Schyler Dixon, 16, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., is the sister of Colton. They might be the most talented brother-sister duo to hit the Idol stage. They performed together in a band called Messenger prior to Season 10 of Idol, and Schyler impressed me the most Wednesday night with her rendition of The Script’s “Breakeven.” In fact,…
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Idol Season 11 kicks off in just a few minutes. Which means we’re about 40 episodes, about a dozen Ford videos and about a million commercials away from crowning a successor to Scotty McCreery. (Oh, how I envy those of you who can DVR the show and watch it in half the time because you’re…
*** Bucky Covington’s new song *** It’s Idol week on FOX17’s Tennessee Mornings show out of Nashville. Yesterday, the station had Idol Season 4 runner-up Bo Bice and Idol Season 10 finalist Ashthon Jones performing on the show. Today, it was Bucky Covington’s turn, performing his new single, “I Wanna Be That Feeling.” Bucky signed…
*** Bo working on new album *** Bo Bice stopped by Tennessee Mornings at FOX17 in Nashville Tuesday morning to perform “Everything,” a song he hopes appears on his fourth studio album. Yes, Bo is working on a new album. And FOX17 reports that it will mark his first full-fledged country album. That shouldn’t surprise…
Editor’s Note: As Season 10 kicks off, let’s catch up with some of the contestants we met at this time a year ago. You know, I’m convinced Idol would be so much better if I could just hand-pick which contestants advance from the semifinals. If so, we would have heard more from Katelyn Epperly and…
Editor’s Note: As Idol Season 11 kicks off, let’s catch up with some of the contestants we met at this time a year ago. Who can forget the night Idol introduced us to 26-year-old Chris Medina and his heart-touching backstory? Chris was making plans for his wedding when Juliana Ramos was in a car crash…
We’re closing in on the start of another season of American Idol. That means it’s time to start checking out what the judges are saying about Season 11, and what we should read into those comments. Here goes … The talent Steven Tyler: “(The auditoners) are better than ever. Last year there were some we…
*** Haley’s single *** Haley Reinhart announced last night that her first single will be released on March 1. No word when a debut album will appear from last year’s third-place finisher on Idol. But I love the response from a fan named swansteel on Twitter: “Finally!! This is the news I’ve been dying to…
