American Idol

Episodes

• Episode 39 | Aired May 22 Phillip Phillips Hits a 'Home' Run Jessica Sanchez and Phillip Phillips belt out an impressive finale Read our live blog Comments + Latest Recap
• Episode 38 | Aired May 17 No More Drama The most exciting performer heads home; finalists advance; Adam Lambert trespasses Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 37 | Aired May 16 Imagine All the People Hometown heroes Joshua, Jessica, and Phillip prove it's easy if you try Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 36 | Aired May 10 Turn Down the Lights It's the end of California Dreamin' for one of the Top 4; J. Lo and David Cook perform Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 35 | Aired May 9 Nothing Without a Woman or a Girl Jessica and Joshua deliver season highs. There's no, no, no way you're living without the Top 4, "our favorite swingers" Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 34 | Aired May 3 Gunpowder and Dread The Top 5 become the Top 4; Coldplay and Carrie Underwood perform Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 33 | Aired May 2 It's the Time of the Season for Wanting It, Ryan! The Top 5 sing a '60s classic and a Brit Pop tune; Seacrest turns down the chance to wear high heels Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 32 | Aired Apr 26 Another One Bites the Dust The Top 6 become the Top 5; Katy Perry and Stefano Langone perform Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 31 | Aired Apr 25 No Escape From Reality The Top 6 hover between real life and fantasy on Queen Night; a sick Ryan says the show must go on Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 30 | Aired Apr 19 Piano Lessens The judges pretend to be on pins and needles as Top 7 become the Top 6; Kris Allen and LMFAO perform Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 29 | Aired Apr 18 Throw Your Soul Through Every Open Door The Top 7 take on soul favorites and recent hits; J. Lo crushes on Phillip; Hollie is back! Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 28 | Aired Apr 12 Saved! The judges rush the stage to rescue a Top 7 singer; James Durbin and Jennifer Hudson perform Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 27 | Aired Apr 11 Songs From Three Years You Were Alive The Top 7 take on 'songs from this decade.' I think they all want it, Ryan! Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 26 | Aired Apr 5 The Lion Sleeps Tonight Randy and Steven tell J. Lo she can't save her adorable pet; The Wanted and Kellie Pickler perform Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 25 | Aired Apr 4 '80s Night and the Feeling's Right The Top 8 perform solos and duets; Randy switches his catchphrase from "in it to win it" to "gotta have it" Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 24 | Aired Mar 29 Take a Sad Song and Make It Better The judges toy with saving one of the Top 9; Nicki Minaj and Scotty McCreery perform Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 23 | Aired Mar 28 Stevie, Take the Wheel Stevie Nicks mentors the Top 9 contestants, and breaking news from Randy: They all want to win it! Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 22 | Aired Mar 22 Nobody Wins From This Misery The wrong Top 10 contestant heads home; Haley Reinhart's 'Free' is a stunner Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 21 | Aired Mar 21 We're All in the Mood for a Melody The Top 10 take on Billy Joel; Erika chops off her Van Pelt Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 20 | Aired Mar 15 Ladies in Waiting The Top 10 make the summer tour; Daughtry and Demi Lovato perform Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 19 | Aired Mar 14 Born Again (Except For One, Who Died) Everyone except Jermaine Jones parties like it's the year they were born Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 18 | Aired Mar 8 It's Time to Crush Some Dreams The judges choose between the bottom guy and bottom girl; Mary J. Blige and Lauren Alaina perform Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 17 | Aired Mar 7 Oh the Stevie Wonder of It All The Top 13 take on Stevie Wonder and Whitney Houston songs; Randy Jackson wears a sparkly beaded pin Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 16 | Aired Mar 1 The Top 10 and the Wild Cards Top 13 move on; judges pull three wild cards; dungeoness crab Jimmy Iovine returns Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 15 | Aired Feb 29 12 Girls Just Want to Have Won The top 12 girls perform; Randy admits the judges were useless on Tuesday. You're all still beautiful! Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 14 | Aired Feb 28 13 Men and a Confused Baby's Nipple First live show! The Top 12 guys become the Top 13 as Ryan welcomes back an operatic gentle-giant mama's boy Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 13 | Aired Feb 23 The Top 24 and One Live Nude The semifinalists move on; Steven Tyler strips. Plus: Four guys will get a second chance Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 12 | Aired Feb 22 On the Threshold of 'Le Reve' The judges name 14 of the Top 24; the rejects are cast into deadly pools of plasma Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 11 | Aired Feb 16 Vegas Babies The judges narrow the field from 70 to 42 after performances on the 'Viva ELVIS' stage Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 10 | Aired Feb 15 Not for the Faint of Heart It's the dreaded Hollywood Week Group Round! Some girls collapse; an entire room heads home Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 09 | Aired Feb 9 Nobody Dies (Or Sings) The Hollywood Week hopefuls try not to kill each other with their conflicting personalities and infectious diseases Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 08 | Aired Feb 8 A New Low The judges put on their hard hats for Hollywood Week; a girl falls off the stage. Cliffhanger! Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 07 | Aired Feb 2 Arch Angels The judges attempt to find the next Carrie Underwood in St. Louis Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 06 | Aired Feb 1 Portlandia TV worlds collide as Ryan Seacrest's ego takes a healthy beating in the land of environmental consciousness Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 05 | Aired Jan 26 The Revolution is Here A few local loons and dissension among the judges provide a welcome change of pace for the Texas auditions Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 04 | Aired Jan 25 Got Any Aspen? Our wacky extended family vacations in tranquil Colorado for another round of auditions Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 03 | Aired Jan 22 Fly Girls All aboard the U.S.S. Sunday Night Football! The ladies impress during the post-game San Diego auditions Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 02 | Aired Jan 19 Steel Planks There's nowhere to go but down after a flat but sturdy set of Pittsburgh auditions Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 01 | Aired Jan 18 On the Seacrest of a Wave Season 11 kicks off with some promising auditions in Savannah. Oh, kids! Read our live blog Comments +