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RECAP: Jessica Sanchez & Phillip Phillips Duel On 'American Idol'
05/23/2012
The final two contestants on American Idol — soulful singer Jessica Sanchez and guitar-picking soft-rocker Phillip Phillips (pictured) — campaigned for voters' hearts on Tuesday with three performances each.
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LISTEN: Whitney Houston Final Recording, 'Celebrate,' Released
05/22/2012
Whitney Houston, who was 48 when she died in February 2012, left behind a rich musical legacy, and now it appears that she has a never-before-heard recording out there, entitled "Celebrate," from her upcoming movie, Sparkle, costarring Jordin Sparks, 22, the winner of American Idol, season six.
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VIDEO: Mick Jagger Plays Steven Tyler On 'Saturday Night Live'
05/21/2012
Mick Jagger, 68, hosted Saturday Night Live last weekend with musical guests Arcade Fire and Foo Fighters, and Jagger portrayed fellow rock musician Steven Tyler of Aerosmith in a skit called "So You Think You Can Dance at an Outdoor Music Festival," clearly making fun of American Idol and all its musical-reality-show-competition progeny.
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'American Idol' Top 2 Picks Jessica Sanchez, Phillip Phillips
05/18/2012
American Idol voters had an uncommonly tough choice after Wednesday's Top 3 performance round. Joshua Ledet, Jessica Sanchez and Phillip Phillips had each been consistently good and favorably scored throughout the season, but one of them would have to be picked off before the final round.
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Jessica Sanchez, Joshua Ledet, Phillip Phillips Keep On Wowing 'American Idol'
05/17/2012
This week even judges Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler and Randy Jackson seemed indecisive about their top three remaining contestants as Wednesday night's season 11 episode — one of the closest competitions leading up to the finals in American Idol history — pit Jessica Sanchez, Joshua Ledet, and Phillip Phillips against each other in three separate performances.
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RECAP: Joshua Ledet, Jessica Sanchez Get Standing Ovations On 'American Idol'
05/10/2012
The four remaining American Idol contestants — Jessica Sanchez, Joshua Ledet, Phillip Phillips and Hollie Cavanagh — are not making it easy on voters, or on the judges. After Phillips' touching performance of Damien Rice's "Volcano," Ledet's unforgettable take on James Brown's "It's a Man's Man's Man's World," and Sanchez's inevitable "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going," judges Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jackson glowed with admiration and shrugged their shoulders as if to say, "What can we say?" Of course, they did try to throw some words in there, too, but seemed unable to come up with a hyperbole that they have not already used.
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RECAP: 'American Idol' Selects Its Top Three
05/11/2012
American Idol narrowed it down to three on Thursday. Jessica Sanchez, Joshua Ledet and Phillip Phillips (pictured) are all advancing to the finals, while Hollie Cavanagh — a powerhouse singer who received the worst reviews from the judges on Wednesday — is going home.
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RECAP: Carrie Underwood Performs, Skylar Laine Voted Off 'American Idol'
05/04/2012
After over 60 million votes, country twang diva Skylar Laine, 20, found out that she finished in fifth place on what has proven to be a highly competitive season of American Idol. Laine, who performed CCR's "Fortunate Son" and Dusty Springfield's "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me," had been given a huge thumbs-up from judge Jennifer Lopez on Wednesday.
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Simon Cowell Responds To Gay Rumors
04/24/2012
Simon Cowell, 52, is not gay, and he wants everyone to know it. A biography of Cowell entitled Sweet Revenge: The Intimate Life of Simon Cowell, penned by celeb biographer Tom Bower, hit bookstores this week and revealed some surprising details about the intimate life of the American Idol and X Factor personality Cowell, not the least of which is that he's not gay.
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RECAP: 'American Idol' Boots Colton Dixon
04/20/2012
After last week's sensational near-elimination of Jessica Sanchez, American Idol voters were going to have to do something really crazy to drop the collective jaw of the judges panel. They came close on Thursday, booting off skunk-haired, skinny-jean-loving, nose-wrinkingly cutie Colton Dixon, 20, who originally followed his sister to his first Idol audition and ended up in the Top 7.
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RECAP: 'American Idol' Judges Save Jessica Sanchez From Shocking Elimination
04/13/2012
Thursday night's American Idol was one of the most shocking elimination episodes in recent memory. Contestant Jessica Sanchez, 16, who has widely been favorited to win the title this year, was announced as the lowest vote-getter after Wednesday's performance round, and judges Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jackson interrupted Sanchez's final performance to tell America that they were using their only chance to save Sanchez from elimination.
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RECAP: 'American Idol' Top 7 Perform Current Hits
04/12/2012
With only seven contestants left, American Idol is getting down to the wire, and the judges seem to be sensing that pretty soon, one of their favorites is going to be knocked out of the competition. Only poor Hollie Cavanagh, who was in the bottom two last week, receieved a lukewarm response from both the audience and judges Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jackson.
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RECAP: 'American Idol' Sends DeAndre Brackensick Home
04/06/2012
Jennifer Lopez considered using the judges' only "save" card on DeAndre Brackensick, 17, when it was announced that he received the lowest number of votes on Thursday's elimination episode of American Idol, but co-judges Steven Tyler and Randy Jackson were not on board with that idea.
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RECAP: Skylar Laine, Joshua Ledet Score Outshine Fellow 'American Idol' Top 8
04/05/2012
American Idol's top eight contestants journeyed back to the '80s on Wednesday with songs from the Reagan era, including hits by Whitney Houston, Cyndi Lauper and Bette Midler. No Doubt's Gwen Stefani was on hand to provide her expert guidance, which bumped contestants Skylar Laine and Joshua Ledet back into the running for America's next pop star.
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VIDEO: Nicki Minaj Performs On 'American Idol'
03/30/2012
Heejun Han, 22, was eliminated on Thursday's episode of American Idol. After it was announced that Han had received the lowest number of call-in votes, judges Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jackson declined to save him from elimination.