Carly Smithson

Entertainment Weekly is reporting that American Idol, and Blue Springs, Missouri native, David Cook had a little company during his video shoot for "Light On." Kimberly Caldwell, former American Idol contestant and current TV Guide Channel personality,...

Before American Idol viewers ever met Carly Smithson on this season's shows, dedicated fans already felt like they'd known the San Diego-based Irish chanteuse for years. While Smithson's elimination on Wednesday (April 24) ended her Season Seven Idol...

After taking a night off for Miley Cyrus Gives Back, American Idol returns on Thursday (April 10) for what we're promised will be an elimination episode. How many plugs for charitable giving will we get beforehand? Here's the website, in case you've...

Just one week into the " American Idol" finals season and already the first shock waves spread across the Idoldome; not really for the ouster of rocker girl Amanda Overmyer, a delightful personality but ultimately an underperforming novelty candidate more...

The American Idol producers have set their second straight booby-trap. As hard as it was for the Idol singers to handle Mariah Carey last week, Tuesday's (April 22) challenge is The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, a theme whose difficulty is matched only by...

CARLY SIMON isn't the first name you'd expect to find on a list of classic-rock superstars who keep tabs on " American Idol." "I tune in whenever I get a chance," she says in that signature dusky voice. "How could I not, when this season Brooke White sang...

We did it, America! It's April 16, which means we survived both Tax Day and Mariah Carey Night on American Idol. All things considered, both big days could have been better, but they also could have been worse. But would Wednesday night's Idol results...

In the year following her audition in last season's "American Idol," Carly Smithson lived in one of pop culture's most public bubbles. The tattooed Irish rocker made it through Hollywood week, the big stage at Idoldome, the bittersweet national press...

~2-18-09~        24 million votes...and the first people to make it into the Top 12 are unveiled.  There were so many good people in this group!  But poor song choices paired with mediocre performances made America's first vote a little easier.  Two were...

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......