Over the past five days, I’ve taken a look back at the highlights and lowlights of Idol and its imitators during 2011. You’ll find a top 5 moments blog, a worst 5 moments blog, my picks for top 10 Idol songs, top 5 Idol albums and top 5 Idol videos. Now, the final blog in…
A look back at the best of Idol in 2011 continues today with my picks for the top five Idol videos from the year that’s about to end. If you missed them, other blogs in the series include the best of Idol and its imitators, the worst of Idol and its imitators, the top 10…
This is the fourth in the series of stories looking back at American Idol and imitators in 2011. Today, a look at the top Idol albums and EPs from 2011. 1. Kelly Clarkson — “Stronger” She’s at it again, belting out pop-rock tunes you just can’t get out of your head. Fortunately, with a word…
This is the third part of my look back at the best and worst of American Idol and its imitators in 2011. Monday, I picked the five best Idol occurrences/moments from the year. Yesterday, I presented the five worst. Today, my picks for 10 favorite songs from Idols — and just Idols — in 2011….
On Monday, I took a look at the five best things to happen in the world of Idol and its imitators in 2011. Today, the worst. 1. The X Factor misses the mark Simon Cowell promised us a mega-hit. What he delivered was a mega-miss — overhyped, overproduced, like American Idol on steroids. Simon and…
Over the next five days, I’ll take a look back at 2011, American Idol style. Today, my picks for five highlights among Idol and its imitators in the year that’s about to conclude. Coming up later this week, the worst of Idol (Tuesday), the top albums of 2010 (Wednesday), the top Idol songs of 2010…
During commercial breaks of The X Factor finale this week, I tried tracking down all the Christmas songs released by former American Idol contestants this year. Below is what I found. Now, I couldn’t find them all on YouTube. Matt Giraud from Season 8 has released “This Christmas” and “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting).” To…
Kelly Clarkson has released “What Doesn’t Kill You” as the second single of her “Stronger” album. But the first single, “Mr. Know It All,” is still doing quite well on the Billboard music charts. In fact, the song remains number one on the adult pop song chart this week, marking its second in that spot….
Melanie Amaro was off The X Factor, eliminated by mentor Simon Cowell, sent back to her Florida home in favor of young and exuberant Rachel Crow. She returned to her job and her pre-X routine, though the 19-year-old admits she wasn’t thrilled with the idea. Two weeks later, Simon came calling, admitting he’d made a…
Here are photos from the final results show from Season One of The X Factor.
