October | 2012 | Idol Chatter & Voice Views

Kelly Clarkson, New Idol Music
Kelly’s greatest hits album includes 3 new tunes

October 16, 2012 By Mark Franklin 0

You have to like Kelly Clarkson’s attitude. Not only will she be releasing a greatest hits album on Nov. 19. She’s calling it “Greatest Hits: Chapter 1.” Which you only do if you’re pretty confident there will be a second chapter. But, hey, why not? Kelly’s just 30 and her latest album (“Stronger”) included one…
Battle Rounds, Season 3, The Voice
Night 3 of the battles on The Voice

October 15, 2012 By Mark Franklin 4

Here we go with night three of the battles on The Voice, where we saw 11 match-ups last week, but only eight contestants were eliminated. That’s because three — Amanda Brown, Caitlin Michele and Collin McLoughlin — were “saved” and wound up with new teams in Season 3’s new twist. I’ll be shocked it there…
Kristy Lee Cook, New Idol Music
Kristy Lee Cook is back with a heartfelt new single

October 15, 2012 By Mark Franklin 0

One of the pluckiest contestants ever to grace the American Idol stage has a new single. That would be Kristy Lee Cook, who seemed forever on the brink of elimination during Season 7 of Idol yet managed to finish a very respectable seventh among one of the show’s most talented casts ever. Kristy Lee’s new…
Carrie Underwood, Casey James, Idols at awards shows, Lauren Alaina Suddeth
Carrie, Lauren, Casey nominated for ACA honors

October 15, 2012 By Mark Franklin 0

Casey James and Lauren Alaina will be vying for their first American Country Awards when the show airs Monday, Dec. 10, on FOX. Then there’s Carrie Underwood, who has won nine such awards in the show’s first two years and is nominated for four more this year. The American Country Awards announced its nominees last…
New Idol Music, Phillip Phillips
Phillip’s debut album will be out before Thanksgiving

October 15, 2012 By Mark Franklin 0

Update:Phillip Phillips sent out a tweet this morning confirming the Nov. 19 release date and the name of the album. Heck, he even sent out a photo of the cover. Earlier blog:MTV correctly pointed out this morning that Amazon.com has posted a release date for a debut album from American Idol Season 11 winner Phillip…
Season 12
American Idol still searching for singers for Season 12

October 15, 2012 By Mark Franklin 0

I’m not sure what this says about the quality of singers American Idol has rounded up for Season 12, but the show is still inviting auditions. And the folks at Idol are making it pretty easy. No sitting and waiting with thousands of other hopefuls in some stadium in the middle of summer. All that’s…
Idols on the Music Chart
Carrie, Taylor battle for country single supremacy

October 15, 2012 By Mark Franklin 0

There’s an interesting little battle under way at the top of the Billboard country music charts. Carrie Underwood has watched 14 straight singles hit number one of number two on the country singles chart. “Good Girl,” her first single from her current album, made it all the way to number one. Last week, her second…
Battle Rounds, Season 3, The Voice
The Voice: The Week in photos

October 14, 2012 By Mark Franklin 0

The Voice kicked off the battle rounds with a new twist last week — the save. The bottom line: Contestants eliminated by their coach after a battle round could be snatched up by another coach. It happened three times in the first two battle round episodes, prolonging The Voice life for Collin McLoughlin, Amanda Brown…
Season 2 Judges Mansion, The X Factor, Uncategorized
The X Factor: The week in photos

October 14, 2012 By Mark Franklin 0

First, The X Factor narrowed its field to 24 contestants. Then the show assigned judges to the categories: L.A. Reid for the Over 25s, Simon for the groups, Britney Spears for the teens and Demi Lovato for the young adults. And finally, the final six in each category competed with hopes of becoming one of…
Mandisa, New Idol Music
Mandisa helps deliver Christmas spirit a little early

October 12, 2012 By Mark Franklin 0

I’m sure we’ll get a fair amount of Christmas music from former Idol contestants this year; we always seem to. But Mandisa beat everyone to the punch by releasing “It’s Christmas: Christmas Angel Edition” Tuesday (Oct. 9). The album title is a nod to the fact that some of the 12 tracks are carry-overs from…

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