You heard Carson Daly offer the invitation during the Season 9 finale. The Voice is searching for new talent — for Season 11 — already. Yep, folks, the blind auditions for Season 10 have already been filmed. For those wondering, Season 10 will premiere on Monday, Feb. 29. And the show is about to launch…
Looks like we’ll be getting new music soon from Season 9 Voice standout Dustin Christensen. Dustin has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund not one, but two EPs of new music. And that campaign is off to a good start. More than $7,000 has been pledged with 38 days left in the effort; Dustin’s goal…
just knew the final season of American Idol would be accompanied by a flurry of new music. And the past Idols aren’t disappointing. Fantasia joins Kris Allen, Taylor Hicks and Lee DeWyze as the fourth past winner planning to release a new album this year. But first, there’s the little matter of a lead single,…
of American Idol contestants have released their own music. Not too many have starred in their own movie. But that’s one of the accomplishments on Olivia Rox’s resume. Back in 2012, the now 16-year-old starred in “Olivia Rox: The Movie,” in which she goes searching for her lost dog Figaro and winds up trying to…
Rapattoni was introduced to us as a vocal coach at a School of Rock. But this 19-year-old from Dallas, Texas, didn’t get 76,000 followers on Instagram or 77,000 followers on Twitter by working at an after-school program. He’s also a former member of a pop boy band called IM5 and lead vocalist for an alternative…
guy Trent Harmon threw the American Idol judges something of a curve when he performed Allan Stone’s “Unaware” for his audition. But the song choice wasn’t all that unusual for him. He performed Sam Smith’s “Lay Me Down” during open call auditions in Little Rock. And when he tried out for The Voice back in…
Wheeler asked the American Idol judges if they recognized him when he appeared for his Season 15 audition. They did. And you might have, too. Kory also was featured in the Season 14 premiere. He’s the guy who was working in a coffee shop when the Nashville auditions were taking place. He rushed across the…
“Black Sun” by Death Cab For Cutie isn’t the song you expect to hear during an American Idol audition. But it’s the one Kerry Courtney, 23, of St. Petersburg, Fla., chose to try out with. And he made it work, earning a unanimous golden ticket to Hollywood. Harry Connick Jr. called his performance “quirky and…
Vaid got pretty incredible feedback from the American Idol judges after auditioning with Carrie Underwood’s “Look at Me” during Wednesday’s Season 15 premiere. After all, Harry Connick Jr. complimented her on a “perfect performance” and predicted she has the vocal talent to win the show. What’s better than that? Perhaps a tweet from Carrie Underwood…
Rose Mitchell might be off the grid, but that hasn’t kept her off iTunes. We met the 15-year-old from Crawford, Col., on Wednesday’s Season 15 premiere episode of American Idol. She explained how she lives in the elk wilderness, a spot on remote Saddle Mountain in Colorado where there’s no electricity. That leaves plenty of…
