The "American Idol" winner misses his cue to start singing "The Trouble With Girls," but the song starts playing anyway

Uncooperative equipment and a flubbed line conspire to ruin "American Idol" winner's big moment at the Fall Classic

Do not click on this story if you don't want to know who won "American Idol"

A shift to Tuesday -- and a flurry of last-minute drama -- finds singing competition to the evening's highest ratings, beating "The Voice" and "Dancing With the Stars"

Despite a blown-out vocal cord, contestant will compete against Scotty McCreery in performance finale

Next week's finale features the youngest pair of finalists ever

ANALYSIS: With the departure of James Durbin, "Idol" viewers will be forced to vote between "milk" and "toast." And they have only themselves to blame

And what it is this pro-James, anti-Haley bias the judges have?

Oh, and did we mention: Steven Tyler has a new book, Jennifer Lopez has a hit single and a new video, Randy has ... a bake sale in Tarzana?

The dire warning from "Idol" host Ryan Seacrest: "A lot of fans are going to be disappointed with tonight's results"

The Lucky Seven hit the jackpot this week with “Songs of the 21st Century”