It was "the Carole King songbook" night on  American Idol , and the utter inanity of Randy Jackson has nearly struck me dead. Ah, the Rananity! Clearly, this sad excuse for an introductory paragraph is not "in it to win it, nor is it "trying to win i more

There are only six left on  American Idol . Now is the time when the judges start to—maybe not in so many words—give up on certain contestants, saying things like, "I hope you get to stick around," "You deserve to be here" and other half-hearted word more

Carole King is the call for the "American Idol" Top 6 theme night. We are trepidatious -  not because we don't love Carole King. We do, quite a bit. "Tapestry" is an incredible album. But a night of Carole King with this bunch of Idols? Hmm. Where's more

"You're hot. I love you. That's all." Thanks to J. Lo for succinctly summing up the season 10 run of  Stefano Langone , the increasingly likable half-Italian, half-Spanish, smiling chocolate chunk cookie of a young man who was voted out on last night more

I’ve been extremely hard on the judges all season (justifiably so, I think) but it’s caused me to overlook the show’s big bright spot: The addition of Jimmy Iovine. While the judges have sugarcoated everything like a trio of stage parents, Iovine has more

Tonight, the Top 7 had a chance to show their true colors with some telling picks from the 21st century. And though the judges were quick to call James Durbin's drumlined Muse performance "the best of the night," I beg to differ. We'll get to my favorite more

I'd like to kick off this recap with some amazing end-of-show insight from J. Lo that really sums up the  Idol -viewing experience for you, for me. "Listening to those voices, back to back, I'm like, oh my God. It's crazy! Who's gonna win? I don't kn more

The "American Idol" contestants are taking on 21st Century Songs this week. How do you think they did?The judges come out and Jennifer appears to be wearing very shiny jammies. Perhaps she and Seacrest are having a slumber party after the show. When the T more