“Rockin Robin” Gabi Carrubba, David Leathers, Jr., Jeremy Rosado and Ariel Sprague Wow. The oldest member of this group is Jeremy at age 19. Yet they look like they’ve been performing, and performing together, forever. One of the best group night performances and a nice match of a young, fun song with a young, fun…
“Wake Up Little Susie” by Aubrey Cleland, Johnny Keyser, Devan Jones and Cortez Shaw Not sure the guys did themselves any favors with the arrangement of this song. The harmonies sound fine, but as individuals, they don’t get much of a chance to shine. Devan sounds fine on his solo, but was cut. Johnny doesn’t,…
Amber Holcomb said she was inspired to audition for American Idol in Galveston this year because she had watched and admired as Fantasia, Carrie Underwood and Jordin Sparks ascended to the Idol crown growing up. The 17-year-old first-time auditioner not only earned a golden ticket to Hollywood, she advanced all the way to the Vegas…
Who? Yeah, that was my reaction, too, the first time I saw her name on the Vegas contestant list. It’s not like we got to meet Tenna Torres on Idol, even though she beat the long odds facing female contestants and survived Hollywood. In fact, I think the only time we heard her name was…
In one of the radio interviews Josh Sanders has done since first appearing on American Idol, he jokes about his 3 seconds of screen time in the Savannah audition episode. In fact, we saw very little of the 23-year-old rocker from Kannapolis, N.C. Which is a shame, because Idol Season 11 seems a bit short…
Talk about perseverance and determination. Marissa Pontecorvo auditioned for Idol 12 times over eight seasons. She was turned down every time. She admits in an Idol video that she wasn’t keen on the idea of trying out again. But her father convinced her. Turns out audition number 13 in Pittsburgh this year was the lucky…
We saw a snippet of Molly Hunt in American Idol’s Savannah audition episode back in January. But we saw little more of the 15-year-old during subsequent episodes. Which is surprising, considering the show’s affinity for young contestants and that Molly made it all the way to Vegas in the face of a very crowded field of…
It took a while and you’d better be good at recognizing faces, but American Idol has posted photos of the top 42 contestants still in Vegas. I posted a list of 32 contestants Thursday night with a quick take on their potential. Here are the 10 contestants I didn’t include because Idol didn’t immediately identify…
Less than a week after performing a tribute to Whitney Houston at the Grammys, Jennifer Hudson walked away with two honors at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards Friday night. At a ceremony in Los Angeles, Jennifer won album of the year honors for her 2011 release “I Remember Me,” beating out “F.A.M.E.” by Chris Brown,…
Here’s a pleasant surprise for Idol fans that I almost missed. David Cook has released a 5-track acoustic EP, “This Quiet Night,” exclusively through Wal-Mart and Wal-Mart.com. The EP came out last week and features five songs from his 2011 “This Loud Morning” album. Now you know why the acoustic EP is called “This Quiet…
