Last night, I had a bunch of fellow Idols over for the show. My girl, Jordin Sparks made her way over, Kim Caldwell, Brandon Rogers, Didi Benami, Todrick Hall, Antonella Barba, Paul Kim, Alex Lambert and Michael Johns.

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Blake Lewis: ‘Haley Reinhart Has My Vote’ on ‘American Idol’

, Music , Hot Topics It’s the first week of Top 12 performances, and season 9′s first theme week: the songs of the Rolling Stones . I’m still wistful about that version of ‘I Can’t Get No Satisfaction’ just-ousted contestant Todrick Hall said he would have performed — complete with a dance break, people! — and I’m more than a little concerned that there aren’t enough rockers (read: there’s only one) amongst the Top 12 to really pull off a dozen Stones numbers

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‘American Idol’ Rolling Stones Week: What Should They Sing?

In season nine’s first truly surprising results show, the ‘American Idol’ pack was cut down to 12, and Alex Lambert, Katelyn Epperly, Lilly Scott and Todrick Hall aren’t among them. We talked to the final four to almost make it to the top 12 in the weekly post-results show conference call, and most of them expressed their surprise at being cut.

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Exit Interviews: Alex Lambert, Katelyn Epperly, Lilly Scott and Todrick Hall

Filed under: Hot Topics Now that it’s getting down to the wire on ‘American Idol,’ and considering the recent last-minute schedule shakeup this week, it’s time to vent about the obvious divide that is causing a hiccup in the competition’s otherwise smooth staging of vocal talent. Categorizing finalists based on ethnicity or sexuality would be preposterous — but not so different from what ‘Idol’ does, which is to separate them by gender. The unfair format of dividing the top 24 finalists into two gender-based groups of 12 came to a head Tuesday, when the remaining 10 men had to step up their game a day earlier than expected, switching previously scheduled days with the girls due to Crystal Bowersox’s medical issues

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Is It Time for the ‘American Idol’ Battle of the Sexes to End?

Filed under: Poll Tonight was the guys’ turn to shine on the ‘American Idol’ Top 24′s second performance night. And though many have insisted that season 9 would be all about the girls, there was much intrigue over hyped performers like Andrew Garcia and Casey James. From Todrick Hall’s version of Kelly Clarkson’s ‘Since U Been Gone’ to the resurrection of Tim Urban to Tyler Grady’s leather pants, there was certainly a lot to debate.

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Top 12 Guys Perform – What Did You Think?