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…
Five more artists advanced on The Voice Tuesday night at the battle round continued. And Mary Kate Conner joined Manasseh Samone as artists who have already qualified for the playoffs thanks to the show’s new playoff pass. She earned the honor for Team Blake after a wonderful battle round match with good friend Kylee…
A sister trio and eight other artists advanced to the knockouts Monday night as the battle round began on The Voice. Manasseh Samone became the first artist honored with one of the show’s new playoff passes, courtesy of her coach, Chance the Rapper. That will allow her to skip the knockout round and advance…
Riley Biederer from The Voice Season 9 recently released a new song called “Beautiful Boys.” Says Riley on social media: “Sometimes u gotta write a song about how boys break ur heart, but also how hot and fun they are.” And Riley just announced that she’ll be dropping an EP called “idk if this is…
