Colton Dixon apparently had no intention of trying out for American Idol in Season 11. He went to the Savannah auditions to support his sister, Schyler. But the 20-year-old was convinced to try to out by the Idol judges. And he wound up outlasting Schyler and all but six other contestants. He run on Idol…
No secrets about the Idol theme for next week. The show has already announced a Queen-themed performance show for next Wednesday night, with the top six taking on songs made famous by Freddie Mercury and his bandmates. In addition, the top six will perform a medley of Queen songs with Brian May and Roger Taylor,…
The selling power of American Idol worked again this week on the music charts. James Durbin, fourth-place finisher in Season 10, returned to Idol last week to perform his new single, “Higher Than Heaven.” The song is on James’ debut album, “Memories of a Beautiful Disaster,” which was released last November. The album debuted at…
Hey, Lauren Alaina fans. Don’t forget, the Season 10 Idol runnerup will be in York Saturday. She’s a featured guest at the York Revolution Fan Fest at Sovereign Bank Stadium. She’ll answer questions from fans from 11 to 11:15 a.m., then participate in an autograph signing session until noon. She won’t be performing. That’s because…
American Idol fans caught a glimpse of Fantasia Barrino a couple weeks ago when she popped into the show via video to congratulate Joshua Ledet on his success. Well, the Grammy winner and Season 3 Idol champ broke her long silence on Twitter Thursday, updating fans on what’s up with her life and her career….
Idol is two for two for shocking elimination shows in the last two weeks. Thursday night, it was Colton Dixon’s turn to wind up on the bottom of the voting. And, this time, there was no save to be had. For a blog on how themes and song choices were exactly fair to Colton, go…
I do not even want to go back and check when I last made a correct prediction on an American Idol elimination. I mean, for a while, I was picking Hollie Cavanagh to go home every week. And she outlasted Heejun Han and Deandre Brackensick and, nearly, Jessica Sanchez. So I figured, OK, those Holliepops…
If I were a Colton Dixon fan right now, I’d be torn between two emotions. I’d be proud of Colton, because that was one classy exit from American Idol. First, he apologized to the judges for not being himself Wednesday night, when he turned in two performances that just didn’t measure up to Colton Dixon…
