American Idol has typically held a red carpet premiere to show off the first episode of the season. But I can’t recall fans across the nation being invited to participate. That’s what’s happening next week in an apparent attempt to generate more buzz about Season 12.
Cassadee Pope and Tate Stevens will return to the stage Monday night, on competing stations of course. Both will perform on New Year’s Eve specials.
We now have a firm release date for Colton Dixon’s debut album. The guy who finished seventh on Season 11 of Idol will release “A Messenger” on EMI-CMG/Sparrow Records on Jan. 29.
Billboard has released its year-end charts, and they’re littered with former Idols. Four Idol champs finished in the top 100 on Billboard’s Top Artists of 2012 chart, and they’re all former winners.
Remember the Magnificent Screamer from American Idol Season 9? Siobhan Magnus, who placed sixth in Season 9, is embarking on a new endeavor.
As I catch up on Idol news I missed while writing about The Voice and The X Factor … here’s a match I never thought we’d see. Bo Bice is heading to Broadway.
Tate Stevens took the Season 2 X Factor crown Thursday night during a two-hour finale that featured performances by Pitbull and One Direction. Fifth Harmony wound up third in the voting; Carly Rose Sonenclar was the runner-up. Here’s a photo gallery from the show. For photos of Tate Stevens’ winning night, head here.
For weeks, I had read comments from viewers of The Voice saying Cassadee Pope’s victory was bound to happen. They were looking at her number of Facebook and Twitter followers, comparing them to the other contestants and figuring there was no way she could lose given the wide disparity.
Months ago, a 37-year-old road worker from Raymore, Missouri, stepped onto an X Factor audition stage wearing a cowboy hat and pronounced that he sings rap. He was joking of course.
Devoid of the goofballs known as Emblem 3, devoid of the vocally challenged like Cece Frey and the atrociously inconsistent like Paige Thomas and Diamond White, The X Factor delivered a pretty good night of singing on Wednesday. Fifth Harmony sounded like they could be relevant on the pop charts today. Carly Rose Sonenclar sounded…
