Michael “Big Mike” Lynche Goes Home

May 12, 2010

Over 37 millions votes were cast last night, the most of the season so far. Fantasia, winner of the third season of American Idol in 2004, performed her song Bittersweet.  The song is the new single from her album that will be landing in stores this summer, the first in three years. Another familiar face [...]

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Four Finalist Perform Songs from the Movies

May 11, 2010

Tonight the the contestants must perform songs from the movies.  Jamie Fox is the mentor for the week.  He is both a multi-platinum R&B artist and actor.  He won an Oscar for his role as Ray Charles in Ray. The contestants also performed duets, Casey with Mike and Crystal with Lee. Jamie brought t-sheets with [...]

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Lady Gaga Performs: Aaron Kelly Goes Home

May 5, 2010

Lady Gaga performed her song Alejandro tonight on Idol.  She started with a section from her song Bad Romance and continued on into Alejandro.  She was wearing black lingerie and cover in fishnet stockings head to toe.  She was surrounded by male dancers wearing only tight black shorts that went midway up their stomachs.  The [...]

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Top 5 Do Sinatra

May 4, 2010

This week’s mentor was Harry Connick Jr.  Connick is an actor both on the stage and on the big screen.  He’s also a great pianist and singer.  His first recording was when he was 10 and he broke-through at 22 years old.  He won his first Grammy from the soundtrack of When Harry Met Sally. [...]

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No More Screaming for Shiobhan on Idol!

April 28, 2010

A whopping 33,000,000 votes were cast last night. Rascal Flatts started the show off with their hit song Unstoppable. This was their 3rd time appearing on Idol. Later in the show, Rascal Flatts performed again with Shakira.  For the first time ever, they performed Gypsy. It was a strange combination and it was mainly all [...]

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Final 6 Perform: Shania Twain Mentors

April 27, 2010

The guest mentor for the week was Shania Twain, a country music star who has managed to cross into pop.  She has single-handily changed country music by becoming the biggest cross-over artist ever.  She has 5 Grammys to prove it.  All the performances will be one of her songs that has written and performed.  She [...]

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One More Voted Off & Idol Gives Back Night

April 21, 2010

Tonight was a special night on Idol.  It was a night to celebrate the charity work that Idol does for children throughout America and all over the world.  Queen Latifa also hosted the show live from Pasadena, Ca.  Among the performers tonight were The Black Eyed Peas, Joss Stone, Carrie Underwood, Elton John, Annie Lennox, [...]

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Top 7 Perform: Crystal Breaks Down While Singing

April 20, 2010

This week’s mentor was singer and pianist Alicia Keys, chose because of her uplifting type of music.  The theme for tonight is ‘song of inspiration’ to celebrate Idol Gives Back.  She is good at bringing out the emotions that belong to a song. Captain Sullenberger (aka Captain Sulley) was in the audience tonight. Casey James [...]

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Double Elimination on American Idol

April 14, 2010

Two contestants will be going home tonight and with no save available (used last week on Michael Lynche), they will be going home for sure.  Over 34,000,000 votes were cast last night making that the record amount for this season. Season 7′s Brooke White and Justin Gaston (Miley Cyrus’s ex-boyfriend) sang If I Can Dream.  [...]

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Elvis Night on Idol; Mentored by Adam Lambert

April 13, 2010

Elvis was featured on the show tonight.  He is the inspiration for the night.  To get a feel for The King, the top nine took a trip to Vegas, walked the strip, and watched Cirque du Soleil. All songs performed will be one of Elvis’ tonight. Adam Lambert was the mentor for  the week.  He’s [...]

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