Having posed as a 15-year-old to gain access to the apparently top-secret list of Teen Choice Award nominations, I can now tell you that Idol got several nominations. And The Voice got a couple of nominations as well. In fact, both were nominated in the Favorite Reality Competition category, along with Wipeout, So You Think…
Episode seven of “Platinum Hit” was the show’s best yet, even if the results were more than a bit disappointing. This was the Johnny and Nick show, as in computer programmer Johnny Marnell and supreme egotist Nick Nittoli. Oh, the other cast members — Sonyae Elise and Brian Judah; Jes Hudak and Scotty Granger —…
Before Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina, Aaron Kelly was the teen country singing sensation on American Idol. And the fifth-place finisher from season nine will be performing in Harrisburg Sunday afternoon. The occasion is the 14th annual Celebration of Children event at the Forum in Harrisburg. Aaron will be on hand to receive the Arpeggio…
All week long, I’ve been hoping for word that Jennifer Lopez was making a split from American Idol. Instead, news comes today that the world’s most beautiful woman is splitting from Marc Anthony. I mean, if this was going to happen, couldn’t she have done it months ago, before Marc was foisted upon us for…
More than 12,000 singers turned out at Heinz Field Friday in hopes of beginning the Season 11 American Idol. American Idol was visiting Pittsburgh for the first time in its search for contestants to fill out the Season 11 cast. Pittsburgh is the fourth city Idol has visited this year, following stops in San Diego,…
David Cook’s second post-Idol album took a pretty big tumble on the Billboard 200 music chart this week. “This Loud Morning” debuted at number seven last week. This week it tumbles all the way to number 26. Now, that’s not nearly as big a drop as fellow Season Seven contestant David Archuleta saw for his…
Will this be the year American Idol breaks its Emmy jinx? I sure hope not. For those who missed it, Emmy nominations came out early this morning. For the ninth straight year, American Idol is nominated. And despite its rank at the top of the TV ratings, Idol has yet to take home the Emmy….
Pia Toscano confesses she wasn’t feeling very optimistic about her career as a singer back on April 7. That’s the night American Idol voters booted Pia, unquestionably one of the most talented singers among the Season 10 cast. “When I was being eliminated, that whole process, all I could think is, ‘I’m finishing ninth. My…
Josh Gracin, the fourth-place finisher on season two of Idol, recently released a new single to iTunes called “Long Way to Go.” This is a bit of departure for Josh, who scored a series of country hits when he was fresh off Idol. This single is being pushed to adult contemporary radio stations. “We wanted…
The folks at the Country Music Association must figure Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley have a little chemistry working for them. The country stars announced via Facebook this morning that they’d be back as host of the CMA Music Awards for the fourth straight year. “I don’t know why on earth they think that’s working,…
