Skylar Laine

Our American Idol expert, Steve Thompson, saw this coming weeks and weeks ago.  His prediction, WGWG was going to win Season 11.  And, you may be asking, what does "WGWG" mean.  White guy with guitar!  And Phillip Phillips, another Idol "white guy with guitar" has claimed the crown, defeating Jessica Sanchez in last night's Idol finale.  If you missed the big moment, here it is

Shocker last night on American Idol!  Skylar Laine, who was equal parts Reba and Miranda, was voted off the show and finishes the season in 5th place.  This morning on The WBKR Waking Crew, our Idol expert Steve Thompson and I chatted about Skylar's suprise exit and what it means as we get down to the nitty gritty!  It's Final Four time, Baby!  And Steve and I share our thoughts about who's going

Last night on American Idol, our remaining Top 5 contestants sang for the Final Four.  Each had to tackle two different genres:  Songs of the 60's and The British Invasion.  WBKR's Idol expert, Steve Thompson, was tuned in and shares his thoughts about who won the night and who's in big trouble.  As Steve explains, an early favorite could be sent packing after a very mediocre night.

I guess you can tell by the photo who I am pulling for.  Yes!  As the 11th season of American Idol winds down, I am most definitely Team Josh.  For me, Joshua Ledet has been the most consistent performer on the show.  He has gotten the most standing ovations from the judges.  He's given Jennifer Lopez more "goosies" than Marc Anthony ever did (LOL!).  And you just know that when he gets

WBKR's American Idol expert, Steve Thompson, called it.  Thursday, on the WBKR Waking Crew, he said that while Elise may have had her best week on the show she was likely going home.  On last night's results show, she did.  Which leaves us with five remaining Idol hopefuls.  In sports this is what analysts call "Crunch Time."  So, Steve is "crunching" the Idol numbers to give u

Last night on American Idol, Skylar Laine and our other remaining Idol hopefuls took on the songbook of famed rock group, Queen.  And there were stand-out performances all over the place.  At one point during the night, Jennifer Lopez asked, "How are we supposed to judge?  They are all so good."  Luckily, here at WBKR, we have our very own Idol expert.  Yes!  Steve Thompson was tuned in

Last night on American Idol, our final seven contestants went to the mic twice to sing to stay.  And the themes were quite simple.  Contestants had to choose a song from NOW and one from THEN.  So, who won the night and who's in danger of elimination?  Let's turn to our American Idol expert, Steve Thompson, who ranks the performances from 7 to 1 in each category and gives his predictions about who

Last night on American Idol, our remaining seven contestants took on hits from the current charts.  In fact, each hopeful had to choose a song from 2012 to now.  And, Idol's resident country gal, Skylar Laine, took on a big old Kellie Pickler song and swung for the fences.  How did she do?  Check it out!  Plus, read Steve Thompson's full review of last night's show and find out who WBKR's Idol exp

Goodbye, DeAndre.  Last night, on the American Idol results show, DeAndre Brackensick was shown the door, despite Jennifer Lopez's campaign to save him.  See, the judges have that one-time save to use anytime before Idol narrows its field to five.  And Jennifer has been a long-time and rather vocal supporter for DeAndre.  And, after he sang for his life last night, Jennifer voted to keep him, but

Last night was "80's Night" on American Idol and our remaining 8 contestants battled it out at the mic for your votes.  They took on Cyndi Lauper, Genesis, DeBarge, Simply Red and more.  But it was Idol's resident country gal who went back through the 80's catalog and scooped up a song that hit the charts twice in the decade:  once by country star Gary Morris, the second by movie star Be

Last night on American Idol, our 9 remaining contestants sang songs by THEIR idols.  Among the singers honored with cover songs . . . Idol 4 champion Carrie Underwood and former Nashville Star-contestant-turned megastar, Miranda Lambert.  So, how did this season's crop of hopefuls do.  Let's check in with WBKR's resident Idol critic, Steve Thompson and get his rankings from nine to numero uno!  He