With the release of her post-Idol album less than a month away, Maddie Poppe has revealed the title and cover art. The title: “Whirlwind.” The cover art: That’s it embedded in this blog. “In the past year of my life, it’s a word I’ve heard very, very often,” Maddie says in a Facebook interview. “People…
The U.S. version of La Voz — the Spanish language version of The Voice — just wrapped up Season 1 on Telemundo. Jeidimar Rijos, 18, of Dorado, Puerto Rico, won the title, but the Season 1 cast included four former contestants on The Voice. Ivonne Acero, 21 of Aguila, Texas, had finished Top 20 on…
Monday night confirmed what I suspected after last Monday’s first-ever cross battles on The Voice. The Voice has rounded up a deep and vocally talented Season 16 cast. We just haven’t heard the individual artists perform enough! By the typical Voice schedule, last night should have been the Top 12 or Top 13 show….
The second week of live Cross Battles will be featured tonight on The Voice, and the stakes are a bit higher for the 16 remaining contestants. That’s because five of the saves and steals available during this round were used during last week’s results show. The result: Three singers went home last week. That…
Since appearing on Season 8 of The Voice, Paul Pfau has become a full-time RVer, traveling around in a home he calls the RVtha Franklin. As of Friday, he also has a new single out called “Lo-Fi Soul,” which he describes on his website as a “disco-tinged, upbeat jam.” “I wrote ‘Lo-Fi’ about being good…
The Top 10 became a Top 8 Sunday on American Idol. And that Top 8 doesn’t include Uche or Dimitrius Graham. It does include Alyssa Raghu, Madison VanDenburg and Laci Kaye Booth, the only three female singers on the show. And it includes Laine Hardy, Alejandro Aranda, Walker Burroughs, Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon and Wade Cota….
Voters selected a Top 8 on the first night of live voting on American Idol Sunday night. The Top 10 took on Disney songs, but that proved the end of the road for Uche and Dimitrius Graham. Next week, the Top 8 will pair up for classic movie duets and perform hit songs made famous…
The American Idol Top 10 will be mentored by Pitch Perfect star Rebel Wilson tonight as they prepared Disney-themed performances. The most important task at hand: Making the Top 8 on a live show that will be aired coast-to-coast, feature fan voting and end with the elimination of two singers. As for those Disney themed…
Live voting and a Disney theme come to American Idol on Sunday night. But, by the end of the night, two members of the Top 10 will be heading home. Here are my rankings of the American Idol Top 10. The number in parenthesis is last week’s ranking for each contestant. 1. Laci Kaye…
Ugh! Just when I think American Idol has it all figured out in Season 17, here comes plans for the Top 8 show. The good news: Adam Lambert will mentor the Top 8. As I recall, Adam did great as a mentor in Season 10. And it’s nice for Idol to show appreciation for…
