Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd It's a fair question. I'm not going to knock the skills the boys obviously have, but in a way this is a reality all-star crew of hip-hop dancers. Three of their performers are former finalists of FOX's summer hit So You Think You Can Dance. Hell, even judge Sha...

Note: This post comes to us from assistant features editor and “Idol” diehard Ardua Harris: Would it be terribly insensitive to say that if I hear one more platitude come out of......

Filed under: OpEd, American Idol, Judges, Reviewcaps, Contestants, Host, Predictions and Trends, News and Gossip For this edition of American Idol , the crew traveled to New York City and San Juan, Puerto Rico. One of my favorite things about the auditions is seeing the expressions on the judges' fa...

Last night's installment in the seemingly endless slog through American Idol 's eighth season of auditions brought us to Jacksonville, Fla. But how to tie this city to Idol's shiny pop universe? How about rechristening it in honor of Randy Jackson (get it???), and giving the whole evening a PG-rated...

Filed under: Programming, OpEd, American Idol, Judges, Contestants, Host, News and Gossip, TV Squad Ten Is this season of American Idol everything you dreamed it would be? Or are you thinking it's the same-old-same-old we've all seen before? I fall into both camps, so decided to put together my list...

Filed under: American Idol, Judges, Reviewcaps, Contestants, Performances, Host The first 20 seconds of this show have already freaked me out. Ryan and Simon are in the back of a limo and they're just flirting. They're smiling and giggling, and it feels like I'm looking in on a first date. Moving on...

It was a strange night for American Idol during their auditions in Jacksonville, Florida (the hometown of Idol judge, Randy Jackson). Joshua Ulloa kicked off the auditions by singing Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get it Onâ€� and he was really energetic but it seemed to go over well enough.  I tho...

Filed under: OpEd, American Idol, Judges, Reviewcaps, Contestants, Performances American Idol went to Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, to find the best of the best in The Bluegrass State. Let's see if I've got the pronunciation correct: Loo-a-vulle. Is that it? You Southerners chime in here....

Filed under: OpEd, American Idol, Judges, Reviewcaps, Contestants, Performances (S08E01) it's that time of year again: American Idol auditions. It's the good, bad and tone-deaf all vying for their chance to be the next Taylor Hicks! Or... you know, someone else. So let's get started: We open up with...

Filed under: American Idol, Watercooler Talk, Interviews, Judges The premiere of American Idol 's new season is tonight; can you stand it? Last year brought us a format change with the addition of instruments; this year, we have a new judge. Controversy has been following Kara DioGuardi since she wa...