Jennifer Hudson’s new single, “Where You At,” wasn’t even available as a single until Tuesday, and it’s already roaring up the Billboard Hip-Hop/R&B chart. The song debuted at 53 last week, jumps to 37 this week and will almost assuredly soar again next week. Jennifer appeared on Oprah Thursday afternoon in what turned out to…
Can Idol extend its Grammy-award winning streak to six years? We’ll have to wait until Sunday to find out, of course, but Idol seems to face better odds than a year ago, when Carrie Underwood and the “Ain’t Misbehavin’” cast accounted for the only show-related nominations. This year, Carrie is one of three Idols with…
Well, Idol had a chance to introduce us to some new faces on the first day of Hollywood Week. Instead, the show decided to reacquaint us with its favorites, some of whom we’d just met the night before. Hey, Nigel might be back in the saddle, but it’s the same ol’ Idol. That said, here’s what…
All I can say is I hope the Kodak Theatre was well stocked with tissues when American Idol’s Hollywood episodes were filmed. Because many of those dreams Jennifer Lopez hesitated to dash during the auditions are going to be dashed in Hollywood. By the dozens. By the hundreds, as a matter of fact. Last year,…
After that horrendous L.A. audition episode, American Idol made up for lost time Wednesday night. Wow, we met a slew of talented singers. For more on show-ender, James Durbin, go here. Among the highlights: Julie Zorilla: She told the of how her family fled their mountain-top home in Colombia in the face of guerilla warfare on Idol….
So, we met a rocker with a heart-wrenching backstory Wednesday night. James Durbin, 21, of Santa Cruz, lost his bass guitar-playing dad to a drug overdose when he was 9, before he ever really knew him. He has strugged with Tourette syndrome and Asperger’s, a high-functioning form of autism. And he and his love, Heidi,…
Tonight apparently marks the final audition episode for American Idol season 10. There’s good and bad in that. Good because, after tonight, we can stop wasting our time watching crazies who have no chance at the season 10 crown. Everyone had enough comic relief after the L.A. episode? Thought so. Bad because there are still…
Under the category of clever marketing … Jennifer Hudson revealed her new single, “Where You At,” a couple of weeks ago. The song became available for download from iTunes and other sites Tuesday. And, just in case that wasn’t enough to grab fans’ attention, Jennifer just sent a pic of her new album cover, via…
This time of year amounts to a musical scavenger hunt. I mean, Idol sends all these contestants off to Hollywood and, generally, isn’t all that interested in filling us in on their musical backgrounds. So I set off in search of music they’ve recorded in some fashion, either under their Idol name, some variation of…
I think Nigel Lythgoe fibbed to us a little. Apparently reacting to the disdain fans showed over American Idol’s Los Angeles audition episode, he tweeted Thursday night: “I agree LA auditions were in general awful. A lot made me laugh. It just shows you never can tell where talent will come from.” Ah, but 29…
