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 Kimberly Caldwell and Justin Guarini for their particularly qualified take on who soared, who stumbled, and which judge's review most rang true.
This week, Caldwell shares her thoughts on whose star went up and whose went down as they sang Motown. Plus: Did Simon cross a line this week? Read the full Q&A after the jump.
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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 Kimberly Caldwell and Justin Guarini for their particularly qualified take on who soared, who stumbled, and which judge's review most rang true.
This week, Caldwell shares her thoughts on who from the Top 11 was more than a little bit country.
TVGuide.com: In your experience, what percentage of Idol contenders typically dread country week?
Kimberly Caldwell: I loved country week when I performed on the show [during Season 2] because I'm from Texas and that's what I grew up on, but I know a lot of people normally don't get too excited about country because it's hard to transition from any other genre to country.
TVGuide.com: Would you say that country week is when the guest mentor, this case Randy Travis, comes in most handy?
Caldwell: For sure! If you don't normally sing country it's nice to ...
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It's hard dating in the public eye, but it's easy when you're dating a fellow American Idol alum — at least it is for David Cook.
The reigning champ has been seeing Kimberly Caldwell, a Season 2 finalist and Idol Tonight host on TV Guide Network, since the spring and finds comfort in the fact that she "gets that this is all nuts."
"She's a nice ...
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If you do the math on the American Idol Live! tour, it looks something like this: 53 performances in 49 cities over 72 days adds up to no love life. But as David Cook gets ready to board the bus, he's not worried about the damper it may put on his relationship with former American Idol contestant Kimberly Caldwell. "I get to do what I love and love what I do, so no, it doesn't put a damper on anything," he told TV Guide between rehearsals and wardrobe fittings. "Kim's great," Cook continued. "She's got a little bit of insight on it which definitely helps."The two met as Caldwell interviewed Cook on the TV Guide Network before his final performance on Idol, and if there's anyone familiar with the Fox series' freight train and understanding of its demands, it's the Season 2 songstress. "We seem to compliment each other really well," says Cook. "She's very supportive, and not only with me but with my entire family, which is huge. She's great." Looks like Idol plus Idol equals a perfect...
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Looks like someone is mighty smitten! During an interview yesterday morning on Regis and Kelly, Idol champ David Cook divulged that he recently went on a date with former Idol Season 2 contestant and TV Guide's own Kimberly Caldwell. During his interview with Kimberly on Idol Tonight, Cook definitely wasn't shy about asking Caldwell out — he did it on camera for all the world to see! Daw… a match made in Idol heaven!
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