Her audition: Emma Caroline, 25, from Tuscaloosa, Ala., auditioned with “Slow Burn” by Kacey Musgraves. Blake Shelton turned very early in the performance. Kelly Clarkson later joined him. Blake praised Emma’s mountain-sounding country vocals. Emma opted to join Team Blake. Here’s more about Emma: * Her father was a military pilot, sometimes deployed to Afghanistan…
American Idol has introduced us to most of its Season 19 cast. The next job: Whittle the excellent singers we’ve met down to a Top 24, likely 12 girls and 12 boys. That translates into better odds for the Idol guys than for the gals. By my count, we met 32 female during the five…
American Idol introduced us to 24 talented guys during the five Season 19 audition episodes. Here’s a look back at everyone we met heading into the Hollywood Week episodes.
Kudos to the casting department at American Idol. Based on the young talent they delivered to the Season 19 audition room, they ran crazy circles around their counterpoints at The Voice. Of course, that’s going to mean stiff competition for the singers. And it beings in the pre-taped Sunday and Monday episodes, when Hollywood Week…
American Idol introduced us to 32 talented ladies during five audition episodes over the past month. Here’s a recap to remind you who we met before the Hollywood episodes begin to air Sunday night.
The Voice introduced us to eight more Season 20 contestants on a female-heavy fifth audition episode Monday night. Kelly Clarkson snared the night’s most popular performance, landing Anna Grace after she became just the fourth singer of Season 20 to turn all four coaches’ chairs. The coaches will select their final team members next Monday….
Going head to head with the Grammys Sunday night, American Idol presented its largest group of Hollywood-bound singers yet. If I counted right, 14 singers earned golden tickets over the course of the two-hour episode, the last of Idol’s audition episodes for Season 19. Next Sunday and Monday, the Hollywood Week episodes begin airing. And…
New post-Voice music out includes singles from Fousheé, Delaney and Elia Esparza. Here’s a bit about each of those releases. The links take you to the songs on Apple Music. Or you can check out the Spotify snippets below. * Fousheé from Season 15 has been on a roll since her “Deep End” hook…
New post-Voice music out this week includes singles from Audra McLaughlin, MacKenzie Bourg and Suzanna Choffel. Here’s a bit about each of those releases. The links below take you to the songs on Apple Music. Or you can check out the Spotify snippets below. * Audra McLaughlin, Top 8 on Season 6, released her…
New post-Voice music includes singles from Jackie Foster and Madilyn Paige and collaborations featuring Jessica Childress and Timothy Atlas. Here’s a bit about each of those releases. The links take you to the songs on Apple Music. Or you can check out the Spotify snippets below. * Jessica Childress from Season 4 is the…
