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Candice Glover won "American Idol" Season 12 over Kree Harrison as Psy, Jennifer Hudson, Jessie J, Adam Lambert and Aretha Franklin performed.

Kree Harrison's dress on ‘American Idol’ looks familiar

GREAT TASTE: The dress Top 3 finalist Kree

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“Somebody hasn’t had any carbs this week,” said Ryan Seacrest after Mariah Carey took to the stage and the judges’ table on "American Idol" Wednesday night wearing a scalloped, cropped white top and hip slung skirt that exposed a swathe of toned tummy. The pop star, once a spokeswoman for Jenny Craig appeared to be toned and fit. “Looking good there Mariah,” Seacrest said. She did.

Her...

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‘American Idol’ Top 4 Redux – "Now and Then"-themed performance show May 1

Candice Glover, left, Angie Miller, Amber Holcomb and

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TPTB (the powers that be) at “American Idol” reinvented their rule book last night when it was announced that no one was being eliminated and that this week's votes will be combined with next week's to decide who will be leaving the show.

So, the final four contestants – Amber Holcomb, Angie Miller, Kree Harrison and Candice Glover – will all get another shot at performing for America's votes...

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Will the 'American Idol' judges save Amber Holcomb?

Amber Holcomb performs on quot;American Idolquot;. (April 10,

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To quote Keith Urban on last night’s “American Idol”: “We’ve got an Amber alert going on!” Four of our nine “Idol” psychics predict Amber Holcomb will end up having the lowest number of votes when tonight’s results are revealed on “Idol.” The good news is that all four expect the judges to save her.

Diva wannabe Amber took on Mariah Carey’s “Without You,” which got “mad props” from Randy Jackson,...

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‘American Idol’ fashion: For Nicki Minaj, it’s all about the 'girls’

Amber Holcomb chose an elegant monochromatic look as

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The boys are gone, gone, gone from the stage of 'American Idol' leaving five girl finalists. And along with the boys went all that inauthentic styling – the peacock colored tuxedo jackets, shimmery bow ties and dandy shoes.

The only fashion shocker of Wednesday night went to Nicki Minaj, whose ruby red lips matched the melted-on-her-body slither by DSquared2 featuring a large circular cutout...

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"American Idol's" Devin Velez, Burnell Taylor, Lazaro Arbos seem bound for the bottom 3

From the Four Tops to the bottom 3 will likely be the fate for Lazaro Arbos, Burnell Taylor and Devin Velez on tonight’s “American Idol” results show if our “Idol” psychics are correct.

The trio’s disastrous performance of the Tops’ “Can’t Help Myself” on last night’s Motown/Detroit-themed episode pleased no one, especially judge Nicki Minaj who wasn’t calling any of them “Sugar pie, honeybunch.”

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'American Idol' fashion: Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey are twins, kind of

From left, Mariah Carey, Randy Jackson, Nicki Minaj

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The two American Idol divas, Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey, have verrrrry different styles, so it was odd to see them both wearing short dresses in the exact same shade of orangey-red on Wednesday night’s show.

Minaj donned a molded-to-her-body, short- sleeved sheath accessorized with a diamond tennis necklace. Carey went for a 50s style frock — a sleeveless shirtwaist with plunging neckline...

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Is the 'Idol' journey over for Lazaro Arbos, Paul Jolley or Devin Velez?

It could be a hard day’s night for Paul Jolley, Lazaro Arbos or Devin Velez on "American Idol" tonight. Each received at least two votes from our eight "Idol" psychics to be eliminated on tonight's results show.

 

Though Kree Harrison sang "With a Little Help From My Friends" on last night's Beatles-themed show, Paul Jolley seems the most likely to...

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'American Idol' fashion: Angie Miller’s hair is a star

Angie Miller performs quot;Yesterdayquot; by The Beatles on

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“I like the hair,” Keith Urban told “American Idol” contestant Angie Miller who had straightened her haystack mound of curls for Wednesday night’s homage to the Beatles. OK, a nice compliment, but Ryan Seacrest took it to another level when he said, “You’ve got a new friend . . . the flatiron.” Jeez, gents, there are things we ladies would rather not discuss on national TV, included in the mix:...

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'American Idol' season 12 premieres tonight

Mariah Carey, Keith Urban, Nicki Minaj and Randy

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“American Idol” premieres tonight on Fox for its 12th season, featuring a panel of three new judges — Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban — who will join resident judge Randy Jackson and host Ryan Seacrest in what promises to be a very interesting season.

Let’s see if the hyped controversy among the female judges is as hot as rumors suggest.

Season 11 winner Phillip Phillips’ first...

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‘American Idol’ names new panel of judges

quot;American Idol” Season 12 judges are: Randy Jackson,

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Season 12 of “American Idol” is set to begin in January 2013 and they’ve reprised the four-judge panel format. Joining resident judge Randy Jackson -- yes, he's still a judge, despite rumors that hinted he wouldn’t be -- are the best-selling female recording artist of all time, Huntington native Mariah Carey, quadruple-platinum singer, songwriter, rapper and fashion icon Nicki Minaj and four-time...

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