Carole King night on American Idol, huh? I’m trying to figure out the logic in that. And the closest I’ve come is that this year marks the 40th anniversary of the release of the singer-songwriter’s splendid “Tapestry” album, which featured most of her best-known songs. I’ve gone on record before as saying I’m not a…
Last week, Kelly Clarkson and Jason Aldean performed their hit, “Don’t You Want to Stay,” on American Idol. This week, predictably enough, the song soared up the charts. The song jumped 11 spots to a new peak of number 31 on Billboard’s Hot 100. It jumped 21 spots to a new peak of 23 on Billboard’s Top…
Back in the Idol auditions, Jennifer Lopez pronounced that Stefano Langone had a “star on his forehead.” The star nearly never saw Idol’s big stage. But the judges gave him a wild-card berth after a rousing performance of “Need You Now.” And Stefano wound up being the last wild-card contestant standing until his elimination Thursday…
David Cook performed his new single, “The Last Goodbye.” Katy Perry performed her latest number one hit, “E.T.” American Idol said farewell to its last wild-card contestant, Stefano Langone, during Thursday night’s results show. And now there are just six contestants remaining to sing the songs of Carole King during a 1 1/2-hour episode of…
Slowly, but surely, I’m regaining my faith in American Idol voters. After Pia Toscano’s way-too-soon elimination earlier this month, Nigel Lythgoe implied viewers would be shocked every week henceforth, because the Idol talent is so good this year. Well, Paul McDonald went home last week, and it wasn’t a major shock. And, tonight, Cute Boy…
So, who’s likely to wind up in the bottom three tonight? It’s hard to imagine that fate befalling Scotty McCreery, even though he performed first and drew some of the harshest criticism from the judges last night. Or James Durbin, despite the fact that many Muse fans weren’t enamored with his version of “Uprising.” Or…
Well, Steven Tyler’s streak of critiques without a negative comment has hit 46. You know what? Tonight, I can hardly blame him. Hey, the Idols were good. Very good. Up until the last two performances, I was ready to call it one of the best Idol performance episodes ever. Perhaps and Idols are gaining skill…
Tired of waiting until November for each season’s American Idol winner to release an album. This year, you might not have to. At least that was the indication from Idol executive producer Ken Warwick during a conference call with the media this afternoon. Warwick said it’s possible the Season 10 champ’s album timetable will be…
First off, kudos to Ken Warwick, executive producer of American Idol. Unlike Nigel Lythgoe, he doesn’t deny the obvious. Idol has a gender problem. In a conference call with the media Wednesday afternoon, Warwick said voting in most reality shows is driven by “mums” and young girls. With the advent of text voting and, this…
Gotta say I’m looking forward to this week’s episode of American Idol. I mean it isn’t every week that the Idols are under orders to sing current music. In fact, the opposite typically happens. What was it Paul McDonald said last week? That he didn’t start performing music to make old songs sound new. Yet…
