Well, here we are in Hollywood, where the 300-plus who survived the road show are apparently in for the ride. From the sounds of these drama queens, auditioning during Hollywood week is akin to performing brain surgery -- so much stress! Anxiety! Pressure more

The remaining "Idol" hopefuls are bussed to Las Vegas where they're going to be singing music from the '50s and '60s on the set of "Viva Elvis." The Seacrest says there's no time for fun, games, hookers and gambling because they've been put in groups to p more

We pick up where we left off, with white-chocolate-with-hints-of-lavender Adam Brock in the hot seat, and our judges having made the realization that they can make him cry just by staring at him. So what do you suppose they do for roughly 37 minutes? Poor more

Now that we know the top 24 (or at least most of it), it’s time to unleash a new tradition here in my ‘American Idol’ column: The Molly DeWolf Swenson Scale. http://www.starpulse.com/news/Andrew_Payne/2012/02/24/american_idol_recap_breaking_down_the_

The Hollywood Week/Vegas Pool Party portion of  American Idol  season 11 has been a long, strange trip -- and last night Steven Tyler provided a very convincing "closing argument" to the madness with a long, strange strip. A whole lotta ladies h more

It’s time for the final Final Judgment, straight from the Wynn in Las Vegas! Are we the only ones who are very, very ready for the performance shows to begin? But before we can start the live shows, we have to get the rest of the Top 24 in place, so let’s more

  American Idol  has been all about the cliffhangers this season, but last night, the show tore a page straight out of the  M. Night Shyamalan  playbook and ended with a shocking twist.   No,  Idol  doesn’t see dead peop more

Tonight, the remaining 10 contestants are revealed. Finally. And Ryan promises another twist we won't see coming. American Idol 's skipping the formalities and jumping straight to the action and so are we. We're picking up right where we left off with more