3:30 AM PDT 5/16/2014 by Fred Bronson
First Ryan Seacrest announced that Jena Irene would compete in the season 13 finale of American Idol. Then, in a climactic moment on Thursday’s results show, the series' longtime host revealed that the other contestant going into the finale was Caleb Johnson.
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8:16 PM PDT 5/15/2014 by Michele Amabile Angermiller
After months of auditions, Hollywood Week, Rush Week and weeks of competition, American Idol revealed which two singers will go head-to-head in next week’s season finale.
On the show’s 500th episode, the Idol hopefuls performed songs selected by Randy Jackson, the judges, and their hometowns. On Thursday, it was time for the big moment.
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11:57 PM PDT 5/14/2014 by Fred Bronson
8:06 PM PDT 5/14/2014 by Michele Amabile Angermiller
With just one week to go before the finale, the top three American Idol finalists went for broke in the race to be the final two.
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7:02 PM PDT 5/14/2014 by Michele Amabile Angermiller
American Idol Season 11 winner Phillip Phillips and other celebrity guest vocalists will take the stage for next week's season finale, revealed host Ryan Seacrest on Wednesday night's performance episode.
Seacrest made the announcement along with the season's top 13, who humorously gave The Hunger Games salute for the program's 500th episode.
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3:35 PM PDT 5/14/2014 by Fred Bronson
There will be a party on the American Idol stage tonight, as the producers and cast cut a special cake to commemorate the broadcast of the series' 500th episode. Over the course of those 500 episodes, the popular Fox series has sent some aspiring singers into the stratosphere while hundreds of thousands of others have simply been sent home. There are tales of high hopes and heartbreak, of dreams come true and dreams crashing down. Here is a look back at some mostly untold tales of some of Idol’s highest and lowest points.
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12:54 PM PDT 5/14/2014 by Michele Amabile Angermiller
Wednesday night's 500th episode of American Idol has plenty to celebrate: Harry Connick, Jr. has confirmed that he will be back for the show's fourteenth season.
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11:45 AM PDT 5/14/2014 by Sophie Schillaci
11:45 AM PDT 5/14/2014 by Michele Amabile Angermiller
11:45 AM PDT 5/14/2014 by Shirley Halperin
9:45 AM PDT 5/14/2014 by Lesley Goldberg
It's official: Harry Connick Jr. will return to Fox's American Idol.
Connick confirmed that he'd be returning to the judges' table for the recently announced 14th season of Fox's flagship competition series during a Wednesday visit on Live! With Kelly and Michael.
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1:34 PM PDT 5/13/2014 by Michele Amabile Angermiller
It's official: American Idol alum Clay Aiken is the winner of the Democratic primary for a congressional seat in North Carolina.
The news comes one day after Aiken's political opponent, Keith Crisco, was found dead from injuries sustained in his home when he fell.
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6:34 AM PDT 5/13/2014 by Ryan Gajewski, Debbie Emery
For someone who's been in the limelight for as long as Harry Connick, Jr. has, he's not the least bit jaded about spotting a fellow celebrity. The American Idol judge told David Letterman on Monday's Late Show that he was excited to see Leonard Nimoy on a recent flight.
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3:25 PM PDT 5/12/2014 by Michele Amabile Angermiller
Clay Aiken's political opponent, Keith Crisco, 71, died on Monday after sustaining injuries from a fall at his home.
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