(Photo : Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum) Wynonna Judd performs at the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2023. A highlight of Sunday’s American...

(Photo : Michael Loccisano/Getty Images) Fantasia Barrino attends the 2024 Time 100 Gala in New York City. It was 20 years ago, incredibly, that Fantasia Barrino, then a 19-year-old struggling...

(Photo : Vince Bucci/Getty Image) Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken at the Season 2 ‘American Idol’ finale in 2003. When American Idol Season 2 winner Ruben Studdard and runner-up Clay...

(Photo : Abby Orons) Julia Gargano looks ahead with indie-pop project Ferry Townes. In 2020, Julia Gargano and her mother were holed up at their family home in Staten Island,...

(Photo : Theo Wargo/Getty Images) Inductee Lionel Richie speaks onstage during the 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Los Angeles. The Rock & Roll Hall of...

(Photo : Shaun Vandella) David Archuleta, then and now. When David Archuleta became an overnight American Idol sensation at age 17, he also became a default “ambassador,” like it or...

(Photo : Darren Craig) Daughtry, whose family experienced two devastating losses during one week in 2021, says performing “Pieces” live sometimes feels like “a fist around my throat.” In November...

Exciting news, everyone! Kieran, dim the lights… American Idol returns February 18, with The Voice returning February 26 and The Masked Singer on March 6. Y’all know I can’t quit...

Fifteen years ago, on Jan. 20, 2009, I wrote for the first time (admittedly somewhat fawningly/cringe-worthily) about Adam Lambert, when his Season 8 American Idol audition aired.  And not to gloat too...

The Season 1 American Idol runner-up joins me for a wide-ranging interview about life before and after Idol, his Dr. Pepper character Lil’ Sweet, and of course, From Justin to...