Mandisa has struggled with weight issues most of her life. But never more publicly than on the fifth season of American Idol , during which Simon Cowell famously joked that the show would need a “bigger stage” to accommodate her. “I was watching the auditions with my friends and was so humiliated and hurt, but my friends prayed that God would have mercy on him and help me forgive him before I returned to move on to the next competition, and I did.” Now 80 pounds thinner, Mandisa is the

With the end of summer, we also sadly come to the end of another fun-filled season of “America’s Got Talent,” and we have some time to go until we get Ellen Degeneres on “American Idol .” Congratulations to ex-chicken catcher Kevin Skinner for winning the million dollar prize, and congrats to Barbara Padilla, Lawrence Beamen, Grandma Lee and everyone else who made it into the final 10. It was a season full of crap, full of new stars being born and full of surprises. In October, auditions star

Emmy Award-winning talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has joined AMERICAN IDOL as a fourth judge. DeGeneres will sit alongside Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi and offer her own unique perspective to the contestants throughout the competition. The ninth season of AMERICAN IDOL premieres January 2010 on FOX. DeGeneres will join the judges’ panel after the auditions, which will feature appearances by guest judges Victoria Beckham, Mary J. Blige, Kristin Chenoweth, Joe

[Press Release - Released by Fox] Katy Perry and Avril Lavigne will join AMERICAN IDOL as guest judges during the final two days of auditions held this week in Los Angeles. On their respective days, Perry and Lavigne will sit at the judges’ table next to Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi while the final group of singing hopefuls tries for a “Golden Ticket” to Hollywood. Recently, Victoria Beckham served as a guest judge in Denver and Boston, Mary J. Blige shared her expertise in

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