Kristy Lee Cook featured on new country album
Kristy Lee Cook of American Idol Season 7 has a new song out. Sort of, anyway. She’s featured on a duet on country singer Randy Houser’s new album, which dropped this week.
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Kelly Clarkson Kelly Clarkson performs at inauguration (photo gallery)
Kelly Clarkson performed a soaring rendition of “My Country ‘Tis Of Three” at President Barack Obama’s inauguration Monday afternoon. Also performing during the ceremony were James Taylor and Beyonce.
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2013 Grammys, Carrie Underwood, Idols at awards shows Carrie Underwood announces a Grammy performance
An official announcement hasn’t been made by the folks organizing the 55th Grammy Awards. But Carrie Underwood tweeted to fans over the weekend that she’ll be performing on the Feb. 10 telecast.
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Season 12 Hear more from American Idol’s Johnny Keyser
Johnny Keyser was featured in an audition episode of American Idol for the second time this year. We met the 23-year-old from Pompano Beach, Fla., again Thursday in the Chicago audition episode.
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Season 12 Hear more from American Idol’s Josh Holiday
Josh Holiday was one of the talented males we met during American Idol’s Chicago audition episode. He sang “Back at One” and drew rave reviews from Nicki Minaj, Randy Jackson and Mariah Carey.
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Season 12 Hear more from American Idol’s Kez Ban
Kez Ban is the street performer we met during American Idol’s Chicago auditions. She performs with fire and makes balloon animals, but apparently also writes music.
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Kiara Lanier Hear more from American Idol’s Kiara Lanier
Kiara Lanier walked into the American Idol auditions in Chicago claiming that Mariah Carey helped inspire her to sing. By the time Kiara was done singing, Mariah Carey was praising her “huge potential.”
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Stephanie Schimel Hear more from American Idol’s Stephanie Schimel
Stephanie Schimel was one of three very impressive female singers we met early on in American Idol’s Chicago audition episode. The 21-year-old from Milwaukee displayed a sexy sort of voice singing “Dream a Little Dream of Me.”
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Griffin Peterson Hear more from American Idol’s Griffin Peterson
This 22-year-old from Wisconsin made Nicki Minaj growl during American Idol’s Chicago audition episode. In fact, she suggested a better first name for Griffin Peterson might be “grr.”
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Gabe Brown Hear more from American Idol’s Gabe Brown
Among the contestants we were introduced to this week, Gabe Brown was the first of America’s small-town finds to advance to Hollywood. The 21-year-old is the rocker Nicki nicknamed “Curly” during his audition.
