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Though she put on an impeccable show Wednesday night, America ultimately decided they didn't want to see Haley Reinhart in the next week's finals. The 20-year-old Wheeling, IL, native was booted from 'American Idol' late Thursday night, leaving Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina to battle it out for the season 10 crown.

'American Idol' season 10 is officially down to the final three. Over 72 million votes were cast this week, making it the highest top-four vote ever in the history of the show. Unfortunately, even record-breaking numbers weren't enough to save James Durbin. The 22-year-old rocker was sent packing Thursday night, marking yet another surprise in an already surprise-heavy season.

Though negotiations reportedly went down to the wire, Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul stepped out in full force Sunday for the first round of 'X Factor' auditions in Los Angeles. "This show would never have been the same without Paula and I can't believe I am saying this - I have missed her a lot, and I am thrilled she's on the show," Cowell said in a statement, confirming a deal with his f

The top 5 performed each performed two songs last night, one from the '60's and one "newer" song. Watch them all again or for the first time before America sends one home tonight.

And then there were five. Ryan Seacrest told us at the top of the show that we would be disappointed with the outcome of tonight's results - and he wasn't wrong: In somewhat of a shocker, Casey Abrams was eliminated from 'American Idol.' Of course, the elimination wasn't totally surprising, as Casey was actually eliminated on a previous episode. (He was then saved by the judges.) Even so, it didn

The final 6 took the stage last night to perform songs by Carole King. Check out the all 6 performances right here.

On Wednesday night, Jennifer Lopez said, "It's getting down to the wire and it's time to bring out the big guns." That statement will become more relevant as each week goes by. We're now down to the top 6, as 'American Idol's' wild card pick, Stefano Langone -- who made it very far in the competition after nearly being eliminated a handful of times -- was eliminated from competition on T

It's Thursday and that means it's time to watch last night's performances on American Idol. This week the Top 8 contestants performed songs from movies. Check out the videos and tune in tonight to see if your favorite gets to stay for another week.

Yesterday Ryan O'Bryan reported that American Idol allegedly forced overweight audience member Ashley Kaufman to move from the front row to the less-camera-friendly back row.

If you thought the judges on 'American Idol' were harsh, wait until you hear what production staffers allegedly did to an audience member on Thursday. According to an exclusive report from Radar Online, 19-year-old fan Ashley Kauffman was booted from the front row because staffers told her she was "just too big, too heavy to be in front." Kauffman claims she and two of her friends were m

As it turns out, getting eliminated from 'American Idol' may be the best thing that ever happened to Pia Toscano. Sources tell US Weekly that the 22-year-old beauty, who was shockingly booted from 'Idol' last Thursday, has scored a record deal with Interscope Records, which is chaired by 'Idol' mentor Jimmy Iovine. The label is reportedly "rushing her into the studio to record an album ASAP,&

After the judges save of Casey last week, America had to say goodbye to two contestants this week.