By now you’ve all heard the news…Marissa brought it to you first thing this morning…Paula has been booted from the American Idol judges panel.  Okay, okay, so maybe “booted” isn’t the correct word, but it sort of feels that way, doesn’t it?  I’m depressed.  Yeah, she definitely brought the crazy…but at least it made the show interesting.  No... 

American Idol fans woke up to sad news this morning as Paula Abdul announced that she will not be returning to the show that she helped turn into a cultural success seven years ago.  “With sadness in my heart, I’ve decided not to return to #IDOL. I’ll miss nurturing all the new talent, but most of all…being a part of a show that I helped from day1 become an international phenomenon,”... 

I am never one who enjoys the Idol episodes that feature the worst performances of those contestants who failed to make the actual show, but when I heard the news about Alexis Cohen this morning, I remembered exactly who she was (only partially because she was a passable singer who tried to sing the likes of Janis Joplin and Pat Benatar) mostly because after the judges give her the bad news that... 

It’s official: Chris Daughtry is the reigning American Idol king of the charts. If you recall, Chris didn’t even win Idol. Leave This Town, the sophomore album from Chris’s band, Daughtry, debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 making this back to back #1  albums for the band. Daughtry has dethroned Kelly Clarkson who is the only other Idol alum to nab two #1 albums, though hers were... 

Seacrest, in. Randy, in. Simon, maybe in. Kara, who cares. But Paula Abdul’s return to American Idol as “the nice judge” is looking pretty grim.  Abdul is having contract disputes and claims that she will not be back if she doesn’t get the deal she wants. Maybe she’s bargaining for a Seacrest-like, record-breaking deal of $15 million a season.  “Very sadly, it... 

By now we’ve all heard and been anticipating the new Rolling Stone to hit newsstands in which we expect Adam Lambert to reveal he’s gay, which he does. What is unexpected is that he reveals a lot more than his sexuality and delves into his experiences with drugs. Lambert tells the magazine that it was a drug-influenced Burning Man epiphany that pushed him to audition for American Idol.... 

Less than three weeks after winning the title of American Idol, Kris Allen has signed a record deal with  Jive Records.  “As exciting as the last few months have been, I’m really looking forward to what is next,” Allen said in a press release today. “Everyone’s been asking me what it’s going to sound like. It will be very similar to what you heard from me on the... 

I am fresh off the plane from Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and bumming that it looks nothing like summer yet here in Chicago, but I have spent the last day catching up on the music news that I missed and I’m going to serve it up to you right here, right now.  Susan Boyle runner up in “Got Talent”: The Internet singing sensation that was Susan Boyle, surprised everyone when she took 2nd... 

After Kris Allen was deemed American Idol season 8 champ, message boards, bloggers and the media went into high gear to pronounce the win as a major upset. However, looking back at the season, the win isn’t as far-fetched as you may think. Nobody was as shocked at the win as Kris himself was. It was quite a moment. After all, the judges, media and the like pronounced Adam the winner. It seemed... 

If Kris Allen was ever going to make it in the music business, he had to win Idol.  So while I’m a little sad my boy Adam Lambert didn’t take home the crown, I think his future in music is secure.  I think the power of the conservative vote is obvious.  Danny fans obviously shifted to Kris.  If this finale was between Kris and Danny, me and other Idol fanatics agree, Danny probably would have...