Curtis Finch Jr. leaves no doubt who inspired him to audition for American Idol. It was Season 3 winner Fantasia. He watched her overcome all the obstacles in her life to compete and win on the show, then go on to become a successful artist. After watching that, “it was nothing for me to come…
Brittany Hammond credits her mom with convincing her to audition for Season 11 of American Idol. After all, she had tried out last year in Kansas City and didn’t make it, which she admits was a little discouraging. This year, she tried out in her hometown of St. Louis in an audition we did not…
Top 2 Results — Up Where We Belong (with Phillip Phillips) Top 2 Results — And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going (with Jennifer Holliday) Top 2 Results — I Will Always Love You Top 2 Results — Top 2 — I Have Nothing Top 2 — The Prayer Top 2 — Change Nothing…
Back in Season 9, I thought Amber Caparas was one of the most promising singer-songwriters heading to Hollywood on American Idol. Since then, she’s released an impressive six-track EP, “Better This Way,” that’s available on iTunes. And now she’s back on Idol, having earned a golden ticket in the St. Louis audition episode. “I just…
Turns out two students from the very same high school in Fayetteville, N.C., earned golden tickets to Hollywood at American Idol’s Savannah auditions. We got to meet David Leathers Jr. on that episode. We did not get to hear from 16-year-old Ariel Sprague, who sings in the very same school choir. Monique Butler-Woodard, director of choral activities,…
Adam Lee Decker credits his fiancee with his decision to try out for Season 11 of American Idol. “She picked me up off the ground, so to speak,” he says, without elaborating in his golden ticket interview. Adam, 28, of Durham, N.C., is one of the many talented contestants we didn’t get to meet during…
On Facebrook, Adam Brock proclaims: “I like to sing stuff that no guys sing anymore.” Meaning, I suppose, soul, jazz, blues, gospel and funk, which are what he lists as his genres. In fact, this 27-year-old from the Pittsburgh area has released two jazz albums, “From Me to You” in 2003 and “All Jazzed Up” in…
Add Wendy Taylor of Huffman, Texas, to the list of Season 11 Idol contestants with music that you can already download, should you so desire. And you might want to after checking out the three songs on her January 2010 EP. Just go here for a listen, and make sure to listen to “Real Good,…
Let’s all hope Nick Boddington’s musical tastes have changed since he was 11 years old. That’s when he first performed for an audience, at a dance and vocal studio he was attending. His performance: A Donny Osmond medley, he says, with a big smile. No worries. Just check out a 9-track album Nick and Jade…
Lots of Idol contestants were heading back to Hollywood for a second time in Season 11. But most were last there in Season 9 or Season 10. Courtney Williams was returning after last going to Hollywood in Season 7. That’s right, the year David Cook and David Archuleta dueled for the Idol crown. But she’s…
