To date, we’ve seen lots of former American Idol standouts in background roles on Season 15. Clay Aiken, Ruben Studdard and Taylor Hicks were on hand at preliminary rounds, helping judge the talent. Kris Allen and Lee DeWyze were backstage, providing pep talks to contestants as they prepared to audition in front of the celebrity…
During his press conference after winning Season 9 of The Voice, Jordan Smith promised fans new music “as soon as possible.” Looks like he’s prepared to deliver on that promise. Jordan announced Tuesday that his debut album, “Something Beautiful,” will be released March 18. Pre-orders are already underway. You can order the CD for $9.98,…
Maroulis was fronting a rock bank before he made the Top 6 on Season 4 of American Idol. He became a star on Broadway by playing an aspiring rocker in “Rock of Ages.” Now he’s returning to rock mode with new music. Our first taste: “Here I Come,” a song released about a week ago…
Sunshine has released his first post-Voice single. And fans who watched him play young rocker and genre jump all over the place on the show might be surprised. His first single falls squarely into the acoustic singer-songwriter vein. And it’s a song he wrote, an impressive tune called “Reality.” You can check in out in…
This week, we leave the drama of Hollywood Week behind and start focusing solely — okay, perhaps mostly — on performances on the final season of American Idol. So, are you wondering who has the biggest fan base now that the Top 24 has been announced? Well, on Twitter, the answer is easy, and it…
The American Idol judges keep talking about how strong the female contestants are in Season 15. Well, there’s video proof of that below. American Idol decided to post videos of the showcase performances by the Top 24. You know, those performances we saw just tiny snippets of during Thursday’s episode. La’Porsha Renea and Sonika Vaid…
Thursday’s Top 24 reveal episode of American Idol certainly could have used more music and less chatter. After all, we got to see very little of those showcase performances that helped earn 13 lucky ladies and 11 lucky guys spots among the final 24. Fortunately, Idol posted full videos of each performance. I’ve split them…
Back in American Idol’s heyday, you were pretty much guaranteed the winner and runner-up would have albums out by the holiday shopping season. Flash forward to today, and there’s no guarantee the runner-up will release an album anytime soon (take Kree Harrison, who finished second in Season 12 as an example). I bring this up…
Tonight, the number of singers who could become the final American Idol will be whittled to just 24. Some singers we know will make it. I mean, how could Idol deny La’Porsha Renae or Emily Brooke. Or MacKenzie Bourg after that amazing original. Lots of others — from Shelbie Z. to Trent Harmon — well,…
Pretty soon, it’ll be time to really pay attention to American Idol Season 15. The judges will have picked their chosen 24 and we might even get to hear someone sing a full song without a lot of chatter over the vocal so we can actually form an opinion about how talented they are. That…
