So, you’re waiting for the year a female wins American Idol? I think you’re going to have to wait at least a year longer, based on the talent and popularity of the guys who qualified for the final 13 in Season 11. In fact, my initial rankings have guys in the top four spots. If…
Yes, 36-year-old Tony Lucca spent four years on the Micky Mouse Club, performing alongside the likes of Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. But it’s doubtful anyone on The Voice in Season 2 has a catelogue of music that can match his. After the Micky Mouse Club was canceled, Tony headed to L.A. to…
UPDATE: I just checked the Twitter and Facebook pages of the 13 finalists on American Idol. The numbers confirmed what I suspected. Heading into week one of the finals, Phillips Phillips, Colton Dixon and Heejun Han are the most popular contestants. You can check out the number of Facebook likes and Twitter followers each contestant…
Katrina Parker is the insurance worker Carson Daly surprised by delivering an invitation to The Voice to her office, where many of her co-workers didn’t even know she was a singer. In fact, Katrina says The Voice audition marked the first time in about three years she had performed for an artist, partly because of…
If you’re a fan of Season 10 American Idol runner-up Lauren Alaina, you’ve probably heard a couple of Nicolle Galyon songs. That’s because she co-wrote two of the best songs on Lauren’s “Wildflower” album — “Growing Her Wings” and “Dirt Road Prayer” (you’ll find Nicolle’s version embedded below). Now the 27-year-old songwriter from Sterling, Kansas,…
Chris Cauley is the guy who told us, pre-audition, that he’s inspired by his grandmother, a bluegrass musician who gave him his first guitar. At 27, the guy from Atlanta, Ga., is hardly a novice at the music business, having release a 2005 album “Fish Out of Water,” a self-titled 208 EP and a single…
Compared to many of the contestants on The Voice, Lindsey Pavao is a relative novice. She admitted on the show that she had never performed in front of a crowd bigger than about 40 people. But she got three judges to spin their chairs for her performance of “Say Aah,” probably thanks to her quirky…
This folk rock/progressive country duet is made up of Leland Grant and Hailey Steele and got all four judges to spin their chairs for their rendition of Tom Petty’s “American Girl.” Hailey grew up near Sioux Falls, S.D., and was playing guitar and yodeling by age 9, according to their MySpace bio. At age 12,…
Angel Taylor was the show-closer on the season premiere of The Voice, and the show identifies her as an R&B singer. But Angel released a 2009 album called “Love Travels” with much more of a singer-songwriter vibe and followed up with an iTunes session EP featuring a couple of new songs a year later. You…
We only saw and heard a short snippet of Karla Davis’ audition on The Voice. Which is a shame, because she has an interesting story and a superb voice. The 25-year-old from Monroe, N.C., focused on athletics growing up and earned a college scholarship in soccer to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. “I…
