Paul McDonald is still battling to become the Season 10 American Idol. But that didn’t prevent the Grand Magnolias, the band he performed with pre-Idol, from releasing a new single Tuesday to benefit the relief effort in Japan. In fact, the endeavor is likely to be a whole lot more successful because the band’s former…
A night after her rousing duet with Steven Tyler at the Academy of Country Music awards show, Carrie Underwood was back on stage in Las Vegas Monday night. This time she was being honored — one of several female country artists saluted during the filming of “ACM Presents Girls’ Night Out: Superstar Women of Country.”…
American Idol’s most successful Christian artist releases her third CD Tuesday. Make it her fourth if you count Christmas CDs. Mandisa is back with “What If We Were Real,” an album she called her most honest yet in an interview earlier this year with the Associated Press. Frustrated by weight gain, Mandisa says she started…
There’s a lot to look forward to this week on American Idol. For starters, it’s rock-and-roll Hall of Fame week, which means the steady diet of ballads we’ve been served so far in the finals should come to an end. Oh, and you know all that filler footage we’ve had to sit through the last…
Well, Carrie Underwood won’t win a third straight Entertainer of the Year crown at the Academy of Country Music Awards tonight. But she provided an early and unexpected highlight for the show, when she showed up on stage with red streaks in her hair and launched into a two-song duet with Idol judge Steven Tyler….
Her first name means exotic flower, and Naima Adedapo certainly brought some freshness to American Idol during Season 10. Unfortunately, that originality also included a reggae version of Elton John’s “I’m Still Standing” that didn’t register with the judges or Idol’s voting public. And so Naima was eliminated from Idol Thursday night, though she will…
At age 15, Thia Megia was so anxious to audition for American Idol that the Californian refused to wait for the show’s auditions to come to her. Instead of auditioning in San Francisco or Los Angeles, she drove to Milwaukee, earning a golden ticket that eventually launched her into the Idol finals. Now 16, her…
The biggest surprise on American Idol’s double elimination episode wasn’t the eliminations. It was those performances by the finalists just before learning their results. I especially enjoyed the “I Told You So” duet by Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCreery and the Band on the Run performing … what else, “Band on the Run.” Idol has…
So, will Idol change its mind about themes again this week? If not, we’re likely to see considerably fewer ballads Wednesday night. At least one would hope. The announced theme at this point: Songs from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. That should jolt Pia Toscano and Stefano Langone out of ballad land. And…
Kudos to American Idol. Last week, we had a results show filled with surprises and drama. This week, perhaps a little less drama. But certainly more surprises. Tonight, for the first time ever at this stage of the competition, all the Idols performed before learning their results. That means we got a duet from Scotty…
