show fans might have recognized one of the singers we met on the American Idol Season 15 premiere. Shelbie Z., featured near the end of Wednesday’s show, competed on The Voice as a member of Team Blake back in Season 5 and finished in the Top 20. Since then, she’s released a pair of singles,…
Fans hoping for a look back at the first 14 years of American Idol will get their wish. The show announced its complete Season 15 schedule after the premiere aired Wednesday night. And it includes a one-hour “retrospective episode, featuring (Ryan) Seacrest, current and former judges, contestants and the behind-the-scenes team sharing their IDOL memories.”…
Watch this video on YouTube I think Jax just proved what I thought all along: She should have won American Idol Season 14. Then again, if she had, I’m pretty sure she never would have been allowed to release that great debut single “La La Land” that landed Wednesday. “La La Land” is about her…
Smith, Season 9 champ from The Voice, was one of the featured performers at the People’s Choice Awards Wednesday night. Working with David Foster, Jordan performed “You Are So Beautiful.” “What an incredible night,” Jordan tweeted after the show. “THANK YOU @peopleschoice!” Jordan’s performance was introduced by show host Jane Lynch right after The Voice…
The Voice won a third straight People’s Choice awards Wednesday night. Competing against America’s Got Talent, American Ninja Warrior, Dancing with the Stars and MasterChef, The Voice won for favorite competition TV show. The Voice also won in 2014 and 2015 and the victory marked the seventh straight time a singing show has takent the…
Kudos to American Idol for putting on an entertaining final season premiere. Okay, I could have done without Kanye West. With so many singers to meet, that’s how we end the first episode of Season 15? And two-hour audition episodes always strike me as too, too long, whether it’s American Idol or The Voice. But…
American Idol aired its final premiere episode Wednesday night, and several past contestants took to Twitter to express their thoughts about the occasion. One past finalist also took a couple of shots at the show — and the judges in particular. That would be Clay Aiken from Season 2, who sent out this Tweet a…
Season 15 of American Idol is supposed to be all about finding a final champ and reflecting on the show’s 14-year history to this point. But Idol found time for a surprise audition at the tail end of Monday’s Season 15 premiere, though I’m not sure how you call it a surprise when word leaked…
DeWyze is one of at least three winners of American Idol with plans to release a new album during the show’s final season. And he debuted a new song today — one called “Stone” — on Yahoo Music. You can listen at right. It’s certainly a superb first sample of his new music. “‘Stone’ encompasses…
Keith Semple and his bandmates have a new single and a new EP coming soon. The single is “Anytime Anywhere” and debuted on STAR 105.5 radio today. The new Semple EP is due for release Jan. 20. You can listen to a snippet of the single and all the other songs from the EP at…
