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American Idol: Was Season 11′s Top 10 the Strongest Ever? Take Our Poll!

26 March 2012 11:01 AM, PDT | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »

There’s this weird part of the week — from Friday morning till Monday evening — when not a single major TV network airs a reality singing competition. It’s terrible, I know, but it also gives me a lot of time to ponder American Idol history. (Everyone does this in their free time, yes?) And my latest flight of Idol fancy got me mulling this question: Was Season 11′s Top 10 the strongest — top to bottom — in show history? Let’s examine:

For starters, I’d automatically rule out the five seasons with three or more Top 10 contestants who probably wouldn’t have outlasted Season 11′s No. »

- Michael Slezak

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Russ Says: Jessica Sanchez Will Not Win ‘American Idol’

15 March 2012 12:53 AM, PDT | HollywoodLife | See recent HollywoodLife news »

After witnessing Jessica Sanchez butcher Gloria Estefan's "Turn the Beat Around" the fan favorite 16-year-old will Not win 'American Idol'. You heard it here first! Has the Will.i.am proclaimed "swagger-naut" peaked? After doing a pretty stellar rendition of Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" on last weeks show, things took an awful turn with her March 14 rendition of Gloria Estefan's 'Turn the Beat Around'. Let me throw some names your way, Amanda Avila, Haley Scarnato, Carmen Rasmusen and Diana DeGarmo. All former Idol hopefuls that have sung 'Turn the Beat Around' and all contestants that never won American Idol! So after Jessica Sanchez took her stab at the classic dance song the only thing that was bleeding with emotion were my ears. For a contestant that has been given so much hype, has proven their hype in past performances, this »

- Russ Weakland

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