The writing was on the wall when Kara Dioguardi joined the crew, and after a brutal year of drunken mishaps and awkward revelations, Paula Abdul is leaving American Idol. The fact that she wasn't offered a contract renewal...

American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi showed up on The View to talk about (what else) American Idol, which led into speculation about contestant Adam Lambert. DioGuardi says that he is indeed gay. Color the world surprised.

It was the showdown to end them all: Kris Allen vs. Adam Lambert for all the marbles on American Idol. In the end, Kris took the mantle as the crowd wept with joy, thus ending the most uninteresting season of Idol ever.

In an attempt to grab viewers, American Idol has shuffled their normal format by adding a new judge and a different way to form the top 12 contestants. Make that "top 13," as the judges grabbed an extra wildcard contestant in...

Telling us there's a fourth judge on American Idol is like watching a good Joel Schumacher movie: we refuse to believe it exists. And yet, Kara DioGuardi is joining Simon, Randy, and Paula, who has her share of doubts about...