First the good news - after months of endless faffing, American Idol has finally started eliminating finalists. Now for the bad news. Jorge Nuñez was eliminated from American Idol last night. Jasmine Murray also got the boot, but it’s the loss of Jorge Nuñez that stung the most. Not because ...

American Idol 8 — Grand Ole Opry Week - This site proudly supports Rickey.org Oh no! The dreaded Grand Ole Opry week! It is upon us… next week! Ack! From MJ’s Big Blog: Grand Ole Opry Week on American Idol America’s top-rated television show is about to join forces for a wee...

Spoilers for the "American Idol" eliminations -- and the not-as-nauseating-as-feared new twist -- coming right up... So, short version: Jasmine Murray and Jorge Nunez go home. Megan has to stand on stage with Jasmine, and Anoop has to stand with Jorge, even though DialIdol said Noop Dogg was safe(*)...

Tonight the send two people packing. My money is on Jorge and Jasmine (since Megan had VFTW help). But before we begin with the 55 minutes worth of filler, I want to tell you about a new TV show called Castle . It just started. The first show was after Dancing With The Stars and it was great! I do h...

So, we had our first night of the American Idol finals. Most of the performances were pretty mundane but there were a couple of standouts who might go pretty far in this year’s competion. First, let me ask what in the hell was that feathery thing on Paula Abdul’s shoulder? It looked like...

newVideoPlayer("/lambert_perf.flv", 506, 423,""); And so the final 13 begins. With both bangs and whimpers. There were some pleasant surprises (go Kris Allen!) and some predictable disappointments (fail, Danny Gokey). Let's discuss further after the jump. For the uninitiated, if you're out there, we...

MJ's Big Blog has an interview up with Ken Warwick, one of the producers of Idol. In the interview, Ken says this new twist was tried out in the French version of Idol, Nouvelle Star, first. If that's the case, it may not be that the judges eliminate whoever they want from the bottom 3. The twist pr...

This is going to be a short and sweet. Didn't have an internet connection for a huge chunk of the morning, plus work suddenly has decided to revive itself (and it's deciding to do so in proximity to vacation time is not going unnoticed). Anyhow, even before today became sort of a rush I was ...

Fox went to the top of the ratings chart Tuesday night with a two-hour "American Idol" that drew 25.8 million viewers, according to updated ratings released Wednesday afternoon. Viewers witnessed Adam Lambert's coronation as the new "Idol" favorite. Do you......

Here we are at the main part of the competition already!  I’m admittedly less excited about things this year and suffering from a been there, done that kinda feeling all around. The fact that none of the final contestants are really inspiring me ain’t helping much … where is the next Kel...