The American Idol season 9 top 3 performed two songs each last night, one song was picked by the panel of judges and the contestants got to pick their other song. Crystal Bowersox chose to sing “Come to My Window” by Melissa Etheridge. The performance got a lukewarm response from the judges. Ellen DeGeneres said [...]

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The American Idol season 9 top 3 performed two songs each last night, one song was picked by the panel of judges and the contestants got to pick their other song. Crystal Bowersox delivered an outstanding rendition of Paul McCartney‘s “Maybe I’m Amazed”, which was picked by Ellen DeGeneres. Simon Cowell thought Crystal might have [...]

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The American Idol season 9 top 3 performed two songs each last night, one song was picked by the panel of judges and the contestants got to pick their other song. Lee DeWyze made an interesting pick and chose “Simple Man” by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Randy Jackson said Lee is now in the zone. Kara DioGuardi [...]

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The American Idol season 9 top 3 performed two songs each last night, one song was picked by the panel of judges and the contestants got to pick their other song. Lee DeWyze was clearly given the most difficult challenge of the evening, by Simon Cowell no less.  Lee had to sing Leonard Cohen‘s “Hallelujah”. [...]

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Aaron Kelly sang “Fly Me to the Moon” on American Idol’s Frank Sinatra night, but it wasn’t good enough to keep the youngest contestant around for another week. Yes, Kelly was voted off tonight and will not be in this season’s top four. As for last night’s performance, Randy Jackson and Ellen DeGeneres loved it, [...]

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OK, I admit it.  I’m a little disappointed this morning. Yes, the “Screamin’ Banshee” Siobhan Magnus was voted off of American Idol last night, April 28, on Shania Twain night.  I didn’t really think she was going to go all the way, but wow does she have some pipes.  I’ve never heard anyone scream those [...]

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Goodbye, Tim Urban. His performance of the Goo Goo Dolls song “Better Days” just wasn’t enough. Last night on American Idol: Idol Gives Back, Tim Urban got voted off. After Tim performed on Tuesday night, Ellen DeGeneres said he was like the s”oup of the day” now…some days she likes it and other days she [...]

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The American Idol season 9 top 7 finalists were mentored by Alicia Keys last night, April 20, 2010.  The theme for the evening was “inspirational songs”. Crystal Bowersox closed out the show with a beautiful and very emotional rendition of The Impressions/Curtis Mayfield‘s “People Get Ready”. No guitar this time…just Crystal.  Bowersox, who thought about [...]

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American Idol featured a shocker last night, as big Michael Lynche was voted off the show.  The story doesn’t end there, however. America decided that the bottom three should consist of Andrew Garcia, Aaron Kelly, and Lynche. However, the man who seemingly put on the best show out of those three was the one with [...]

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The American Idol top 9 finalists took the stage last night to perform songs written by The Beatles‘ legends John Lennon and Sir Paul McCartney. Casey James and his guitar delivered a fantastic rendition of Lennon’s “Jealous Guy”. Kara DioGuardi loved Casey’s vulnerability as it was like he was singing that song to someone special.  [...]

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The American Idol top 9 finalists took the stage last night to perform songs written by The Beatles’ legends John Lennon and Sir Paul McCartney. Crystal Bowersox lit it up with a rendition of “Come Together”. Crystal really owned the stage and may have been the best performance of the week, next to Casey James‘.  [...]

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The American Idol top 10 finalists, who were mentored by Usher, took on some R&B and soul last night. Lee Dewyze won over the crowd with his performance of the Cornelius Brothers‘ classic “Treat Her Like a Lady”. Lee is really starting to make a believer out of me and he seems much more comfortable [...]

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