KT Tunstall is not exactly a fan of American Idol.

The singer is furious her hit song - "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" - was used on "a money-making puppet show."

She added: "There's no control given to the people. They are nationally humiliated for being themselves. Horrible."

Ouch. Tell us how you really feel, KT.

The next edition of American Idol may not start until January, but the FOX juggernaut is already making news.

Several changes are in the works, officials told The New York Post, including:

• Changing the format to allow singers to show other musical talents, such as guitar playing;
• Many fewer "mentors," those established musical stars like Diana Ross and Tony Bennett, who appeared every week last season and took attention away from the contestants;
• And, next summer, the annual American Idol live tour may be combined with the So You Think You Can Dance tour, in order to create a show with both singing and dancing.

We can't wait to watch it all.

Elliott Yamin recently talked to Parade about his musical life, his love life and more. Here are a couple excerpts:

On Being Diagnosed with Diabetes:
“I was diagnosed at a very young age. I was 15 going on 16. It was hard for me to adjust to treating my diabetes, but it was also hard to admit that I had it. I was in denial. That was a big hump for me to get over.

I didn’t understand how I could just go from being a normal kid to having this incurable lifelong disease in a matter of a day’s time. I was very angry. I was very upset. I didn’t know how to deal with it and I didn’t want to tell people, I was embarrassed by it. And I certainly didn’t want to seem like some charity case.”

On the Love of His Life:
“I have a beautiful girlfriend at home. Her name is Jamie Paetz. She’s a model, she’s 27, and she’s very beautiful. She’s the love of my life.”

To read the full interview with Yamin, follow our link.

Carrie Underwood rules.

Carnival Ride is the number-one album in the country, having sold a staggering 527,000 copies during its debut week.

This is the American Idol winner’s first top-ranked album. We're guessing it won't be her last, however.

Carrie's new disc bests her previous effort, 2005’s Some Hearts, which debuted to 315,000 copies sold in its first week. Chace Crawford must be so proud!

The debut album from Blake Lewis, Audio Day Dream, will hit shelves on December 4.

In the meantime, AOL is streaming the American Idol runner-up's first single, "Break Anotha." Listen to it now.

Yes, Jordin Sparks is still a virgin.

But it's not easy.

“Temptation is always there," the American Idol winner told Us Weekly. "It's hard everyday, but I made a promise to myself."

Since she was 13, the singer has worn a platinum "promise ring" — bearing the inscription “True Love Waits” — that her parents gave her, and she plans to keep it on.

"I wasn't ever forced into [wearing the ring]," she said. "It’s all about making the right choice and not putting yourself in that situation."

Still, the single singer — whose debut disc comes out on November 20 — says she wouldn't mind a mate, like Carrie Underwood appears to have now with Chace Crawford.

"They have to make me laugh because I love to laugh," she said, describing her dream guy. "They have to have nice teeth. They could be athletic and sing ... and play and instrument.

Carrie Underwood likes the drama on Gossip Girl.

Reportedly, she also likes one of the actors on that show.

But current dating aside, the American Idol champion and woman behind the new CD, Carnival Ride, recently talked to Us Weekly about past relationships:

You had a hit with 'Before He Cheats.' Do you still keep in touch with your exes?
Not really because most of my exes are pre-Idol, so, yeah, I don't really. [It's like,] "Well, you wish you would have stayed with me, huh?" [Laughs]

Do you listen to talk about your looks or consider yourself a sex symbol?
No. If I didn't do what I do, nobody would ever look twice at me. I'm a blender – and the only reason anybody, if they do think of me in that way, it's just because I do what I do. I'm okay. But I'm not, like, anything special.

What motivated you to write some songs on your new album?
It's definitely a plus when you can write your own stuff. It's coming from a personal place – and it's just more to be proud of. I just wanted to see if I had the talent and just try. It wasn't a huge deal like, "every song on the album must be mine," because there are so many talented writers.

We have a couple new details on the wedding between Katharine McPhee and longtime boyfriend Nick Cokas.

The American Idol runner-up and her older man are reportedly planning to wed in February at a Beverly Hills, estate, according to a report in Us Weekly's October 29 issue.

"There will be many Greek elements," a source told the magazine. "She calls him her 'little Greek god.'"

Awwww.

Cokas proposed to the 23-year-old former American Idol finalist with a pink and yellow engagement ring last spring; however the pair have allegedly kept the pending nuptials secret so McPhee could focus on her career.

Carrie Underwood is busy this week going on dates with Chace Crawford and releasing her new album, Carnival Ride.

Below, USA Today reviews various song on the album. You can read more about it at the newspaper's American Idol blog.

Flat on the Floor: Great start. This is a modal-sounding banjo-driven country-folk tune, and Carrie's vocal is really aggressive, with a desperate edge to it, more so than anything previous. She's not cuddly Carrie any more on this one.

All-American Girl: Sentimental tale of a guy who's got his mind set on his first child being a boy, but gets a daughter instead and is immediately captivated by her. Years later, the same is said abot the high school football star who ends up marrying her and winds up telling her that when it's time for their first child, he wants an All-American girl just like his wife. Carrie co-wrote it.

So Small: First single is a power ballad displaying Nashville craftsmanship at its finest, with a chance to soar for Carrie. You may have heard it on the radio already.

Just a Dream: Ballad about a widow mourning the loss of her soldier husband. Heartfelt, but a little heavy on the sentiment and a less-than-standout song musically.

Get Out of This Town: Upbeat ditty about the need to escape; not much depth or musical distinctiveness.

Crazy Dreams: Another song co-written by Carrie - and it's perfect for her, a salute to all the "hairbrush singers and dashboard drummers" and showbiz wannabes that carries a lot more conviction coming from one of their own who actually made it.

I Know You Won't: Slushy ballad, although well-sung.

Last Name: The Before He Cheats of this album, as Carrie takes on a persona totally foreign to her nature: that of a girl who gets so blitzed that she elopes with a stranger and gets a quickie Vegas marriage, all without learning the dude's last name. She co-wrote this one, too.

Once again, Carrie Underwood has been spotted on a date with Chace Crawford.

In town to promote her new CD, Carnival Ride, the American Idol champion met up with the Gossip Girl actor at at upscale Italian restaurant “Destino” on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

It looks official now that Tony Romo is out of Carrie's love life. And Crawford is happy to be in it.