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Monthly ‘Idol’ Roundup: February 2018

With less than a month away from the premiere of “American Idol” on ABC, the show’s alum are busy reminding fans of the show from season’s past about its history with their new music, tour dates, and other exciting news.

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Album Review: ‘Paranoia’ Signifies a New Era for ‘Idol’ Winner Lee DeWyze

As American Idol gears up to premiere its 16th season on ABC beginning March 11, it’s hard to believe that Season 9, the season where the grouchy but honest Simon Cowell left the juggernaut show, was almost eight years ago. That season was the same season where Lee DeWyze, the underdog painter from Mount Prospect, Illinois, […]

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Monthly ‘Idol’ Roundup: April/May 2016

Since American Idol crowned its final winner, Trent Harmon last month, a lot has happened on the Idol front. Still making a name for itself beyond the show, I’ve decided to make a comeback and bring fellow Idol fans all the scoop from the last two months on the show’s contestants and judges in case you […]

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Idol Winner, DeWyze, Re- “Frames” Himself.

I talked a lot about the “white guy with guitar” streak during my Idol series this past season and how the producers were determined to break it – an effort I can understand after five male winners in a row, but with the success of Phillip Phillips and David Cook, there’s an obvious underlining message […]

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Idol Top 4 Results – Twist and Out

As I’ve said in previous articles, the results shows with the save/non-eliminations are always the most anti-climatic because you can generally see them coming from a mile away. Subtlety was never really a part of the Idol Machine’s vocabulary. Still, Thursday’s results show was far from unimportant. As the show chugs like an unstoppable steam […]

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