Fantasia’s back with a new single, ‘Lose to Win’
Season 3 Idol winner Fantasia released a new single this week. The song is called “Love To Win” and it’s part of a move away from a pure R&B-soul sound to more of a rock-soul sound, the singer says.
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The X Factor If Britney’s really gone, will anyone miss her?
TMZ has reported that Britney Spears is definitely leaving as judge on The X Factor, deciding instead to focus on making an eighth album. And now MTV says it has confirmed the same, that Britney won’t be back, and that she quit because she knew she wouldn’t be asked back anyway.
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2012 The Year in Review 2012 in Review: The best Idol songs
Dozens upon dozens of songs were released by former Idol contestants in 2012. Some became mega-hits. Others, unfortunately, went largely unnoticed. So as I put together my 2012 Idol in Review blogs, I decided to compile two top 10 lists of favorite songs.
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Idols at awards shows Huh? The X Factor wins a People’s Choice Award
Gee, really folks. The X Factor, easily the worst, least talented and most overblown of TV singing shows somehow took the award for Favorite TV competition at the People’s Choice Awards Wednesday night.
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Keith Urban, Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj, Randy Jackson, Season 12 Initial impressions of the Idol judges after live Q&A
The American Idol judges participated in a live Q&A with fans after a showing of the Idol premiere at sites around the country this evening. Before we get down to what they had to say, here are my initial impressions of the new judges in a live setting.
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Season 12 Nigel Lythgoe talks about more Season 12 Idol changes
Before we hear what the judges have to say about Season 12 of American Idol tonight, here’s what executive producer Nigel Lythgoe had to say earlier today. Nigel was talking about changes and potential changes on Idol Season 12 (the premiere is now just a week away) and his observations so far.
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2012 The Year in Review 2012 in Review: The best Idol albums
In hindsight, 2012 wound up being an awfully good year for new music from former Idols. We received new albums or EPs from no fewer than 11 Idol winners or runners-up. We received a first-ever greatest hits album from a former Idol, Kelly Clarkson.
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Concert News, Kris Allen Four days after surgery, Kris Allen opens new tour
Anyone fearful that Kris Allen wouldn’t be able to keep his local tour dates because of a New Year’s car crash, fear not. Four days after undergoing surgery on his broken right wrist, Kris opened the tour last night in Killington, Vt.
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Kelly Clarkson Kelly Clarkson to perform at Obama inauguration
Well, in terms of prestigious gigs, I imagine this ranks right up there for Kelly Clarkson. The Obama inauguration team announced this morning that the original Idol would be one of three featured performers at the event.
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Keith Urban, Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj, Randy Jackson, Season 12 Idol judges talk about ‘the feud’ and more interesting Season 12 insights
So, was that little flare-up between Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj this summer for real? Appearing at one of the first big press events to promote the new season of American Idol on Tuesday, all involved seemed to indicate that it was. But they compared it to two workers who have a disagreement on the…
