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“American Idol” will feature a contrast of styles in its final performance episode Tuesday night as it comes down to contemporary artist Phillip Phillips and timeless teenage prodigy Jessica Sanchez. One option is contemporary artist Phillip Phillips. The affable former pawn shop worker with a sneaky snarky side doesn’t offer the most technically perfect vocals in the world, but he does have the most radio-ready voice, and proves that every week by picking songs and arrangements that are easily imagined on the radio. He gets criticized by some “Idol” fans for being Dave Matthews 2.0, but the show’s brass would jump for joy if he had anything resembling Matthews’ career.

The "American Idol" judges are under Joshua Ledet's spell, and they aren't afraid to show it. For the second week in a row, the panel on Wednesday lavished the 20-year-old from Westlake, La., with praise, especially for his performance of "It's a Man's World." Ledet earned a standing ovation from the judges for the James Brown song and also won them over with a version of Josh Groban's "You Raise Me Up."

The satellite radio shock jock Howard Stern says he will show a more temperate side as a judge on NBC’s competition show “America’s Got Talent.”

Tonight’s episode of “Dancing With the Stars” on ABC featured two routines, first a ballroom dance with the stars and their pro partners, then a second dance featuring each couple plus a third professional dancer.

Thursday was a big day at Fox. In the morning, the network got word from Nielsen that — after Wednesday night’s Top 5 performance show — “American Idol” had regained its throne as the No. 1-rated entertainment series among younger viewers, who are the currency of broadcast TV ad sales. To accomplish that, “Idol” had to edge past NBC’s singing competition, “The Voice.”

SPOILER ALERT! The weight loss competition crowned its last champion on Tuesday night, with the winner taking home a $250,000 grand prize.

Robert Galinsky's students were predominantly white when he taught acting. Now that he tries to help people break into a different form of show business as operator of the New York Reality TV School, about half of his students are racial minorities....

Ryan Seacrest agreed to a contract extension with “American Idol” this week, and his continued willingness to fit the twice-weekly dates with Jennifer Lopez, Randy Jackson and Steven Tyler into his busy schedule is bad news for the rest of the talent show landscape.

He gets colonic irrigations, Botox injections and vitamin drips, and insists on black toilet paper in his home. A revealing new biography offers intimate – some might say too intimate – details about Simon Cowell, along with a portrait of the entertainment mogul's savvy business side.

"American Idol" Season 5 winner Taylor Hicks is getting his own short-term show on the Las Vegas Strip.