Norman Gentle

American Idol Exclusive: A Judge Wines and Dines a Contestant

March 3, 2009 at 7:28am PST

Tags: Adam Lambert, American Idol, Corey Clark, Exclusive, Katsuya, Norman Gentle, Paula Abdul, Randy Jackson

Photos: Fox

Hmmm.

Apparently Randy Jackson didn’t learn anything from Paula Abdul’s scandal with Season 2’s Corey Clark because our sources tell us Jackson had dinner with one of Idol’s Top 36 contestants the night before their big audition for the Top 12.

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Three More Join Idol’s Top 12

February 27, 2009 at 6:42am PST

Tags: Adam Lambert, Allison Iraheta, American Idol, Kris Allen, Nick Mitchell, Norman Gentle

Photos: Fox

We’re so bitter.

Norman Gentle is out of the running on American Idol.

But he will forever be Our American Idol, living on in our heart and mind.

Instead, forgone conclusion and the best female singer so far, Allison Iraheta joined the Top 12 along with musical theater bad ass Adam Lambert and Kris Allen. Who? Right, that guy from last night who was tolerable but totally forgettable.

We’re calling bullshit!

Nick Mitchell’s Norman Gentle was the best thing to happen to Idol since Kelly Clarkson.

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Simon Cowell Agrees With Us

February 25, 2009 at 1:42pm PST

Tags: American Idol, Kelly Clarkson, Nick Mitchell, Norman Gentle, Randy Jackson, Simon Cowell

Photos: splashnewsonline.com; americanidol.com

We’ve been saying it for weeks now and Simon Cowell agrees.

American Idol will once again crown a man champion.

“[It will be a] boy this year,” Cowell said at the Elton John Aids Foundation Oscar party on Sunday night. “I think it’s a dude too,” said Randy Jackson.

Well, duh, we’ve been saying that all along.

Our fingers are crossed for Normal Gentle (aka: Nick Mitchell)!

Best Idol contestant since Kelly Clarkson!!!

—Sasha Perl-Raver

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