For the second straight season, American Idol has invited alumni to mentor contestants during Hollywood Week. Idol will begin airing its pre-taped Hollywood Week episodes Sunday night. Former champs Phillip Phillips, Jordin Sparks and Noah Thompson, former runner-ups Justin Guarini, Clay Aiken and David Archuleta and Season 16’s Catie Turner will be on hand…
Five more artists advanced on The Voice Tuesday night at the battle round continued. And Mary Kate Conner joined Manasseh Samone as artists who have already qualified for the playoffs thanks to the show’s new playoff pass. She earned the honor for Team Blake after a wonderful battle round match with good friend Kylee…
A sister trio and eight other artists advanced to the knockouts Monday night as the battle round began on The Voice. Manasseh Samone became the first artist honored with one of the show’s new playoff passes, courtesy of her coach, Chance the Rapper. That will allow her to skip the knockout round and advance…
Riley Biederer from The Voice Season 9 recently released a new song called “Beautiful Boys.” Says Riley on social media: “Sometimes u gotta write a song about how boys break ur heart, but also how hot and fun they are.” And Riley just announced that she’ll be dropping an EP called “idk if this is…
Alexa Cappelli has done it again. Coming off a string of superb pop releases during 2022, her first single of 2023 is a touching — and incredibly catchy — breakup song called “Someone Better.” Alexa says she wrote the song in September 2021 with Stefan PVDS. “We both held back tears as we finished the…
American Idol introduced viewers to 12 more Hollywood bound singers Sunday night. Now it’s on to the Hollywood round, which will begin next Sunday on ABC and continue with a Monday night episode as well. The Idol judges keep marveling over the talent they’ve found for Season 21, and rightfully so considering the auditions…
The Voice kicks off its Season 23 battle round Monday night. And the show has already released video of one of the matches we’ll see, a Team Chance showdown between Manasseh Samone and the sister trio Sorelle. They sing Adele’s “Someone Like You.” And they do it so brilliantly, it’s easy to understand why…
Kaeyra is one of the singers we’ll meet Sunday night on American Idol. Sunday marks the final audition episode of Season 21. Then it’s off to Hollywood for the contestants we’ve met since the Feb. 19 premiere. * Kaeyra is the stage name for Caroline Baran, a native of Algonquin, Ill. * She’s 21 and…
Phil Kane is among the singers we’ll meet Sunday night on American Idol. Sunday will mark the final audition episode of American Idol Season 21. Next week, it’ll be Hollywood time for the contestants we’ve met since Season 21 kicked off Feb. 19. Here’s more about Phil. * He’s 18, from Pawhuska, Okla. and currently…
“I’m back from the dead,” Melanie Martinez sings repeatedly in the catchy chorus for her new song, “Death.” Melanie, one of the most successful Voice alum ever, is about to release her third album “Portals.” And “Death” apparently refers to “Cry Baby,” the character she introduced fans to on her 2015 debut album. The first…
