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Top 10 Performance

By On 03/27/2007 · 104 Comments · In American Idol, Blake Lewis, Chris Richardson, Chris Sligh, Gina Glocksen, Haley Scarnato, Jordin Sparks, LaKisha Jones, Melinda Doolittle, Phil Stacey, S6 Finals, Sanjaya Malakar

Tonight, the kids sing songs that inspired Gwen Stefani….  

Can we bring British Invasion week back for an Encore?   I heard that Gwen Stefani arrived with a very short list of songs for the kids to sing, and some of them had to switch songs mid-stream.   Tonight, the performers who sing well [...]

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Top 10 Spoilers

By On 03/26/2007 · 80 Comments · In American Idol, Blake Lewis, Chris Richardson, Chris Sligh, Gina Glocksen, Haley Scarnato, Jordin Sparks, LaKisha Jones, Melinda Doolittle, Phil Stacey, S6 Finals, Sanjaya Malakar, Spoilers

REMINDER: If you are recording tonight’s show, don’t forget to set your VCRs and DVRs for 67 minutes!  Tonight’s performance show starts at 8/7c pm and runs until 9:07/8:07c pm

ETA:   Nigel Lythgoe  confirms  tonight’s theme.   Also:   He acknowledges, but claims he is not worried that the ratings are [...]

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Season 6 News Roundup

By On 03/24/2007 · 18 Comments · In American Idol, Chris Sligh, S6 Finals, Sanjaya Malakar

Next week, pop star Gwen Stefani coaches the Idol contestants.   On Wednesday, Akon joins her to perform Stefani’s hit “The Sweet Escape.”   This week’s theme–the kids get to pick their favorite pop songs.   In other words, they pretty much get to pick what ever they want.

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American Idol Extra Top 11

By On 03/23/2007 · Leave a Comment · In American Idol, American Idol Extra, Matt Rogers, Mikalah Gordon, Paris Bennett, S6 Finals, Stephanie Edwards, Taylor Hicks

There were a few celebrities and industry types in the show audience this week. Matt Rogers and Mikalah Gordon interview them:

Songwriter Stephen Bishop likes the crying girl. The “crying girl” 13 year old Ashley Ferl  is very excited to meet her favorite Idols. Michael Landes & KaDee Strickland from the FOX [...]

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Top 11 Performance

By On 03/20/2007 · 113 Comments · In American Idol, Blake Lewis, Chris Richardson, Chris Sligh, Gina Glocksen, Haley Scarnato, Jordin Sparks, LaKisha Jones, Melinda Doolittle, Phil Stacey, S6 Finals, Sanjaya Malakar, Stephanie Edwards

It started with 4 young men from Liverpool…

Ok,  here’s the deal.   My love for pop  music begins and ends with the Beatles.  That’s pretty much it.   Y’all can’t imagine how excited I was  when I heard  that the British Invasion would be an American Idol theme night.   First, there  is the [...]

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Top 11 Spoilers

By On 03/20/2007 · 67 Comments · In American Idol, S6 Finals, Spoilers

Ricky from Idol Forums has started posting spoilers for tonight’s Top 11 performance, featuring music of the British Invasion.

Tonight’s song choices listed in performance order:

Haley Scarnato – “Tell Him” by The Exciters. Chris Richardson – “Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying” by Gerry and the Pacemakers. Stephanie Edwards – “You Don’t Have [...]

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Idol News Roundup

By On 03/19/2007 · 7 Comments · In American Idol, Blake Lewis, Brandon Rogers, Chris Richardson, Chris Sligh, Fantasia, LaKisha Jones, S6 Finals

Here’s a roundup of American Idol news for ya…

People magazine reports that Jennifer Lopez is excited  about her upcoming Idol appearance on April 11.   Lopez says that she “thinks” the week she appears will feature a Latin theme.

A Los Angeles Times reporter sat in the Idol audience both

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More on the British Invasion

By On 03/18/2007 · 10 Comments · In American Idol, S6 Finals

LisaB, blog reader, Brit, and newshound extraordinaire has been busy the past couple of days finding some pretty awesome and sometimes obscure British Invasion performances on You Tube.   She’s been posting them all weekend in daily chat, and I thought I’d share the best of them with you.

  

Enjoy!

  

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Highlights from Brandon Rogers’ Exit Interviews

By On 03/16/2007 · 8 Comments · In American Idol, Brandon Rogers, S6 Finals

Eliminated Top 12 contestant, Brandon Rogers, spoke with the press Thursday about his Idol run.   Read the highlights after the jump.

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Idols Tackle the British Invasion

By On 03/16/2007 · 28 Comments · In American Idol, S6 Finals

This week, the Top 11 kids will be singing the songs of the British Invasion.   The ever-groovy (and British!) LisaB posted some great links in daily chat for those who’d like to learn more about the mid-sixties movement that changed the face of pop music.  From:  Answers.com,  Ãƒâ€š  

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Top 12 Results

By On 03/14/2007 · 61 Comments · In American Idol, Blake Lewis, Brandon Rogers, Chris Richardson, Chris Sligh, Gina Glocksen, Haley Scarnato, Jordin Sparks, LaKisha Jones, Melinda Doolittle, Phil Stacey, S6 Finals, Sanjaya Malakar, Stephanie Edwards

Update:Â   Next week is British Invasion night with guest “mentors” Lulu and Peter Noone

Miss Diana Ross performs à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“I Love You More Today Than Yesterdayà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  from her new album tonight.

Tonight’s results:

Bottom 3:

Phil Stacey
Sanjaya Malakar
Brandon Rogers

Eliminated:

Brandon Rogers

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Ryan introduces  the [...]

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TV Week Interview with Nigel Lythgoe

By On 03/14/2007 · 14 Comments · In American Idol, S6 Finals

You can download the TV Week interview  with Nigel Lythgoe here.

Here is a summary of Nigel’s comments about last night’s show:

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Top 12 Performance

By On 03/13/2007 · 90 Comments · In American Idol, Blake Lewis, Brandon Rogers, Chris Richardson, Chris Sligh, Gina Glocksen, Haley Scarnato, Jordin Sparks, LaKisha Jones, Melinda Doolittle, Phil Stacey, S6 Finals, Sanjaya Malakar, Stephanie Edwards

Hang on to your hat’s kids….

It’s DIANA ROSS week on American Idol.   Yes, the contestants get to choose from the fine oeuvre of MISS Diana Ross.

Will the kids pull it out, particularly the guys, or will we be treated to a massive trainwreck?   Stay tuned…

Recap to follow…

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The show [...]

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Your Top 12

By On 03/11/2007 · 20 Comments · In American Idol, S6 Finals

I just posted screencaps  in the  Top 8 Guys, Top 8 Girls, and Top 16 Results recaps.

Right after Thursday night’s live broadcast, the Top 12 attended a party  in their honor at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood.   EW conducted a fun   Q&A with [...]

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