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Blake Lewis, New Idol Music
Blake Lewis: Big plans for 2009

March 21, 2009 By Mark Franklin 0

Oh, my, the influence Sanjaya Malakar has had. Fellow season six contestant Blake Lewis posted a vlog on his MySpace page recently in which he introduces us to his pet dog. And the dog sports … what else? … a mohawk. OK, I have no idea if Sanjaya inspired the mohawk or not. But Idol…
Ruben Studdarrd, Season 8
Ruben will visit Idol; the Idols visit Motown (photo gallery)

March 20, 2009 By Mark Franklin 0

First, we heard from Kelly Clarkson. Then Carrie Underwood. Next week on the Idol results show, we’ll hear from Ruben Studdard, who will sing his new single, “Together.” After all, it will be Motown Week on Idol, with Smokey Robinson and Berry Gordy serving as mentors to the contestants. In fact, eight of the 10…
Alexis Grace, Season 8, Season 8 finals
Alexis Grace: She’ll keep singing and she’ll keep the look

March 19, 2009 By Mark Franklin 0

The new American Idol judges’ save took an almost cruel turn Wednesday night. Alexis Grace had been told she was the night’s low vote-getter, that only the judges could rescue her from elimination, from becoming a part of Idol history. Then Simon Cowell told Alexis the judges were considering doing just that. But, first, she…
Alexis Grace, Season 8, Season 8 finals
Idol finals week 2: Hey, fans, don’t forget the talented gals

March 18, 2009 By Mark Franklin 0

OK, Ryan wasn’t kidding at the beginning of last night’s show. That was a bit of a shock. I mean, I had Alexis Grace’s performance of “Jolene” graded as the worst of all 11 Tuesday night. But I really thought the 4-foot-11 blonde dynamo would have enough appeal with voters to survive one poor performance….
Alexis Grace, Season 8, Season 8 finals
Idol finals week 2 results: Alexis Grace eliminated from Idol

March 18, 2009 By Mark Franklin 0

So who will fall prey to country night on American Idol? Will it be Michael Sarver, whose performance got panned by judges and who performed nearly two hours before anyone could vote? Will it be Megan Joy, whose subpar performance Tuesday night was at least partly flu-affected? Or will it be Scott MacIntyre, who turned…
Season 8
You can collect all the Idols; check out the new cards

March 18, 2009 By Mark Franklin 0

So, do you wanna trade your Kelly Clarkson for my William Hung? Apparently, Idol fans will be able to weigh the wisdom of such an exchange come April 21. That’s when Upper Deck plans to release the first-ever American Idol trading cards. Yes, folks, the phenomenon that is Idol has grown to the point where…
Season 8, Season 8 finals
Idol finals week 2: The song-by-song grades

March 17, 2009 By Mark Franklin 0

Here we go, country night on American Idol. As I said in the rankings I posted Monday, country music will probably be a challenge for some of these singers. In their interviews with the media after snagging spots in the finals, Adam Lambert and Megan Joy said country is the genre with which they’re least…
Alexis Grace, Season 8, Season 8 finals
Idol finals week 2: Anoop delivers a surprise on country night

March 17, 2009 By Mark Franklin 0

So that’s why we need four judges — to artificially pump up a two-hour show that features less than 22 minutes of singing. The judges seemed to babble on forever last night. And I think we need assigned seating. Move Paula to the other side of Kara so she’s not sitting next to Simon. Their…
Ann Marie Boskovich, Casey Carlson, Von Smith
Von Smith, Casey Carlson and others resurface

March 16, 2009 By Mark Franklin 0

Remember all those ousted semifinalists? They continue to resurface on MySpace. Von Smith is the latest to address his Idol experience in a blog, assuring fans that there’s a smile on his face and he’s holding his head high over how far he got on the show. “Though it’s a little bittersweet, I know everything…
Season 8, Season 8 finals
The rankings week 2: Here comes some country

March 16, 2009 By Mark Franklin 0

After watching Adam Lambert outperform everyone by a country mile last week, I thought to myself, “We might as well fast forward to country week.” A couple of weeks ago, Adam told the media that country is the genre of music that would present him with his biggest challenge. So I’m thinking, “Let’s go ahead…

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