Ryan welcomes us to the 300th episode of American Idol… just one week away from season 8′s fiinale!

Here’s the recap of the May 12 American Idol, where the top 3 finalists sang two songs – one selected by the judges, and one of their choice. Read the rest of this entry »

The final 3 American Idol contestants perform tonight – and the theme for May 12 is judges’ choice and the contestants’ personal choice. This is always a fun theme week because there are so many options.

Danny Gokey, Adam Lambert and Kris Allen had their homecoming visits and, as we know from American Idols past, they get a phone call or fax (or text, maybe?) of the judges’ choice while they’re doing the hometown visit. Read the rest of this entry »

Simon Cowell was on today’s Oprah Winfrey and let’s cut to the chase… Cowell predicts Adam Lambert as the American Idol 8 winner, saying, “I’ll have to put my money on Adam (Lambert).”

Oprah also grilled Simon Cowell on whether he will continue with American Idol or not – he said, “The truth was I did sign a contract and I agreed at the end of that time period, that’s it.” Read the rest of this entry »

No doubt about it – Adam Lambert is this season’s American Idol breakout star, and it’s unlikely that he won’t win the singing competition. Check out this picture of Adam Lambert on the cover of Entertainment Weekly, where they dub him the most exciting American Idol contestant in years!

Entertainment Weekly describes Adam Lambert “with his mop of glam-rock cobalt-blue-on-dyed-black hair…and his unambiguously ambiguous sexuality, Adam would have probably been brushed off early on. And there was also a time, more recently, when Adam would have made it to Hollywood but been dismissed as ‘too Broadway’ or ‘too musical theater.’” Read the rest of this entry »

The American Idol top 4 lost another this week… and now there are just 3 in the finals. Allison Iraheta was eliminated on tonight’s May 6 Idol results show!

Kris Allen is safe! Adam Lambert is safe! Danny Gokey is safe! Read the rest of this entry »

Allison Iraheta and Adam Lambert seemed well matched in this American Idol duet video – watch them sing “Slow Ride” by Foghat for the AI rock week. Did they rock it?

Yep. Adam Lambert killed it, alright. Check out this video clip of Adam Lambert’s “Whole Lotta Love” American Idol rock week May 5 performance. Do you think he did justice to the Led Zeppelin classic?

Adam Lambert sure won the judges over and set the bar incredibly high for the rock week performances of the night.

We’re down to the top 4 American Idol finalists – and finally, a great theme tonight – rock week.

Here’s the rundown for the American Idol May 5 recap: Read the rest of this entry »