Your American Idol Adventure Begins Here

TMZ has learned American Idol musical director Rickey Minor will become the new Kevin Eubanks on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. After all Elvis Presley was pretty.

Adam Lambert returns to American Idol tonight as this weeks guest mentor and while some folks have said its an affront to Carrie Kelly Cooki.

Adam Lambert will mentor contestants tonight on American Idol. I think we can all agree that this seasons Idols have a lot to live up to. The shows producer hopes this will help revive the singers career. We just find it vastly amusing that Adam Lambert is serving as guest mentor this week.

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Tonights American Idol is a very special one as it features Season 8 runnerup Adam Lambert as a real life mentor.

American Idol is bringing back Elvis Presley theme week for the first time since season five on Tuesday night.

As far as the album goes its a modern singersongwriter album.

American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi did her Bikini Girl stunt one better in this months Allure shes baring it all

There are so many people here and across the world who are in need of help and people can help by supporting IDOL GIVES BACK said Season Five American Idol finalist Elliott Yamin who traveled to Angola with Idol judge Kara DioGuardi.

I owe everything thats happened thus far to Idol and to the audience that supported me on it.

he has been with the show since 2006.

The show usually airs on Tuesday and Wednesday nights in the United States and Canada, Wednesday and Thursday nights in Australia, parts of Asia, and the United Kingdom, Friday nights in Ireland, Friday and Saturday nights in Israel, and Saturday and Sunday nights in Latin America.

Entertainment Weekly put it on its end-of-the-decade, “best-of” list, saying, “It’s given us Kelly, Carrie, Daughtry, and J. Hud. Idol rules the reality roost because the winners of Fox’s ratings juggernaut actually do go on to greatness. And Taylor Hicks? He’s the exception that proves the rule.”

Selection process

Initial auditions

In the first few seasons, contestants went through two rigorous sets of cuts. The first was a brief aud