Cold opening – Ryan is standing in the control room looking very serious. “Tonight, ” he says, “We are presenting a very special show. We’ve got the same 3 judges, the same 6 finalists (Each
ETA: Kirsten just posted this blog from Access Hollywood in comments. It contains a very detailed account of tonight’s show. A couple of interesting tidbits not mentioned anywhere yet: News Corp which
Sanjaya Malakar’s recent elimination puts him at the top of the Idol news food chain. He’ll be making the rounds of the talk shows next week, including the usual suspects–Ellen and Regis and Kelly.
Simon Cowell and the Top 6 were Oprah Winfrey’s guests today on her show. Simon answered Oprah’s questions via satellite from Las Vegas. His top 2 Idols are Melinda Doolittle and Jordin Sparks,
Martina McBride performs Anyway, from her newly-released album, …Waking Up Laughing… Tonight’s super-speshul elimination gimmick as explained by Nigel Lythgoe to TV Week, …Im going to split the group into the highest voting
Chuck Ross of TV Week interviews producer Nigel Lythgoe about this week’s Top 7 performance show. Nigel explains tonight’s results show gimmick, “I’m going to split the group into the highest voting group and the
It was a little awkward, but I suppose something needs to be said before an event as inconsequential and trivial in the Big Scheme of Things as American Idol gets underway tonight. Ryan stands
J Lo sings a cut from her new Spanish Language album…. And a whole bunch of lame filler stuff, as tonight’s show expands to 1 hour. Bottom 3: Phil Stacey Haley Scarnato Chris Richardson Going
Chuck Ross from TV Week interviews American Idol producer Ken Warwick for the magazine’s weekly Backlot Talk interview. Ken mentions that tonight, Ryan will be announcing more celebrities guests slated for the big
It’s Latin Night kids, ready for some hot-blooded red-blooded passion? Oops sorry, you aren’t’ going to get it. Not to say there aren’t some very good performances tonight, but the kids aren’t quite up to