Tyanna Jones was eliminated and the other four American Idol contestants earned homecoming trips during Wednesday night’s Top 5 episode. The show also featured Martina McBride and Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts as mentors, performances by Martin and Harry Connick Jr. and a rather tense exchange between Clark Beckham and Idol mentor Scott Borchetta over…
American Idol served up one of its most bloated two-hour episodes ever Wednesday night. But by the end of the evening, it was also clear there had been a major Season 14 momentum shift. The front-runners on American Idol are now officially Jax and Nick Fradiani. The singer losing momentum is Clark Beckham. And not…
Last week, Jax, Tyanna Jones, Clark Beckham, Nick Fradiani and Rayvon Owen nailed down spots on the summer tour. The next milestone: Earning one of those trips homes where Idol near-finalists have typically been treated to a hometown parade, concert and basically hailed as returning heroes. Now who knows how that’s going to work this…
Caron Daly called it the closest vote ever on The Voice. And it was something of a shocker. India Carney advanced to the Top 6 on a show that isn’t always that kind to powerhouse R&B singers. Corey Kent White went home on a show that has a history of being very kind to country…
Tuesday’s results episode of The Voice featured guest performances by three singers. Jason Derulo showed up to perform his new single, “Want to Want Me.” He was accompanied by India Carney and Kimberly Nichole of Team Christina. Rozzi Crane, an artist on Adam Levine’s label, performed “Psycho” from her EP “Space,” which was released in…
Every singer on The Voice cracked the Top 50 on iTunes today. Two — Sawyer Fredericks (again) and Joshua Davis — landed in bonus points land. Yep, the same Joshua Davis who needed an instant save to get to this week’s show. That means five different Voice singers — those two plus Koryn Hawthorne, Kimberly…
So far in Season 8, iTunes results have been a wonderful predictor of who will land where on elimination night on The Voice. Last week, Joshua Davis, Rob Taylor and DeAnna Johnson had the weakest performing songs on iTunes. Guess who landed in the bottom three? But today, the songs were grouped so tightly on…
The remaining five on American Idol will take on a pair of themes Wednesday night — “I Am What I Am” and “Judges’ Hometowns.” The Idol website explains the song selections this way: one should be a tune that defines the singer; one should be a tune that defines the judges’ hometowns. Thanks to iTunes,…
The Top 8 on The Voice took the stage Monday night. And by 9 a.m. this morning, every solo from Monday’s show had cracked the Top 40 on iTunes. Pretty impressive. Below are videos of all the performances by the contestants. I’ve even included the show-opening group medley, which was particularly well done. For song…
Matt McAndrew, Season 7 runner-up on The Voice, returned to the show to perform his new single Monday night. The song, “Counting on Love,” was released to iTunes earlier in the day. And after Matt’s performance, it was rapidly climbing the iTunes’ singles chart. By 11:30 p.m., the song was already up to number 27…
