We met Molly DeWolf Swenson Wednesday night during American Idol’s Milwaukee audition show. She’s the Harvard grad who now interns at the White House. The one who proclaimed “I love this president,” then added that she didn’t mean in the Monica Lewinsky-Bill Clinton way. And the contestant who got smacked in the face by Randy…
Hey, it took three episodes, but the Idol judges are finding their teeth. Well, not Jennifer. The worst critique she can muster is: “It’s a ‘no’ for me.” But Randy Jackson and Steven Tyler are getting better at being brutally honest. So awarding tonight’s Snarky Simon Awards wasn’t so difficult. Snarky Simon #1: After one…
Wow, that last segment on Idol Wednesday night is already stirring up some controversy. It featured Chris Medina, a 26-year-old from Oak Forest, Ill. He got engaged. But while he was working on his wedding vows, his fiancee was involved in a tragic accident on Oct. 2, 2009. She suffered a serious brain injury. She’s…
Tonight, Idol heads to Milwaukee for auditions for the first time ever. And judging from some spoiler sites I’ve checked out, they find quite the combination of talent and unusual contestants, sometimes all in the same auditioner. Not that veteran American Idol viewers will be surprised. About the visit to Milwaukee — it’s being credited…
Today’s a big day for season four American Idol contestant Anwar Robinson. Six years after he appeared on the show, Anwar has released his first album, “Everything.” The 10-track indie album was co-written and produced by Anwar and features the same smooth, heartfelt vocals that helped him finish seventh the year Carrie Underwood took the Idol…
Another in a series of blogs featuring Hollywood-bound American Idol contestants. Keep checking back. More to come. My favorite Luke James story is one he told during his Idol video interview last year. Asked about his most memorable performance, he cited the time he opened for Danity Kane. “My genre of music and their genre…
A look at another of last week’s golden ticket recipients … keep checking back. I’ll be posting more. Pia Toscano — full name Pia Ann Rose Toscano — describes her music as pop/R&B/ soul on her MySpace music page. In a video interview on YouTube, she describes herself as a wedding singer. But she performs…
Apparently, Jennifer Hudson’s been doing more than losing weight and filming Weight Watchers commercials lately, though it’d be easy to think otherwise considering how often she’s been seen on TV lately. Today, Jennifer released her new single, “Where You At,” which you can listen to below. And there’s more coming. The song is the lead…
If perseverance counts for anything, Jessica Cunningham of Portland, Maine, should have a leg up on other contestants in American Idol season 10. If experience counts for anything … well, ditto. I mean, by now, Jessica should have this Idol audition routine down pat. This is her seventh … yes, seventh … year auditioning for…
Presumbably, if Casey wants to succeed on Idol this year, she’s going to have to learn to perform without her guitar. That’s unless Nigel Lythgoe relents on his vow to limit the use of instruments during seaosn 10. Anyway, back to Casey, a singer-songwriter from Toms River, New Jersey, who classifies her music as acoustic…
