American Idol

Seventeen of the best American Idol sites. Know of another site that should be listed here? Leave your suggestion at the bottom of this page.

1. American Idol - Official site of the number one star search, American Idol, including profiles of contestants, photos and videos backstage as well as audition tapes and pictures, message boards, ringtones, all that stuff you want. (www.americanidol.com)

2. ‘American Idol’ Down to Its Final 12 - March 9, 2007 article on American Idol getting down to its final 12 contestants, after the dismissal of Antonella Barba, Sabrina Sloan, Jared Cotter and Jason “Sundance” Head. (www.cnn.com)

3. Choose Your Idol, America: Melinda or Lakisha - March 2, 2007 blog post says “If this competition weren’t also about packaging and looks, I would say either Melinda Doolittle or Lakisha Jones deserves to be American Idol.”

4. Idol Me - American Idol forums where you can discuss every little thing about American Idol, from the chances of your favorite singer winning to how nice Paula Abdul is, to Fantasy Idol (like fantasy football, but better!). (www.idolme.com)

5. Four More Cut Loose from ‘American Idol’ - March 2, 2007 article on Alaina Alexander, Leslie Hunt, Nicholas Pedro and A.J. Tabaldo being voted off American Idol, with Antonella Barba remaining, even after a week in which semi-nude and sexually-explicit pictures, some of which are Barba and some of which are questionable, showed up on the Internet. (www.washingtonpost.com)

6. More Naughty Antonella Barba Pictures, Idol Chief: They’re ‘Sad’ - February 24, 2007 blog post features some of the pictures of Antonella Barba that have raised some controversy, including wet T-shirt type photos in a fountain. Don’t look if you don’t want to see nipples. (www.theradreport.com)

7. Kellie Pickler is Blowing Up! - March 2, 2007 blog post offers photos of Kellie Pickler from the previous night’s American Idol, saying of Pickler “her new bootylicious look may be a result of a steady diet of KFC, her funbags appear to be store bought…” (pop.wizbangblog.com)

8. Moments Like This - From Constantine Maroulis tackling “Bohemian Rhapsody” to Clay Aiken’s “Unchained Melody” to Jennifer Hudson’s “Circle of Life” to Fantasia Barrino’s “Summertime”, this article picks the best/worst moments of the first five American Idol seasons. (www.ew.com)

9. Top 20 Awesomely Bad ‘Idol’ Performances - We won’t tell you who’s number one, but Kellie Pickler’s the only one who shows up twice. (television.aol.com)

10. Winning ‘American Idol’ Is No Guarantee of Riches - January, 2007 article looks at the careers of American Idol winners and losers, and demonstrates that winning is no guarantee of success, and losing is no guarantee of failure. (www.usatoday.com)

11. Vote for the Worst - Site encourages American Idol viewers to vote en masse for the worst performers on the show, thus circumventing the show’s desire to keep the bad singers around for short-term entertainment value before kicking them off. (www.votefortheworst.com)

12. American Idol at BuddyTV - Blog covers American Idol show by show and asks for you to join in with your comments. (www.buddytv.com)

13. How a Hit Almost Failed Its Own Audition - New York Times offers an excerpt from NYT reporter Bill Carter’s book Desperate Networks on how American Idol was initially passed on by all the major American networks and how it finally started on the road to being the number one show in the country. (www.nytimes.com)

14. It’s That Time of Year Again! - The reaction after watching the first night of the sixth season American Idol, which features the not-quite-cream of the crop auditioning for the show: “I mean, I’m sure most of us like the sound of our voice. Who doesn’t sing to themselves every now and again, right? But just because I sound like Pavofrickinratti when I’m in the car with the windows rolled up and the stereo at 11, doesn’t mean I’m going to get up on stage and start singing show tunes.” (snoozebuttondreams.com)

15. Angry Simon - Take on American Idol judge Simon Cowell in the boxing ring. (www.angrysimon.com)

16. American Idol at Wikipedia - Summary of the show American Idol focuses on the process in which contestants are chosen for the show and also provides short synopses of each individual season. (en.wikipedia.org)

17. American Idol 5 at Reality TV World - Information on the fifth American Idol go-round, including what the top contestants are doing now. (www.realitytvworld.com)