What did we just watch? What kind of Bottom 3 construction was that? That’s not how “American Idol” does it. Why did we get an hour of Ford and Fox fluff and pointless guest performances? And no suspenseful Bottom 3 stuff? I know the Bottom 3 and the outcome were very predictable. So much so, [...]

Update: As you’ve probably noticed, Casey Abrams is not on the Idol stage tonight. Early in the episode, Ryan said he is in the hospital again but didn’t elaborate. According to Joe’s Place Blog, Casey might have a stress-induced bleeding ulcer. He seems to be doing fine, but something like that needs close monitoring. We’re [...]

Your votes are in and the results are ready to be revealed. Tonight on American Idol we’ll find out who is eliminated after last night’s Top 13 performances and who moves on to this season’s Top 12 and one step closer to the summer tour. Tonight’s guest performances will be covered by Adam Lambert, Diddy-Dirty [...]

I love the addition of Jimmy Lovine and his band of producers to the show.  I thought he must have been in a good mood this week because he didn’t give much heavy criticism but one thing he did too was show the contestants how to make their songs relevant to today.  This is a [...]

The “American Idol” lucky 13 took the stage tonight (Tuesday technically) to deliver to us songs from their own personal idols. There were a lot rocky moments and poor song choices but still a couple of obvious, and not-so-obvious standouts. I just wasn’t that impressed tonight. And my reviews are going to reflect that. So [...]

American Idol 2011 breaks in to the real competition tonight when the new season’s Top 13 singers hit the stage and compete for your votes. It’s time to see if the judges’ Wild Card picks can fight their way back in to the mix after effectively already being voted out once by America last week. [...]

The competition breaks wide open tonight on American Idol with the arrival of our Top 13 performers. Six guys and seven girls will face off in the first co-ed competition round of the season where only twelve will survive. FOX says this week’s performances will be the choice of the singers. What’s that? Could we [...]

Are you ready for the return of your favorite American Idol 2011 performers? The Top 13 performance show will be airing on Wednesday night, but, as Branden noted earlier, it was pre-recorded again this week. Nigel swears there’s nothing underhanded going on there (and if you think otherwise then Nigel says you’re a “moron”, seriously) [...]

This week on American Idol 2011, the Top 13 will take to the stage, but they won’t be the only ones. After Wednesday night’s show with song choices from the contestants’ favorite performers, we’ll get some big visits on the results show. Adam Lambert will be returning to the Idol spotlight on Thursday night to [...]

American Idol 2011 Top 13. Fox photo It was a crazy night on “American Idol.” Somehow in two hours they managed to cut 14 contestants, make six sing, bring back three and premiere Jennifer Lopez’s new video. Aaaah. After naming the Top 10, the judges, on the spot (yeah right… as if the entire night [...]