How cool was it that American Idol invited back four non-finalists to perform an original song medley on Sunday’s show? Between performances by the Top 3, the quartet of Jonny Brenns, Harper Grace, Catie Turner and Michelle Sussett returned to perform originals from earlier in Season 16. Harper started off the medley with her…
As of Thursday evening, American Idol hadn’t released details about Sunday’s Season 16 performance finale. We know each contestant will sing a hometown dedication. We know each contestant will sing an original, their choice among four songs written just for them. One would suspect each singer will take the stage three times. That’s how Idol…
If social media support means anything, Gabby Barrett should be the favorite heading into tonight’s performance finale on American Idol. I use the “if” because Catie Turner was once the social media darling on American Idol. She was eliminated on Top 7 night. And Cade Foehner had strong social media support. He failed to make…
All three American Idol judges will return and fan favorites will return to the stage for the American Idol finale Monday night. That finale will run from 9 to 11 p.m. and feature the Top 3 of Caleb Lee Hutchinson, Maddie Poppe and Gabby Barrett. Gabby will duet with Idol judge Luke Bryan. Maddie…
Twelve hours after they were released, Caleb Lee Hutchinson seems to have the fan favorite of the three new singles released by American Idol’s Top 3. And 24 hours after the songs’ release, that was still that case Caleb Lee’s country ballad “Johnny Cash Heart” was sitting at number 60 on the iTunes overall singles…
Here’s some good news for Jackie Foster fans. She and her pre-Voice band, the Self Portraits, have already recorded music — including a single called “Poison” — that they plan to release as soon as her contract with The Voice expires. New music of another type might be coming too. During a late-season episode of…
Before auditioning for The Voice, Kaleb Lee had relocated from Nashville to Florida with his family and stepped away from music. In fact, he hadn’t performed for years before turning the chairs of Kelly Clarkson and Blake Shelton with his blind audition cover of “Never Wanted Nothing More” by Kenny Chesney. That fact, Kaleb said,…
Though he lives in Nashville now, Pryor Baird hails from Orcutt, Calif. And during a conference call with the media following his elimination from The Voice, Pryor expressed gratitude for the hometown support he was shown. “Oh, my gosh,” he said, “my hometown has been like home base. It is where everything has started and…
Rayshun LaMarr accomplished something on Season 14 of The Voice that no other singer had ever done. On Top 12 results night, he found himself in the bottom two and earned an instant save over D.R. King. The next week, he turned in such an impressive performance of “Try a Little Tenderness” that he breezed…
