American Idol

The first 'Idol' winner's performance of 'Piece By Piece' on the show's final season reduced a good part of the crowd to tears.

After the first round of semi-final performances, the Season 1 winner thinks a certain 22-year-old has got what it takes.

Since the show's first season in 2002, Hollywood Week has served as an equalizer of the show's initially-passable talent — relive ten standout moments from seasons past.

From Zayn's departure from One Direction to Madge's messy on-stage kiss with Drake, these are the moments that had our jaws dropping in 2015 so far.

After 15 seasons, 'American Idol' is coming to end. On Monday (May 11), Fox executives held a press conference to formally announce its final season.

Now that Upfronts 2015 have entered the scheduling phase, we thought most of the major renewals, cancellations and pickups had delivered their biggest surprises. Not so apparently, as FOX has decided to put American Idol out to pasture after 15 seasons, ending the reality singing competition for good next year.

Justin Guarini is back on TV, showing off his impressive vocal chords in a new commercial for Diet Dr. Pepper.

According to sources at E! News, long-standing singing competition ‘American Idol’ will no longer be airing twice a week. Instead, the show will have both the performances and results airing in only one weekly episode.

As had been rumored for a while, Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj have both publicly confirmed that they are leaving 'American Idol' after this season, following the announcement that Randy Jackson was also retiring. This leaves Keith Urban as the last judge standing, though perhaps not for long.

There were rumors that there was going to be a big 'American Idol' shake-up, but before anything was made official Randy Jackson has given the show his walking papers. Jackson announced today that Season 12 will be his last on the hit show.

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Mariah Carey has officially joined ‘American Idol‘ as a judge for Season 12, which kicks off in 2013. Congrats not only to Carey but to Fox on this major, major coup. While it seemed that producers had a challenge on their hands in trying to find a suitable A-list replacement for the departing Jennifer Lopez, they outdiva-ed the diva with this addition.