our favorite performance of the night, garnering her 8 points. Scotty McCreery (7) was able to sing an Elvis song without doing an impersonation of Th...
The oddest thing about "American Idol" on Wednesday night wasn't that Rock and Roll Hall of Fame night was largely rock-and-roll free. No, what was tr...
"American ... . 2) Lauren Alaina "I'm the Only One," Melissa Etheridge Steven Tyler said: "I loved you the first time I heard you. You are a shining s...
you lose a point too for winding up in the Bottom Three with Stefano and Paul McDonald. Agree with how we have the remaining Idol hopefuls ranked belo...
way. "Thinking about life." Abrams, who has teased McCreery about the cowboy's trouble in figuring out Twitter, talked about his trips to the hospital...
school, New ... refuse and pay for the rights to "I Walk The Line" himself? No, no -- he sings King's "You've Got A Friend" in an absolutely beautiful...
relevancy last week with a "Songs from the 21st Century" theme, but tonight, the show decided to hop back in the Delorean and dig into the catalog of ...
just win the whole thing. The night's other time-filling duet was the third vocal hookup between teens McCreery and Alaina, though the pair awkwardly ...
Whatever song she ... , we gave the thumbs-up to the performance because it was metal enough to satisfy James' instincts yet still allowed him room to...
's Pick: The Darkness' "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" Lauren Alaina For a few weeks now, we've felt a distinct lack of country flavor in Lauren's ...
North Carolina native was up against a wall. In rehearsals, producers Babyface and Jimmy Iovine tried to get him to sing the 1971 classic from Tapestr...
with my pick to go home? 1) Scotty McCreery Song: Garth Brooks, "The River" Steven said: "Scotty, you did the Garth justice. You know, someone [Elton ...
notes and a playful yelp. Lopez saw an attacking, mature, sexy performance persona in 16-year-old Alaina that she hadn't seen before and Jackson said,...
Creery with Montgomery-Gentry's gritty rocker "Gone." The first few lines were delivered in his signature baritone -- with a bit of stilted over-enunc...
to need all the help she can get against the overwhelming favorite. Though it's been several seasons since an "American Idol" champ smashed the charts...
It's down to the final two on American Idol. Haley Reinhart was eliminated on Thursday night's show, meaning Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina will ba...
the feathery ballad, which showed his tender side but felt old-fashioned, especially when the Las Vegas showroom string section swelled to accompany h...
tonight's (May 19) "American Idol," the raspy-voiced underdog finally met her match. After finding herself in the bottom three numerous weeks in a row...
over it. "You're not a kid -- you're 16," the "Edge Of Glory" singer tells Lauren. Thankfully, the teenager crosses over to the dark side and struts o...
milquetoast soft rocker. DeWyze came out the winner. In 2009, no one could dispute Adam Lambert was one of the most original and inspiring contestants...
. When the song ran out he touched the floor before rising, his mouth open to the falling confetti like it was a real blizzard. At this point, Lauren ...
and bro hugs in MTV News' comments sections. While a number of comments praised the former grocery clerk's rise from obscurity in Garner, North Caroli...
of "Spider-man"] finished their cameo, Ryan Seacrest did this. [Montage of Seacrest plugging all the guest stars' projects.] Wow, if "Idol" did this g...
Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina's kiss during the American Idol finale won't be the hottest thing to come out of Season 10. Producer Rodney "Darkchi...
Scotty's first song "brilliant" and liked the Strait pick, while giving Alaina props for both of her performances. Ultimately, he gave the first-round...
former contestants Adam Lambert, Kris Allen and David Cook to celeb guests Judas Priest, Jack Black and the very surprising appearance of "Real World:...
Reinhart or Lauren Alaina snatching the title from McCreery if they had put up that one magical performance. "If one of them had blown the doors off i...
have "stuck together." He continued: "I gotta thank the Lord first -- he got me here." 'American Idol' Awards: The Best & Worst of Season 10 The Garne...
Now that "American Idol" has crowned 17-year old Scotty McCreery as its latest winner, how is his coronation single, "I Love You This Big," selling? P...
, thanks to Lauren's gutsy performance just 24 hours before and her knockout delivery of what could have been her "Idol" coronation tune, "Like My Mot...
Did You Hear? :: Scotty McCreery, 17, fended off Lauren Alaina, 16, in the youngest final matchup in American Idol history. Did McCreery deserve the I...
the jump, check out who'll be spinning the "baby roulette" wheel on late night TV. Music On TV: :: Late Show With David Letterman (CBS) -- Morning Tel...
presence throughout the season -- helped push him to victory. Scotty McCreery Wins 'American Idol' Season 10 One day after 122 million votes tipped in...
, the first time I saw you I thought you were my American Idol. I think America's gonna find that to be true as well. You are in my eyes." Jennifer sa...
love how the first words out of her mouth after "WOO!"ing are "To AT&T!" Yes, three cheers to the telephone company that generously delivered all 500 ...
Throughout his championship run on the just-completed 10th season of "American Idol," Scotty McCreery never really wavered from his country roots ... ...
Following Scotty McCreery's Live! With Regis And Kelly appearance yesterday, wherein the American Idol winner declared that he and Season 10 runner-up...
Whether there was something to that kiss Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina shared on last week's American Idol finale or not, the Season 10 winner is ...
Hot 100 debuts include Reeve Carney's "Rise Above 1," featuring Bono and the Edge (No. 74), after the star of the Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn O...
In case you were too busy sleeping off the effects of tryptophan this weekend -- or were out having a life that didn't involve the blogosphere -- we m...
Clarkson duet "Don't You Wanna Stay". Speaking of Clarkson, she wasn't the only American Idol alum to have a big night at ACA 2011. Carrie Underwood s...
Michael Buble has the number 1 album in the country right now. This is not a joke. But the jazz vocalist was in on one of Saturday Night Live's better...
Scotty McCreery already had an honor in hand by the time he received his diploma from North Carolina's Garner High School. The 2011 "American Idol" wi...
"Vital" (No. 7), Miguel's "Kaleidoscope Dream" (No. 8), Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' "The Heist" (No. 9) and Little Big Town's "Tornado" (No. 10). Niels...
his "The Trouble With Girls" video. Read More »Idol's Best Ever?Randy calls Candice Glover's "Lovesong" the best. Read More »Scotty's "Town"McCreery h...
the night's two rounds of singing, my guess going into Thursday's results show was that it's going to be a ladies-only affair for the top five. Two pe...
