American Idol

In case you hadn’t heard, yesterday, Ellen DeGeneres announced on her official website that she’s taking over the vacant judge spot on “American Idol.”
Check out the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxe9seEoeak

After a long dispute with Idol producers, Paula Abdul threw in the towel on Twitter, giving way for a new face among the judge’s table.
Ellen will be […]

Paula Abdul is definitely not returning to “American Idol” anytime soon. The former judge is set to host VH1 Divas next month. How cool is that!
I’m happy that she didn’t walk away from her Idol contract negotiations to nothing, then it would all be for nothing. She’s set to take hosting duties […]

I was pretty upset to find that American Idol execs are forking out $15 million a year for the likes of Ryan Seacrest, yet they wouldn’t shuck out $10 million a year to keep Paula Abdul. She tweeted her departure from the show and that was that.
Now, the rumor mill is abuzz that Katy […]

Even though Paula Abdul tweeted that she was walking away from “American Idol”, there’s another show that might just be happy to have her. Take “Dancing With The Stars”, for instance.
It’s not “American Idol”, but it’s pretty close in the ratings race. Paula reportedly turned down an offer of $4 million a year […]

American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi got married yesterday, July 5, 2009 to former teacher Mike McCuddy in Prospect Harbor, Maine.
It was a small ceremony with only family and friends, and the bride wore a very pretty Vera Wang gown. The wedding comes after a short engagement, after he proposed to her in December.
She said, […]

This is not surprising to me at all. Anti-gay marriage advocate and Miss California, Carrie Prejean, says that she actually liked Adam Lambert on this season of “American Idol” better than his competitor, Kris Allen.
In a new quickie interview by the TMZ cameramen, she was asked what she thought of American Idol and Adam […]

Clay Aiken is apparently one that doesn’t like to mince words. He said that when he heard Adam Lambert’s version of Johnny Cash’s song, “Ring Of Fire”, it made his ears bleed. It made mine bleed, too, for the record.
Now, he’s apologizing over his comments, saying that he wasn’t trying to slam Adam […]

After a widely publicized battle with brain cancer, David Cook’s brother has succumbed to cancer on Saturday night at around 1:00 a.m.
He passed away that night, surrounded by friends and family.
A source says, “He took a turn for the worse this weekend and David rushed to get home. He was surrounded by his family, including […]

American Idol hopeful Joanna Pacitti has been disqualified as of yesterday as a contestant on the show. She had advanced to the top 36, but Idol bosses said that she’s no longer eligible to continue.
In a press release, Fox says, “It has been determined that Joanna Pacitti is ineligible to continue in the competition.”
It […]

Simon Cowell has already endorsed a winner for American Idol this season, and it’s not David Archuleta. It’s the other David, David Cook.
Simon says that David Cook has really worked for the title of America’s Idol and he deserves to win.
Simon told Blender, “I think he’s done more to deserve it over […]