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Let's cut to the chase: Symone Black, who fell hard off of the stage at the end of last night's episode , is fine. Symone was taken to the hospital and treated for dehydration and seemed to be back on track, returning for group night on the arm of her possibly egomaniacal dad. She maybe would've been better off being sent home, if only to avoid the "Most Stressful Hell Week In Idol History" (Seacrest's words). Jump below to see who got through — and who threw up — after the jump. [...]

Some people come to Hollywood and become stars. Others get kicked to the curb. And yet some others faint and fall off stage. Before we get into the talent portion of American Idol 's Hollywood Week (Part I!), let's cut right to the shocking moment everyone will be talking about today: 16-year-old Symone Black's performance of "Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay". Everything goes fine during her a cappella audition, but during a brief chat with the judges afterwards, Symone begins to stumble, falls off the stage, and seems to be knocked unconscious. The [...]

Jermaine Paul Among the crop of talented singers who performed during the blind auditions in the second night of The Voice's season two premiere were some familiar faces. We got a chance to see a former American Idol contestant with an amazing back story get another chance at stardom and a background singer for Grammy-award winning singer/songwriter Alicia Keys try his hand at stepping into the spotlight. Besides the familiar faces, we also met a few newbies that had coaches Christina Aguilera , Blake Shelton , Adam Levine and [...]

Contra Costa Times (MCT) -- Well, it had to happen sometime. Now in its 11th season, the prime-time juggernaut known as "American Idol" has become a little less juggernaut-y. Early "Idol" ratings have tumbled enough that it's possible - but not highly probable - that the Fox reality series could see its seven-year streak as TV's No. 1 show come to an end. Meanwhile, "The Voice" appears ready to give it a run for the money. On Sunday, NBC's singing...

Ellen DeGeneres loves playing games with all of her guests on the show. This time, the Judges of NBC's 'The Voice' joined Ellen DeGeneres for a friendly game of Guesstures . It was the girls versus the boys and Christina Aguilera is good. In related news, it looks like the feud between American Idol and The Voice won't be dying down anytime soon. After Randy Jackson recently suggested that The [...]

The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT) -- PHILADELPHIA - TV shows live by the numbers and they die by the numbers. At the moment, "American Idol" is being gashed with the Nielsen sabre. Viewership for the Fox singing contest is down just over 20 percent vs. last year at this time, and ratings in the adult demographic (18-49 years old) have dropped an alarming 33 percent. The best-case scenario for the network is that this is a just a temporary aberration, that...

In case you missed it, 30 year old singer/songwriter (and American Idol alum) Adam Lambert premiered the video for his brand new single, " Better Than I Know Myself " earlier today. The beautifully shot Ray Kay directed video features Lambert playing two different versions of himself, good versus evil, if you will. The video plays out in a split screen format, with each "version" of Lambert confined to it's own space. The evil dwells in a dark, blueish green tinted [...]

Show of hands, how many of you honestly forgot Carrie Underwood was on American Idol ? The country singer has seen so much success since she was crowned champ in Season 4, we have a hard time remembering she was once forced to suffer through Broadway musical night and participate in those terrible Ford music videos . But Idol will not let you forget that they are responsible for your beloved country warbler! Last night's stop in St. Louis began with an overdramatic prologue featuring footage of a pre-fame Underwood planning her road trip [...]

Did You Hear? :: Demi Lovato (rockin' some hot red hair) gets saucy in a new photo shoot she filmed with photographer Tyler Shields. "I have received more emails asking me to release this shoot then any other shoot I have ever done Lovatics are dedicated fans!" Shields wrote on his website . [ Just Jared ] :: Is Simon leaving The X Factor and coming back to American Idol ? No, but it seems like his harsh personality imight. Steven, J.Lo, and Randy recently announced that [...]

American Idol heads to the Gateway of The West , St. Louis, Missouri tonight in search of the next American Idol. On the last night's show the judges hit Portland, Oregon. It was the first time that the show had been to Portland, which is better known for producing underground indie guitar bands than mainstream pop singers. Although they didn't find much wealth of talent in Portland - they did give 45 people a golden ticket to Hollywood. If you missed last night's Portland auditions you can see our recap here [...]

Just when you thought ' The X Factor ' was falling apart… Reports are saying that Simon Cowell is offering Beyonce a hefty some to join him on the judging table! So how much money are we talking? $500 MILLION ! According to the same source that revealed that Jennifer Lopez was joining ' American Idol ', Cowell is desperate to keep his show afloat and is willing to pay top [...]

Los Angeles Times (MCT) -- LOS ANGELES - Long the nation's most popular television series, "American Idol" has suddenly started to hit some flat notes - and it's threatening the money-making machine that has vaulted the Fox network to the top of the broadcast race. Although still a big hit that other networks would love to have, "Idol's" ratings this month slid to the lowest level since its debut in summer 2002. And last week for the first time, "Idol"...

American Idol made its first ever audition cattle call in Portland, Oregon, and though the city is commonly stereotyped for its organic-living, irony-accepting citizens, the episode was surprisingly light on the references to Portland's alternative culture. (Though it wasn't totally scenester-free — say hello to Idol 's token hipster, Brittany Zika.) Head below for the five contestants from the Northwest you'll want to keep in mind when Hollywood Week begins on February 8. The Top 5 Contestants To Watch From The Portland Auditions: Brittany [...]

American Idol returns tonight and they head to the City of Roses Portland, Oregon tonight in search of the next American Idol. This is Idol's first trip to Oregon. This week will be the final week of auditions. After tonight's auditions, the show will move to St. Louis, Missouri — and then it's off to Hollywood Week! Last week at the end of the Houston, Texas auditions 54 people were given their golden tickets to Hollywood. If you missed the episode you can read our recap and see all IDOL news [...]

I'm hoping and praying that THIS might be the break Katharine McPhee has so long deserved. I've been a fan of McPhee's since she busted onto the scene as a fresh faced & flawless contestant on season 5 of American Idol . While she may have lost to Taylor Hicks , America will see who the real winner is once Katharine's buzzed about new TV show SMASH [...]

This hump day clearly won't be one of my most productive ones. There's a cluster of ideas for future posts crowding my mind, but instead of settling on any of them, I'll focus on the one thing that is stopping me from focusing on anything else today: tonight's Soundgarden show at Melbourne's Sidney Meyer Music Bowl, which will be my first major concert in Australia. (What took me so long, right?) I'll have to do some sort of in-depth analysis of Soundgarden one day (like tomorrow, when I'll be reviewing the show for the Time Out Melbourne [...]

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Before Madonna's cheerleader-themed "Give Me All Your Luvin'" video premieres on Friday , the Nicki Minaj- and M.I.A.-featuring visual will be previewed during Thursday night's episode of American Idol . But ahead of that, there's a preview of the preview of sorts, via a Fox TV ad for Idol this week. Watch the trio of musical M-named ladies shake their pom poms very briefly after the jump. Both the "Give Me All Your Luvin'" single and video arrive on Friday, which also just [...]

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There's life left in it, of course, and doubtless Fox will continue to squeeze every drop from it, but American Idol is now firmly on the wane , being beaten in its slot by The Big Bang Theory. There's a scent of panic coming from the show, scrabbling to bring back Nigel Lythgoe as executive producer and trying to drag interest out of 'look, these people are mad' and 'look, the judges are having an argument amongst themselves that isn't in any way staged, oh no.' It's not working, though. 30% of the viewers that [...]