Four singers had already been passed through to the season’s Top 24. Among those hoping to join them was Crews Wright, a 17-year-old from Samson, Ala. Unfortunately for fans of the young champion of ...

Doug Kiker died March 10. Valerie Cook was informed by an investigator that he died of a drug-induced heart attack, with the ...

It appears that at least two Alabama contenders made it through an episode of 'American Idol' that cut more than half the field.

American Idol alum Doug Kiker, who earned the nickname “The Singing Garbage Man” and brought Katy Perry to tears on the hit ...

With his rendition of "Soulshine" by The Allman Brothers Band, Slater Nalley brought unadulterated passion and profound ...

The singer, who appeared on "American Idol" in 2014, suffered an apparent heart attack in Jasper, Alabama on Sunday night. Police Investigating Whether ‘American Idol’ Runner-Up Willie Spence ...

American Idol contestant Doug Kiker died of an accidental overdose, the Denver Medical Examiner confimed Thursday (April 17).

American Idol season 23 judges ... Lionel, who spent his youth in Tuskegee, Alabama, recalled that he used to spend Easter mornings at church before returning home to enjoy a "big family meal." ...

I didn’t know this, that ‘American Idol’ was a spirit-filled organization ... Richie said of Easters growing up in Tuskegee, Alabama. “That music shaped who I am. On this ‘Songs of ...

On Sunday, April 20, American Idol will air a special Easter episode where the contestants ... music that feeds the soul,” ...

American Idol alum Doug Kiker’s ex-fiancée Valerie ... (She has since moved back to Alabama.) At the time of Kiker’s death in March, Cook said she was notified by an investigator that he ...

American Idol alum Doug Kiker died on March 10 at the age of 32. His death was confirmed by his sisters Angela Evans and Donna Kiker Carrillos-Ramirez via Facebook on Wednesday.