Reed Grimm

Contestant Reed Grimm was the lucky guy who got to kickstart the live competition on 'American Idol' tonight. He gave us a jazzy rendition of ‘Moves Like Jagger’ by Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera and even if he was feeling the heat of being the first to go, he certainly didn’t show that he was sweating.

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?

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 b

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.

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

'American Idol' hopeful Reed Grimm, who is also a nanny and whose parents met while they were in a band, has musical roots and is a great performer. How do we know that he is a great performer when we only just met him at the show's first-ever auditions in Pittsburgh?