18 | April | 2013 | Idol Chatter & Voice Views

Season 12, Season 12 finals
American Idol Top 5 results: Janelle Arthur goes home

April 18, 2013 By Mark Franklin 0

When the biggest complaint about an American Idol episode is a bad song choice by one contestant — I’m going to resist any dumb blonde jokes — you’ve just witnessed a pretty good night of music. A Top 5 made up of all ladies delivered 10 performances ranging from good to very good to better…
Season 12, Season 12 finals
American Idol Top 5 recap: Who should stay, who should go

April 18, 2013 By Mark Franklin 0

For three years, I’ve been begging for Jimmy Iovine critiques on show night. I mean, what good does it do for us to find out what he thought of a performance after all the votes are in. Lo and behold, Wednesday night, there he was, standing backstage, telling us what he thought of each performance…