Call me a traitor if you want, but I watched NBC’s new singing competition, The Voice, Tuesday night. I figure any show that prompts Idol to let Pia Toscano sing on a rival network during primetime while Season 10 is still in progress is worth watching at least once. A coincidence? Perhaps. But, if so,…
Kimberly Caldwell Without Regret 1. Desperate Girls and Stupid Boys 2. Heart Like Mine 3. Naked 4. Hotter Without You 5. Say Love 6. Mess of You 7. If You’re Gonna Fall 8. Taking Back My Life 9. Going Going Gone 10. Frozen 11. Human After All — — Several delays, multiple photo shoots and…
Mandisa “What If We Were Real” 1. Stronger 2. What If We Were Real 3. These Days 4. The Truth About Me 5. Say Goodbye 6. Good Morning 7. Waiting for Tomorrow 8. Just Cry 9. Temporary Fills 10. Free 11. Lifeline — — Look at Mandisa: She’s lost 100 pounds, a fact I bring…
Unknown singers audition, hoping to win the favor of the judges. On the line: A tidy cash price and a recording contract. Sound familiar? Of course. But in this case, I’m talking about “The Voice,” which premieres Tuesday at 9 p.m. on NBC. The premise might be the same as American Idol, but there are…
Carole King night on American Idol, huh? I’m trying to figure out the logic in that. And the closest I’ve come is that this year marks the 40th anniversary of the release of the singer-songwriter’s splendid “Tapestry” album, which featured most of her best-known songs. I’ve gone on record before as saying I’m not a…
Last week, Kelly Clarkson and Jason Aldean performed their hit, “Don’t You Want to Stay,” on American Idol. This week, predictably enough, the song soared up the charts. The song jumped 11 spots to a new peak of number 31 on Billboard’s Hot 100. It jumped 21 spots to a new peak of 23 on Billboard’s Top…
Back in the Idol auditions, Jennifer Lopez pronounced that Stefano Langone had a “star on his forehead.” The star nearly never saw Idol’s big stage. But the judges gave him a wild-card berth after a rousing performance of “Need You Now.” And Stefano wound up being the last wild-card contestant standing until his elimination Thursday…
David Cook performed his new single, “The Last Goodbye.” Katy Perry performed her latest number one hit, “E.T.” American Idol said farewell to its last wild-card contestant, Stefano Langone, during Thursday night’s results show. And now there are just six contestants remaining to sing the songs of Carole King during a 1 1/2-hour episode of…
Slowly, but surely, I’m regaining my faith in American Idol voters. After Pia Toscano’s way-too-soon elimination earlier this month, Nigel Lythgoe implied viewers would be shocked every week henceforth, because the Idol talent is so good this year. Well, Paul McDonald went home last week, and it wasn’t a major shock. And, tonight, Cute Boy…
So, who’s likely to wind up in the bottom three tonight? It’s hard to imagine that fate befalling Scotty McCreery, even though he performed first and drew some of the harshest criticism from the judges last night. Or James Durbin, despite the fact that many Muse fans weren’t enamored with his version of “Uprising.” Or…
