American Idol Blog

American Idol this week featured the music of Motown. I thought it was an interesting choice and one I was looking forward to – to see how each contestant could make music from such a specific era relevant today and perform with their own unique spin. We started with Casey Abrams singing Marvin Gaye’s “I [...]

American Idol didn’t bring many surprises for me tonight – as I predicted the bottom 3 – all girls. Naima Adedapo, Haley Reinhart, and Karen Rodriguez. But who didn’t get enough votes to keep them on the show for another week? Obviously we had to first go through all of the drama of selecting the [...]

Each week predictions for American Idol get more fun as contestants begin to shine. Who is your favorite? If you didn’t catch performances tonight, here is a recap. Tonight the theme was songs from the year the contestant was born. Kicking off the show was: Naima Adedapo – from 1984 singing “What’s Love Got to [...]

Okay – did you really think that headline was serious? Were you scared? Of course, James Durbin is NOT leaving American Idol – I’m predicting he’s likely to be the overall winner! Did your favorite American Idol contestant get voted off this week? With 30 million votes in one night – unless a contestant connects [...]

I have not seen the results show tonight – as I’m just catching up from performance night – but I wanted to weigh in on my predictions from last night. This season of American Idol has so much talent – and I love that the contestants have mentors who can help mold them and teach [...]