Michael Sarver

Tanner Michael Sarver was chosen as the Jaycees student of the month for March. He is the son of Mark and Mindy Sarver of Friedens and is enrolled in the college preparatory course. His extracurricular activities are football, track and dual enrollment a...

Keith A. Sarver, 47, of Somerset, passed on May 8, 2012. Born Sept. 26, 1964 in Meyersdale, he is the son of the late Ronald Sarver and Carol (Bowser) Uphouse of Berlin. He is survived by his mother and her husband Fred Uphouse; brothers and sisters:...

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...

Much of the talk during and after this week's finale wasn't just about looking back on the season, but forging ahead to a new, hopefully improved "Idol" in the years to come. From the recent survey conducted on americanidol.com, which probed viewer...

American Idol mania hits San Diego once again. The American Idol 2009 Summer Tour made its only stop in San Diego Saturday night at the Sports Arena in front of thousands of fans. Some fans arrived at the venue 12 hours before the show in the hopes of...

Don't forget to join us for our weekly post-show chat Wednesday at 1 p.m. PDT when we will be joined by special guest Mike Sarver! We will discuss all things "American Idol" and look back on Tuesday night's episode. Did Siobhan do Shania Twain justice?...

For Shania Twain night, we enlisted Season 8's resident country boy, Michael Sarver, to be our guest blogger and shed a little light on the popular "Idol" theme. The Jasper, Texas, native and Twitterholic (4,200-plus tweets at last check) just made his...

The "American Idol" tour bus is coming to town and the singers are already talking about how they're going to rock the Northwest. On Tuesday, the show's top ten finalists from last season play the second date of a 50-city tour at the Tacoma Dome. The...

It's a good thing "Idol" producers rolled out ineligible Atlanta auditioner General Larry "Pants on the Ground" Platt to bookend season nine's second night, otherwise, we wouldn't have all that much to talk about. Am I right or am I right? Brian Mansfield...

One of the funniest moments on the Grammy Awards red carpet was when a feisty Alexis Grace walked up to the TV Guide Network cameras and essentially insisted they interview her! Pretty presumptuous for someone who didn't make the Top 10 last season,...

"American Idol" has its problems right now -- slipping ratings, an iffy Top 10, and Ryan Seacrest's mounting manic streak, which this week had him slow-dancing with Michael Sarver (off-camera, but he announced it afterward) and extolling the wonders of...

And we're back with another round of "Idol" burning questions -- the Elvis edition. What was up with Ryan's erratic behavior? Did Crystal get married in Vegas? Who was Aaron Kelly imagining when he got up in Kara's face? Read on for our post-performance...