You must admit, it was ironic that Kris Allen tried out for A-I at the Louisville, Ky. audition in the shadow of Churchill Downs.Much like this year's Kentucky Derby winner - Mine That Cat - Allen has come from out of nowhere to be in the finals. No one expected [...]

Adam Lambert started his A-I journey (on-air) on Jan. 20 at, of all places, the Cow Palace. On that prelim show he was the 13th contestant to perform that night and afterward in my notes I wrote: "who was that guy?"Well, we have certainly found out.When they made the cut [...]

Here are some interesting rumors re. Wednesday's finale:- Extra is reporting that Britney Spears is rumored to be taking the stage with Lionel Richie, Carlos Santana, Cyndi Lauper, Queen Latifah, Black Eyed Peas, Keith Urban and David Cook.- Jason Mraz, according to his website, will appear. - Keith Urban will [...]

Here is how Ryan Seacrest explained how Tuesday's show will work:- Round One - The Contestant's Favorites - Favorite song from the season is how Ryan described it. - Round Two - Simon Fuller's Pick - Round Three - The Winner's Single - There is only one coronation song this [...]

Excerpts from Danny Gokey's press conference call on Thursday morning...The scream at the end of "Dream On" Was it the beginning of the end?DG: "Who knows? I was actually thinking about that this morning because the week before (the scream) I had a really good performance. I wanted to have [...]

If you don't want to know who was eliminated Wednesday night before the show airs on the West Coast ... then read no further.But if you do, then starting at about 6:20 PDT we will be offering updates on the progress of the next-to-last elimination. We get down to two [...]

Like I said a few weeks ago, the A-I title is Adam's. But the perfect scenario now would be for Kris to be No. 2. That probably won't happen.Here is a rundown of Tuesday night...Danny Gokey - "Dance Little Sister Dance" by Terence Trent D'Arby Judges choice from Paula RJ: [...]

Just another sign that armageddon is just around the corner...Most web shorthand I find UGH. But one I do enjoy is OMG and here most certainly is an OMG moment.Just in case you want to toss an A-I finale party next week, or even practice for it this week, you [...]

OK, we'll work backward on Wednesday night's show...- Allison gets the boot and she sings "Cry Baby" one more time. Danny probably felt a little ashamed he was left to move on and she was gone. Yes, it was a little embarrassing considering even he laughed at his Tuesday performance.- [...]

Here is what went down on Wedneday night as we worked our way to the Final 3....- 64 million votes last night- group song: "School's Out" by Alice Cooper- Paula Abdul lip-syncs her song "I'm Just Here For The Music."- Just about halfway through the show and no one has [...]