First off, a big congrats to all the ladies on the list below. The odds they overcame to make it this far were phenomenal. Of those 320 singers Idol advanced to Hollywood, about 200 were ladies. Meaning the gals below faced odds twice as great as the guys to make the finals. That said, if…
Tim Halperin just sent out a tweet offering a free download of a new song, called “The Last Song.” But clearly, it won’t be the last song for Tim. Because the tweet also indicates that he plans to release a CD in September. That hardly surprises me. In a radio interview I heard Tim do,…
I am still not a big fan of the change. But from a marketing standpoint, the decision to pare this season’s American Idol semifinals from three weeks to one was pure genius. Let’s face it, Idol had to reinvent itself this year, not only after losing Simon Cowell, but after watching interest wane significantly in…
Former American Idol Matt Rogers has a new TV gig, as host of a show that debuts tonight on Lifetime. The show is called “Coming Home,” and it’s about reuniting members of the U.S. armed forces who have been serving overseas with their families. The first episode airs Sunday at 10 p.m. EST on Lifetime,…
Update: Anoop has launched a fundraiser to support his “Zero” project. You can go hear and learn more. For an $8,000 donation, he’ll even “get to know you and write a song inspired by you” for Zero.1 or Zero.2. That’s right, this “Zero” project is going to be a trilogy, meaning there will be two…
OK, I already covered the big music chart news of the week — the fact that the “Don’t You Want To Stay” duet by Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson has reached number one on the country singles chart. But there’s good news for new Idol judge Jennifer Lopez, too. Her new single “On the Floor”…
Exciting news for Danny Gokey fans, because he can’t get much better exposure than this. The third-place finisher from season eight announced today that he’ll be one of the opening acts for Taylor Swift on some dates of her “Speak Now” world tour. And some tour it promises to be. U.S. and Canada dates begin…
Update: As of 7:30 p.m. Sunday EST, Scotty McCreery has taken over the Twitter follower lead with more than 12,500. The only other contestant to top 10,000 at that point was Paul McDonald with about 10,950. Rounding out the list: 3) Casey Abrams with about 9,250; 4) Lauren Alaina with about 9,000; 5) Thia Megia…
Random reflections on the American Idol semifinals … 1. Did the semifinal contestants seem surprisingly self-assured on the Idol stage this week? I thought so. I mean, I remember back to Season 8 when a bad case of stage fright clearly spelled the demise of Stevie Wright and some of that season’s other teen contestants….
As usual, FOX threw a party for its new finalists after Thursday’s episode. Here are photos from the event, supplied by The Associated Press and FOX.
