For the past six years, at least one former American Idol contestant has left music’s biggest night with a Grammy award. Well, that streak ends at six. Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and Mandisa were each nominated for Grammys, but awards were presented in their categories during the pre-show, and all three missed out. Mandisa was…
Carrie Underwood opted not to attend Clive Davis’ annual pre-Grammy gala Saturday night because of Whitney Houston’s death earlier in the day. But lots of other stars turned out. Davis, a mentor to Houston, had expected that she would sing at the party, which went on as planned, he explained, because the diva would have wanted it…
Jennifer Hudson has been added to the list of performers for the Grammy awards. She’ll do a special tribute to Whitney Houston, who died on Saturday at age 48. Houston won six Grammys during her career, including three in 1993 for “I Will Always Love You” and the soundtrack for “The Bodyguard.” Jennifer has one…
American Idol’s Season 2 runner-up Clay Aiken will release a new album — sort of — in March. The 10-track CD will be called “Steadfast,” but it appears seven of the tracks will come from his 2010 album “Tried and True,” featuring covers of hits from the 1950s and 1960s. There will be three exceptions…
Turns out David Archuleta will release new music before heading off on his two-year mission trip with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In fact, he’s nearly done recording a new album. David made the announcement in a series of tweets to his fans this morning. A video in which he discusses the…
Dear Nigel: Your little show called American Idol has lost its way. And it had better rediscover it soon, or the magic of Season 10 is going to be a distant memory. Thursday’s episode was a mammoth waste of 60 minutes. An hour, I might note, in which not one performance was shown on a…
American Idol fans will have several reasons to tune in to the Grammys Sunday night on CBS (8 p.m.). Kelly Clarkson is scheduled to perform. She’ll sing the Grammy-nominated “Don’t You Want to Leave” with Jason Aldean. Carrie Underwood is scheduled to perform. She’s in a duet with Tony Bennett, having recorded “It Had to…
Fresh off a Super Bowl appearance, Kelly Clarkson can chalk up another achievement. “Stronger,” her latest single, completed the climb to the top of the Hot 100 this week. A week ago, “Stronger” was number two behind Adele’s “Set Fire to the Rain.” This week, they flip-flopped positions. “Stronger” is also the top digital song…
So, we end the first Hollywood Week episode with a cliffhanger. Simon Zaire Black, 16, of Cucamonga, Calif., takes a tumble off the stage and everyone — Nigel included — rushes to assist her. Will she be OK? Of course, she will. Otherwise that’s an awfully cruel way to end an episode of American Idol….
Tonight, American Idol heads to Hollywood, where we should expect to see contestants falling to the wayside. And not just because they’ve been eliminated. Over the next week, we’ll get to see which of the Idol ladies can beat the long odds. We might be reintroduced to the fairest Idol of them all, NBA dancer…
