Her audition: Kylee Dayne, 20, of Carrollton, Texas, auditioned with “Fallingwater” by Maggie Rogers. She was nearing the end of the performance when Blake Shelton and Chance the Rapper turned around simultaneously. Niall Horan joined them at the last second. Blake said Kylee showed the potential to put together a “killer performance.” Kylee opted to…
Did you lose track of who advanced and who didn’t during Hollywood Week on American Idol. That’s easy to do because about 150 singers received golden or platinum tickets in the three audition cities and there simply isn’t enough time to showcase everyone. According to the Idol Pad spoiler site, which typically gets everything…
Now that American Idol has aired its Hollywood Week episodes, one cast member is revealing that she came down with COVID, yet still advanced. That would be Kayleigh Clark, a 17-year-old country singer from Sumrall, Mississippi. During the auditions, Kayleigh impressed the judges with covers of “The Dance” by Garth Brooks and “I Surrender” by…
Nutsa Buzaladze felt the need to take to social media to explain herself after American Idol aired its Season 21 Hollywood Week episodes Sunday and Monday. On Sunday’s show, we saw Nutsa impress the judges with a powerhouse performance of Celine Dion’s “I Surrender.” The duet round, aired Monday, didn’t go as smoothly. Carina…
The Voice battles wrapped up Tuesday night with a steal that might make Blake Shelton a winner again in Season 21. He swiped Noivas from Team Chance. The same Noivas who turned four chairs during the blinds. The same Noivas who performed on two season of American Idol. Also advancing during Monday’s show were…
Eight more artists advanced during The Voice battles Monday night. And two of those — Ryley Tate Wilson of Team Naill and D. Smooth of Team Kelly — earned playoff passes. That means they’ll be able to skip the knockout round. Also advancing were Michael W. Williams, Holly Brand, Ali, Kate Cosentino, Grace West…
With as much talent as American Idol has rounded up for Season 21, I was hoping Hollywood Week would focus on that talent and not drama. Apparently, producers just couldn’t resist. So Tuesday’s show focused on duet partners who see eye-to-eye on time management, a duet partner who nearly quit the competition, a singer…
As usual, American Idol used its first Hollywood Week episode to reintroduce us to top contestants we met during the audition episodes, including some we hadn’t seen on our TV screens for more than a month. That said, I did have to chuckle a bit when the lead-in talked about all the “undiscovered” talent…
During Sunday’s final audition show for Season 21 of American Idol, there was mention that Tongi’s audition had gone viral on YouTube. American Idol producers weren’t exaggerating. His audition has been viewed 11 million times on YouTube alone. That’s 8 million more times than anyone else who auditioned for Season 21. For those who…
For the second straight season, American Idol has invited alumni to mentor contestants during Hollywood Week. Idol will begin airing its pre-taped Hollywood Week episodes Sunday night. Former champs Phillip Phillips, Jordin Sparks and Noah Thompson, former runner-ups Justin Guarini, Clay Aiken and David Archuleta and Season 16’s Catie Turner will be on hand…
