One of the most heartwarming auditions in Nashville for American Idol was provided by country singer Garrett Miles. Garrett’s optic nerves never developed, so he was born blind in his right eye and with only 10 percent vision in his left. That hasn’t stopped him from pursuing his aspirations of becoming a country singer. He’s…
Clark Beckham was introduced to us as a Nashville street performer during the American Idol Season 14 auditions. But that might be selling the 22-year-old from White House, Tenn., short. This is a street performer who has already released two solid EPs — a self-titled six-track effort in June 2013 and a 6-track “Songs About…
American Idol is looking for bigger personalities in Season 14. They might have found one in Loren Lott, one of the singers to advance to Hollywood from the Nashville auditions. Loren Sharice Lott is a 21-year-old from San Diego, but she’s been attending school at Clark Atlanta University, studying mass media arts. She’s also been…
The American Idol judges were being such goofballs when Lovey James auditioned that we didn’t get to learn much about her. Well, other than the fact that Lovey is her stage name and her real name is Kirsten (the spelling is a guess based on what I heard on the show). It’s a shame we…
Is the fourth time the charm on American Idol? Sarina-Joi Crowe, 19, of Columbia, Tenn., is about to find out. Sarina-Joi made the Top 100 on American Idol back in Season 10. She was one of the last 50 girls standing in Season 12. She advanced past the Hollywood group round last year. And she’s…
In an American Idol promo, Trevor Douglas describes himself as “a party in a box that brings his own band.” We didn’t get to see that so much during his audition, but head to his website or YouTube channel, and you’ll understand what Trevor means. Sure, he strums that guitar he carried into the audition…
American Idol introduced us to a number of talented contestants during Thursday’s Nashville-Kansas City episode. But none seemed more ready for Idol’s live stage than Savion Wright, 22, of Jasper, Texas. Savion treated the judges to a wonderfully controlled version of Eric Clapton’s “Change the World,” complete with a neat little wrinkle at the end….
Last night, we met seven Hollywood bound contestants on American Idol. Tonight, we should meet at least twice that many during a two-hour audition episode split between Nashville and Kansas City. For a closer look at the first-night contestants, follow these links: Michael Simeon, Emily Brooke or Priscilla Barker. I’ll be posting more contestant profiles…
For the second straight year, The Voice has won the People’s Choice award for favorite TV competition show. The People’s Choice winners were announced Wednesday night and also included Carrie Underwood as favorite female country artist, Adam Levine’s Maroon 5 for best band and Pharrell Williams as favorite R&B artist. Singing shows have won the…
Some of the highest praise on Wednesday’s American Idol Season 14 premiere was doled out to one of the youngest contestants. Emily Brooke, just 15, wowed the judges with her rendition of Carrie Underwood’s “Blown Away.” Jennifer Lopez said she gets nervous when someone sings a Carrie Underwood song because they’re so difficult to pull…
