Season 11

Jessica Sanchez is primed to be one of the few American Idol success stories, after releasing debut album Me, You & the Music yesterday, April 30.

"It's exciting because I did covers for my whole life, and now it's like, 'Original music!'" she tells PopSugar in this new interview. "I'm, like, cheering up and down"

Plus she returned to the Idol stage last month to perform her single...

This jokester and BFF to Season 11 winner Phillip Phillips charmed everyone with his hilarious antics, but his performance of Leon Russell’s “A Song for You” sent him packing from the Top 9 despite a standing ovation from all three judges. Jennifer Lopez reportedly wanted to use the judges’ save on Heejun, but there wasn’t a unanimous...

The statuesque singer caught the attention of former judge Steven Tyler, but it wasn’t enough to keep her around for long on Season 11. But fans of Shannon Magrane should fret not! The 17 year-old singer has plenty of time to launch her music career. 

Shannon auditioned for American Idol Season 11 in Savannah, Georgia. She was one of the top five...

When 16-year-old Jessica Sanchez says she’s been singing her whole life, she means it. By age 11, the powerhouse singer had already appeared on America’s Got Talent, where she wowed with her cover of “I Surrender.” Five years later, she’s still stealing the show — taking second place as the runner-up to winner Phillip Phillips on American Idol Season 11.

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