For the first time since the Top 13, a guy was sent home on “American Idol.” And unfortunately it was Paul McDonald, the only contestant with real charisma and a comforting stage presence. And for the record, I think James Durbin has good stage presence too, but it’s just a bit intense. Paul might not [...]

Tonight on American Idol, we’ll learn which singer is sent home and who goes on to be part of the Top 7 this season. Lets hope America got the vote right tonight! Based on your votes in our Top 8 performance poll it looks like the trailing contenders for tonight’s elimination are Paul at the [...]

Are we about to see another elimination shocker tonight on American Idol 2011? After last night’s Top 8 performances I wouldn’t consider anyone’s elimination to be terribly shocking, though I could pick a few which would be pleasing. I know we want to see the aspiring Hopefuls to take the reins but as Branden noted [...]

What is the deal with the judges for American Idol 2011?  Did they all swallow a happy pill before the idols took the stage?  I was NOT impressed with anyone with the exception of James Durbin who rocked the “Heavy Metal”.  Finally we have a hardcore rocker to grace the idol stage but his voice [...]

OK, maybe the “American Idol” judges aren’t bad. But there’s something wrong when the only person they had an issue with tonight was Haley Reinhart. First of all, are they trying to get rid of all the girls? Really? Secondly, she had the ONLY good song choice of the night and it the performance wasn’t [...]

American Idol 2011 returns with its Top 8 performing live tonight with songs from the movies. Following last week’s surprising elimination of Pia Toscano, the Idol hopefuls should all be reminded that anyone can be sent home so they better bring their best to the stage. Join us in our Idol Chat room while we [...]

Who doesn’t love a good theme song? This week on American Idol the 2011 Top 8 singers will go to the movie vault as a source of inspiration for their chance to survive another week on the Idol stage. After Thursday’s rather surprising results I’m guessing we may see a little more interest in voting [...]

The “American Idol” Top 8 are set to take on songs from the movies this week. That’s a pretty broad theme, so picking what I’d like to hear them sing this week wasn’t easy. I based my choices on the song list the Season 9 contestants had to chose from and AFI’s Top 100 Songs [...]

It’s time for the latest round of performance rankings for the remaining American Idol 2011 Top 8 performers based on over forty-two thousand votes in our poll last week. Keep in mind these rankings are based only on those polls and Pia Toscano was ranked in the top three each week but still managed to [...]

Is it possible for the Top 8 Week to be any more exciting than American Idol’s Top 9? It’s gonna be tough, but I can’t wait to see what happens next. After Pia Toscano’s shocker elimination on Thursday the Idolverse has been alive with conspiracies and allegations, but there’s no turning back so let’s see [...]