The singing contest show's judges and fans have been steadily whittling down the competition, leaving the Top 14 contestants ...

American Idol' phenom Colin Stough references his February arrest in a new song called "White Trash," out May 2.

American Idol alum Doug Kiker, who earned the nickname “The Singing Garbage Man” and brought Katy Perry to tears on the hit singing competition, died from an opioid overdose. Kiker’s cause of death ...

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

As "American Idol" wrapped auditions this week ... and is here doing "what god has called and chosen me to do." In singing gospel musician Earnest Pugh's "I Need Your Glory," Canaan took the ...

American Idol alum Doug Kiker's ex-fiancée Valerie Cook is speaking out one month after his sudden death. After the City and ...

American Idol alum Doug Kiker’s ex-fiancée Valerie Cook is speaking out one month after his sudden death. After the City and ...

Five weeks after former “American Idol” fan-favorite Doug Kiker died at age 32, his ex-fiancée has broken her silence, calling his just-released cause of death “shocking.” On April 17, 2025, TMZ ...

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.

"American Idol" delivered a bloodbath Monday night as more than half of the 144 contestants were cut from the competition. Meanwhile, contestants like Josh King and Jamal Roberts, whose auditions ...

American Idol' alum, Doug "The Singing Garbage Man" Kiker's cause of death has been revealed by a local Medical Examiner.