american idol

The boys took the stage Tuesday night.  And American Idol's Top 12 girls took the stage last night in their first attempt to break an Idol drought.  Yep!  It's been five years since Jordin Sparks took the Idol crown . . . and a girl hasn't won since.  So, did this year's batch of hopefuls live up to the hype?  Our American Idol expert, Steve Thompson, shares his thoughts and ranks the contestants

If you ask the majority of my Facebook friends (and me, for that matter), this year's crop of guys on American Idol totally disappointed last night in their first live performances.  There has been a ton of talk about how talented this year's Top 24 (or, check that, Top 26) are, but you would have never known that by tuning in last night.  So, what did our Idol expert Steve Thompson think?  How di

Last night on American Idol, we met 14 of the Top 24 finalists who will start singing for your votes next week.  As usual, with the "Green Mile" episodes, there were some huge surprises (Lauren Gray going home???? Really, AI?).  But some of the early favorites, including two country gals, sailed through to the live performance show with flying colors.  Our American Idol expert, Steve Tho

Last night, American Idol rolled into Las Vegas and challenged the remaining hopefuls with Songs of the 50's!  Some were up to the challenge and others?  Well, others were sent packing in a brutal round of cuts that no one expected.  Steve Thompson, WBKR's Idol expert, shared his thoughts about the Vegas round and who's looking like they're in it to win it!  And, here at WBKR.com, you can see his

Hollywood week is over on American Idol.  And, I am sure the contestants, who spent the week throwing up, passing out and collapsing on the stage, are probably THRILLED.  But did ANYONE shine during Idol's most infamous boot camp?  Was anyone able to just drink a gallon of Dayquil and go on about their business? As WBKR's Idol expert, Steve Thompson, explains, a gal named Jen Hirsch delivered two

Call me an addict if you will . . . but I have seen EVERY single episode of EVERY single season of American Idol.  But, I have never seen anything like last night's episode about Hollywood Week.  Instead of finding America's next great singing superstar, Idol needed to find a doctor!  Stat!  A horrible stomach bug broke out and contestants were tossing cookies everywhere.  In fact, I think this is

Hollywood Week is underway on American Idol and last night's episode ended in a cliffhanger!  The final contestant of the evening, young Symone Black, had just finished singing some Otis Redding when the judges started to question her song choice.  She was so nervous and caught up in the moment, she passed out and fell RIGHT OFF THE STAGE!  Producers of the show promised drama!  And, last night Id

Can you believe it was eight years ago that Carrie Underwood drove from Oklahoma to St. Louis to audition for American Idol?  You know what's happened since.  She's become one of the biggest country music stars in the world and make good on Simon's promise that she would be one of the biggest Idols of all time.  Show producers think Carrie's proof that the "Gateway to the West" is a bree

Last night, for the first-time ever, American Idol rolled into Oregon for auditions.  And, in some cases, they hit the mother load!  WBKR's Idol expert and I chatted this morning about the hopefuls that could emerge as contenders!  And, as he does each week here at WBKR.com, Steve shares his complete review of the show.

Thursday night, American Idol auditions rolled into Texas, the state that gave us our first Idol champ, Kelly Clarkson!  Idol has always had good luck in the Lone Star State, so producers figured they could wrangle up some more talent there this year.  And, last night, they snagged a rifle-packin', 4-wheeler-ridin' gal who reminded me very much of Miranda Lambert.  And they found Ramiro Garcia, a 

WBKR's American Idol expert, Steve Thompson, was hoping for a "Rocky Mountain high" last night as Idol auditions rolled into Aspen.  And, while we had the usual assortment of freaks and non-contenders, we did have some folks ready to step up to the plate and knock the socks off Steven Tyler, J. Lo and Randy Jackson.   In fact, several of them sang country!  We had everyone from a gal who

On Sunday night, following the Giants/49ers game, Fox aired the San Diego auditions of American Idol.  And the talent pool was overflowing with everyone from Jim Carrey's daughter. . . to a man named "Wolf," who rocked out Johnny Cash on his "git fiddle."  When it was all said and done, over 50 contestants got "golden tickets" to Hollywood!  WBKR's Idol expert, Steve