Chandler Leighton was part of a three-singer montage in American Idol’s San Francisco audition episode. We saw her stand and deliver a soulful version of “New York State of Mind” that gave Jennifer Lopez her now famous goosies. But Chandler apparently performed at least two numbers for the judges. On YouTube, she has posted a…
If KellyeAnn Rodgers is remembered as the American Idol singer who couldn’t find her way out of the audition room, it will be unfortunate. Because before she kicked off a segment featuring several singers who couldn’t find the right door to exit, she delivered a spot-on performance of “A Song for You” and looked like…
American Idol wrapped up its Season 14 auditions with a second episode from San Francisco Thursday night. And teens ruled the night, with a show that featured former Voice contestant Adanna Duru, 17, as the show-opener and 16-year-old Tyanna Jones as the show-closer. In between, we met a pair of 15-year olds — Daniel Seavey…
Blessing Offor released a wonderful new ballad called “This is Life” on Tuesday. And it’s just a sample of the new music coming from the Season 7 contestant on The Voice. Blessing’s new album, “Roots,” will be available Feb. 10. Pre-orders are underway on iTunes. Now 26, Blessing advanced to the knockout round before being…
You’d be hard pressed to find many contestants from The Voice who have released more music than Tony Lucca. And the third-place finisher from Season 2 added to his musical resume this week, releasing a 12-track, self-titled album on Tuesday. Why a self-titled album so deep into a musical career that has produced at least…
The American Idol judges indicated one of the best stops on the audition trail was in San Francisco. Over two nights this week, we’ll meet the talent they found in this year’s stop in California. During Wednesday’s episode, Idol introduced us to nine Hollywood bound singers, but the judges reserved their highest praise for the…
A number of American Idol contestants earned the judges’ praise after singing original songs in the New Orleans audition episode. But only one is the nephew of Carlos Santana. Or auditioned playing guitar with a broken thumb. That would be Adam Lasher, a 27-year-old songwriter from Danville, Calif. Adam performed an original called “These Shoes”…
Harry Connick Jr. took one look at Ricky Dale Hendricks’ name and figured he was a country singer. He was right, of course. But he might not have expected this 17-year-old to be quite as impressive during his Season 14 American Idol audition in New Orleans. Ricky, from West Monroe, La., expressed awe about the…
Erica Washington was the very last singer we met during American Idol’s Season 14 New Orleans audition episode. But she left one of the biggest impressions on the judges after a rendition of Beyonce’s “Halo” that showed off the power and range in her voice. In fact, Keith Urban and Harry Connick Jr. said they…
Jacob Tolliver delivered one of the more unexpected auditions during American Idol’s Minneapolis episode. The 20-year-old from Massachusetts now lives in Las Vegas while he’s the Jerry Lee Lewis understudy in a show called Million Dollar Quartet, featuring the music of Lewis, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins. So for his Idol audition, Jacob…
