT 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 | April 6, 2012 at 12:11 AM EDT 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 [...]