The guys mostly underwhelm; Nicki Minaj becomes obsessed with three of them anyway http://tvrecaps.ew.com/recap/american-idol-season-12-vegas-guys-5-eliminated-of-10/

Half of the remaining American Idol girls took the stage for the brand spankin' new sudden death round in Las Vegas Wednesday, and now it's the guys' turn. And while there were some shocking eliminations ( Shubha Vedula and Isabelle , in particular), I do more

Tonight! It’s a sudden death round, wherein ten women will sing and five will go home. So how does that work? Do we decide? Do the judges? Does the live audience? What the hell is going on here? Ryan throws to Randy to explain the particulars, and here’s more

Ten girls sing, five get cut, and one of 'em is so good Mariah Carey wants to smack her http://tvrecaps.ew.com/recap/american-idol-season-12-vegas-round-10-girls/

HitFix's Daniel Fienberg recaps the Wednesday, February 20 American Idol semifinal episode, featuring Sudden Death performances by to 10 Girls. http://m.hitfix.com/blogs/the-fien-print/posts/recap-american-idol-season-12-sudden-death-part-1-10-girls-perfo more

The pressures of Hollywood Week are finally behind us on American Idol , when the performers sang for their lives and every performance could've been their last. Now, it's time for the intense pressure of the first-ever sudden death Las Vegas round, where more

In an attempt to freshen things up this season, American Idol  has introduced a series of changes to their format. But how original are these changes? First there were the nominations, where Randy Jackson hand delivered invitations to Idol  h more

It looked like the finals, it sounded like the finals, they wanted you to think the stakes were as high as the finals, but really, tonight’s ‘American Idol’ solo week episode was just a regular show decorated with an audience in Vegas and some new rules. more