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Today in 'Idol': The girls battle for Top 12 spots; Shelby Dressel has make-up date with 'Ellen'

Shirley Halperin

It's been said time and time again (so far this season, at least) -- that 2010's "American Idol" is a girl's race to lose, and with tonight's two-hour episode, we'll see how these 12 fierce females stack up in their first live semifinal round (Fox, 8 p.m.). Th

A rare 'Idol' re-shuffle, plus the latest on Crystal Bowersox

Shirley Halperin

An "American Idol" insider assures us that Crystal Bowersox will be back to perform on Wednesday's show. The 24-year-old season 9 contender and mother of one, who's believed to be a diabetic, was hospitalized Tuesday, causing the show to switch up its semifina

Ann Powers: The 'Idol' girls try to go universal, but mostly miss

Ann Powers

"[T]here are not two genders," wrote the late feminist scholar Monique Wittig in one of her groundbreaking essays. "There is only one: the feminine, the 'masculine' not being a gender. For the masculine is not the masculine but the general." What could this he

Today in 'Idol': Eight girls, six spots; ex-Idols let the sunshine in

Shirley Halperin

On the West Coast (barring any unforeseen hospitalizations), the eight remaining girls -- Didi Benami, Siobahn Magnus, Katie Stevens, Lacey Brown, Katelyn Epperly, Crystal Bowersox, Lilly Scott and Paige Miles -- will hit the "American Idol" stage Tuesday nigh

Presenting your season 9 Top 12...

Shirley Halperin

More than 100,000 auditioned and it's come down to 12. Some might call it a travesty, others may point a finger to a VoteForTheWorst.com, whose sole purpose is to mess with the "American Idol" rankings (if that's the case, a job well done). A few might be tota

Ann Powers: Has 'Idol' gone too indie?

Ann Powers

I'm supposed to be on vacation, but I can't resist a little post on a subject that's been haunting me this week. We now know our Top 12, and some -- myself included -- are disappointed that two of the more idiosyncratic and intriguing performers, Alex Lambert

12 things we learned at the Top 12 party

Shirley Halperin

As has become "American Idol" tradition, after the last semifinals elimination episode, the Top 12 were chauffeured to West Hollywood, then paraded down a blue carpet packed to the gills with media sorts of all shapes and sizes. From beginning to end, the cont

The Top 12's musical inspirations

Shirley Halperin

You can tell a lot about a person by their music collection, which is why we asked each member of Season 9's Top 12 for the song or album that changed his or her life. The artist who inspired Crystal Bowersox to become a singer? Ray LaMontagne. Lacey Brown's l

'American Idol's' Siobhan Magnus steals the Rolling Stones show

LAT Blogs

I have to admit that I was dreading the whole "American Idol" revisits the Rolling Stones night, because, well, could there be any band that -- in its prime -- was the exact opposite of the cheerful, wide-eyed and well-scrubbed ...

Breakdown: direct from the 'Idol'-dome

Shirley Halperin

Sitting in the "American Idol" studio at 4:55 p.m. on Tuesday, counting down the last five minutes until Season 9 officially kicks off, a dozen thoughts were running through this longtime "Idol" reporter's mind. Among them: Would Casey James pull out some Jagg

Ann Powers: The Top 12 meet the Rolling Stones

Martin Miller

For any rock fan who has learned to love "American Idol," the theme of Tuesday night’s first showing for the Top 12 -- the music of the Rolling Stones -- was fraught with tension. Imagine if you’d had two high school boyfriends, one the student body presid

The Buzz: Lacey Brown marked for elimination, say 'Idol' experts

Shirley Halperin

The 'Idol' pundits have spoken and the results are in! If majority rules, church-bred firecracker Lacey Brown will be going home tonight, after delivering a lackluster "Ruby Tuesday" that failed to connect with the judges, the studio audience or viewers at hom

Lacey Brown: 'I had the strangest feeling I was going home'

Shirley Halperin

It was written all over Lacey Brown's face on Wednesday night, and the Texas native confirmed Thursday that she had a feeling it was her turn to go. "I woke up yesterday with the strangest feeling I was going home," she told reporters the morning after her eli

'Idol' results show: Minute by minute

Shirley Halperin

Wednesday's "American Idol" was a jam-packed episode. Not only were there 12 contestant verdicts to get through in an hour, Season 7 winner David Cook also performed along with master shredder Orianthi (more on her "Idol" experience here) and dance-floor diva

Lacey Brown looks back on her time in 'La-La Land'

Shirley Halperin

For "American Idol" contestants past and present, "going to Hollywood" means moving to Los Angeles for at least a few weeks and familiarizing themselves with the sights, smells and congested streets of our fair city. Of course, what's culture shock to some is

Lacey Brown banters with David Letterman

Amy Reiter

David Letterman and Paul Shaffer don't seem to know a whole lot about "American Idol," at least judging from their baffled banter on the "Late Show with David Letterman" Monday night, but that's not stopping them from hosting each "Idol" finalist as he or she

'Idol' alumni join forces with Feeding America for 'Idol Gives Back'

Shirley Halperin

Former "American Idol" finalists are banding together to help feed America. As part of "Idol Gives Back's" initiative with Feeding America, some 11 "Idol" alumni -- including Kimberley Locke, Didi Benami, David Hernandez, Amy Adams, Chikezie, Mikalah Gordon, E

Seacrest speaks! Ryan on 'Idol's' past, present and Simon-less future: 'It'll be like losing my oxygen' [Updated]

Shirley Halperin

Even the most casual “American Idol” viewer would agree that host Ryan Seacrest was in rare form on Tuesday. Sure, there’s always a certain degree of improvisation with every episode of “Idol,” usually involving a verbal spat between Simon and Ryan,

Katie Stevens and Andrew Garcia talk 'Idol' at the 'Dream' house

Shirley Halperin

As has become a Friday tradition, we spent the evening having dinner with the week’s eliminated “American Idol” contestant at the “If I Can Dream” house. Only on this go-round, there were two of them. Katie Stevens and Andrew Garcia joined the Dreame

'Idol Gives Back' minute-by-minute (extended edition): All the action from the 'Idol' studio

Shirley Halperin

It was a strange Wednesday night in the Idol-dome. With the painful images of people in need, the awkwardly out-of-place stand-up-comedy bits, a looming elimination and President Obama going Randy Jackson on us, making heads or tails of it all was a challenge,