Singing show fans can rejoice. American Idol will be back next spring for a 21st season. There had been thoughts that the end of Season 20 would be the appropriate time to pull the plug on the show that launched back in the summer of 2002. But Ryan Seacrest announced on Sunday’s Top 5 show…
American Idol’s Top 5 will each perform twice tonight in hopes of becoming one of the three Season 20 finalists. In one round, the Top 5 will cover a Carrie Underwood song. In a second round, they will cover a song of their own choosing. The Top 5 were scheduled to travel to Las Vegas…
Camila Cabello knows something about how important a singing show can be to an artist’s career. So she’ll be helping other singers realize their dreams this fall as the newest coach on The Voice. That’s right, folks, Kelly Clarkson is out for Season 22. So is Ariana Grande, who’s set to star in a film…
Two days after their original songs dropped, Noah Thompson is leading the way for the American Idol Top 5 on the iTunes charts. As of Sunday afternoon, Noah’s “One Day Tonight” was still sitting at number five on the iTunes overall singles chart. Two of the other original songs were still on that chart at…
American Idol viewers will select the Season 20 finalists Sunday night. Five hopefuls — HunterGirl, Noah Thompson, Fritz Hager, Nicolina (Bozzo) and Leah Marlene — will start the night as Idol hopefuls. Two will be eliminated by the time the two-hour episode ends. For at least three weeks now, I’ve felt three singers —…
As promised, American Idol’s Top 5 dropped original songs Friday. But they apparently will not be performing those songs this week on the show, but during the May 22 season finale. Two members of the Top 5 wrote or co-wrote their new singles, which are available now on streaming sites. Here’s a look at those…
Each member of the American Idol Top 7 will perform twice tonight, giving the contestants a chance to show their versatility. Each singers will perform a Mother’s Day dedication and perform a song that went viral on TikTok. Idol Chatter will be doling out song-by-song grades during the show. At the end of the…
Each of the remaining American Idol contestants will get two chances to impress Sunday night. Idol will cut its field from a Top 7 to a Top 5 as the contestants sing Mother’s Day dedications and songs that went viral on TikTok. For some reason, will.i.am will be on hand to mentor the singers….
American Idol celebrated its 20th anniversary Monday night by inviting back lots of fan favorites. In addition to the duets already announced, Season 1 runner-up Justin Guarini and Season 7 runner-up David Archuleta were on hand. Heck, William Hung, author of one of the most notoriously bad auditions in Idol history, also showed up. Randy…
American Idol’s Top 10 visited Disney this week and will sing Disney songs during a live show tonight. Think there’s not much at stake? Well, three singers — 30 percent of the cast — head home at the end of the night, leaving Season 20 with a Top 7. That mean’s it’ll be especially…
