• American Idol: Trivia Vote Reminder Hosted Chat Tones …full story

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• AI Hottest Male: gokfan1 Posts: 27 I think it's Danny. Is that the general consensus or does everyone automatically choose their favorites no matter what? …full story

• PredictAI: Last night’s show was a flurry and it went by before I knew it. By the time I looked at the clock it was 9:41, and it seemed like it had just begun. News of Kanye West and Kelly Clarkson …full story

• Saved by Simon?: The much-hyped new rule is “The Judges' Save.” It’s a one-time only do-over that allows the judges to keep the lowest vote-getter around for another week if all four agree the unlucky loser was voted off too soon. Nobody would be eliminated under that scenario, with two getting kicked off the following week instead, and it has to happen before the field is reduced to the final five. Ryan noted that it could have saved Jennifer Hudson back in season three, although the judges would have had to be able to peer into a crystal ball and foresee that she would become an Oscar-winning star who would remain bitter about her early exit. rnrn …full story

• Kanye West performed on American Idol and sang 'Heartless'. Kind-of weird seeing how he can't sing and the auto-tune is so audible. You can watch the performance below. …full story

• rnWhen taking a look at the myriad of different criticisms, praises, fan sites, different angles on news stories, and educated opinions and analyses of American Idol, it is basically impossible to come up with a consistent image of how American culture understands this reality show. All of the issues I have discussed in this blog can be viewed in several different ways, depending on the context of the reader or analyzer. However, this inconsistency in audience understandings may actually shed light on the overall diversity of the American Idol audience, since different contexts frequently produce conflicting understandings of the same topic.rn …full story

• rnrnLove or hate "American Idol," you have to admit that it usually runs pretty smoothly. But when producers (or whoever) thought it would be a good idea to force the contestants to sing Michael Jackson songs, they really missed the boat.rn …full story