Part of the allure of "American Idol" is you hope for that one special performance that judge Simon Cowell refers to as “a moment." Whether it’s Fantasia Barrino crooning “Summertime” or David Cook overhauling “Billie Jean,” each season yields performance worthy of becoming ...

After a week devoted to the all-time most iconic rock band, “American Idol” raided the catalog of the all-time most iconic singer. Yes, America, it was Elvis week. The good news was it gave the producers an excuse to film a segment in Vegas with mentor Adam Lambert, last ...

http://worldonline.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2010/04/07/casey.jpg After Nielsen numbers revealed this week that top dog "American Idol" had dropped to second place behind "Dancing With the Stars" for the first time, the singing competition's producers were no doubt hoping ...

Since this uneven season of "American Idol" has now reached the top ten plateau, it's time to officially handicap the chances each contestant has of winning it all. Given this truly oddball collection of entertainers, predicting is by no means an exact science. (Compare it to past seasons ...

Billboard has been in existence for 116 years. And since 1958, the publication has released its Hot 100, charting the top songs of each week. Despite such an exhaustive catalog of number one hits to choose from, few of the "American Idol" contestants proved able to find anything listenable ...

Finally, it's dirty dozen time. All the preliminary hoo-ha is over, and "American Idol" is officially underway. Consequently, with a more manageable amount of contestants to wade through, it's time to now dive in each week and employ Culture Crumbs to scrutinize the world's most popular TV ...