And the victory on the first week of Monday night head-to-head competition between American Idol and The Voice — goes to American Idol, in rather resounding fashion. The springs marks the first time Idol and The Voice have both aired exclusively on Monday nights. Since moving to ABC, Idol has typically aired on Sundays,…
Don’t look now, but an early favorite is emerging on American Idol. Based on YouTube views, Hannah Harper scored the most popular performance from the show’s first Hollywood Week episode. As of just before midnight Friday, Hannah’s cover of Lee Ann Womack’s “A Little Past Little Rock” had been viewed more than 168,000 times…
American Idol aired the first part of Hollywood Week Monday night. The second part, including the naming of the Season 24 Top 30, will air next Monday. Idol awarded 127 golden tickets when auditions were filmed. That means three-quarters of that number will be eliminated based on one performance. Based on publicity photos released…
The Voice kicked off its three-judge “Battle of Champions” Monday night by introducing viewers to one-third of its Season 29 cast. Ten singers earned spots on the show, with three — Alexia Jayy, Abigayle Oakley and Jeremy Keith — turning the chairs of all three coaches. Adam Levine landed Alexia and Jeremy, giving him…
Hollywood Week heads to Nashville this year on American Idol, but the worst news for the show’s contestants isn’t being robbed of a chance to pose with the Hollywood sign in the background. It’s the fact that Hollywood Week will consist of just one round of performances. Golden ticket recipients will have just one…
It’s official, folks. Fans at home will not decide who wins The Voice this spring. There won’t be any voting from home in Season 29. Heck, Season 29 won’t include a single live show. Executive producer Audrey Morrissey broke that news in an interview with Gold Derby last week. It came as she explained…
For a month, we’ve heard American Idol judges tell contestants they’ve advancing to Hollywood Week. But in truth, there is no “Hollywood Week” in Season 24. Instead, over the next two weeks, Idol will be airing a single round of competition filmed in Nashville. And it’s going to be brutal. Because based on just…
So here comes The Voice Battle of the Champions. NBC and The Voice producers are promising a brand new format and tons of excitement. Oh, boy. Can’t wait. And if you can’t sense the sarcasm, trust me, it’s there. Before I get to that, I will say this. The Voice casting department has once…
Male singer-songwriters Mor Ilderton and Chris Tungseth scored the most popular auditions on American Idol last week based on YouTube views. And it wasn’t even close. Both had more than 240,000 views on their audition videos as of noon Saturday. The next closest was Jayson Garner with nearly 130,000 views at that point. Mor,…
Her audition: Rae Boyd, 24, of Frederick, Md., performed “A Natural Woman” by Aretha Franklin: Opening the final audition show, Rae displayed a big voice on this classic. She has vocal firepower to spare. She also showed off great range. The judges were clearly pleased with what they heard. Luke said he can’t believe she…
