Watch Out American Idol, The X Factor and The Voice! ABC is joining the reality singing-competition game with their new show Duets, which puts a twist on the genre: Judges Kelly...

April 11, 2012: Joshua Ledet performs on the singing competition series quot;American Idol,quot; in Los Angeles. AP

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mississippi#39;s Skylar Laine got the boot from TV singing competition quot;American Idolquot; on Thursday, leaving the show with a rousing performance of country singer Miranda Lambert#39;s quot;Gunpowder and Lead.quot; Laine, 18, who idolizes Lambert and aspires to be a country star herself, sang the song as fellow contestant Hollie Cavanagh, also among this week#39;s bottom two singers, wiped ...

Last night#39;s Top Six episode of American Singing Competition began what I fear are the two or three most languid weeks of the season (other than auditions, naturally): The Top Six Creep really doesn#39;t end unti there are about three people left and the show starts to get exciting again. So we#39;ll just have to endure it together. We#39;ll have to keep calm and... eh, you know the rest.

In this March 28, 2012 photo released by Fox, contestant Heejun Han performs on the singing competition series quot;American Idol,quot; in Los Angeles. Han, the 22-year-old nonprofit organizer from New York, was voted off the program on Thursday, March 29.