Live at American Idol: Who Fangirled Over Liv Tyler? Plus, Who Danced With Audience Members? Elise told us after last night’s performance show! “I’m going to bring decorations for the bottom-three stools just in case,” she said with a laugh. “Erika and I are going shopping after this and just get some streamers, maybe a marker to sign the stool, because no matter how good we did, I’ve been in the bottom three the last two weeks, so I’m just kind of getting comfortable.” After the show ended, Erika chatted with the three judges about their decision not to use their one save on her, telling them they made the right decision and that they should use it for when America does something “really crazy.” Their response? “This is crazy.” Executive producer Nigel Lythgoe also came up to Erika to tell her, “If it means anything, Jimmy Iovine said you were the best last night.” – Read more at EOnline
Kimberly Caldwell draws on her passion for tattoos in Oxygen’s new ‘Best Ink’ Caldwell’s body of work – “American Idol” contestant turned TV show host Kimberly Caldwell is a tattoo convert, so when she heard producers on a new ink show needed a host, she wanted in. “This seemed really right for me,” says Caldwell, now host of Oxygen’s “Best Ink,” launching March 27 at 10 p.m. “Tattoos are something I love, and it’s something that keeps me interested. I knew it was something I wanted on my résumé.” Caldwell says the idea is that the series will add some cool to her work history. Read more at New York Daily News
As times change for the former ‘Idol’ star, Casey James stays the same – “I woke up, and my music was available for everyone,” James says by phone. “It’s a real good feeling. I think I feel now more relaxed than I’ve felt in two years…. I really haven’t had a second to stop and think about it at all. It’s really been go, go, go, go, go.” “Everything that I’ve done for the last two years, every single move that I made, song that I wrote, everything that I’ve been working so hard on, it’s all kind of coming to pass,” James says. “But also, in a funny way, at the same time it’s paying off, it’s once again setting me up for the future in a whole new way.” – Read more at Star-telegram
‘American Idol’ viewing party for Heejun Han – MYFOXNY.COM – Fans of Heejun Han gathered at a Burger King restaurant in his native Flushing neighborhood to send positive vibes during “American Idol” elimination night. Fans held their breath when the local “Idol” contestant ended up in the bottom two. But in the end he made the cut. “Idol” Season 9 contestant Mike Lynche, also from Queens, joined the party to show his support. See the Video at MyFoxNY
