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…
NBC is moving The Voice results shows from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesdays. The move comes a week after The Voice scored its lowest rating ever, a 1.0 among 18-49 year olds, with just north of 7 million total viewers for its first-ever Cross Battles results show. The switch will run through…
Turns out American Idol will go head to head with The Voice for at least one more Monday night. And in a quite unusual way. For the first time ever, Idol will air a two-hour “Meet the Finalists” episode on Monday. The show is promising never-before-seen footage of the Season 17 Top 8 and…
I’m pretty sure Rizzi Myers set a speed record this week with how quickly she got new original music to fans after a stint on The Voice. On April 2, The Voice aired the battle round match that resulted in Rizzi’s elimination from the show. On Tuesday, just two weeks later, Rizzi released her…
Former The Voice runner-up Emily Ann Roberts released her third country single Friday. It’s called “Someday Dream,” and Emily says “it’s a song that I’m beyond excited about because it encourages everyone to follow their biggest dreams. “I want my career to show that if a simple girl from Knoxville, Tenn., can live her dreams…
Karen Galera drew a tough match in the first-ever night of Cross Battles on The Voice. The 19-year-old from Dallas, Texas, was pitted against Lisa Ramey, a more experienced performer who’s had a hand in the release of three EPs since 2013. Karen wound up being eliminated when the results came in Tuesday, but not…
Ciera Dumas and Kanard Thomas will duke it out for the Comeback Stage title on The Voice. And the winner of their showdown next week will determine which of the two will compete for a chance to rejoin the live competition on The Voice main stage. Ciera and Kanard competed in the Comeback Stage…
The freshly minted American Idol Top 10 will regal us with Disney tunes this week. But the most important thing for fans to know is that this will mark the first week of live voting. Sunday’s episode of American Idol will be simulcast coast to coast. with results announced at the end of the…
In news that should shock no one, The Voice registered its lowest rating ever Tuesday night. TV by the Numbers reports that the show earned a 1.0 rating among viewers 18-49 for Tuesday’s results show and a total viewership of just more than 7 million. The show’s previous low rating was a 1.2, which came…
Two nights of cross battles haven’t changed my opinion of the latest wrinkle introduced by The Voice. They’re a potentially entertaining and interesting twist to the competition — not necessarily better than the old knockouts, just more gimmicky. They are better than the battle rounds. Sorry, but those duets never have been and never…
