Lauren Alaina

Sheryl Crow got to know the Top 5 American Idol contestants pretty well, serving as mentor to the gang on this week's performance show. Her role as mentor also

Wow. Only three weeks until the American Idol finale. Where has this season gone? We lost talented Casey Abrams last week and now we are down to our Top 5.

Latest American Idol cast-off Casey Abrams wooed the ladies with his generous kisses, stand up-bass and growling antics, and was beloved so much by the judges

Haley Reinhart blew the roof off during her performance of "House of the Rising Sun" last night on American Idol. Randy Jackson dubbed it the best performance

Latest American Idol cast-off Casey Abrams recently visited the OK! NYC offices and shared dirt on the big question: What, exactly, is going on between him and

We are already down to our Top 6 on American Idol. After losing Stefano Langone last week, only 4 guys and 2 girls are left. Tonight they will sing songs from

Over 52 million votes were cast on American Idol this week. Who will be cut tonight? Who will snag a spot in the Top 6? OK! VIDEO: PIA TOSCANO TALKS TEAMING UP

We finally said goodbye to our first guy of this season last week when Paul McDonald said so long. Now Idol is down to the Top 7 and they are signing songs from

Wow. Over 53 million votes tonight. Will we be in for another shocker? OK! VIDEO: WATCH PAUL MCDONALD'S "RISKY BUSINESS" SONG ON AMERICAN IDOL — IS HE IN

American Idol's youngest contestants this season — Scotty McCreery, 17, and Lauren Alaina, 16 — teamed up last night, performing a duet to Lady Antebellum's

What a shock we had last week. Although she had never been in the bottom 3 before, we sadly had to say goodbye to Pia Toscano. Now American Idol is down to the

For American Idol's Songs of the Cinema night, Lauren Alaina decided to perform Miley Cyrus' "The Climb" from Hannah Montana: The Movie and producer/mentor

Ryan Seacrest opened the show with: "Could be a very shocking results show tonight." Hmmm, what does that mean? OK! NEWS: NIKKI REED DATING PAUL MCDONALD —

The remaining nine contestants had a fun week on American Idol, choosing songs for Wednesday's performance night based on a Steven Tyler loving Rock N' Roll

After saying goodbye to both Naima and Thia last week in a crazy double elimination week, American Idol is finally down to the Top 9. This week, they are

It looks like Paul McDonald has been getting some love from the Twilight gang! The American Idol heartthrob — who dazzles the U.S. with his pearly whites and

Over 55 million votes. Biggest amount at this stage of competition in 10 seasons. Will it be a shocker tonight? OK! VIDEO: WATCH CASEY ABRAMS SING ELTON JOHN'S

Thia Megia and Naima Adedapo were sent home last night on American Idol, but it was hard to tell they were the ones eliminated as they kept huge smiles on their

We are back with yet another Top 11 show on American Idol. After the dramatic results show last week where Casey Abrams was saved from elimination, we have

Steven Tyler is certainly the judge known for making the most wise cracks on American Idol and often endears himself to the female contestants. And last night

As things heat up on American Idol when two contestants get eliminated tonight, there's a spooky story taking place off-stage. Contestants told OK! about the

Ryan Seacrest reveals that it's going to be a shocking result? Will we finally be losing a boy? OK! NEWS: AMERICAN IDOL BLOG — THE TOP 11 PERFORM MOTOWN

After losing Karen Rodriguez last week, American Idol was back with their Top 11 last night. Tonight's task? Taking on the songs of "Motown." OK! INTERVIEW:

The time has come once again for someone on American Idol to say goodbye. Who will be lucky enough to make it into the top 11? Only one more week until we know

American Idol started off the show tonight by announcing that all proceeds from tonight's iTunes downloads will go to American Red Cross to help victims in

This year's American Idol contestants have been allowed to have their own Twitter accounts, but will the number of followers they each have determine how

The top 13 took to the American Idol stage last night to sing songs from their "Favorite Idols" and hopefully secure themselves a spot in the Top 12. And now

It's official! The top 13 American Idol finalists were announced last night and now it's time to celebrate! The contestants had huge smiles on their faces as

After the top 12 guys sung their hearts out on Tuesday night, and the top 12 girls gave it their all on Wednesday night, it was finally time to face the hard

After the boys gave all that they had last night on American Idol, it was finally time for the top 12 girls to take the stage and show everyone what they had to

Jennifer Lopez was able to pull herself together last night and continue choosing the Top 24 contestants moving on for American Idol. Check out who made the