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Concert News, Season 11
American Idol summer tour tickets on sale Friday, May 11

May 4, 2012 By Mark Franklin 0

So, if you haven’t heard, American Idol summer tour tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, May 11. And, if you haven’t heard, the Idols have lots of appearances scheduled in Pennsylvania and surrounding areas. Here’s the info … * Aug. 8 at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. Tickets are $41.60 or $78.90, including…
Results Shows, Season 11
Idol Top 5 results recap: Who’s on the rise, who’s not

May 4, 2012 By Mark Franklin 0

Well, the outcome on American Idol Thursday night could have been more unfair. Spunky little Hollie Cavanagh could have been sent home after turning in the performance of her life on Wednesday. That, folks, would have been a real travesty. The recap … Stock rising: Joshua Ledet has strung together four killer performances in the…
Results Shows, Season 11, Season 11 finals
Cute boy Idol reigns, but Skylar Laine will too

May 4, 2012 By Mark Franklin 1

Two weeks ago, it looked like it might be time to dispose of American Idol’s “cute boy Idol” tag. Heejun Han, Deandre Brackensick and Colton Dixon had been booted by voters. For the first time since Season 3, Idol had four girls and just two guys in its final six. Flash forward two weeks, and it looks like…
Season 11, Season 11 finals
Idol Top 5 results show: Skylar goes home

May 3, 2012 By Mark Franklin 1

This week should have been so easy to figure out on American Idol. Elise Testone, a pretty much permanent resident of Idol’s stools of danger, went home last Thursday. Surely this week, it would be Hollie Cavanagh’s turn. I mean, the little gal with the big voice from Texas by way of England had visited the…
Season 11, Season 11 finals
Predictions on who goes home among Idol’s Top 5

May 3, 2012 By Mark Franklin 5

If you’re looking for some sort of consensus about who will go home tonight about American Idol’s Top 5, you won’t find it among Idol watchers. I’ve checked the eight sites below in the last half hour. Bottom line: The only contestant who isn’t being predicted for ouster by someone is Joshua Ledet. After all,…
Season 11, Season 11 finals
American Idol Top 5 photo gallery

May 3, 2012 By Mark Franklin 1

American Idol’s Top 5 took on 1960s pop and British music Wednesday night. And triumphed, at least in the Jessica Sanchez, Hollie Cavanagh and Joshua Ledet. Go here for song-by-song grades from last night’s show and here for a recap on who was best, who deserves to go home and the latest nonsense spouted by…
Season 11, Season 11 finals
Idol Top 5 recap: Who should stay and who should go

May 3, 2012 By Mark Franklin 3

What makes Season 11 of American Idol so special? It’s simple. This is as evenly matched a final five as we’ve seen on the show. Honestly. Tell me one year in the past where you couldn’t predict with near certainty at least one of the contestants who would make the finals? This year? I have…
Season 11, Season 11 finals, Song by song grades
American Idol Top 5: Song by song grades

May 2, 2012 By Mark Franklin 1

Tonight on Idol, we get 12 songs, with a little British pop thrown in. There will be a round of British pop, followed by a round of 1960s pop. Or vice versa. Idol leaked the set list. It didn’t leak the order. But get ready to hear some Bee Gees, some Dusty Springfield, even some…
Season 11, Season 11 finals
Group numbers returning to Idol on Top 5 tonight

May 2, 2012 By Mark Franklin 0

Looks like group songs are back on American Idol tonight. The show released a twit pic of the set list for Wednesday’s Top 5 performance show. Under a section called “duets/trios,” two songs are listed — “Higher and Higher” by Jackie Wilson and “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling” by The Righteous Brothers. Now I’m not…
Season 2 Finals, The Voice
A man’s world, but a woman’s title on The Voice?

May 2, 2012 By Mark Franklin 0

How’s this for irony? Last night, Juliet Simms sang “It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World” on The Voice. Next week, she’ll be in the finals, facing three men. But unless she stumbles badly, The Voice’s Season 2 finale might be a woman’s night. Juliet, in tears as the decision was revealed, romped into The Voice…

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