Phillip Phillips

The stakes are high in Hollywood Round 1 this week as some wannabe stars are hitting their marks and others are just hitting strings of wrong notes. After we enjoyed a line of epic foibles (like one girl begging in a high squeak, "Can I just sing one more note? Just one more?" ... ), Steven Tyler went backstage to offer a bit of a pep talk to the nervous contestants, urging that he wante

Phillip Phillips – yes, that's his real name, as he told us in his intro package --  was the final singer to audition on episode one of Season 11 of 'American Idol' in Savannah, Ga. Phillips first soared through a terrific version of Stevie Wonder's 'Superstition,' and the singer was feeling it. While offering up his blue-eyed soul edition of the Motown classic, Phillips sang with his teeth gritte