Not surprisingly, Stacy Francis spent most of her Friday conference call with the media talking about that bizarre eliminaton episode of The X Factor rather than her career moving forward. On one hand, she was hoping Astro’s attitude might buy her at least another week in the competition. On the other, she reminded people that…
Simon Cowell got it wrong. Again. Near the end of Thursday’s results episode of The X Factor, he justifiably scolded the kid rapper known as Astro for his attitude. Then, instead of casting the vote that would have turned Astro’s fate over X Factor viewers, he decided to send him through to the top nine…
I was a little surprised to see this when I checked out the music charts Thursday morning. Without the benefit of a smash country single, Scotty McCreery’s “Clear As Day” album is outperforming Kelly Clarkson’s more recently released “Stronger” on the Billboard 200. Scotty dropped from 12 to 14 on the Billboard 200 this week,…
In an hour, we’ll be down to nine contestants on The X Factor. Who will be the show’s Rock Week victim? LeRoy Bell is my pick. Not because he did the worst last night. Far from it. But because he performed first on a two-hour show that moved at a snail’s pace and because all…
Dear Simon: Do away with theme nights on The X Factor. Please! For one thing, they make your show look like more of an American Idol knock-off than it already is. Then there’s this: Rock week was a mockery. Astro, aka Brian Bradley, still rapped. Chris Rene sang reggae. You had the gall to criticize…
A week ago, The X Factor looked like a three-contestant showdown between Drew Ryniewicz, Josh Krajcik and Melanie Amaro. Then LeRoy Bell performed “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.” Then Astro does his own version of the rap tune “Lose Yourself.” Then Rachel Crow pulls off a big — and utterly surprising —…
Wow, it must be couples week for the Season 10 American Idol contestants. A video of Casey Abrams and Haley Reinhart singing “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” was released Tuesday morning. And Wednesday a new song from Paul McDonald and wife Nikki Reed of Twilight fame will be available on iTunes. Nikki debuted the song Monday…
Anyone who logged onto Haley Reinhart’s Twitter party Monday hoping she’d spill the details on an upcoming single or album went away disappointed. But Haley shared the photo at right, the cover shot for her holiday season duet of “Baby It’s Cold Outside” with Casey Abrams. And she shared the news that the video for…
Before dispatching The Stereo Hogzz so they could go home and dream of someday hogging up airtime on a radio station somewhere, Simon Cowell made this observation. “I don’t think America has got to know either act properly yet,” he said, addressing Lakoda Rayne and the ousted Stereo Hogzz. Dah. And if anyone’s to blame,…
Kelly Clarkson announced her “Stronger” tour on her website this morning. The tour will start with a show at the MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods in Connecticut on Jan. 13 and includes stops in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The Pennsylvania show is Jan. 28 at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena in Johnstown. Kelly will…
