American Idol

Auditions: NYC/San Juan - Last audition episode! One last bell to answer, one last freak to fie-fo-fum. I am so tired, man. I can't believe they put this crap on TV on the wrong day and we still watched it. That's so sick. On...

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American Idol: Most Insane Performances

American Idol: Most Insane Performances

So many trainwrecks, so little time. We look back at the craziest performances ever.

American Idol: The Worst of the Best of Season 7

American Idol: The Worst of the Best of Season 7

Yo, yo, dawg, can you feel me? This is going to be the best season of Idol ever! Really? Not from where we're sitting. We rate the worst performances by the Top 12.

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Week Without Pity: May 23, 2008

Biggest. Finale. Week. Ever? We look back at the season-enders of "Gossip Girl," "The Bachelor" and "American Idol" to decide which show was the best, worst and just plain guiltiest pleasure.

TV Is The Answer: American Idol

Vloggers Beth & Val explain how you -- yes, you -- can win "American Idol."

TV Is the Answer: American Idol

Are "cougar ladies" the key to David Cook's success? Bloggers Beth & Val think they have the answer.

The Week Without Pity: Friday, Jan. 18

We look back at the week's best and worst shows and reveal our favorite guilty pleasure.

RECAPS, WEECAPS, AND MORE

Latest Episode

8-7
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"It Hurts Where You Get Kicked Sometimes."

Auditions: NYC/San Juan - An hour of American Idol comes and goes, and in it: things happen. That's pretty much all we know for sure.

2009.01.29
2009.01.30
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Jacob

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Air/Pub'l

Grade

Author

8-6
Weecap

"Bunny! Hi, Bunny!"

Auditions: Salt Lake City - Utah! Come for the giant teeth, stay for the singing! Leave as soon as you possibly can!

2009.01.28
2009.01.29
A+

Jacob

8-5
Weecap

"A Lot Of People Fear Physics."

Auditions: Jacksonville - Who knew it could get more boring than San Francisco?

2009.01.27
2009.01.28
A+

Jacob

8-4
Weecap

"Was That A Threat?" "That Was A Threat."

Auditions: Louisville - Skip the mint juleps and serve yourself some bourbon neat, because Kentucky is not going to be kind.

2009.01.21
2009.01.22
A+

Jacob

8-3
Weecap

"Paula Had A Very Hit Song... When I Was A Child."

Auditions: San Francisco - Tilda Swinton beatboxes, Ellen Page builds this city, and several deeply uncomfortable spazzes give us the best they've got.


2009.01.21
A+

Jacob

8-2
Weecap

"These Are My Crazy Pills!"

Auditions: Kansas City - Heartwarming and stomach-turning in equal amounts, Kansas City raises the annoying quotient while shoveling us yet more horrific backstories. On the menu tonight: Congenital heart conditions, dead wives, and tornadoes!

2009.01.14
2009.01.15
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Jacob

8-1
Weecap

"Next Time, Just Come Naked"

Auditions: Phoenix - Somewhere between Ryan Seacrest and the cast of Friday Night Lights, a new name has inscribed itself on the All-Time Awesome Board Of Fame. That name is Kara DioGuardi, and this is the story of how she blew ya mind.

2009.01.13
2009.01.14
A+

Jacob

7-42
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The David We Deserve

Season 7: Finale, Part II - In a good way, though! Well, depending on which pony you backed. Or else you're simply a disinterested observer, in which case... David Cook won, is what we're saying.

2008.05.21
2008.05.22
A-

Joe R

7-41
Weecap

In Which Simon Messes With Your Head

Season 7: Finale, Part I - Two Davids, three songs, and a nation divided: which will have the honor of being crushed beneath the wheels of an antique and monstrous industry? America, you decide!

2008.05.20
2008.05.21
A

Jacob

7-40
Weecap

Local Radio Gods

Season 7: Top 3 Results - The home visits are just as scintillating as ever, and the Top 3 elimination is even more predictable. Thank God we have Fantasia to freak out and scream at us in the most fantastic way possible.

2008.05.14
2008.05.15
B-

Joe R

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