Bourg became the second former contestant from The Voice to be featured on American Idol during Wednesday’s audition episode for Season 15. And talk about a smart audition. MacKenzie, 23, of Lafayette, La., served up a medley of song from the three judges — “Stupid Boy” and “Memories of Us” by Keith Urban, “Come By…
American Idol judges seemed to be caught a bit off guard when Chris “CJ” Johnson, tattoos running down both arms, auditioned with Hall & Oates “You Make My Dreams (Come True).” But Chris and his band have been covering the song since at least 2014, judging from this video. And last November, months before Chris’…
Kirby released an impressive debut single called “Power” last summer. Now she’s back with an equally impressive debut album, “Fire in My Soul.” Aptly titled, too, since Hannah’s trademarks on Season 8 of The Voice were impassioned vocals and fiery performances. But the new album isn’t all fire. Hannah also serves up a lovely ballad…
Semple and his band Semple have released a music video for their catchy new single, “Anytime Anywhere.” And the EP by the same name is now scheduled for release Friday, Feb. 26. Keith is the veteran rocker from Chicago who made the Top 20 as a member of Team Adam Levine on Season 9 of…
FOX will remake the 1970s cult classic “Rocky Horror Picture Show” for airing this fall, and a former American Idol standout will play a key part. That would be Adam Lambert, who will play Eddie, the motorcycle-riding delivery boy played by Meatloaf in the original. After crashing the party at Dr. Frank-N-Furter’s castle, Eddie belts…
We have a release date for another of the albums planned for 2016 by former American Idol winners. Kris Allen will release his fourth post-Idol album, “Letting You In,” on March 18. He’s described the album as his “most personal work to date.” “I’m really proud of this record and excited for fans to hear…
not The Voice collaboration anyone would have expected. Their unique hair color is a close match, but Kota Wade is a rocker and Summer Schappell is a country singer. Yet when Kota wrote a song called “A Force To Be Reckoned With” a couple of weeks after the Season 9 knockout round, she just knew…
Idol has introduced viewers to lots of very young contestants so far in Season 15. Heck, 15 seems to be this season’s perfect age if you wanted to audition for the show. One of the most talented youngsters we’ve met so far is Gianna Isabella, who kicked off Wednesday’s Philadelphia audition episode. Of course, the…
Blosil described herself as “quirky” during her pre-audition interview on American Idol. And she came off as so quirky, you had to wonder whether we were being led into one of Idol’s joke auditions. It was no joke. That became clear when Jenn settled behind the piano and delivered a stripped-down version of Imagine Dragons…
At the end of Wednesday’s episode of American Idol, we heard Jennifer Lopez say she was most impressed with the young singer with “the Justin Bieber haircut.” She was talking about Isaac Cole McNanny of Emlenton, Pa. And there’s plenty of reasons to be impressed. Though he was just 15 when he auditioned, Isaac already…
