Kelly Clarkson hosted the Billboard Music Awards Sunday night and created more than a little buzz with her opening monologue. Kelly, who is from Texas, said producers wanted her to initiate a moment of silence on behalf of those slain in the school shooting last week in Sante Fe. Well, anyone who has watched…
At this point, the most successful singing show alumni of them all is Camila Cabello. And the 21-year-old Cuban-American singer added another accomplishment to her long list at Sunday’s Billboard Music Awards. Camila walked away with the show’s Billboard Achievement Award. Her debut solo album Camila hit number one on the Billboard 200. Her…
The American Idol Top 3 of Caleb Lee Hutchinson, Gabby Barrett and Caleb Lee Hutchinson took the stage Sunday night to convince fans of the show that they should be the next American Idol. Each singer performed his or her new single, a reprise song from earlier in the season and a hometown dedication….
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,…
