Carly Smithson

American Idol alumna and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson got engaged over the weekend to boyfriend David Otunga, a contestant on I Love New York 2.The two have been dating for less than a year. Otunga was nicknamed 'Punk' during the......

Remember last season, when people were so outraged about Carly Smithson and the fact that she had already released an album? People didn't think it was fair that someone who had already had an opportunity to make it big was......

What would the week before Hollywood be if some web site didn't leak the names of the finalists? I mean...just another week...right? Votefortheworst.com has just posted the list - head to the jump - and many of the names......

Finally, what we've all been expecting - a real "Idol" surprise. The show disqualified Joanna Pacitti after last night's 36-winner show. This has - as if you need to be told - never happened before (although, of course, other......

On tonight's American Idol, we'll hear the results from last night's semifinal, in which 12 of the Top 36 took to the stage, though many of them fell apart once there.Host Ryan Seacrest says that 24 million votes were cast......

Scary. 97.5 million votes were cast on last night's performance finale on American Idol. The split is 56 percent to 44 percent, host Ryan Seacrest says. But it's WAY too soon for them to tell us which is which.The......

It's often been said that "American Idol" is really just a popularity contest. Sure, singing and showmanship is important, as is a contestant's back-story and TV persona, but when it comes to advancing in the competition, many an inferior vocalist have...

The Season 9 "American Idol" contestants are taking on the Lennon/McCartney songbook this week -- come back here Wednesday, April 7 at 2:30 p.m. ET for a live chat about the performances....

Carly Smithson, finalist on the seventh season of "American Idol," has joined the former members of Evanescence to form a new group called We Are the Fallen....

In the third part of this four-part interview, "American Idol" finalist Allison Iraheta talks about her experience on the show. Read Part One here. Read Part Two here. You mentioned connecting with songs and it seems to me that you always connect with...

In the second part of this four-part interview, "American Idol" finalist Allison Iraheta discusses her first "Idol" audition in San Francisco and the beginning of her "Idol" journey. Read Part One here. Even though your family was very supportive of...

Didn't make the cut on 'American Idol'? Perhaps judge Kara DioGuardi can still help. While 'Idol' has seen its share of major label cast-offs -- recent hopefuls Carly Smithson and Michael Johns come to mind -- DioGuardi is offering yet......