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There’s nothing like live TV!  Especially when the cast of the show can’t be bother to show up on time for filming!

During last night’s episode of American Idol, judge Nicki Minaj showed up a full 13 minutes after the show began!  Before her tardy arrival, host Ryan Seacrest made light of the situation by joking about the judge’s absence, but behind closed doors, sources say Seacrest as fuming!

Ryan was the angriest and Nigel [Lythgoe] was mad too. Nicki knew better.

And that wasn’t all.  Fellow A.I. judge and sworn enemy of all things Minaj-related, Mariah Carey was more than a little heated over her co-worker’s lateness.

Mariah was just annoyed, she’s really over [Nicki]. They were all just embarrassed that it happened.

This?  This is what they’re embarrassed over?  Not the absolutely ridiculous antics between Mariah and Nicki all season?  Yeah, this is waaaaay worse…

According to sources, since being named the winner of American Idol: Season 11, Phillip Phillips’ debut single “Home” has already been downloaded 278,000 times – the most for any idol contestant since 2003 when Nielsen SoundScan began tallying downloads.

“Home” debuted at #2 on the Billboard charts, making it the fourth highest debut of any single this year, losing out only to superstars Katy Perry, Justin Bieber and Maroon 5.

Not bad for your very first single Phil old boy!

Phillips, who was forced to delay kidney surgery earlier this week due to a sinus infection, is slated to hit the road with the rest of the American Idol finalists later this summer for the American Idols LIVE tour and we expect to see an album from the 21-year-old Georgian sometime this year.

Congrats Phillip – we can’t wait to see what’s in store for you!

American Idol finalist Phil Phillips may be one step closer to winning season 11 of the FOX hit show, but the 21-year-old may have to bow out of the competition early, due to the urgings of his doctors.

According to sources, Phillips’ doctors say that the Georgia native must go under the knife immediately after the AI finale – if not before – in order to address a serious kidney issue that is wracking the singer’s body.  Phillips had a temporary stent put in earlier this year in order to ease some of the symptoms he was experiencing.

While his illness is certainly taking a physical and emotional toll, Phil says that there is no way he will miss the show’s final week and will only agree to the surgery once the winner is announced.

The American Idol Season 11 season finale airs next week – who do you think will be crowned this year’s American Idol?

Thanks goodness!  Because what the heck was I going to watch once X Factor and The Singing Bee ended?

The premiere date for FOX’s mega-successfull reality hit, American Idol was announced earlier today and it looks like we only have to wait a little over a month to get our fix!  Host Ryan Seacrest, and judges Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler and Randy Jackson will be back January 18th, 19th AND 22nd with a three-part A.I. premiere.

Woo-hoo!

Check out the promo for A.I. 2012 below and get pumped!