‘American Idol’ recap St. Louis: season 11, audition city #7

Here’s the holding spot for tonight’s “Idol” episode. Good news: “Idol” will air only seven audition episodes this year so the Hollywood rounds start next Wednesday! I presume tomorrow, they wi ...

Season 11 is upon us! Here’s the holding spot for tonight’s auditions. Typically, “Idol” tries to put its best foot forward with the strongest city up front, since that episode some years is th ...

AMERICAN IDOL: Thousands line up at Invesco Field in Denver, CO for the chance to become the next AMERICAN IDOL on Friday, July 29. CR: Soren McCarthy / FOX The repeat last night of the Sunday ...

AMERICAN IDOL: Texas contestant Skylar Laine performs in front of the judges on AMERICAN IDOL airing Thursday, Jan. 26 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. CR: Michael becker / FOX. “Idol” is kickin’ i ...

This is the holding spot for “American Idol” tonight when a portion of the top 24 are revealed. We’ll see a mixture of  “reveals” for the 42 remaining contestants with segments of their final “ ...

This is the holding spot for tonight’s post NFC Championship edition of “Idol,” set in San Diego on the U.S.S. Midway. This means lots of distracting noise because for the first time, the judge ...

This is the holding spot for tonight’s ‘Idol” recap of the first night of Hollywood round. [Fox also announced it is retiring "House M.D." after eight seasons. Ratings have been fallen sharply ...

AMERICAN IDOL: Las Vegas Round: Contestants perform in front of the judges at the Cirque du Soleil's Viva ELVIS Theatre in Las Vegas airing Thursday, Feb. 16 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. CR: M ...

AMERICAN IDOL: Hollywood: Over 300 contestants made it to Hollywood and only 70 will survive. CR: Michael Becker / FOX. This is the holding spot for tonight’s “Idol” recap. My wife has asked me ...

This is the holding spot for “American Idol,” group singing round of Hollywood. And we find out what happens to Symone Baker, who (spoiler alert!) is fine.  As earlier bloggers noted, they woul ...

This is the holding spot for tonight’s “American Idol.” Now we get to see the women. If you weren’t excited about the guys, the ladies appear to be even duller. I’m having trouble remembering m ...

This is the holding spot for tonight’s top 13 performance show for the guys. There is also a live blogging entry. I’ll see if there’s enough traffic to make that worthwhile this year. It may no ...

This is the holding spot for ‘American Idol” and the final 10 of the 24. There are 20 names left and only 10 spots as we enter the final hour. Among those who are awaiting their fates include A ...

Phillip Phillips opted for his idol Jonny Lang. CREDIT: Michael Becker/FOX Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. The “Americ ...

I am not doing a live blog tonight. Sorry! Feel free to join the crew to comment on the slow blog below. Phillip Philips told E! he plans some major surgery to help his kidney stone problems be ...

Hollie Cavanagh has been taking her lumps from the judges lately. Will that help her or hurt her? CR: Michael Becker/FOX I’m busy tonight with an event so I can’t live blog. Feel free to join t ...

Believe it or not, we are now up to season 11 of ‘American Idol,” which debuts on January 18. As a preview, Fox has given reporters access to screen 25 minutes of footage from auditions this pa ...

Heejun Han could go home tonight. CREDIT: Michael Becker/FOX I am covering an event at Georgia Public Broadcasting tonight so I won’t be able to live blog the results show. But I’ll be back for ...