Simons Wrong!

The voters surprise us again on elimination night, as boring battles truly bad

Our song selections for the week, another peek at Kristy Lee's master plan, and a breakdown of Carly vs. Brooke

Heading into Dolly Parton week, see who's up and who's down in Michael Slezak's rankings

Michael Slezak and Ken Tucker pick the Lennon/McCartney songs they'd like to see performed

I know. I'm obsessed. I couldn't help myself. When Cat Deeley announced on last Thursday's So You Think You Can Dance results show that American Idol would re-run an episode for the first time in eight seasons, I couldn't help...

This just in (from a pretty solid source): Though we can't confirm it's 100 percent accurate, an insider-y bird just sent us the set list for tonight's Dolly Parton episode of American Idol. Spoilerphobes, fear not: I've posted all the...

Nicholas Fonseca and I ponder the Dolly-rific possibilities, engage in a fierce Brooke-vs.-Carly debate, and shed more light on Kristy Lee's evil plan to crack American Idol's top 8. (Yes, robots are involved!)

That wasn't Katherine McPhee singing live last night. Well, I mean, it was Kat McPhee, but she wasn't singing live. Her performance, along with that fascinating viewer questions segment, was pre-taped about an hour before the show. And I would...

I know that it was more than a week ago that Simon Cowell referred to "I Drove All Night" as "just not a great song" after Carly Smithson nailed it, but it's still bugging me. Do you have to be...

In the days since the sudden and shocking death of Michael Jackson, my inbox has rapidly filled up with emails announcing tributes to the King of Pop that were sweet, strange and (in a few cases) deeply cynical. But one...