American Idol
The 42-contestant herd on 'American Idol' is being thinned out to 24: 12 girls, 12 guys. The final 24 will perform for the first time at the live shows next week. Can you believe we are already at the live shows, 'Idol' watchers?
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Frazer Harrison, Getty Images Simon Cowell is so sure of 'X Factor' that he's willing to pit his show's next winner against the top contestants from NBC's 'The Voice' and his former home, Fox's 'American Idol.' It sounds like a great idea to reigning 'Voice' champ Javier Colon, who's offering to cut to the chase and step up to the mic in a three-way showdown right now.
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Frederick M. Brown, Getty Images Only 70 'American Idol' contestants were left at the start of tonight's episode (Feb. 16) and when all was said and done, there were only 42 still standing. Before the drastic cutting of contestants took place, the hopefuls headed to Sin City to perform in groups...again.
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Frederick M. Brown, Getty Images On the latest edition of 'American Idol' (Feb. 15), there were 185 remaining contestants during Group Week and Solo Day, all split in 42 groups. Lyrical/verbal amnesia ran rampant throughout many of the groups. The sickness/flu was still hanging over the auditions like a plague. People were fainting and falling left and right, a la cut 'Idol' contestant Symone Black (aka the girl who fell off the stage two weeks ago). Doesn't anyone hydrate anymore?
The episode was split into the group performances and then solo performances, where some tough cuts had to be made. PopCrush has your recap with all of the happenings from tonight's episode.
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YouTube It seems that just about every great singer on 'American Idol' this week had "Georgia" on their minds. We're not sure why, but pretty much every top performer blew the judges away with a rendition of the Ray Charles classic. Not least among the 'Georgia on My Mind' singers was new father and last performer of the night Adam Brock.
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YouTube Reed Grimm planned to go a capella for his 'American Idol' solo performance after Group Week and for Solo Day during the Hollywood round of auditions. However, since the hopefuls are required to sing with the band or play an instrument, he had 30 minutes to come with Plan B. Can you say "Crunch time" for Reed Grimm? It was a sink or swim moment, and by the end, Grimm, 26, was doing the backstroke.
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YouTube It's part two of the last day of Hollywood Week on 'American Idol,' and contestants are finally getting their chance to stand out -- without the added baggage of a sleep-deprived group. One of the first hopefuls to get the chance to parade her pipes was Jen Hirsh from Agoura Hills, Calif.
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YouTube The Hollywood Five went five-for-five during group week in Hollywood during the 'American Idol' auditions. The entire group got pushed through to the next round of the competition on the strength of their strong and well-harmonized rendition of Duffy's neo-soul gem 'Mercy.' We were not begging for mercy -- in fact, we were begging for more. That old phrase "keep it simple stupid" certainly applied here, as the performance was clean and crisp.
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YouTube Finally! Last Thursday's episode of 'American Idol' spotlighted ambulances and montages of nervous contestants throwing up in trash cans, but this week the singing is back. Seconds after disjointed and dramatic girl group the Bettys offered up an over-soloing train wreck, the group Groovesauce "set the bar" at Wednesday's group day, according to Randy Jackson.
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Frazer Harrison, Getty Images Congratulations to Scotty McCreery! The 'American Idol' Season 10 champ and country crooner has been nominated for a 2012 ACM Award, aka an American Country Music Award. McCreery has been nominated in the Best New Artist category, which is a considerable feat for someone who just turned 18!
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