Alex Lambert

"American Idol" gone-too-soon semifinalist Alex Lambert has made his feelings known about the remaining finalists for Season 9....

As a family-friendly show, "American Idol" obviously strives to maintain a pretty clean image. (Remember the Alex Lambert bleep earlier this season?) Of course, that's not always so easy -- for "Idol" or its former contestants -- especially when it...

As fun as it was to have dinner with Siobhan Magnus and the "If I Can Dream" crew (including her Top 24 bud Alex Lambert), the experience was also bittersweet because it felt like a goodbye. Sure, she had been eliminated on "American Idol" two days prior,...

Alex Lambert continues to work toward his dream of making it as a singer. The Top 24 castoff, who was invited to join Simon Fuller's Web reality show "If I Can Dream" shortly after his "American Idol" elimination, had his first real gig on Wednesday night...

I picked up my “American Idol” tickets yesterday just as the Nokia Theatre’s LA Live courtyard was beginning its transformation to Season 9 grand finale plaza. The procedure is, by this point, all too familiar. The Fox affiliates have a production...

As American Idol opens, we learn that 24 million votes were cast and we're reminded that four people are going home.Ryan Seacrest asks Simon Cowell about "the buzz of the nation" that Simon was harsher than usual this week. Um,......

"Dude, believe in yourself." That was Randy Jackson, addressing one of the 12 trembling mangenues who took the stage during Wednesday's overall fiasco of an "American Idol" episode. Dawg should write a book -- a self-help book, with plenty of lists and...

This week, the guys get to go first on American Idol. I thought this was a given, since the women went first last week. However, host Ryan Seacrest says this is a change of plans, that actually, the women were......

Simon Cowell may be out the door, but all of the "American Idol" judges have something to gain if they make a good showing this season. Kara DioGuardi and Randy Jackson have just one year left on their contracts, and nothing spells ka-ching! like a...

Four more singers are going home on tonight's American Idol, and that is absolutely fine by me. Seriously, the amount of time I have had to devote to this show since last week in combination with the quality of the......

It was mostly good news on Wednesday on "American Idol" -- the hourlong broadcast was a whirlwind of yeses, as much of the Fox talent show's Top 24 was assembled. Seven finalists (including Mount Prospect's Lee Dewyze, pictured at left) had been picked...

Last week, "American Idol" entered its always risky semifinal phase and plunged right into territory that made it seem like yet another remake of the "Poseidon Adventure". Our favorite television pleasure vessel sure seemed to be taking on water, and...