American Idol

Episodes

• Episode 39 | Aired May 25 Baby Lock Them Doors Because The Winner Needs Security Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina face off in a jam-packed season 10 finale Comments +
• Episode 38 | Aired May 24 Duel at the Nokia Theater Scotty and Lauren fight to gain support of their fans -- but only one has the support of the Idol machine. Comments +
• Episode 37 | Aired May 19 Throwing in the Growl The most interesting top 3 contestant heads home; Il Volo, Nicole Scherzinger, and 50 Cent perform Comments +
• Episode 36 | Aired May 18 Three for the Money Shot Haley, Scotty, and Lauren sing three times each on Wednesday's penultimate season 10 performance show Comments +
• Episode 35 | Aired May 12 Tail of Tears A judges' favorite heads home. But wait a minute...I thought that person was in it to win it! Was Randy lying?! Comments +
• Episode 34 | Aired May 11 I'd Like to Solve the Puzzle J. Lo and Randy act as if Scotty, James, and Lauren have cracked an impossible code before their very well-paid eyes Comments +
• Episode 33 | Aired May 5 God Bless the Wild A charismatic singer heads home; J. Lo writhes around "On the Floor"; Steven Tyler plays with popcorn Comments +
• Episode 32 | Aired May 4 In It to Spin It Randy and J. Lo -- who both showed up Wednesday night -- flap their traps wildly in an agonizing attempt to stick to the script Comments +
• Episode 31 | Aired Apr 28 Tragic Spell One of the top 6 skedaddles home; Crystal Bowersox and Bruno Mars perform Comments +
• Episode 30 | Aired Apr 27 King, Pinned The top 6 take on the Carole King songbook; Randy declares an early winner Comments +
• Episode 29 | Aired Apr 21 Arrivederci, Amigo One of the top 7 heads home, David Cook sings, and Katy Perry performs Comments +
• Episode 28 | Aired Apr 20 In (And After) The Year 2000.... The top 7 mostly stick to their own genres with 'Songs from the 21st Century' Comments +
• Episode 27 | Aired Apr 14 Guy's Night Out After last week's Pia drama, America votes out another early favorite, probably to far less outcry Comments +
• Episode 26 | Aired Apr 13 Movie Wailers The top 8 sing their favorite songs from films, whether Jimmy Iovine likes 'em or not Comments +
• Episode 25 | Aired Apr 7 Why You Look So Sad? Shocker! America votes out a presumed frontrunner; Iggy Pop and Constantine Maroulis perform Comments +
• Episode 24 | Aired Apr 6 The Rock Garden The judges nearly trip over each other in an attempt to out-praise the top 9 during Rock and Roll Hall of Fame night Comments +
• Episode 23 | Aired Mar 31 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Fantasia ladles out comfort food; two of the top 11 are goin' back to their ploughs Comments +
• Episode 22 | Aired Mar 30 Haley and the Jets The Elton John songbook brings out the sparkle in most of the top 11 Comments +
• Episode 21 | Aired Mar 24 Shock and Awwww The judges use their only save of the season in the craziest results show ever Comments +
• Episode 20 | Aired Mar 23 Motown Madness The Top 11 take on the type of music that inspired Steven Tyler to make out with girls Comments +
• Episode 19 | Aired Mar 17 And Then a Hero Goes Along A singer goes home, an Idol returns, and the Black Eyed Peas care about Japan Comments +
• Episode 18 | Aired Mar 16 Mostly Stupid and Contagious Many of the Top 12 sounded screechy and off-key during their ''Birth Year Songs'' Comments +
• Episode 17 | Aired Mar 10 Lady Sings the Blues The right contestant goes home in season 10's first finalist elimination Comments +
• Episode 16 | Aired Mar 9 Let's Hear It for the '90s The contestants choose "songs from their idols" for the Top 13 performance night Comments +
• Episode 15 | Aired Mar 3 Three Wild Ones The judges save three singers with wild cards; 11 of the Top 24 head home Comments +
• Episode 14 | Aired Mar 2 Pageant of the Misses The Top 12 Girls busted out prom dresses and boring song choices, with few exceptions Comments +
• Episode 13 | Aired Mar 1 12 Rangy Men The top 12 guys get one shot to justify their Idoldome existence Comments +
• Episode 12 | Aired Feb 24 500 Miles to Seacrest J. Lo, S. Ty, and Randy reveal the Top 24 -- but not before plenty of fakeouts Comments +
• Episode 11 | Aired Feb 23 Hello Beatles, Goodbye Dreams The contestants (barely) meet the Beatles and J. Lo breaks down in a real circus show Comments +
• Episode 10 | Aired Feb 17 Giant Holding Room On My Mind After strutting onstage for Solo Day, the contestants await possible doom in the Hollywood Week jail cells Comments +
• Episode 09 | Aired Feb 16 Groups Gone Wild Hollywood Week's group day was big on drama, medium on performance, and low on stage-mom tolerance Comments +
• Episode 08 | Aired Feb 10 Hooray for Hollywood Week The first a cappella round keeps the dream alive for some and crushes others forever Comments +
• Episode 07 | Aired Feb 9 Fire On the Bay The San Francisco auditions feature colorful characters, many of whom are not freaks Comments +
• Episode 06 | Aired Feb 3 California Screamin' The Los Angeles auditions deliver five promising singers and a new understanding of the word 'tedium' Comments +
• Episode 05 | Aired Feb 2 Cattle Call The Austin auditions deliver a few promising country kids; an armadillo is put out to pasture Comments +
• Episode 04 | Aired Jan 27 Music City Blues The Nashville auditions bring us a pageant queen and a superstar teen Comments +
• Episode 03 | Aired Jan 26 Now That's What I Call a Sob Story! As 53 hopefuls make the cut, 26-year-old Chris Medina and his brain injury-addled fiancée make us cry Comments +
• Episode 02 | Aired Jan 20 The Big Easy Listening The auditions head to New Orleans, so Randy Jackson and Steven Tyler take their shirts off Comments +
• Episode 01 | Aired Jan 19 It's a Whole New Show Simon who? Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez join Randy Jackson for an upbeat, friendlier season 10 premiere Comments +