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American Idol Crowns Lee Dewyze, Roasts Simon

Date Added: 05/27/10 | By SR Staff | Comments: 0

"American Idol" crowned its ninth winner, Lee Dewyze, on its anticipated season finale Wednesday, also paying tribute to outgoing judge Simon Cowell.

While the night was intended to be suspenseful, it ended up being focused more so on the actual departure of Simon and less about this year's Idol (Dewyze). Featuring performances from past Idol winners and runner ups including Kelly Cl...

American Idol Grants Lynche Another Week ?

Date Added: 05/06/10 | By SR Staff | Comments: 1

Despite calls for his elimination, American Idol's Michael Lynche lives on another week !

Deemed a front-runner early on after a performance of Maxwell's "This Woman's Work," Lynche ended up in the bottom two Wednesday saved only by Aaron Kelly's lack of votes.

Kelly, who performed Frank Sinatra's "Fly Me To The Moon" earlier in the week, said "I've had a blast" shortly after being e...

American Idol Live Tour Dates, Line Up Announced

Date Added: 04/29/10 | By SR Staff | Comments: 0

This year's hotly anticipated American Idol Live! Tour is a go thanks to Live Nation and 19 Entertainment.

Tickets for the anticipated tour will go on sale in select areas beginning May 14th at LiveNation.com. 

In traditional fashion, this year's line up features American Idol Season 9 top 10 contestants Didi Benami, Crystal Bowersox, L...

American Idol, Keys 'Give Back' Pulls In Over 45million

Date Added: 04/24/10 | By SR Staff | Comments: 0

American Idol's top finalists, Alicia Keys, Queen Latifah and more aided in raising funds for those in need during 'Idol Gives Back' last week.

Thanks to millions of viewers, the special two hour telecast raised over $45 million !

"Once again, I am over overwhelmed by the generosity of the American Idol viewers, our sponsors and our special benefactors. I am so thankful to all of t...

American Idol's Top Ten Revealed, Miles Booted

Date Added: 03/25/10 | By SR Staff | Comments: 0

Ten finalists secured coveted spots on "American Idol" during Wednesday's elimination round.

Nabbing a spot not just in the top ten, but on the annual American Idol summer concert tour, the top ten watched one of their own go home.

Paige Miles, who failed in her attempt to cover Phil Collins' "Against All Odds" and earned no fans on the judging panel, was revealed as a bottom-three...

Could Music Icon Mottola Replace Cowell On Idol ?

Date Added: 03/10/10 | Newsroom | Comments: 0

After molding the careers of Mariah Carey and even 'Idol' judge Kara Dioguardi, music veteran Tommy Mottola might just be the perfect fit for American Idol's soon to be vacant seat.

While names like Howard Stern, Elton John and Sean 'Diddy' Combs have been thrown around as potential replacements for Simon Cowell, who will exit the 'Idol' set for 'The X Factor' after this season, Form...

SR Gospel: Jermaine Sellers Talks Idol, Dove Awards

Date Added: 03/06/10 | Newsroom | Comments: 0

After two weeks of performances and beating out thousands to reach the American Idol stage, Jermaine Sellers was voted off Thursday, March 4. While Sellers enjoyed his stint on the top reality singing competition, that journey is by no means the end for him.

Crediting some of Gospel music's greatest, Sellers looks forward to releasing an album and taking a crack at acting in the future.
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American Idol Drops Four In Second Week Elimination

Date Added: 03/05/10 | Newsroom | Comments: 2

American Idol sent four more contestants packing on Thursday, including guitar toting Haeley Vaughn, Gospel singer Jermaine Sellers, Michelle Delamor and John Park.

Park was the first to get the axe after landing in the bottom two with Todrick Hall. He had performed John Mayer's "Gravity" Tuesday.

Controversial at times, Jermaine Sellers was the next to be sent home, after bot...

American Idol Paige Miles, Siobhan Step Up In Week Two

Date Added: 03/04/10 | Newsroom | Comments: 0

Thanks to a last minute switch the top 10 girls on American Idol had an extra day to prepare. After Wednesday's episode, some appeared to benefit while others "fell flat".

Paige Miles, taking the stage after praised performances from Crystal Bowersox, Lilly Scott, and Katelyn Epperly, followed Todrick Hall in taking on Kelly Clarkson's discography.

While Ellen considered the perfor...

American Idol Praises Michael Lynche, Downs Sellers In Week Two

Date Added: 03/03/10 | Newsroom | Comments: 2

American Idol returned Tuesday with an unexpected change, putting all ten guys in the reality competition front and center instead of planned performances from the girls.

While the guys reportedly agreed to the change, which stemmed from Crystal Bowersox being rushed to a hospital early in the week, Tuesday night's round turned out to be good for some and horrible for others.

Of all ...

American Idol: Ashley Rodriguez, Grady Among Eliminated Four

Date Added: 02/26/10 | Newsroom | Comments: 1

The ride is over for four contestants vying for the American Idol title.

Ashley Rodriguez, Joe Munoz, Janell Wheeler, and Tyler Grady were voted off during a special elimination episode Thursday, this after several auditions and enduring Hollywood Week.

As previously reported, the week began Tuesday with performances from the top 12 women to make the original cut, followed by perf...

American Idol Top 12 Guys Fight For Votes, Who Leads ?

Date Added: 02/25/10 | Newsroom | Comments: 0

After Tuesday's less-than-stellar round of performances on American Idol, all bets were placed on the Top 12 guys. But, did they measure up ?

Wednesday night's first round for the guys, performing live,  kicked off with Todrick Hall, performing "Since You've Been Gone". While his version of the song was creative, he kicked off a train of under...

American Idol First Round 'A Hot Mess,' Who Stays ?

Date Added: 02/24/10 | Newsroom | Comments: 1

The vocals on American Idol Tuesday were not just "a mess" according to Simon, they were "a hot mess" according to Ellen.

While the first night of performances this season had some high points, it appeared that nerves and perhaps bad song choices had gotten the best of contestants.

Among those who received strong reviews from judges, including Kara and Randy, were Paige Miles and L...

Writers Guild Protests American Idol Auditions, Group Says Show Underpays Workers

Date Added: 07/17/08 | By Njai Joszor | Comments: 0

According to recent reports The Writers Guild of America has begun a nationwide protest of the hit reality show American Idol.

The show which closed out yet another well received season has come under fire for allegedly underpaying workers. As part of a long-simmering feud between the union and producers of many reality shows the Writers Guild has chartered a “Truth Tour” bus to follow the...

Simon is back: FOX Guarantees At Least Four Additional Seasons of Hit Television Show

Date Added: 11/29/05 | Singersroom News | Comments: 0

NEW YORK, Nov. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 19 Entertainment Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CKX, Inc. (Nasdaq: CKXE), together with Simon Cowell, Fox Broadcasting, FremantleMedia and SonyBMG, issued a joint announcement today confirming they had reached agreements that will guarantee at least four, and as many as six, more seasons of American Idol beginning with American Idol 5, which is se...