TV Show: American Idol Guest judges Shania Twain and Katy Perry. Kiss those weeks of amusing auditions goodbye, and give Ellen DeGeneres a great big ol' welcome hug.

Shania Twain is getting the nod to represent her country at the Winter Olympics.

Marcia Resnick / Retna Ltd. As another season of American Idol revs up, Simon Doonan says we'd do well to remember the immortal New York Doll, who was a rock god from his mop-top down to his methadone.

It was one of the overlooked musical revolutions of the decade just passed: the migration of rock and pop fans into the world of country music.

It's deja rock for the Dixon May Fair as the north Solano County town's annual music fest goes back in time as its May 6-8 roster includes three 1980s hitmakers.

Ita s amazing to see the patriotic passions that can be ignited by one little flame.

Bryan Curtis has an excellent piece at the Daily Beast on the current state of country music.

Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shania Twain were the first two women to win a Grammy for country album when the category was resurrected in 1994 after nearly three decades' absence.

LOS ANGELES a ' Heading into tonight's Grammy Awards ceremony at Staples Center, which will air on CBS beginning at 8 p.m. EST, we handicap the winners in four of the most high-profile categories.

Neil Patrick Harris was the first guest judge. Besides Shania Twain he was maybe the best guest judge even though he isn't in the music business.

Dear Abby: I had to respond to "Blushing in San Francisco" , the 11-year-old girl who's embarrassed because her mother sings and dances in the mall.

We may have discovered season 9's unlikely break-out star and hit song during last week's Atlanta auditions, but the search for an actual American Idol is still on tonight in Chicago.

It's a bad sign when you don't even need the fingers on one hand to count the number of truly talented contestants on an American Idol tryout show.

A whopping 12,000 contestants, the biggest batch of all the audition venues this season, tried out in Chicago.

The Windy City didn't blow in much talent on the third episode of American Idol Season Nine.

The last we heard from country and pop superstar Shania Twain , she was going through a very public and very painful divorce.

Shania Twain sat at the judges' table Tuesday night to help Kara DioGuardi, Randy Jackson and Simon Cowell pick the best talent in Chicago for "American Idol." She joins a long list of celebrity panelists, including Victoria Beckham and Mary J. Blige, as well as upcoming guests Katy Perry, Joe Jonas and Neil Patrick Harris.

"I was very surprised and, yes, you have a beautiful bottom end," Shania Twain told American Idol auditioner John Park .

Though perhaps the underwhelming lineup was payback. The two days of torture probably had Shania hopping the next plane back to La Tour-de-Peilz . 1. First, not a question, but a directive: Enough with the "Pants on the Ground" business.

It wasna t a coincidence that country singer Shania Twain was the guest judge on FOX-TVa s a oeAmerican Idola Tuesday night.