Smith, Season 9 champ from The Voice, was one of the featured performers at the People’s Choice Awards Wednesday night. Working with David Foster, Jordan performed “You Are So Beautiful.” “What an incredible night,” Jordan tweeted after the show. “THANK YOU @peopleschoice!” Jordan’s performance was introduced by show host Jane Lynch right after The Voice…
The Voice won a third straight People’s Choice awards Wednesday night. Competing against America’s Got Talent, American Ninja Warrior, Dancing with the Stars and MasterChef, The Voice won for favorite competition TV show. The Voice also won in 2014 and 2015 and the victory marked the seventh straight time a singing show has takent the…
Kudos to American Idol for putting on an entertaining final season premiere. Okay, I could have done without Kanye West. With so many singers to meet, that’s how we end the first episode of Season 15? And two-hour audition episodes always strike me as too, too long, whether it’s American Idol or The Voice. But…
American Idol aired its final premiere episode Wednesday night, and several past contestants took to Twitter to express their thoughts about the occasion. One past finalist also took a couple of shots at the show — and the judges in particular. That would be Clay Aiken from Season 2, who sent out this Tweet a…
Season 15 of American Idol is supposed to be all about finding a final champ and reflecting on the show’s 14-year history to this point. But Idol found time for a surprise audition at the tail end of Monday’s Season 15 premiere, though I’m not sure how you call it a surprise when word leaked…
DeWyze is one of at least three winners of American Idol with plans to release a new album during the show’s final season. And he debuted a new song today — one called “Stone” — on Yahoo Music. You can listen at right. It’s certainly a superb first sample of his new music. “‘Stone’ encompasses…
Keith Semple and his bandmates have a new single and a new EP coming soon. The single is “Anytime Anywhere” and debuted on STAR 105.5 radio today. The new Semple EP is due for release Jan. 20. You can listen to a snippet of the single and all the other songs from the EP at…
Get ready to see some familiar faces over the next couple of weeks as American Idol airs the audition episodes for its final season. Spoiler reports indicate at least four former contestants from The Voice will be on Idol Season 15 in addition to a couple of Idol Season 14 standout who fell short of…
Wednesday, of course, marks the premiere of the farewell season of American Idol. But People’s Choice awards will also be doled out beginning at 9 p.m. on CBS, and several singing show stars are up for honors. In fact, former Idol judge Ellen DeGeneres has already been named recipient of the People’s Choice Humanitarian Award….
In early December, Kris Allen announced plans for a tour and a new album in 2016. He filled in some of the blanks during a Twitter Q&A with fans on Saturday. Kris announced that the album will be called “Letting You In” and will be released in late March. He also plans to release a…
