AMERICAN IDOL to Pay Tribute to Whitney Houston This Week

On last night's coverage of the Grammy Awards Red Carpet, E! host Ryan Seacrest revealed that this week's AMERICAN IDOL will "pay tribute in some way" to the late Whitney Houston who passed away this past Saturday night at the age of 48.

Seacrest explained that editing is currently underway to present the show's upcoming Hollywood audition shows on Wednesday, February 15th and Thursday, February 16th as a tribute to the late, great performer. 

Commented Seacrest at last night's E! coverage, "I can tell you now that I was on the phone with American Idol producers. We are trying to figure out how we can go in and obviously pay tribute [to Houston] in some way and acknowledge the impact that she had on popular singers, popular music and young singers that are trying to make it. So we'll see."