With all the chatter this morning, I thought it would be appropriate to review some of the confirmed controversies surrounding American Idol:
In an interview prior to the start of the fifth season of American Idol, Executive Producer Nigel Lythgoe revealed for the first time that Clay Aiken had led the fan voting every week from the Wild Card week onward until the finale, when the possibly-random voting result gave Ruben Studdard the win. Of course, the truth will probably never be known and Clay went on to have a great career but that is besides the point.
During season four, …read more

Some of you have complained about the voting system on American Idol and you’ve said the Dancing With the Stars (DWTS) procedure is better.
Currently, Idol viewers can vote as many times as they can get through during the specified time period. I went to Wikipedia and here’s what I got for the DWTS system:
Scoring and Voting Procedure
The scoring begins with the judges’ marks. Each judge gives a 1 to 10 score, allowing for a perfect score of 30. With multiple performances, the scores would all be added at the end of the program. The scores for all competitors are added …read more

Since it is latin week, I will stick with the theme and say “Hasta la vista, baby!”

Her Ho Patrol has obviously become the “No” Patrol. Haley Scarnato is going home. I think making the contestants sing after their elimination is cruel and in this case, I feel like I’ve been punished as well.
I must say that I agree with the bottom three. I think Jordin was a bit worse than Chris but Phil is getting on my last nerve. He is talented but I don’t know what happened to him over the last few weeks. If you listen to him …read more

I wasn’t a fan of most of the performances last night and I thought Gina did okay, (not great, but okay) but there is NO WAY that I thought she should go home tonight!!!! This is the first real shocker of the season for me and my throat is tender from screaming. Haley stayed, so the Ho Patrol must be alive and well (and voting…yuck). I hope to see her again.

There’s a new poll for everyone to check-out on the site, let us know who your favorite of all the American Idol winners has been.

Season 1: Kelly Clarkson
Season 2: Ruben Studdard
Season 3: Fantasia Barrino
Season 4: Carrie Underwood
Season 5: Taylor Hicks