The American Idol judges finalized the Season 16 finalists Monday night. But not without a couple of surprises. Apparently, even in this age of female empowerment, a potential male heartthrob (aka Garrett Jacobs) has more value than a teen with a golden tone (aka Alyssa Raghu). Joining Garrett in advancing on Idol: Mara Justine, Jurnee,…
Sharane Calister earned a spot in the Top 12 on The Voice for Team Adam Levine Monday night. She did it by covering “Never ENough” from “The Greatest Showman” soundtrack. It wound up being fans’ favorite Team Adam performance of the night. Now the remaining members of Team Adam — Drew Cole, Reid Umstattd, Jackie…
Britton Buchanan sailed into The Voice Top 12 thanks to fan support Monday night. He’ll be one of three representatives of Team Alicia Keys in The Voice Season 14 finals. We won’t learn the identity of the other two until Wednesday night. But the other five members of Team Alicia — Jackie Foster, Terrence Cunningham,…
Kyla Jade became the first member of Team Blake Shelton to earn a spot in The Voice Season 14 Top 12 Monday night. She wowed the live playoff crowd with a soaring version of “How Great Thou Art” and was the team’s top vote-getter. The remaining five members of Team Blake — Austin Giorgio,…
Brynn Cartelli is the youngest contestant on Season 14 of The Voice. She’ll also be competing with the Top 12 next week after topping all members of Team Kelly Clarkson in the voting Monday night. That leaves the other five members of Team Kelly to perform again Wednesday night in hopes of landing one of…
Last week, I was underwhelmed by how much we learned about — and heard from — this year’s American Idol cast on duets night. I mean, the first 12 Idols to compete just didn’t have that many moments to show off their vocal talent during the course of a two-minute, 30-second performance. About the…
High school student Mara Justine scored the most popular performance Sunday night on American Idol. As of noon Monday, her performance of Whitney Houston’s “Run to You” had been viewed nearly 260,000 times on YouTube. Only one other performance from Sunday’s show — Jurnee’s cover of Jessie J’s “Flashlight — had more than 200,00 views….
Riding the wave of his biggest country hit yet, Morgan Wallen is preparing to release his debut album. And Morgan dropped a new track from that album, the fun “Happy Hour,” over the weekend. You can check it out below. Morgan’s single “Up Down,” featuring Florida Georgia Line, is still climbing the country singles charts….
Amanda Brown, a Top 6 finisher from Season 3 of The Voice, has released a second song from her upcoming debut album. The song is called “No Good” and was co-written by Greg Tannen. You can check it out below. Amanda told Pop Matters, which premiered the song Friday, that it’s “about the limitations and…
Jason Aldean,, Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton were among the big winners at the 53rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards Sunday night. But the show also marked the triumphant return of Carrie Underwood. Sidelined since November by a fall at her home, Carrie performed her new single “Cry Pretty” during Sunday’s show. An hour…
