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Simon Cowell could not stand the amount of drama a contestant displayed when she was criticized, and he gave a vote of confidence to a teenage boy with country flavor.

Cowell makes ninth ‘Idol’ season his last Jan. 12: “American Idol” judge Simon Cowell says the current season of the show will be his last. NBC’s Jeff Rossen reports.

Hope Johnson was another great audition on “America Idol’s” best-of-the-rest episode.Something about Hope Johnson really won us over. She was sweet, her smile was infectious and her whole demeanor was incredibly likeable.We didn’t think her singing was the absolute best we’ve ever seen, but it was certainly good enough to warrant a ticket to Hollywood. We hope we get to see more of her in the …

The best audition from Wednesday night’s “American Idol?” Jessica Furney.Jessica Furney, fresh off a makeover after auditioning for season 8 and not getting too far, was back in the best of the rest episode with a Simon Cowell-penned song called “Footprints in the Sand.” Jessica was one of our favorites of the night. We loved her tone and while Simon joked around that her song choice was …

VIDEO and LYRICS! Here are lyrics and video of Simon Cowell’s Footprints in the Sand. Footprints in the Sand lyrics come after Simon Cowell’s song / poem was covered tonight on American Idol’s audition. Footprints in the Sand was performed by Jessica Furney for American Idol 9 in Denver. The song was written by Simon Cowell [...]

I’ll give American Idol credit for one thing: The show knows how to admit its flaws. Tonight’s mixed bag of auditions from all seven cities on the tour began with a reference to Gen. Larry Platt’s “Pants on the Ground,” and an acknowledgement that it’s …

With an extra hour to fill, Wednesday’s clip show focused mainly on singers who did well enough to make it to the Hollywood round.

Michael Becker: FoxNext week, the real fun begins. And Ellen shows up! OK – really, really, really. REALLY. These are the last of the Idol auditions. Jesus, take the wheel. And drive us to Hollywood. But first, more bad…

First up, it’s the return of Jessica Furney. Having auditioned with Janis Joplin in Season 8, this time Jessica chooses Footprints in the Sand, co-written by Simon Cowell (she swears she’s not doing it to suck up). “Beautiful song,” Simon says, and it’s true that it reveals a range we didn’t get to see in Jessica last year. Randy thinks she’s definitely improved, and everybody else likes her, too.

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