No matter what the judges thought a week ago or what the voting audience said, Wednesday night proved again that this year is going to come down to two things: 1) the talent is incredibly limited; 2) Candice Glover and Kree Harrison will be 1-2 and it won’t matter the [...]

What will bemore interesting than Wednesday night’s performances or even Thursday’s AmericanIdol elimination show? Well, try the ratings. Why? Well,the theme this week is the songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David and then Songsthe Idols Wish They Had Written. No offense to Mr. Bacharach and the man withtwo first [...]

Here is what eliminated American Idol 12 contestant, Burnell Taylor , had to say to the nation’s media on Friday morning… What will your album look like? “I want to make captivating music, period. I want my album–because there is only a few that you can play from the beginning [...]

What in the name of Lee DeWyze is going on here? For what it’s worth, let’s offer up to the Idol Gods a few lists to begin with… First, a rundown of the past 11 Idol winners: 1 Kelly Clarkson; 2 Ruben Studdard; 3 Fantasia Barrino; 4 Carrie Underwood; 5 [...]

Who knows maybe Lazaro Arbos is gonna win the whole thing. It hasn’t been a stellar season for American Idol talent and hardly a stellar effort by Mr. Arbos. Might as well drop, the confetti, hand him the trophy and be on with it. Wednesday night, with the Magnificent (?) [...]

The following is from mjsbigblog.com … In a late-March conference call with reporters Nicki Minaj, was totally blunt when asked whether she believed any of the remaining guys had a chance to win. “No. Not a chance” she answered. Read on to find out which contestants Nicki thinks are the [...]

Following is a transcript of an interview session last Friday afternoon with Idol eliminated contestant Devin Velez. Velez holds little back in the session: Do you think you were unfairly judged on the group song? DV:  “Not really unfairly. I think that I am a little at fault. I didn’t [...]

Is it really a lack of male talent? Is it the voting this season – allowing you and any of the other few million viewers to cast 50 votes at a time? Have the judges influenced the audience to the point of considerably agreeing that the five remaining female contestants [...]

I believe we will do more on Nicki Minaj (i.e. NM) later, but RealityTV.com has a nice piece on Thursday with her talking about her angst while on Idol and the fact that she almost quit (we almost got our wish) as a judge at one point. Following is a [...]

Eliminated American Idol 12 contestant, Paul Jolley, talked with reporters on a conference call on Friday afternoon. Following is a Q&A of that interview session: What kind of album would you like to make? PJ: “I still want to stick with the country pop. I don’t want to change what [...]