Last night was the night we had to say goodbye to Deandre Brackensick from this year’s American Idol Top 8. Deandre opened the Wednesday night performance show with his version of “I Like It” by Debarge. The judges were impressed. Jennifer Lopez and Steven were captivated by the natural performance, which Randy called it a “perfect song choice, one of my best performances from you yet.” It was

Last night in the last American Idol performance show, the Top 8 sang songs from the 80s. My era, but how many of the contestants remember the decade? And let’s pause to remember Heejun Han, who was eliminated from the Fox competition last week, just as he started to take it seriously. But today Heejun gets to sing God Bless America during Opening Day at Citi Field

The American Idol contestants have just moved in to the AI mansion. But how many of them (or you) knew that the mansion was once a place of orgies and swinging? According to TMZ, the top 9 American Idol finalists are now living in the same place where Playboy TV shot its risque sex show, "Swing" season 2. You may not have seen it, so let me

The votes have been counted, and America didn’t vote to save funny man Heejun Han once he started to take American Idol seriously and really sing. Oh the irony. How different could things have been on idol night if Heejun had said his heroes were the Beatles and sang Hey Jude? (Because remember, Jennifer thought his name sounded like Jude and burst into a spontaneous

Last night on American Idol 2012 the nine remaining contestants sang songs from their idols and I think it gave us one of the best episodes ever. Even Heejun Han took the competition seriously last night and according to Randy Jackson they’re all in it to win it at this point. But who really stands a chance of grabbing the American Idol title this year? Let’s

You have to feel sorry for Erika Van Pelt. She sang her heart out and even got a strange haircut for American Idol. But it wasn’t enough. America sent her home, favoring even class clown Heejun Han over her. Here’s how it happened: Erika always had to battle to keep up with the tiny teens and it seems like she missed her chance again, probably for the

Last week, we saw Jermaine Jones eliminated for trying to hide his outstanding arrest warrants. In the bottom three were Elise Testone; Shannon Magrane and Ericka Van Pelt, with Shannon eliminated. So how would Elise and Erika fare this week? Let’s get straight to it. The American Idol 2012 Top 10 were mentored by Diddy as the contestant took on Billy Joel songs. Steven Tyler said if

Fans and contestants of American Idol 2012 were shocked by the disqualification of Jermaine Jones due to outstanding arrest warrants against his name. Jermaine Jones was thrown out of the FOX reality competition on Wednesday for having four active warrants to his name (ironically having given a false name on several occasions.) So what did those still in the running for the American Idol 2012 title think

The always excited, always happy Shannon Magrane was eliminated from American Idol last night. That means she just missed out on a Top 10 place. Despite the disqualification of Jermaine Jones, the program makers decided to go ahead with an elimination this week. That was a sad decision for Shannon and her fans. Shannon had been an early favorite, especially after her powerful rendition of Go Light

Last night was birth year songs theme week. That always excites me and brings back memories but makes me feel way older than I actually am. Of course, the big story of the night was Jermaine Jones getting thrown out of the competition because he lied to the American Idol producers about having lied to the police about his real name and having outstanding arrest warrants