Colton Dixon News

The countdown to the 2012 CMT MUSIC AWARDS is on with the addition of presenters including Jason Aldean.

American Idol LIVE! will return to Detroit's Joe Louis Arena to launch the 2012 tour on Friday, July 6 at 7 p.m. The hit tour is the first chance to see this season's talented top 10 finalists in concert to include DeAndre Brackensick, Hollie Cavanagh, Colton Dixon, Heejun Han, Skylar Laine, Joshua Ledet, Phillip Phillips, Jessica Sanchez, Elise Testone and Erika Van Pelt.

American Idol LIVE! will return to Detroit's Joe Louis Arena to launch the 2012 tour on Friday, July 6 at 7 p.m. The hit tour is the first chance to see this season's talented top 10 finalists in concert to include DeAndre Brackensick, Hollie Cavanagh, Colton Dixon, Heejun Han, Skylar Laine, Joshua Ledet, Phillip Phillips, Jessica Sanchez, Elise Testone and Erika Van Pelt.

The White House Correspondents' Association on April 28 welcomed Jimmy Kimmel as the host of the WHCA's 98th annual dinner.

After his elimination shocked America on last week's AMERICAN IDOL,Colton Dixon appeared on 'Ellen' to discuss his time on the show and kick-off his exciting career. See his performance on Ellen below!

AMERICAN IDOL LIVE! returns this summer for another hit tour to showcase this season's talented top 10 finalists. Launching the careers of many, the AMERICAN IDOL LIVE! Tour is the first chance to see your favorites in concert!

In an AmericanIdol.com exclusive, see what happens onstage after Colton Dixon finishes his goodbye performance and the cameras keep rolling. Find out what words of advice he gets from the judges and fellow contestants.

On next week's live results show Katy Perry will perform her newest single, "Part of Me"; the official touring Queen tribute, The Queen Extravaganza, will perform their classic smash hit "Somebody To Love"; and AMERICAN IDOL Season 10 finalist Stefano Langone will perform his new single, "I'm On A Roll."

On Thursday, April 19 (8:00-9:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed), LMFAO performs their smash hit, "Sorry For Party Rocking," and AMERICAN IDOL Season Eight winner Kris Allen performs his new single, "The Vision Of Love."

On Thursday, April 19 (8:00-9:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed), LMFAO performs their smash hit, "Sorry For Party Rocking," and AMERICAN IDOL Season Eight winner Kris Allen performs his new single, "The Vision Of Love."

AMERICAN IDOL's Season 11 Top Seven compilation album, featuring music released in the last three years, is now available at the iTunes Store and at www.iTunes.com/americanidol.

This week on Ammmerican Idol, it's...well, usually Idol will officially announce the themes a few days before the show airs, but this week they didn't. So is it a super special, wonderful theme that will blow us right off our feet? Nope, but it is 'Songs from this Decade,' which limits the remaining seven to songs from the last two years and is usually one of my favorite episodes of the season.

On Thursday we found out that '80s night didn't turn out to be so awesome for DeAndre Brackensick, as the judges once again chose to not use their one save of the season on a contestant in jeopardy.

AMERICAN IDOL Season Three finalist and Academy Award and Grammy Award winner Jennifer Hudson along with Ne-Yo and Rick Ross perform their new single, 'Think Like a Man.'

Thankfully, Idol chose not to go with a specific artist's songbook this week - one can only take so much of a weird sort of karaoke night where the jukebox is stuck on one artist - and instead had the contestants perform songs from their own idols (solo and as part of three trios), resulting in some variety at long last. Find out more below, and don't forget to check out photos from this episode on page two!

On next week's AMERICAN IDOL, Nicki Minaj will take the stage and perform her megahit 'Starships' and Season 10 IDOL winner and platinum-selling country artist Scotty McCreery will return to perform his newest single, 'Water Tower Town.'

On next week's AMERICAN IDOL, Nicki Minaj will take the stage and perform her megahit 'Starships' and Season 10 IDOL winner and platinum-selling country artist Scotty McCreery will return to perform his newest single, 'Water Tower Town.'

Erika Van Pelt was eliminated last night on AMERICAN IDOL after she received the fewest votes among the finalists. After her final performance, the three judges declined the opportunity to use their 'save' to keep Van Pelt on the show.

Tonight on American Idol, another one of the remaining ten contestants faced elimination - bringing the total down to the single digits. It was a tough night for many of the contestants last night, so it was really anybody's game. Find out who was sent home now!