Jessica Sanchez News

Next week, on Wednesday, April 25 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed), the Top Six - Hollie Cavanagh, Skylar Laine, Joshua Ledet, Phillip Phillips, Jessica Sanchez and Elise Testone - return to the IDOL stage to sing for America's votes on a Queen-themed performance show.

Next week, on Wednesday, April 25 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed), the Top Six - Hollie Cavanagh, Skylar Laine, Joshua Ledet, Phillip Phillips, Jessica Sanchez and Elise Testone - return to the IDOL stage to sing for America's votes on a Queen-themed performance show.

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."

American Idol kicks things off this week with an overly dramatic movie-esque recap of last week's events. For those of you who are suffering from Idol amnesia: Jessica Sanchez got the judges' save. Tonight will be Now and Then, meaning that the contestants will sing a number one hit from the past 12 years and then what Ryan describes as 'a soul song from back in the day.'

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."

America gave viewers the shocker of the season when voters put Jessica Sanchez, Joshua Ledet, and Elise Testone into the bottom three.

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.

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!

AMERICAN IDOL's Season 11 Top 10 compilation album, featuring music from the Billy Joel songbook, is now available at the iTunes Store. Individual songs are also available for sale.

Tonight the remaining ten AMERICAN IDOL hopefuls tackled the songs of Billy Joel. From Tommy Hilfiger coaching the contestants on their style to Diddy guest coaching on vocals, it was an exciting night for the singers.

It's another week and that means another elimination on American Idol, but tonight's is a little different - the second elimination of this week means that they're down to the top ten, and the top ten will tour with Idol this summer.

Tonight was the inevitable night of songs from the year the contestants were born, but first things first: contestant Jermaine Jones, dubbed 'the gentle giant' by host Ryan Seacrest, has been caught telling some tall tales.