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David Cook. Kris Allen. Lee DeWyze. Scotty McCreery. And now, further proof that “American Idol” is a guitar-strumming white boys’ club, Phillip Phillips is our new victor. Since Jordin Sparks… More

This week’s “American Idol” castoff, Skylar Laine, is known for her high-energy performances, but admits the adrenaline might have gotten the best of her memory. “Even if I was singing… More

Where’s Tommy Hilfiger when you need him? The “American Idol” wardrobe team got blasted by Jimmy Iovine tonight for dressing 16-year-old Jessica Sanchez in an extremely tight, extremely grown up… More

For those who weren’t already annoyed by Phillip Phillips’s one-trick-pony performances on “American Idol” (namely teenage girls who love his smile and will forgive him almost anything), well tonight’s the… More

Finally, poor Elise Testone has been put out of her misery. After weeks of landing in the bottom three, “American Idol‘s” oldest contestant was sent home. The Band-Aid was ripped… More

“Save me!” Hollie Cavanagh wailed during her Queen selection on the first half of “American Idol” tonight, but there won’t be any saving, as Colton Dixon learned the hard way… More

Fifty-three million votes were cast last night for “American Idol,” and all of them, apparently, were for different people. Not in recent memory has the voting public been so fickle… More

The “American Idol” judges seemed especially happy tonight. Maybe it was because their save (conspiracy?) of Jessica Sanchez seemed to accomplish making her more popular than ever. Maybe it was… More

As is standard procedure this season, tonight’s episode of “American Idol” began with a heavy-handed video about the intensity of this process for the contestants, in which everyone speaks in… More

It was the week of the comeback, the rise of the underdog on “American Idol.” The weakest contestants, the ones who always find themselves in or near the bottom three,… More