Earlier Thursday evening at the FOX13 News client party at barbeque fest former American Idol contestants Alexis Grace and Nick Boddington performed.

Boddington joined FOX13's Kristin Tallent to talk American Idol Season 12 and, of course, BBQ.

Your Memphis Grizzlies  are going to a place they have never been before, the Western Conference Finals.

The fifth-seeded Grizzlies knocked off the top-seeded THunder in five games Wednesday evening to advance to the conference finals.

The spirit and the excitement of the city has been with them during this

Though Memphis In May is saluting the country of Sweden, the Swedish Smokers are not the only international team competition this weekend.

Teams from Great Britain and Canada got their passports stamped and pigs approved for this year's competition at Tom Lee Park.

Both teams are representing their countries

Over 250 barbecue teams from around the world are at Tom Lee Park in Downtown Memphis competing for ultimate barbecue bragging rights and over $110,000 in cash and prizes at the largest pork barbecue contest in the world.

This year, Memphis In May is honoring Sweden, the third-largest country in the