Blaire Sieber earned a golden ticket to Hollywood for the second straight year in Season 11, auditioning in Savannah. The Arizona gal who now lives in Boston says she thinks she’s improved substantially since Season 10, and it’s not like she’s not used to being center stage. She says she started competing in pageants when…
We didn’t get to see Brielle Von Hugel perform when she earned a golden ticket during the Savannah episode. But she was the subject of a featured segment last year’s New Jersey auditions. You might remember her as the 16-year-old who always wore a flower in her hair and was singing on behalf of her…
Candice Glover says she’s “absolutely crazy, out of my mind.” She’s talking about her personality, and she sees it as a good thing. “I think American Idol is about being yourself,” she says in her golden ticket interview. “Idol is about somebody you look up to. You want to look at somebody who says, ‘Hey,…
Chelsea Sorrell made it to the top 60 on American Idol Season 10. “Sick with the flu,” she notes. “Hopefully, this year, I’ll do better healthy.” She’ll get the chance. Chelsea, 23 at the time of the auditions, got a golden ticket in Savannah. We didn’t get to hear her sing in the episode, but we did see…
The Savannah auditions must have been a reunion of sorts considering the number of Season 10 golden ticket recipients who returned for another shot at the American Idol crown. Count Asheville, N.C., rocker Caleb Johnson among them. A year ago, he impressed the judges with his rendition of “Rusty Cage.” At the time, he was…
His name is Deneco Pittman, but he performs as Neco Starr. A fitting stage name, I suppose, for someone who wasn’t bashful about telling Idol cameras back in Season 9 that he “has that star quality.” Deneco made it to Hollywood that year, but says he was sent home because of a bad song choice….
So The X Factor has axed host Steve Jones, and judges Nicole Scherzinger and Paula Abdul are leaving, voluntarily or involuntarily. Apparently someone had to pay the price when the show failed to meet Sir Simon Cowell’s expectations of getting American Idol-like viewership. Yep, that’s going to fix The X Factor, all right: Firing a…
Last year, Scott Dangerfield dashed into the Idol audition room looking like anything but a star, but dazzled the judges with his rendition of Amos Lee’s “Dreamin’.” Jennifer Lopez declared him one of her favorite male performers. But he dropped out of Idol before Hollywood Week because he was also a student-teacher working on his…
Top 8 — I Like It Top 8 — I’m So Excited (with Hollie Cavanagh) Top 9 — Sometimes I Cry Top 10 — Only the Good Die Young Top 11/12 — Endless Love Top 13 — Master Blaster Wild Card — Georgia on My Mind Semifinals — Reason Deandre Brackensick was just 16 last…
Disaster turned into motivation for Su Charles, of Aurora, Colo. She’s Haitian-American and she’s a nurse, so she headed to Haiti following the devastating earthquake in January 2010 that killed tens of thousands. “Seeing the loss of life led me to realize I need to do what I was born to do, and that’s to…
