American Idol returns to TV Wednesday for a two-hour season premiere that just might be the most important in the show’s history. Gone is Simon Cowell, the cranky judge who helped make the show a hit. Gone is a pretty decent percentage of the viewers who made Idol the most-watched show on television. Gone, too,…
Welcome to a new feature of Idol Chatter — a look back at nine years worth of American Idols. Click on the names of any former Idol finalist below and you’ll be taken to a page that includes videos of their past Idol performances, at least the ones still available on YouTube. You’ll also find…
Congratulations to Arianna Afsar, a former Idol contestant who just placed in the top 10 at the Miss America pageant. Arianna ws a contestant on Idol back in Season 8, when she made the semifinals only to have the show butcher the semifinal format. That was the year when Idol advanced 32 contestants to the…
