Catie Turner from American Idol Season 16 has a new single out, just embarked on a U.S. tour and will be dropping an EP this week. The 23-year-old finished seventh on Idol and is now signed to Atlantic Records. The new single is “Hometown.” Catie is from Langhorne, Pa., in the Philly suburbs, and the…
American Idol’s Top 3 released music videos Thursday for the singles they released in conjunction with the Season 21 finale. And Iam Tongi and Colin Stough are still charting, two weeks after their songs were released. That’s especially good news for Iam, who was still number 51 on the overall Apple music singles chart…
David Archuleta released an uplifting new pop single called “Up” on Friday. And the song almost immediately found its way into the Apple Music Top 200. David, runner-up on American Idol Season 7, came out in 2021 after years of struggling with his sexual identity. “‘Up’ is about hitting what we feel is rock bottom…
Iam Tongi has announced his first major show since winning American Idol. And he might want to check with Colin Stough to see if he can borrow that cowboy that he tried on backstage at the Idol finale. Iam will perform at Beach It!, a three-day country music festival being held in Virginia Beach…
Colin Stough won the annual American Idol encore vote. That means the third-place finisher on Season 21 will appear on Live with Kelly and Mark Tuesday moring. He’ll get to perform his Idol-released single, “I Still Talk to Jesus,” on the show. After Iam Tongi was crowned the Idol winner and Megan Danielle came…
The DailyMail interviewed American Idol champ Iam Tongi about what it called “THAT rigging scandal” — a suggestion that Colin was somehow unfairly robbed of an Idol victory. The 18-year-old handled the question liked a pro, saying: ‘Everyone gets their own opinion. Everyone gets to think what they think. So, it’s fine.’ ‘My dad…
That look of shock that crossed Gina Miles’ face when she won The Voice Tuesday night was genuine, she confirmed in multiple interviews since. “I was really surprised,” the 19-year-old Sacramento resident told her hometown TV station Wednesday. “I’m still surprised.” Heck, back when the blind auditions were held, Gina didn’t even think she’d earn…
Here are some random thoughts about The Voice finale, and a final grade for Season 23. American Idol still does a much better job of producing a finale, from keeping the focus where it belongs to crowning the winner before the credits roll, allowing at least a few moments to savor that winning moment….
Gina Miles might have turned in the best performance of Season 23 on The Voice when she performed “Wicked Game” in the playoff round. And she might have turned in the best performance Monday night when she closed the show singing “Nothing Compares to U.” Did that make her the favorite heading into Tuesday’s…
Gina Miles of Team Niall was named the winner of Season 23 of The Voice at the end of Tuesday’s finale. Her shocking victory came by what show host Carson Daly called the narrowest margin in the show’s history. And it denied Blake Shelton his 10th victory as Voice coach in his final season on…
