ATLANTA – In the lifelong friendship between Jonathan Aranda and Alejandro Kirk, it is Aranda who’s theoretically the big brother. Born on May 23, 1998, Aranda came into this world nearly six months ...

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Jonathan Aranda received a text in Spanish late in the morning. It contained a mysterious request: “Let me know if you hear about the All-Star team.” The message came from ...

Full disclosure: I checked out of "American Idol" a long time ago and had zero interest when ABC rebooted the show last season. Then along came Alejandro Aranda. I happened this season's runner-up ...

The Top 20 contestants will be revealed on Sunday's episode Some of your favorite American Idol alums are back! In honor of Sunday's Top 20 episode in the competition series, PEOPLE can exclusively ...