American Idol

New Comments Host I think you guys are going to like it. The template is prettier, you can actually preview your comment before you post and you can use tags and smilies.  SMILIES PEOPLE!!!  Unfortunately,

Spoilers Taylor Hicks – His personal song choice is rumored to be “Try a Little Tenderness”.  I’m hearing that he left a very obvious hint during an interview with News radio 960 in Birmingham Friday.  He said his choice was

Katharine…finally It’s been reported that Simon chose “Over the Rainbow”, the Judy Garland classic from “The Wizard of Oz” as her judges’ song choice.  Thanks to doc and fellow kat fans for keeping me updated.

Bits and Pieces A different perspective NY Post political columnist John Podhoretz analyzes Chris’s loss as if it were a failed political campaign.  He makes some very interesting points: “And this is what explains Chris Daughtry’s stunning

UPDATE It was just announced on Fox 6 news in Birmingham that Randy Jackson chose “You Are So Beautiful”, a Joe Cocker song, for Taylor Hicks’s Judges’ song choice. I haven’t found a source for

Homecoming Update Hi kids.  Busy morning! We’ll be getting song spoilers today.   Paula Abdul picked Bobby Caldwell’s “What You Won’t Do For Love” for Elliott Yamin’s judges song choice.  It was announced when he received

Homecoming The Final Three will be visiting their hometowns tomorrow to film a special homecoming video package for next week’s shows. In Katharine’s case, she’ll only have to travel a few miles away.  She lives in Sherman Oaks, CA.  Here

Chris Daughtry’s MTV.com interview: Was he shocked? “I was pretty shocked. I didn’t see it coming, not even a little. I’m bummed, I’m disappointed, but I’m trying to see the bigger picture and see that there’s

Extra Update It looks like Fuel is the band who will be appearing on Extra tonight to ask Chris to be lead singer: “The multi-platinum rock band Fuel has offered ‘American Idol’s’ Chris Daughtry a gig with

A few thoughts after last night’s boot The producers finally got their shocking boot.  I’ve been keeping track of the ratings, and I expect Chris’s elimination to result in a ratings spike next week.  Chris’s unexpected