Hallelujah. It sounds as though viewers will have a bigger say in who makes the American Idol finals than originally thought. Multiple spoiler sites with inside information on tonight’s show — which was filmed Tuesday — report that the judges will select four of the finalists, not eight as previously believed. That means 10…
Earlier this week, Christina Grimmie released her first EP since finishing third on Season 6 of The Voice. And “Side A” immediately zipped near the top of my list of best pop EPs we’ve gotten from a singer from the show. All four tracks are winners. Christina sounds amazing. And her music has clearly progressed…
was just 16 when she made it all the way to the Top 8 on the first season of The Voice. Now 21, she’s released a new single called “Catch Me If You Can,” which you can check out at right. Xenia had teased the song with a couple of video interviews with individuals who…
A Top 16 contestant from Season 4 of The Voice has released a new country EP. Justin Rivers hit iTunes earlier this month with the five-track “Maybe Monday,” produced by Jay Demarcus of Rascal Flatts. It’s certainly a solid country effort. Highlights include the catchy “When I Won’t Love,” about a guy endlessly devoted to…
hope for a truly special final season of American Idol is fading faster than the pace of the one-hour solo shows we watched the past two weeks. Faster in fact that the rate at which Idol judges were spouting untruths — okay, let’s just call them lies — Thursday night. Which is another problem. After…
The first ever winner of The Voice is about to release his first album in four years. And Javier Colon is giving listeners a sample of what’s to come with a great lead single called “Gravity.” The video for the song hit YouTube on Friday and pre-orders for the album by the same name are…
Elise has released the latest single — and an accompany video — from her upcoming EP. The new song is called “Don’t Know Why” and the video version hit YouTube this week. A Top 16 finisher from Season 1 of The Voice, Lily has been working on an EP that tracks a past relationship, “from…
Pre-orders are underway for Kris Allen’s new album. And anyway pre-ordering “Letting You In” from iTunes will get his new single, “Waves,” as an instant download. The song is also available separately. Kris premiered “Waves” at People.com on Thursday, and you can head here to listen to the song. Kris told the site “Waves” was…
Since finding out that a former American Idol finalist and a former Voice contestant had joined the same country gal group, I’ve been eager to hear some of their new music. Wish granted. South Haven has now unveiled a Facebook page and a website to go along with their Twitter account. And that website includes…
Ready for the return of David Cook, Chris Daughtry and Constantine Maroulis? How about Jordin Sparks, Haley Reinhart and Kellie Pickler? They’ll all be back on the Idol stage tonight, performing duets with the 12 performers we watched last night. And when the singing ends, the Idol judges — not the viewers at home —…
