And the winner is … Scotty McCreery. Not of American Idol, of course. We’re still 11 eliminations away from learning the identity of the Season 10 champ. But Scotty seems more of a possibility every time he displays that deep country voice of his. Meanwhile, he’s the hands-down winner of oddest album owned by a…
With the release of her second album just a little more than a week away, Jennifer Hudson provided an Idol bright spot on the Billboard music charts last week. Her new single, “Where You At,” jumped from 22 to 17 on the R&B singles chart. That comes on the heels of a seven-spot jump last…
Passed over by Idol voters, Ashthon Jones got a second chance to make the Idol finals when the judges picked her as a wild card candidate. She won’t get another chance to woo those voters. Her Idol run ended Thursday night, two days after her pre-taped rendition of Diana Ross’ “When You Tell Me that…
American Idol just announced details about next week’s show. First off, guest performers on Thursday’s results show will include Lee DeWyze and the Black Eyed Peas. Second, the week’s theme for the 12 remaining contestants will be “Songs from the Year They Were Born.” That’s an oft-used theme on Idol. What I like about it…
The above photo of Idol’s final 12 has a noticeable omission. Casey Abrams, an early favorite in season 10, wasn’t at the photo shoot because he was hospitalized for the second time since the competition began and missed Thursday’s results show. So Pia Toscano held up a likeness of Casey’s head. Even in the hospital,…
Adam Lambert returned to the Idol stage Thursday night. And reminded us all over again of what a crime it was that he didn’t win the Idol crown in season eight. He sang an unplugged version of “Aftermath.” And whatever you think of Adam, no doubt he has one of the best voices Idol has…
The biggest news tonight had nothing to do with the results. I mean, come on, we all knew Ashthon Jones was in trouble. I said as much the minute I saw the singing order for the top 13. But Casey Abrams back in the hospital. That’s an unfortunate piece of news, because he’s established himself…
Right about now, I sure wish Nigel Lythgoe had stuck to his pledge to shorten these results shows to one-half hour. Instead. we’re in for the usual group performance, a Ford video, probably lots of footage of that mansion all the Idols are living in and not nearly as much suspense as Idol managed to…
If you’re interested in downloading many of the full-length studio versions of the songs the Idols sang Wednesday night, iTunes has a bargain for you. For the first time, the 13 Idol performances are available album style, for $7.99. Since downloading a single performance would cost you $1.29, that’s a pretty significant discount. And, remember,…
Well, viewers, I think American Idol has found us some singers. Season 10’s first finals episode was five singers old and we’d already heard as many top-notch performances as we were likely to get in any show from the past two seasons. Now what we need are some judges who know how to deliver a…
