Tuesday's performance show was yet another reminder that the more American Idol changes the more it remains the same.Yes, there's a spiffy new 360-degree stage. Yes, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler still have a slight whiff of newness about them. Yes, there's a whole new group of contestants singing for votes.What remained the same was the disappointment one feels every year when hopefuls who had it going on in Hollywood crash and burn their first time on...

OK.  So no one thought I was serious about breaking up with American Idol last spring.  But I was.  Dead serious.  Last season was so painful to watch, I vowed I wouldn’t go through a bad season again.  But then they changed things up.  Simon, Ellen, Kara – out.  Simon Fuller back in as producer, saying he wants to focus more on the talent and less on the judges.  And then JLo and Steven Tyler are in.  Well, I had to give...

Watch James Durbin’s American Idol “You’ve Got Another Thing Comin” performance in this video clip. James Durbin is definitely an early Idol favorite, and his take on the Judas Priest hit was spot on. Did you vote for James Durbin? ...

Musician, record producer, television personality. Born Randall Matthew Jackson on June 23, 1956 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A music industry veteran, Randy Jackson has become a famous television personality from his work as a judge on the popular singing competition American Idol. He first started playing bass guitar at the age of 13. The youngest of three children, Jackson used to slip out of his family's home at night to play at local clubs. Jackson went to nearby...

Jennifer Lynn Lopez Born July 24, 1969, in Castle Hill "Bronx", New York, Lopez began her career as a dancer, appearing in stage musicals and various music videos. In 1990, she won a national competition and earned a spot dancing on the popular Fox comedy television series, "In Living Color," as one of the "Fly Girls." A series of small acting jobs followed, including parts in two more series and a TV movie, Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7, in 1993. Lopez's...