LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - X Factor creator Simon Cowell said on Monday he was probably too cocky when he launched the U.S. TV talent show earlier this year, boasting it would overtake his old program, No. 1-rated American Idol. But Cowell, who admits being confident by nature, pledged that the two-part 'X Factor' finale this week will be worth watching and any of the three finalists is ...

'American Idol' alum Chris Daughtry will sing the national anthem at the final World Series game.

The show has kept its promise to be nicer this season, but hey, it needs to introduce some oddballs in order to use them for filler in the finale. And boy, did L.A. deliver some strange hopefuls.

As the season ten auditions of American Idol on FOX are now well underway, who can forget last year’s finale crasher Ian Benardo? Word has it that Bernardo, who has tried to sue the show in the past, has just filed a third lawsuit against them. Keep reading for all the crazy details! Former American [...]

Winner Huh Gak (top) and runner-up John Park. (Top photo courtesy of Mnet. Video grab by Bulletin Entertainment). The “Idol” title continued to elude Korean-American John Park. Park, a former “American Idol” contestant, lost to 25-year-old repairman Huh Gak in the finals of “Superstar K2,” Korea’s version of the hit American TV talent show. The finale was a showdown between Park and Heo, who ...