Alex Lambert

On tonight's American Idol, I'm hoping to hear much less about what kind of artists these people are going to be and more good singing. (But seriously, if they wanted people who already knew what kind artists they were, then......

So four more will be cut on tonight's American Idol, and then next week we will be headed into the finals, with the Top 12. Oh, and if you didn't hear, Big Mike Lynche's performance of "This Woman's Work" made......

It's a busy day in "Idol"-land, both for the current crop of contestants and a couple of notable alumni. First, the boys. Eight remain -- Tim Urban, Casey James, Aaron Kelly, Michael Lynche, Andrew Garcia, Alex Lambert, Lee Dewyze and Todrick Hall -- with...

This much is, ahem, Crystal clear: The judges made a mistake by choosing too many girls with similar voices and styles. Sure, Lilly's hair is silver and Didi's is red, Lacey's is short and Katelyn's is curly, but Tuesday night's snoozy and subdued episode...

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...

If there's one thing we learned from Thursday's final Top 24 elimination, America apparently does not appreciate the left of center. How else do you explain the ouster of two favorites, one a critics' darling (Lilly Scott), the other an underdog that came...

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It has the endorsement of actress Demi Moore and Season 2 "American Idol" contestant Kimberly Caldwell. And as of Tuesday morning, the online petition to bring gravelly velvet-voiced former contestant Alex Lambert back into the "Idol" competition has 14,...

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...

Eleven more eliminations to go ... and the judges seem bored. Can we blame them? With America ousting the contest's less mind-numbing contenders early, Rolling Stones week as interpreted by this Top 12 was about as rock 'n' roll as Plain White Ts' "Hey...

Here's what we can learn from Alex Lambert's post-vote-off sit-down with Ellen DeGeneres: 1) He did better than he ever imagined he'd do on "American Idol": "I didn't think I was going to do that good at all," Lambert told the woman who has repeatedly...

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...