Will this be the year American Idol breaks its Emmy jinx? I sure hope not. For those who missed it, Emmy nominations came out early this morning. For the ninth straight year, American Idol is nominated. And despite its rank at the top of the TV ratings, Idol has yet to take home the Emmy….
Pia Toscano confesses she wasn’t feeling very optimistic about her career as a singer back on April 7. That’s the night American Idol voters booted Pia, unquestionably one of the most talented singers among the Season 10 cast. “When I was being eliminated, that whole process, all I could think is, ‘I’m finishing ninth. My…
Josh Gracin, the fourth-place finisher on season two of Idol, recently released a new single to iTunes called “Long Way to Go.” This is a bit of departure for Josh, who scored a series of country hits when he was fresh off Idol. This single is being pushed to adult contemporary radio stations. “We wanted…
The folks at the Country Music Association must figure Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley have a little chemistry working for them. The country stars announced via Facebook this morning that they’d be back as host of the CMA Music Awards for the fourth straight year. “I don’t know why on earth they think that’s working,…
The two most successful singers to graduate from American Idol and two Season 10 judges will be part of an all-star lineup for an iHeart Radio Music Festival announced this morning. The festival will take place Sept. 23 and Sept. 24 in Las Vegas. It will be streamed live on iHeartRadio.com, via an iHeartRadio app…
Plan on trying out to become the Season 11 American Idol? If so and you live in southcentral Pennsylvania, this week marks your most convenient opportunity. American Idol is stopping at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh on Friday for its fourth round of Season 11 auditions. Thousands already turned out for auditions in St. Louis, San…
Great news for Kimberley Locke fans. The third-place finisher from season two asked fans to help pick her new single from among three songs last month. Now she’s decided to release all three songs, plus a fourth previously unreleased song, as an EP next Tuesday (July 19) on her I AM Entertainment label. Fans picked…
Former American Idol contestant Jackie Tohn has written her last song for Platinum Hit. The season eight semifinalist got the boot on the sixth episode of the Bravo songwriting competition Friday night, after what might have been the contestants’ most difficult challenge yet. First, they had to write a hook and perform it on a…
Scotty McCreery won again this week. In the battle of the Billboard charts, that is. Last week, exclusive Walmart EPs were released featuring five songs performed on Idol by each of the top four finalists — Scotty, Lauren Alaina, James Durbin and Haley Reinhart. This week, those EPs showed up on the Billboard chart for…
The Billboard charts released Thursday didn’t exactly bring scintillating news for David Cook and his fans. The second post-Idol album from the season seven winner of American Idol debuted at number seven with sales of about 46,000 copies. That put “This Loud Morning” behind new music from Beyonce, Selena Gomez and Big Sean. And behind…
