9:00 p.m. ET Another faux Grindhouse introduction for Wednesday (April 15) night's "American Idol" in honor of Tuesday's guest mentor Quentin Tarantino, complete with degraded images and projector failure. ...
Singer: ALLISON IRAHETASong: "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"Monkeys As Critics' Take: Well, somebody had to sing this favorite old "Idol" chestnut. I'd have bet on Danny Gokey, but maybe Allison just got...
Tuesday (April 14) is "American Idol's" second shot at delivering an hour-long episode. Last week's first attempt didn't work out so well, unless you happened to be praying for strong (and fake) ratings for the return...
Singer: KRIS ALLENSong: "All She Wants To Do Is Dance"Monkeys As Critics' Take: Kris, who formerly aspired to be a taxi driver, has been given the same sort of awkward mid-audience placement that squish...
Tuesday (April 7) marked the return of that old "American Idol" thematic standard, Songs From The Year They Were Born. It also marked the return of the one-hour performance episode.
How would the Top Eight handle thi...
9:00 p.m. That's a mighty cheesy opening segment, "Idol" producers. With the spinning back-lit heads, fast cutting and gauzy lenses? I guess if you were going for "Xanadu," perhaps you achieved your goal. That's an id...
Singer: ADAM LAMBERTSong: "Play That Funky Music"Monkeys As Criticis' Take: Wow. This is a song choice, alright. I mean, every song available on iTunes and you're picking Wild Cherry? It takes a certain...
The theme for Tuesday (March 31) night's episode of "American Idol" is Popular Downloads on iTunes, which means absolutely nothing.
I guess it's always nice to plug for your sponsors, though. But why not "Songs to Si...
"American Idol" season seven champ David Cook is returning to the show that made him a star.Cook, who battled David "Archie" Archuleta to win last season's crown, will perform a new single from his self-titled...
8:00 p.m. ET Smokey Robinson has never seen an "American Idol" competition this tight and if there's anything Smokey Robinson knows, it's reality television handicapping. If you're curious, he likes Coach on "Survivor...
