Simon Cowell
Apparently even Simon Cowell is mortal.
The man who brings a certain something to American Idol, its across-the-pond predecessor, X Factor, and Britain's Got Talent (watch clip here), is beginning to question whether he can keep the candle burning at all three ends. And that's not even factoring in his work as a music producer.
"I don't want to come over as whiney, because I am very grateful that I have got these jobs," Cowell tells the UK's Daily Mirror. "But there is a point where ...
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Idol says goodbye to Scott MacIntyre.
Scott MacIntyre stands by his decision to bring out his axe and eventually "go out in a blaze of glory" with what would be his final performance on American Idol. But he does have a tiny bone to pick with Paula Abdul, who for weeks recommended that he take a break from tickling the ivories.
"Simon [Cowell] said it all that night, when [Paula] suggested that I come out from behind the piano: 'I don't think you'd ever see Billy Joel [do that],' or Elton John, Bruce Hornsby, Stevie Wonder...," says MacIntyre. "And from what I've heard, they don't."
"That's really where my heart is, when I'm ...
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Megan Joy
Just hours before being reunited (finally) with her 2-year-old son, Megan Joy came by TVGuide.com to discuss her solid run on American Idol.
Reflecting on her exit, she says, "I honestly wasn't thinking about being eliminated until the day of." After all, she notes, "They did give me the Wild Card, and they kinda liked me, sometimes."
Yet in the end, she admits, "I obviously blew it."
Especially during the fateful Top Downloads/Top 40 theme week. Megan says that because she doesn't listen to a lot of mainstream music but instead favors "underground" tunes, "I didn't really get a chance to shine."
Also in this video Q&A: Megan updates us on the feud between her "punk" brother and Idol judge Kara DioGuardi, talks about her calling-card tattoo, and goes along with our suggestion that she smuggle pint-sized Alexis Grace onto the summer tour!Watch the video after the jump.
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Flo-Rida, Kellie Pickler
Slip into your Apple Bottom jeans! Rapper Flo Rida will perform on American Idol's April 8 results show.
Flo Rida's appearance comes on the heels of such heavy-hitter guest performers as Kanye West, Stevie Wonder, Joss Stone, Smokey Robinson and Lady Gaga. Mr. Rida will perform his monster hit "Right Round," from his debut album Mail on Sunday.
Also performing on Wednesday's show...
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Megan Joy with Kris Allen, upon her elimination.
Strategically, it was a questionable move.
Just before she made the bottom three this week, and knowing that were she to be eliminated, the Judges' Save would be in play, American Idol wannabe Megan Joy took a moment to snub Simon, saying, "I don't care" what the Brit thinks of her singing.
A half-hour later, the 23-year-old beauty learned that she had in fact received the lowest vote total. And due in part to the frankness she demonstrated earlier in the show, Simon said there would be no chance, none at all, for her to vie for the Judges' Save.
Joy, though, has "no regrets" about what she said.
"I wouldn't take anything back," she tells TVGuide.com. "I was happy to ...
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Miley Cyrus
As part of the big promotional push for Hannah Montana: The Movie, teen queen Miley Cyrus has pre-taped a performance for Fox's American Idol.
Cyrus, 16, took to the Idol stage on Wednesday night — before the audience took their seats — to sing her current hit "The Climb," Access Hollywood reports. Her performance will air ...
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LaKisha Jones
Former American Idol contestant LaKisha Jones is pregnant, People reports.
The singer is due in August and the baby will be the first child for her and ...
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TV Guide Network's Justin Guarini (inset) cites Kris Allen as one of this week's breakout stars.
Throughout American Idol's final weeks, as each sing-off signs off, TVGuide.com will be checking in with TV Guide Network hosts/Idol alums Justin Guarini and Kimberly Caldwell for their particularly qualified take on who soared, who stumbled, and which judge's review most rang true.
This week, Guarini shares his thoughts on who came out on top and who hit bottom during Top iTunes Downloads Week. Read his full review, after the jump.
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David Cook
American Idol champ David Cook has canceled two college campus shows for undisclosed "personal family matters."
"Please respect his privacy at this time. David would like ...
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