As the Yak reported earlier, Ellen Degeneres will no longer act as judge on American Idol. She released a statement earlier tonight regarding her departure from the show. You can read that here. Just hours later, we now have report [...]

Just moments ago, Ellen Degeneres released a statement to Access Hollywood regarding her future on American Idol. She will no longer be a judge on the Fox juggernaut. “A couple months ago, I let FOX and the ‘American Idol’ producers know that [...]

AOL TV has reported that Nigel Lythgoe might be returning to American Idol for a much needed remodeling of the show’s structure and format. And first on the table for the So You Think You Can Dance judge and Executive Producer? [...]

Since performing on the finale of American Idol in May, Bret Michaels has now emerged as the new favorite to replace Simon Cowell as an American Idol judge, who has now left an open seat at the judges table after [...]

Less than 24 hours after Lee was announced as winner of American Idol, both Lee and Crystal have now signed at the bottom line.  Yep, both have their deals signed and sealed!  According to the Crystal Bowersox Blog (and a [...]

So another season of American Idol has come to a close.  How would I wrap up the season?  Well, there were a few good moments, and many boring ones.  I myself was a huge Crystal fan, and thought the final [...]

Rumor has it that some people’s favorite judge might be back on American Idol for this season’s finale, where either Lee Dewyze or Crystal Bowersox will be crowned the next American Idol. For those of you still watching American Idol [...]

Welcome to the inaugural edition of Ahrean’s Hot Topic Blog! Every morning you’re going to get Ahrean’s thoughts on various hot news stories happening around the world and it can range from world news, to celebrity gossip, to reality show [...]

Jumping the shark. Long running shows usually run into this problem after a while, right? No one show can stay perfect, right? Is American Idol the latest show to jump the shark? Click below to read on and see why [...]

We have done our research, and are 95% sure we had ourselves an Adam Lambert sighting at Starbucks in Malibu Ca.  Note the black nail polish, sunglasses, pompadour hairdo, earrings and the purple in the hair (as seen on AI [...]