'American Idol' Post-Performance Chat -- Live at 3 pm Eastern

Join our "American Idol" experts here at 3pm/2pm central for an in-depth,snarky and hilarious chat about last night's Top 9 performances. Was Adam still awesome or reverting to form? Who was worse, Scott or Megan? Did Allison's outfit overshadow her singing? More »

"American Idol" finalist Danny Gokey returned home for his grandfather's funeral this past weekend, according to the site Every Day Christian. He is back in Los Angeles, however, and will perform tonight on tonight's show.  I have to say, Danny isn't my favorite contestant, but he's really taking it on the chin this last year or so. Thoughts and prayers go out to him and his family. More »

"Idol Tonight," the live "American Idol" pre-show broadcast on the TV Guide network, has two fantastic guests this week: the recently-eliminated Alexis Grace and season 5 finalist Mandisa. "Idol Tonight" is hosted by season 1 runner-up Justin Guarini, season 2 finalist Kimberly Caldwell and season 6 finalist Brandon Rogers. It airs Wednesdays at 8 pm/7 pm central on the TV Guide network. Check your local listings here. More »

I reported last week that the theme for the Top 9 on "American Idol" is the iTunes Top 100. I have now been hearing that it may not *just* be limited to the current Top 100 downloads, which is good because that list had a lo-ho-ho-ot of Hip Hop. No offense to our Top 9 but I don't see that going very well for very many of them. More »

Via Associated Content and Vote for the Worst, it seems like this coming week's "American Idol" theme is going to be the iTunes Top 100. Man, does this sound like a trainwreck to me.

The list of the Top 100 songs is full of Hip-Hop, which probably no one but Lil Rounds can pull off. On the other hand, Adam Lambert could do "Tracks of my Tears" again.  Here is the complete list: More »

Tune in here at 3 pm/2 pm central for a live chat with Zap2It and LA Times "American Idol" experts. Feel free to join in by submitting comments via the CoverItLive interface. Topics are sure to include Michael Sarver's elimination and Matt Giraud's surprise landing in the Bottom 3. More »

Read below as last night's eliminated "American Idol" contestant Michael Sarver reveals that he truly is the nicest guy you've ever seen. He called every female interviewer "ma'am" and was incredibly polite. What a genuinely awesome guy. More »

Join us here in little over an hour to chat with Zap2It and LA Times "American Idol" experts. How do you think the Idols did on Motown Week? Let your opinion be known in our chat, starting at 3 pm/2 pm central. More »

"American Idol" delivered a 13.9/22 for FOX at 8 p.m. A "Survivor: Tocantins" clip show -- moved to Wednesday because of CBS' NCAA tournament coverage Thursday -- drew only a 5.0/8, one of the show's lowest ratings ever. "Scrubs," 3.5/6, and "Better Off Ted," 3.1/5, came in third for ABC. "America's Next Top Model," 2.1/3, put The CW ahead of NBC and "The Chopping Block." Read the full story here. More »

Move over Clarissa Darling, Ted McGriff and Donkeylips. There's a new character in town and his name is "Raj." Via an article on Newsday, it turns out "American Idol" finalist Anoop Desai starred in an award-winning children's program on local North Carolina station WRAL. The show, titled "Centralxpress.com" about kids running their school's website, ran from 1997 to 2001. Read the full story here. (Photo credit Newsday.)

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