After months of speculation and names tossed about from Adam Lambert to Nick Jonas to Miley Cyrus to Charlie Sheen (that was a joke), American Idol has announced its judging panel for Season 12. And the winners are … as long rumored … Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban. Plus previously announced Mariah Carey, of course….
The Voice and The X Factor are going head to head in the fight to win singing show viewers this fall. So I figured what better place to find out which show local fans prefer than at the York Fair, where former American Idol finalist Lauren Alaina was performing Saturday night. Turns out the majority…
On a night when Lauren Alaina turned in a rousing performance at the York Fair, WGTY Operations Director Scott Donato announced that the other finalist from Season 10 of American Idol will be visiting the area as well. Sometime in early October, Scotty McCreery will perform a private show at an undisclosed location in the…
Lauren Alaina won legions of fans on American Idol with her fun-loving personality and special voice. And both were on display Saturday night, when she entertained a large crowd at the WGTY Great Country Radio Stage at the York Fair. Lauren slowed her show down a couple of times — to cover one of her…
Wow, didn’t young Carly Rose Sonenclar seem awfully composed for a 13-year-old when she appeared on The X Factor Thursday night? Not to mention talented, of course. She capped the show’s second audition episode, and her version of “Feeling Good” might have been the best we’ve heard from an X Factor contestant so far this…
Carrie Underwood kicks off her Blown Away tour tonight in Manchester, N.H. And she’ll do so knowing she has the number one country album in the land. “Blown Away” reclaimed that status on the Billboard country album chart last week and maintained it this week. Released in early May, the album debuted at number one…
The X Factor breezed through three cities in just two hours Wednesday night. Along the way, they introduced us to just six advancing artists. That includes three talented ladies named Paige Thomas, Jannel Garcia and Jillian Jensen, a 13-year-old Justin Bieber look-alike named Reed Deming, a guy in a wedding dress named Quatrele Da’an Smith…
Well, this is probably going to upset Simon Cowell more than the initial news that The Voice planned to air a Wednesday episode to go head-to-head with his Season 2 premiere of The X Factor. The Voice beat The X Factor in round one of the singing show ratings war, drawing 10.7 million viewers for…
Britney Spears was cast as a potentially tough judge on The X Factor Season 2 premiere Wednesday night. Now, it doesn’t appear she’s going to challenge Simon Cowell for the classic putdown crown. But she did have the gumption to tell several singers they were flat-out bad. And she did turn down one poor guy,…
The X Factor begins its search for new Season 2 talent tonight. But, let’s face it, the real focus won’t be on new singers. It will be on the two new judges sitting between L.A. Reid and Simon Cowell. That would be Demi Lovato and Britney Spears, of course, and tons of viewers are likely…
