Erika Van Pelt -- the 10th place finisher on this season's "American Idol" -- says Donna Summer gave her a huge leg up in her music career ... and now she wants to honor the Disco Queen's memory on the upcoming "A.I." concert tour. Van Pelt tells….....»»

It doesn't sound like Heejun Han will be pulling an Erika Van Pelt. The season 11 finalist was eliminated from American Idol last night, but while Van Pelt has expressed disdain for the judges' decision NOT to save her - saying in an interview that she fe.....»»

The day after Erika Van Pelt was eliminated from American Idol, she was relatively calm, expressing excitement over this summer's tour and saying she expected to be in the bottom three. But the first member of the top 10 to be sent packing took a few days.....»»

American Idol 2012 is back tonight and we have our top 9.  Stand by as we live blog the show with all the up-to-the-minute details.  On last week’s episode  Erika Van Pelt sang her heart out for survival, but the judges decided not to save her and sh.....»»

When Erika Van Pelt hit the American Idol stage, she appeared to be one of best singers in the reality singing competition. Judge Randy Jackson backed the DJ and singer from Rhode Island — but his costars, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler, didn’.....»»

"I'm looking at it like they didn't want to use their save this early," she says.....»»

Erika Van Pelt has defiantly told MTV News that she has no regrets over the change of hairstyle that might possibly have been one of the reasons she exited American Idol this week The 26 year-old drastically changed her style from mid-length blonde to a s.....»»

Erika Van Pelt has been struggling to comprehend why it was her who was booted out of the latest round of American Idol suggesting that maybe it was her age that led to the public voting her out after another closely fought round of singing Randy Jackson......»»

The eliminated contestant "certainly didn't agree" with all of Lopez's comments.....»»

Michele Amabile Angermiller The Rhode Island native reveals career goals and her own musical idol, whom she hopes to cover during the “Idol” Summer tour.read more.....»»

Michele Amabile Angermiller The Rhode Island native reveals career goals and her own musical idol, whom she hopes to cover during the “Idol” Summer tour.read more.....»»

Erika Van Pelt saw her elimination on American Idol coming last night. "I knew I was going to be in the bottom," the finalist told reporters today on a conference call. "I would've had to have a super, super standout, crazy, over the top performance to [a.....»»

The 10th person to be eliminated talks about the judges' critiques, the cast's close relationship and her next steps as a singer......»»

The "Idol" contestant talks about future plans and why this season's singers are ignoring "expert" advice. Oh, and she's keeping the new loo ........»»

Poor Erika Van Pelt......»»

Poor Erika Van Pelt......»»

Really, it all comes down to being memorable. Erika was the most non-descript contestant in this competition. Seriously, I didn’t realize she was on the show until every time she came up. Her being... Really, it all comes down to being memora.....»»

SPOILER ALERT: It was not a good night for Erika Van Pelt on Thursday. This American Idol hopeful was sent home after a disappointing Billy Joel cover the evening before. But what about Lana Del Rey? Did she redeem herself on one of the country's biggest .....»»

ERIKA VAN PELT EXITS ?AMERICAN IDOL,? NINE SINGERS LEFT STANDING.....»»

Would Sanjaya "Pony-hawk" Malakar beg to differ?.....»»