Former American Idol champ Fantasia [ tickets ] Barrino bounced back from a suicide attempt to perform an impromptu concert in Las Vegas over the weekend, reports People Magazine. She crooned four songs -- including Prince's Purple Rain and Rufus and Chaka Khan's Tell Me Something Good -- and shed a little light on her dark days. I was in the hospital but now I bounce back, she said ...

By MIKE OSEGUEDA FRESNO (CALIF.) BEE In a way, Taylor Hicks is back where he started. Hicks, the fifth American Idol winner, is again an independent artist, performing in clubs and casinos. It's a far cry from winning TV's top-rated singing competition and being named People magazine's Hottest Bachelor in 2006. After releasing his post-Idol album on Arista Records, Hicks, 33, was dropped from ...

CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - You watched them come alive week after week on FOX19. Monday night, the tri-state got to see and hear them in person. We're talking 'American Idol' and this past season's crop of new idols took to the stage at Riverbend.

Simon Cowell has gone from American Idol judge to a potential headache for the show. A furor over whether Cowell's British talent show The X Factor electronically altered contestant voices has prompted American Idol to make a pre-emptive strike.

Important players weigh in on the upcoming seasons Melissa Savignano Last night’s Primetime Emmys provided opportunities to ask the stars who will replace two of the most prominent stars on TV: Simon Cowell and Steve Carell. Nigel Lythgoe, executive producer of American Idol tried to dodge speculation of who will fill the judge’s table during the upcoming season.