The American Idol finals begin next week, and the show will celebrate by bringing back one of its most celebrated recent contestants, Adam Lambert. An Adam performance will be featured on Thursday’s results show, Idol announced this morning. Also featured will be a performance by Diddy-Dirty Money, who will be joined by Skylar Grey. All…
Job well done, Idol viewers. Job well done, Idol judges. I’m not thrilled with every choice in the final 13. But most of the picks were dead on. And they create the potential for a very special Season 10. Plus a salute to Idol producers, who pulled off a very entertaining two-hour results show. Now…
Big night, huh? We learn the identity of the five guys and five ladies viewers have voted into the finals. We learn the identity of the three wild card choices by the judges. And, somehow, Idol is going to stretch that into a two-hour program. Of course, there is that Jennifer Lopez video to watch….
In a conference call a couple of weeks ago, Nigel Lythgoe said Randy Jackson had become an anchor of the new American Idol judging panel. That he was saying more than “dawg” these days. My reaction: Let’s wait and see what happens when the performance shows start. Well, they started Tuesday night. And not only…
Mission accomplished. Billboard released its new music charts this morning. Sitting atop the country singles chart: “Don’t You Want to Stay,” the Jason Aldean-Kelly Clarkson duet. That makes Kelly just the second Idol to record a single that at some point has reached the top of the Hot 100 and country charts. Carrie Underwood was…
The hunch has been confirmed. The Season 10 farewell song heard on every Idol eliminate episode of American Idol will be performed by the last truly successful Idol winner, David Cook. One had to suspect that would be the case last week. David sent out a tweet saying he was working on something special in…
Folks, we just might be in store for a special season of American Idol. The guys impressed last night. The ladies were more impressive than I expected tonight. Pick wisely, voters. Pick wisely, judges. And we could be in for a real treat. I just wish the semifinals lasted more than one week. Some of…
I haven’t heard a note the ladies are singing tonight, but FOX has already posted photos of the pre-taped performances on its media site, so I know what they’re wearing. That being the case, let’s slip into the role of Red Carpet Ryan for a moment. Haley Reinhart looks stunning in her little black dress….
Last week, I suggested American Idol post performance videos of its semifinalists on americanidol.com. It would be a wonderful way, I noted, for viewers to get to know the contestants as singers. After all, on Idol we only see partial, edited portions of their performances. We barely see some contestants at all. Guess what? There…
Some Adam Lambert fans have been critical of James Durbin for imitating their Idol. I think it has to do with the signature shriek James uses in his Idol performances, a shriek reminiscent of many of Adam’s best performances on Idol. That’s led to some natural comparisons. James the imitator? I haven’t bought into it….
