Request night arrived Wednesday on “American Idol XIII,” and despite our myriad of concerns over whether or not this was going to be a completely unmitigated disaster, we’ll at least give the crew some credit for being at least solid … if not exactly spectacular. In the end, though, let’s hope that this theme is […]
Tonight’s “American Idol XIII” will be brought to you by the letters “WTF,” which is what we thought to ourselves after seeing what some of these contestants were being pawned with performing on the show. Some of these song choices range from “what?” to “oh no,” and the few good ones are masked by that. Just […]
“American Idol” has at times had an uneven crop of contestants, but we’re at least pleased to report that out of the five remaining singers, all of them have delivered at least one performance that we would define as “great.” Granted, some of them have been greater than others, and it definitely feels right now […]
Obviously, Sony Music wants to ensure that they get everything that they can out of Adam Lambert before they seem him go away for good. He and the label recently parted ways, but they have still decided to release an album on May 27 (per The Hollywood Reporter) that is all about the singer’s greatest […]
Remember the connection that Alex Preston and Jason Mraz have? The two have communicated at times during “American Idol XIII,” and maybe this in turn led to Fox actually hiring the guy for a larger position for next week’s performance show as a mentor. Mraz will try to guide Preston, Sam Woolf, Jena Irene, Caleb […]
“American Idol XIII” is full of surprises sometimes, and we had one last week when we saw that Jessica Meuse was in the bottom two for the first time. Who do we blame for that? To an extent Jessica, but also the judges for their continued terrible treatment of her throughout the competition. So the […]
The first story that we want to discuss here is actually one that is far more significant to the long-term future of “American Idol” than just a theme for the next new episode. While this story is really rather long and complicated, what you need to know is this: FremantleMedia, the production company behind the […]
“American Idol XIII” decided to play double-duty on Wednesday night, electing to have the contestants perform both country and rock hits to show off different sides of themselves. The premise of this was more than a little cheesy, but we are here with a smile on our face to say that it worked! These were […]
“American Idol XIII” has had a string of pretty interesting theme weeks, and with that, there were times we rolled our eyes thinking about production making contestants perform from a songbook of rock and country hits. But, we actually fee a little better about the list that is out there than we thought we would. There […]
“American Idol XIII” has been an uneven season, but we are now starting to get to the point where the favorites will rise to the occasion, and some of the filler will fall. We see it as being two more inevitable boots coming up, and then a final four that may be a little bit more […]
