Jena Irene

It's official: Jena Irene is not a sore loser.

The American Idol runner-up took a very special guest to her senior prom over the weekend: the American Idol champion himself, Caleb Johnson!

It took over five months. It consisted of over thousands and thousands of singers.

It introduced the world to the humor of Harry Connick Jr.

Caleb Johnson or Jena Irene?

Jena Irene or Caleb Johnson?

Jena Irene is on the precipice of superstardom.

The Michigan native has advanced all the way to the finals of American Idol Season 13, where she'll go vocal chord to vocal chord against Caleb Johnson next week.

American Idol celebrated a milestone last night:

The Fox competition aired its 500th episode, an impressive accomplishment that resulted in so much back-patting that the first performance of the evening didn't even take place until 16 minutes into the episode.

Coming off an elimination twist failure last Thursday, American Idol dedicated itself to love last night.

Singing three songs each - one about break-ups, one about make-ups and one a dedication to someone close to them - the final four covered everyone from Elvis to Pink to Creedence Clearwater Revival.

American Idol brought out some big names for its Top 5 performance show last night.

Ariana Grande, Zooey Deschanel and Jason Mraz all showed up during the two-hour broadcast, but the episode, of course, centered on a quintet of singers who one hope to strike it big:

Viewers were treated to twice the American Idol Top 6 last night, as each contestant sang a pair of songs in hopes of surviving another week.

One had to be country, one had to be rock and both had to impress judges and fans alike.

And we finally have a clear-cut favorite on American Idol!

The Top 7 put on the best performance night of Season 13 Wednesday, as producers came up with a first-ever twist for the long-running competition:

The pressure was on for the remaining American Idol finalists this week.

Following Sam Woolf's save last week, there will be more more Season 13 pardons. This is now it. If the viewers say so, you are out of the competition.

American Idol went back to the beginning last night, as the eight remaining finalists performed songs from some of their original auditions.

And it was easily the best performance episode of Season 13.

Note to American Idol producers: 

You don't need to keep churning out theme nights every week. It's not, like a law or anything.

The American Idol Top 10 were on the Edge of Glory last night.

They were Pumped Up for Kicks, while telling the Story of [Their Lives] and hoping the viewers would see them as Perfect.

Grab your popcorn, readers.

American Idol took us to the movies last night.

Let's all ignore the fact that Jennifer Lopez took a bite from a deviled egg straight out of Ryan Seacrest's hand tonight and get right to the American Idol performance review, shall we?

The dozen contestants remaining sang singles that reminded them of home this week, a rather broad assignment that led to covers of John Mayer, Dido and even J. Lo herself.

We are officially off and running singing on American Idol Season 13.

The finalists took to the stage as a group for the first time on Wednesday and the results were decidedly mixed.

The results are in.

The real battle will soon begin.