American Idol 2012: Shannon Magrane Discusses Her Post-Idol Plans

Shannon Magrane sat down with MTV to discuss her American Idol 2012 elimination during the Top 12/11 week. Shannon remains very positive post-Idol and has no regrets about tackling a Mariah Carey song: During her final performance, Magrane took on Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men’s “One Sweet Day,” which [...]

American Idol 2012 Finale Date Announced

By: Matthew Boyer | March 20, 2012 at 12:00 PM EDT 24 Comments »
Tagged: American Idol, American Idol 2012, American Idol season 11, news

If you’re wondering when is the American Idol 2012 finale then you’ll be glad to know FOX has set a date to crown its next American Idol winner. The two-night Season 11 finale will stretch across Tuesday, May 22 for the final performance show featuring an undefined number of finalist [...]

American Idol 2012 Top 11 Rankings

By: Matthew Boyer | March 19, 2012 at 12:00 PM EDT 130 Comments »
Tagged: American Idol, American Idol 2012, American Idol season 11, rankings

Last week was a busy one for the American Idol 2012 singers and we’re ready to see where the chips fell when it came to charting each Hopeful’s rise and fall in the latest poll. After the past two weeks we’ve seen your votes in our polls have been a [...]

American Idol 2012: What to Expect This Top 10 Week

By: Branden Barker | March 19, 2012 at 10:00 AM EDT 64 Comments »
Tagged: American Idol, American Idol 2012, American Idol season 11, top 10

This week the American Idol 2012 Top 10 take the stage and perform songs by Billy Joel. That goes down on Wednesday night, of course, so on Thursday night one more American Idol finalist might be headed home. Last week we learned that the judges’ save is in play again [...]

American Idol 2012: Phillip Phillips’ Family Struggling To Get To Hollywood

By: Branden Barker | March 19, 2012 at 8:00 AM EDT 42 Comments »
Tagged: American Idol, American Idol 2012, American Idol season 11

TMZ has reported that American Idol 2012 Finalist Phillip Phillips hasn’t had much family support in the audience because they can’t afford to make it out to Hollywood. But according to the report, Phillip’s hometown of Leesburg, Georgia, has decided to come together to raise money to send the family [...]

Steven Tyler Discusses Shannon Magrane American Idol Elimination

By: Matthew Boyer | March 18, 2012 at 12:00 PM EDT 39 Comments »
Tagged: American Idol, American Idol 2012, American Idol season 11, Randy Jackson, Steven Tyler

Steven Tyler and Randy Jackson were cornered by Access Hollywood for their weekly post-show interviews and the pair discussed lots of different American Idol 2012 topics. The judging duo ran through everything from JLo’s comment that Joshua Ledet’s performance was the “best ever” to Randy’s lapel pins (ahem, my suggestions), [...]

Heejun Han Already Packing For American Idol 2012 Tour

By: Matthew Boyer | March 18, 2012 at 10:00 AM EDT 23 Comments »
Tagged: American Idol, American Idol 2012, American Idol Tour, Heejun Han

The American Idol 2012 summer tour might still be a few months away, but don’t tell that to Heejun Han. He’s already busily packing for the cross country tour and it doesn’t look like he’s traveling light either. Heejun posted a photo on his Twitter account as he readied himself [...]

American Idol 2012 To Colton Dixon: Easy On The God Stuff

By: Matthew Boyer | March 18, 2012 at 8:24 AM EDT 96 Comments »
Tagged: American Idol, American Idol 2012, Colton Dixon

American Idol 2012 contestant Colton Dixon shared details of production’s guidance on how the singers should handle their official American Idol Facebook and Twitter accounts. Colton explained to NBC’s Today Show that it was suggested that the finalists should avoid potentially polarizing topics like “The Voice” and Idol’s ratings. I’m [...]

American Idol 2012 Extends Performance Shows

By: Matthew Boyer | March 17, 2012 at 9:00 AM EDT 127 Comments »
Tagged: American Idol, American Idol 2012, American Idol season 11, news

Get ready for more filler! I mean, more American Idol! The decision makers at FOX are now planning to forgo the usual shortening of the American Idol 2012 season when the finalists pool drops below any rational justification for a two-hour performance show in April. Originally FOX was going to [...]

Meet Your American Idol 2012 Top 10

By: Matthew Boyer | March 16, 2012 at 12:00 PM EDT 127 Comments »
Tagged: American Idol, American Idol 2012, American Idol season 11, top 10

Meet your American Idol 2012 Top 10! Just to think a week ago we were looking at the Top 12 and in just a few days we dropped two singers. That was a crazy week indeed. Now we’ve got our American Idol Tour set of singers and things look pretty [...]