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Randy Jackson Leaves American Idol, Carey, Minaj And Urban To Follow

Randy Jackson has confirmed that he is leaving American Idol, adding credence to reports that he and the three judges, Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban have been axed from the show in a...

Get Your Goggles On, It's A Bloodbath! American Idol To Make Complete Cull For Season 13

American Idol’s problems this season have been well documented, but it looks like Fox are really at the end of their tether with a show that has lost 22% of its viewers this season, an...

Angie Miller On The Brink Of Winning American Idol

Boston native Angie Miller is the favorite to win this year's American Idol competition heading into tonight's top three challenge. She faces off against South Carolina's Candice Glover, 23, and Texan Kree Harrison, 22, though...

Nicki Minaj Attacks Mariah Carey On Twitter

Nicki Minaj has pumped up her feud with Mariah Carey after taking aim at her fellow American Idol judge in a series of tweets after the two divas were seen squabbling on the talent show...

Jason Aldean Files For Divorce, 6 Months After Kissing 'Idol' Singer

Jason Aldean really has put his wife Jessica through the mill in recent months, hasn't he? Firstly, TMZ.com, snapped him cheating on his high-school sweetheart wife with a woman in a Hollywood bar, and now...

Mariah Carey Plays The Professional Despite Idol's Major Blunder

Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj may have learnt, along with everyone else, that their positions on American Idol were under threat, but that did not prevent them from completing this week's show in a thoroughly...

Mariah Carey Refuses Backstage 'Idol' Interviews After Replacement Reports

Mariah Carey nor Nicki Minaj stopped for post-show backstage interviews following reports that producers had attempted to reshuffle the judging line-up midway through the current season. According to the Hollywood Reporter, bosses had attempted to...

American Farce: The Failed 'Idol' Plot To Replace Mariah Carey With Jennifer Lopez

A secretive plan to have Jennifer Lopez replace Mariah Carey midseason on American Idol was abandoned when Carey’s heavyweight legal team threatened action, according to the Hollywood Reporter. This year’s ratings have been pretty disastrous,...

Beaten By A Repeat! American Idol Embarrassed By Big Bang Theory In Thursday Ratings

You know you’re in trouble in the ratings when you get beaten out by a repeat – ok, a repeat of a hugely popular show, but a repeat nonetheless; let’s not forget either, you’re supposed...

American Idol Finalist Angie Miller Dedicates Performance To Boston In The Wake Of Marathon Bombing

Wednesday night’s American Idol stage was the setting for an emotionally charged performance by finalist Angie Miller in the wake of the Boston bombing. Miller is not technically a Bostonian, but she grew up in...

Nicki Minaj Reluctant To Perform Live On American Idol

Nicki Minaj has certainly been a fiery judge during the live shows of American Idol, though the Young Money rapper insists she will not follow Keith Urban and perform on the show herself. "I don't...

American Idol Recap: Candice Glover And Kree Harrison Deliver Despite Injury

In an injury-plagued American Idol, Candice Glover and Kree Harrison impressed the judges despite being injured. Harrison belted out Janis Joplin's Piece of My Heart while remaining static due to a pinched nerve.“I feel like...

American Idol Boss Simon Fuller Settles Copyright Case Against X Factor

Simon Fuller, the UK-born media mogul behind the massively successful Pop Idol (which ultimately spawned American Idol and the various international variations of the show), has settled a long-standing battle between himself and his production...

American Idol Ratings Sink To Lowest Level Ever

Producers of Fox's American Idol appear powerless to contain its weekly ratings slide. Thursday night's installment attracted the smallest audience among 18-49 viewers in the talent show's history. The number of total viewers fell to...

American Idol Recap: David Velez's Won't Win, But He Might Stil Get Prom King

The latest contestant to be voted off American Idol is Devin Velez. This fits in perfectly with Nicki Minaj’s early prediction that the men were going to have a tough time this season. Not only...

Another Motown Special? Predictable Week For American Idol, Janelle Arthur Saves The Day

Really, American Idol? Another Motown special? You’d think that with so much experience under their belts, and with world-class talent like Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey on board, the folks behind American Idol would be...

'Everybody's Just Going To Hate Me' - Nicki Minaj On Joining American Idol

Nicki Minaj isn’t one to mince her words and in a recent conference call with reporters this week, she was quite open about what she was expecting when she signed up to the show. “I...

Julianne Hough Wanted To Get Married

Julianne Hough reportedly broke up with Ryan Seacrest because he didn't propose to her.Although the 38-year-old 'American Idol' host was looking at rings, friends believe he took too long to get around to it, leading...

American Idol Recap: Who Managed To Pull Off The Beatles?

Last night’s episode of American Idol saw the nine remaining finalists take on the Beatles catalogue – with varying success.In preparation for the night, producer and Idol mentor Jimmy Iovine had this to say to...

Jennifer Love Hewitt Visited Burlesque Clubs To Perfect Moves For New Video

Jennifer Love Hewitt and American Idol judge Randy Jackson hit strip clubs in Los Angeles late at night looking for moves the actress could use in her sexy new video.The actress was working with producer...

American Idol Chooses It's Top 10: But Are Any Of Them Good Enough?

America has spoken. The general public have chosen this year's American Idol Top 10, and there's few surprises in the line-up for season eight of the show. Blessed with good looks and a half-decent voice,...

'Arrogant' Curtis Finch Jr Is Best Of A Bad Bunch On American Idol

It was the men's turn on American Idol last night, though it's highly unlikely any of the male contestants on season twelve of the show will be competing for the crown in a couple of...

Zoanette Johnson Is “Queen Of The Jungle” On American Idol

No one saw Zoanette Johnson – the huge-haired, larger than life, Liberian-born singer – getting this far in American Idol. She made the National Anthem sound like rallying cry during her initial try-outs, and erratic...

Dwts Idol Contestant Revealed: American Idol Loser Kellie Pickler Takes On Dance Challenge

The news has broken that we have a DWTS Idol Contestant in the making. TMZ have discovered the identity of four of this year’s Dancing With The Stars contestants and one of them is a...

Was American Idol's Shubha Vedula A Cross Between Aguilera And Psy?

Mount Pleasant's Shubha Vedula was axed from American Idol on Wednesday night (February 20, 2013) after being told she sounded like a cross between Christina Aguilera and the "Gangnam Style guy," by influential judge Nicki...

American Idol: Angelina Miller Leaves Randy Jackson Speechless

Angela Miller stole the show on Thursday night's American Idol (February 14, 2013), leaving the judges gobsmacked with a performance of her own song, 'You Set Me Free.' The 18-year-old food services worker from Beverly,...

Grammys Down But Still Tops For The Week

CBS's telecast of the Grammy Awards may have fallen steeply from a year ago when it aired one day following the death of Whitney Houston, but it was nevertheless the highest rated program of last...

Hollywood Week: Could One Of 'The Couch Potatoes' Win American Idol?

American Idol kicked off its 'Hollywood week' on Wednesday (February 6, 2013), with the singing hopefuls bidding for a place in the grand finale. We say Hollywood week, we actually mean Quiet Suburb Week, as...

Dude Looks Like A Lady: Steven Tyler Does Audition In Drag On American Idol

American Idol contestant "Pepper LaBeija from the House of LaBeija." rocked up in an impeccable face of make-up and a big blonde wig ready, a very short skirt and honking false boobs. She raring to...

"Far-fetched" American Idol Racist Discrimination Lawsuit "Highly Unlikely" To Be Successful

Last week TMZ reported that lawyer James Freeman was planning to file a suit against the makers of American Idol for racist discrimination, after he noticed that all the contestants who had ever been publicly...

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