The annual City of Hope Celebrity Softball Game was held Saturday in Nashville, and American Idol was certainly well represented. The game featured Team Grand Ole Opry playing Team iHeart Radio to raise money for cancer research. Idol’s Season 16 winner Maddie Poppe and runner-up Caleb Lee Hutchinson played for Team Grand Ole Opry, which…
Season 12 contestant Sheena Brook has released her first music video since the show. And she concedes that music video version of “Lime in My Whiskey” was very much a DIY effort. “I’m so excited to share this labor of love with you guys!” she writes on Facebook. “Filmed with 2 iPhones, directed by myself…
Chloe Kohanksi has released the music video for her debut single “Come This Far.” The Season 13 winner of The Voice released the song earlier this spring and performed it during the show’s Season 14 finale. “It’s basically a song about making a way for yourself,” she said. “The Voice was a very significant step…
Nearly three years after coming out of nowhere to make the finals on Season 9 of The Voice, Jeffery Austin is preparing to release his first major post-show project. And he released “Answer,” the first song from his upcoming EP on Friday. On Facebook, Jeffery calls it a new musical direction, adding “This is the…
This is the weekend to celebrate country music in Nashville, and former The Voice contestant Natalie Stovall is getting into the act with the release of a new single. Her rollicking new song, “Can’t Love You No More,” dropped at midnight Friday and features Natalie at her rowdy best. It’s the third single Natalie has…
Last week, Paul McDonald released “Modern Hearts,” his first solo album ever. This week, the former American Idol standout released the music video for “Hold On” from that album. And it’s one of the more imaginative — and psychedelic — music videos we’ve seen from a former singing show star in 2018. “Directed by my…
Christina Grimmie’s family released a fan favorite this week, the late singer’s cover of “I Will Always Love You.” “These words ring so true as Christina absolutely loved and adored you #TeamGrimmie and that love continues as we carry it forward as a family,” reads the latest post on Christina’s Facebook page. Christina’s family has…
Latin pop singer Stephanie Zelaya hails from Guatemala and calls “The Four” a wonderful opportunity. “That’s a small country,” she notes. “You really don’t have the opportunity to showcase your talent to the rest of the world.” Not that Stephanie hasn’t enjoyed some pretty high-profile moments as an independent artist, including opening for Enrique Iglesias,…
James Graham might have an edge over some of his competitors on The Four for a simple reason. He’s already had singing show experience. Back in 2014, he successfully auditioned for Season 11 of U.K.’s The X Factor. He wound up being cut, but was saved from elimination when Simon Cowell and company put him…
