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Lauren Alaina might have known that Scotty McCreery was going to win, but the winner himself? Not so much. “Last night, watching her sing I thought, She can really take… More

Lauren Alaina had been teary-eyed all season, but when it came down to coming in second place behind her good pal Scotty McCreery on “American Idol’s” season finale, she didn’t… More

The moment we walked into the jam-packed Nokia Theater in downtown L.A. for the season 10 finale of “American Idol,” the outcome was clear. We had to push past a… More

In the end, it doesn’t matter who’s named “American Idol” because everybody wins. From returning executive producer Nigel Lythgoe, the advertisers, the phone company and Fox, to new judges Steven… More

Watching the ‘American Idol’ Season 10 Performance Finale from the nosebleed section in the 7,000-seat Nokia Theater at L.A. Live is a little like sitting in the upper deck at… More

“American Idol” entered its 10th with a bunch of question marks for returning executive producer Nigel Lythgoe. The show had been losing ratings steam the last few years, but even… More

By MARTHA WAGGONER GARNER, N.C. — Aversboro Coffee is the kind of place that opens its doors early if customers are waiting; if the chairs are down, folks are welcome… More

No contestant this year divided “Idol” watchers as much as Wheeling, IL’s favorite daughter Haley Reinhart. Many blogged that she was full of herself, the girls were envious of her… More

If you had any doubt whether country or rock was our national anthem, 95 million “American Idol” voters put it to you plain and simple, the way they apparently like… More

From 120,000 contestants, we are down to three finalists for “American Idol,” with this week’s two-hour, three-song challenge doing little to separate the remaining three, with front-running teenage country heartthrob… More