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Simon Cowell has suggested that this year's series of The X Factor could be the last. His reality pop juggernaut appeared to falter last year with ratings dipping and the new judging panel coming in for criticism. And now Cowell has apparently admitted to ...  

American Idol winner Phillip Phillips will undergo kidney surgery on Tuesday, TMZ reports. Phillips, who has a congenital kidney stone problem, was ordered to have emergency surgery two weeks ago when he saw his doctor at home in Georgia, but he postponed ...  

LOS ANGELES - Coming in second on "American Idol" still may be a path to stardom, but it no longer offers guaranteed paychecks worthy of the next pop idol or rock star. Wednesday night's "Idol' runner-up, Jessica Sanchez, doesn't have a definite shot at ...  

Dancing With the Stars Troupe member Henry Byalikov was almost a pro during Dancing With the Stars’ 2010 run, but unfortunately he wasn’t able to compete on the show. However, he’s now a member of the Troupe, which means we get to see him dancing ...  

132 million votes, a full house at the Nokia Theatre, big name musical guests and a marriage proposal: This was your "American Idol" finale. The jam-packed two hour event featured a steady succession of music and sequined special guests before the Season ...  

052412_JessicaSanchez_ftrJessica may have finished in second place on ‘American Idol,’ but the big-voiced diva is already looking to the future — and her debut album! While on the show, Sanchez even drew comparisons to a younger Beyonce and Rihanna ...  

I was assigned to cover the 11th season finale of “American Idol” at the Nokia theatre in downtown Los Angeles. The show culminates after months of nationwide eliminations and crowns a new winner in a two-hour televised show. The show features the last ...  

"Real." The hyper-feminine hotties who get all the action? You get the picture. The standard conventions of reality TV -- typecasting, contrived conflict, joyless sexual undertones -- feel malicious when overlaid onto an already marginalized and ...  

This dude's a nightmare. He seems all nice, but he's teaching people how to tattoo in two weeks, largely using real-life volunteers. Those people are so desperate for a tattoo that they are willing to be guinea pigs, but they don't realize that ...  

The X Factor chief, 51, revealed in his raunchiest-ever interview how he found himself alone with the two gorgeous girls. He said of the encounter, which he confessed happened “years ago”: “I was just with these two girls and we ended up in bed.  

Once again, a male singer rules on "American Idol." Phillip Phillips took the Season 11 crown, extending the male-dominated run to five straight seasons. (Jordin Sparks was the last female winner, in Season 6). So, what do fans think of the ...  

American Idol winner Phillip Phillips was in so much pain from his kidney troubles Wednesday night, he limped into the Nokia Theatre for the finale and sat uncomfortably through most of his victory party, according to MIX 104.1’s Erin O’Malley.  

There are things I think younger me would have been ranting about that I just can't summon outrage about these days. A Springsteen song on "Glee"? Whatever. I don't watch "Glee." I won't go searching for video of "Glee." Doesn't matter.  

During the first of two days of tapings in Austin, Texas, the panel of four 
judges – Spears, Lovato, producer L.A. Reid and series creator Simon Cowell
 – listened to 31 singers and groups audition for a chance at a $5 million ...  

This video will play in a new browser window. Make sure that pop-up blockers are disabled. Season 10's Pia Toscano interviews Season 11's Top 2, Phillip Phillips and Jessica Sanchez, on the red carpet before the fnale.