It's '80s night tonight on American Idol , and you know who isn't happy? Steven Tyler. In fact, halfway through the evening he says, "The '80s wasn't so good for me, with music. Partially because I wasn't all there for it. I was other places at the time!" more

Tonight the theme seemed to be song selection. Steve hammered it home. Jimmy was very concerned with it. It was on everybody’s minds. You’d think with the entire decade of the 80s to choose a song ... http://www.starpulse.com/news/Andrew_Payne/2012/04/05/ more

After last week's brief, shining moment of contemporary musical relevance , " American Idol " returned to its supply of outdated themes, saddling the Top 8 with songs from the '80s (a.k.a. the decade before half of these contestants were born). Still, the more

The Top 8 perform solos and duets; Randy switches up his catchphrase from "in it to win it" to "gotta have it" http://tvrecaps.ew.com/recap/american-idol-season-11-80s-night-gwen-stefani/

It's 80's night on American Idol . I'm expecting great things from a few of these contestants tonight. (Ahem, Elise, after your performance last week , I'm looking at you!) Here's hoping they don't let me down. Ryan reminds us that the 80s brought us ston more

The top 8 belt out songs from the 1980s this week, during which Joshua Ledet gets a standing ovation for his perfect rendition of Simply Red's 'If You Don't Know Me by Now'. http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00049388.html

'American Idol,' Season 11, Finalists Compete: TV Recap. Two things were clear on tonight’s “American Idol.” First, the top eight didn't always get the same feedback from the mentors during rehearsals that they did from the judges following their live per more

You know you're growing up when '80s Night on American Idol equals Oldies Night for most of the contestants. Or the forgotten era for Steven Tyler, who joked about being "somewhere... http://feeds.eonline.com/~r/eonline/kristin/~3/uu2LNaC5ncE/306576