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  'American Idol' Recap: Change Nothing | ARTICLE

  This week, season 11 of American Idol comes to an end. No, really, it does. I know it's felt like a lifetime, but that's just because one of the most talented groups of singers this show has ever...

  May 23, 2012 9:30 AM ET
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  'American Idol' Recap: Man's World? | ARTICLE

  Tonight we find out who is going to be in the finals, but who cares about that because: Lisa Marie Presley is performing! I can't even type that with a straight face. Who is going to the finals...

  May 18, 2012 9:55 AM ET
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  'American Idol' Recap: Don't Want to Miss a Thing | ARTICLE

  Not only is tonight the semi-finals of the Best American Idol EverTM, but it is also our big chance to see how these lucky, talented performers live when they are at home and not kicking...

  May 17, 2012 9:55 AM ET
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  'American Idol' Recap: Three Is the Magic Number | ARTICLE

  Welcome back to American Idol, where if you can wade through just 54 minutes of solid filler, we will find out who has been eliminated. Each week Ryan Seacrest tries to convince us that the results are...

  May 11, 2012 9:45 AM ET
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  'American Idol' Recap: I Can't Make You Love Me | ARTICLE

  It's the Final Four! In just 14 days we will be watching the season finale and one of these tiny little teenagers will be crowned America's Most Wanted Idol. But before we can winnow the herd, or...

  May 10, 2012 9:40 AM ET
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  'American Idol' Recap: Cut Down to Size | ARTICLE

  It's the dwindling hour of American Idol, when one of the final five drops, leaving what Ryan Seacrest calls the "coveted" top four positions. Quit trying to make the Top Four happen, Ryan. If you wouldn't get...

  May 4, 2012 9:25 AM ET
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  'American Idol' Recap: Five for Fighting | ARTICLE

  It's the final stretch of this season of American Idol, and now that Elise Testone has been sent to the retirement home, the remaining contestants are all young, lean, mean fighting machines who, in the new-and-improved words...

  May 3, 2012 9:55 AM ET
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  'American Idol' Recap: Another One Bites the Dust | ARTICLE

  At this point in the competition, the only way to fill an entire hour of primetime is to start each show with an increasingly long montage of shots from last night's incredibly long show. The very scenes...

  April 27, 2012 9:10 AM ET
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  'American Idol' Recap: Show Must Go On | ARTICLE

  Before tonight's show, Twitter was atwitter with news that Ryan Seacrest was ill. Nikki Finke even tweeted "American Idol Scrambling to Find Substitute for Ailing Host Ryan Seacrest" while Seacrest was actually already on the air, doing...

  April 26, 2012 9:45 AM ET
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  'Krautwerk' Satisfies Ticketless Kraftwerk Fans in Brooklyn | ARTICLE

  While Kraftwerk fans were dancing wildly to "More Fun to Compute" on the crowded floor last night, another set of fans were miles from the opening night of the revered group's retrospective at the Museum of Modern...

  April 11, 2012 3:25 PM ET
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  'American Idol' Recap: Master Blaster | ARTICLE

  Uh oh, Joshua Ledet isn't feeling well. The singer is light-headed, dizzy and unsteady on his feet, but instead of sending him backstage to mend in private, like a lion in the Serengeti, Ryan Seacrest spots weakness...

  April 6, 2012 8:45 AM ET
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  'American Idol' Recap: What, a Feeling? | ARTICLE

  It's Eighties night! That means not only will the Top Eight perform hits from the decade, but also that Heejun Han's farewell video montage will be shown with a Mr. Mister score and we get to see...

  April 5, 2012 9:21 AM ET
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  'American Idol' Recap: Eight Is Enough | ARTICLE

  Welcome to the most time-killing episode of American Idol yet. While you may have thought yesterday's two-hour, nine-song performance was as far as this show can stretch, you were wrong. Just accept it and move on with...

  March 30, 2012 9:05 AM ET
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  'American Idol' Recap: Go Your Own Way | ARTICLE

  Welcome back to American Idol, where they are still trying to make Tommy Hilfiger happen. The designer gives the top nine contestants a few fashion tips that they promptly ignore because DID YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO...

  March 29, 2012 9:10 AM ET
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  'American Idol' Recap: Curse of the Makeover | ARTICLE

  Wednesday night we learned a valuable lesson: It's easy to sing Billy Joel badly. Especially when you have never heard a Billy Joel song before because you are a teenager and Billy Joel hasn't produced a hit...

  March 23, 2012 9:25 AM ET
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  'American Idol' Recap: The Billy Joel Songbook | ARTICLE

  This week's episode of Idol is billed as the Top 10 duking it out, and yet the show starts with tears. An entire montage of behind-the-scenes heartache and tear-filled farewells. But these Idol contestants are tough cookies,...

  March 22, 2012 10:36 AM ET
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  'American Idol' Recap: Results Are In | ARTICLE

  After the expulsion of Jermaine Jones from the ranks of American Idol contestants, the fate of the contestants is uncertain. Will someone be eliminated tonight, or will Jermaine's sacrificial stupidity be enough to sate the ratings gods?...

  March 16, 2012 9:05 AM ET
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  'American Idol' Recap: Not-So-Gentle Giant? | ARTICLE

  If you're a fan of both American Idol and gossip magazines, you may have already heard some rumors about tonight's episode. But just because the truth is already out there doesn't mean that the producers are going...

  March 15, 2012 9:55 AM ET
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  'American Idol' Recap: Big Time | ARTICLE

  It's results night, meaning all the contestants are either on the edge of their seats or harking back to their middle school musical acting lessons, pretending to be on the edge of their seats and humble. Who...

  March 9, 2012 10:25 AM ET
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  'American Idol' Recap: Whitney vs. Stevie | ARTICLE

  Tonight the battle of the sexes is waging live on the stage of American Idol. But instead of getting dolled up in American Gladiator garb and duking it out, the women will sing Whitney Houston's greatest hits...

  March 8, 2012 8:55 AM ET