american idol 7

Paula Abdul's tattered clothing the most interesting thing about American Idol

During 90 minutes of sheer American Idol 7 boredom--interrupted only by a kick-ass performance by Michael Johns singing Queen's "We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions"--there was really only one...

Ryan Seacrest paid $12.5 million to host American Idol

Arguing with Simon Cowell and making gay jokes earns Ryan Seacrest "an estimated $12.5 million annually," according to a profile of Seacrest in the Washington Post. Compare that to the nearly $1...

Viewers don't want to buy Amanda Overmeyer's concert tickets

Tuesday night, rocker Amanda Overmeyer stood in front of the studio audience in rock-star victory after declaring that she was just trying to show her fans what kind of performance they'd see. "Your...

Finalists fumble Beatles songs, offer suggestive comments instead

With the American Idol 7 top 11 fumbling their second chance at Lennon/McCartney songs--"I'm not sure it was such a good idea doing Beatles again, because we had such a great memory from last week,...

Finalists fumble Beatles songs, offers suggestive comments instead

With the American Idol 7 top 11 fumbling their second chance at Lennon/McCartney songs--"I'm not sure it was such a good idea doing Beatles again, because we had such a great memory from last week,...

Ratings up slightly but American Idol lost teenage girls and women, gained older men

The audience for American Idol seems to be changing, as the series has lost female but gained male audience viewers. When last year's top 12 performance show is compared to this year's, the show...

Idol Gives Back will start at 7:30 p.m., announces charity beneficiaries

For the April 9 edition of American Idol 7, Fox will do something extremely unusual: start the episode a half-hour before prime-time, at 7:30 p.m. ET. That episode is the show's charity telethon...

Part of Idol's live results show was taped

A segment during Wednesday's American Idol 7 live results show was actually not live. Specifically, Katharine McPhee's performance and the phone calls from viewers were both pre-taped. That...

David Achuelta's dad reportedly yelled at him, made him cry

Why did David Archuleta forget the words to his song and seem freaked out on Tuesday's live performance show? Perhaps because of his dad. Entertainment Tonight reports that David "may be feeling...

Finalist and stripper David Hernandez voted out

So, last week, the AP wrote a story asking if American Idol is about to have its first openly gay finalist(s). Then, America votes out the two gay finalists--I mean, the guy who rapped about being...