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For once, one of American Idol's weakest singers actually went home on the first night of the show. After season 13's inaugural live show Wednesday night (Feb. 26), the top 13 was whittled down to 12 and wildcard pick Kristen O'Connor was sent packing. -
'American Idol' Season 13 Recap: 'This Is Me' Live Show Features Majesty Rose Rising, Malaya Watson Falling Flat
American Idol has gone live. On Wednesday night (Feb. 26), the musical reality show mainstay moved on from auditions and Hollywood Week to the real meat: the live competition. In a season with semi-elusive contestants, Idol produces chose this week's theme as "This Is Me," a song that the singers felt described them both as a person and a future recording artist. Let's check out who truly shined and who were a little bleh below. -
American Idol Season 13 Recap: Top 13 Includes Show's Strongest Singers In Years... and Kristen O'Connor
Welp, American Idol's Top 13 is here. After thousands of singers tried out over weeks of auditions and cuts, the supposed best of the best has been announced and will move on to next week's first official proper live show. Thursday night (Feb. 20), Idol host Ryan Seacrest announced the American picked top 10 in the show's first 10 minutes. For the most part, both the top performing girls and the best boys made it through by America's vote. -
'American Idol' Season 13 Recap: Top 10 Boys Show Up Girls With Good, Bad and Meh Performances
So, here we have it. American Idol's 13th incarnation's top 20 contestants. After last night's so-so turn from the apparent best of the best girls, on Wednesday (Feb. 19), judges Harry Connick Jr., Jennifer Lopez and Keith Urban hand picked the top 10 boys for this year's competition. -
'American Idol' Season 13 Recap: The Good, The Bad and The Meh from the Girls Top 10
American Idol has gone live and the first round went to the ladies on Tuesday night (Feb. 18). Fifteen women entered to the waiting room for the live audience stage, but only 10 got the chance to perform, yet another dramatic twist for Idol's 13th season. As former judge and current mentor Randy Jackson noted, this batch of contestants is a markedly unique and diverse group, and that was clear through the mixed bag performances. So, who was good, who was bad and who was just passable? -
UPDATE: 'Dancing With the Stars' Caves, Hires Ray Chew as New Musical Director
In a recent press release from ABC and BBC Worldwide Productions, the hit reality-television dance show Dancing With the Stars announced today that it will instate Ray Chew as the new Music Director of the show. -
'American Idol' Season 13 recap: Top 5 Performances From Hollywood Week Finals and Top 30 Thoughts
This was it: the final show before American Idol goes live next week. Tonight (Feb. 13) viewers found out which contestants actually made it to the highly coveted live shows, and there were (of course) a few twists thrown in for good measure (see: drama, ratings). We'll get to all that and notes about the Top 30 at the end of this piece, but until then, let's revisit the top five performances from the last round of Hollywood Week. -
'American Idol' Season 13 Recap: 5 Best Solo Turns from Top 30 Performers in Hollywood
American Idol is inching ever closer to its weekly live shows and the talent is getting more raw and more undeniable. Last week started Hollywood off right with some instant solo cuts and the always insane group rounds, so tonight's episode (Feb. 12) cut straight to the chase with solo performances and the first round of Top 30 announcements. -
'American Idol' Season 13: Top 30 Contestants List
American Idol is chugging along, ever closer to the live shows. Wednesday night's (Feb. 12) episode saw the first round of contestants moving on to the next round of performances, itching for that audience vote. So, what singers were good enough to make the final cut? Check out the complete list from tonight's show below. -
Is 'American Idol' on its way out? Declining ratings, expensive production could see show in the way of 'The X Factor'
On Friday (Feb. 7), FOX announced that its second reality singing competition, The X Factor, would no longer be a part of the channel's line up after three seasons on air, due to struggling ratings and expensive production costs. Following the news of that cancellation, could the channel's former ratings juggernaut American Idol be next? -
Adam Lambert, Daughtry returning to 'American Idol' for new 'boot camp' round
Two of American Idol's most successful alums are returning to the competition. And, no, they're not looking for a chance to win a record contract -- they're looking to mentor the new crop of Idol recruits. -
American Idol Season 13 Recap: 5 Best Performances From Super Entertaining Group Night
It was group night on season 13 of American Idol, with all the drama that comes with individual singers in an individual competition being forced to come together. Love it or hate it, group night is one of the more fascinating episodes of each Idol season, with flops and strong performances aplenty. The mixed bag is fun to watch.
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