American Idol has always featured moving backstories, but as the series’ 17-season history has shown, a sob story is nothing if a contestant doesn’t have the goods to back it up. Twenty-seven-year old ...

LOS ANGELES -- The eight finalists on "American Idol" paid tribute to one of the world's most iconic rock and roll bands, Queen, on Sunday's episode. The show opened with the eight finalists singing ...

Stensgard-Cota Jamie Stensgard and Wade Cota announce their engagement. Parents are Ron and Barb Stensgard, Horace, N.D.; and Leslie and Donna Cota, St. Hilaire, Minn. Jamie attended Minnesota State ...

LOS ANGELES -- The top 10 contestants on this season of "American Idol" sprinkled a bit of Disney magic throughout this week's episode. The hopefuls spent some time at Disneyland to help get them in ...