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Season 9, Season 9 Hollywood
Group night — those who survived and those who didn’t

February 10, 2010 By Mark Franklin 0

Whew! That was a lot to follow tonight on American Idol, wasn’t it. But I’ll give Idol this. The show seems to have learned its lesson. Or at least I hope that’s the explanation for what we just saw. A year ago, the group night episode was full of drama, but focused on just a…
Season 9, Season 9 Contestants, Season 9 Hollywood
Meet American Idols gals from Dallas

February 9, 2010 By Mark Franklin 0

Audrianna Vargas This 18-year-old from Sioux Falls, S.D., says the first time anyone heard her sing publicly was at a solo competition in Davenport, Iowa. She finished first out of 30 contestants. Not a bad start, huh? Audri — that’s what she goes by — graduated from Washington High School last year, but first participated…
Season 9, Season 9 Hollywood
Ellen fits in; Way to go — Crystal, Andrew, Michael and Janell

February 9, 2010 By Mark Franklin 0

I’m wondering if the end of that last real audition episode — the one from Denver — was in some way symbolic. You remember what happened. Bikini boy walked into the audition room. The judges got out of their seats and left the room. Were the judges trying to send us a message? Something along…
Carrie Underwood
Meet Sesame Street’s new character, Carrie Underworm

February 8, 2010 By Mark Franklin 0

From the Super Bowl to Sesame Street, with the grace only Carrie Underwood could muster. Wonder what in the world I’m talking about? Well, I just got the latest Carrie Underwood news. She’s going to appear on Sesame Street Feb. 11. Or at least a character created in her likeness (?) will be on the…
Season 9, Season 9 Contestants, Season 9 Hollywood
Meet the American Idol guys from Dallas

February 8, 2010 By Mark Franklin 0

Alex Lambert A 19-year-old from North Richland Hills, Texas, Alex sang and played guitar with a band called Hands That Hurt prior to Idol. And judging from photos and videos of the band performing, prefers to wear sunglasses all the time. On MySpace, he classifies his music as acoustic / crunk / indie. Besides sounds…
Season 9, Season 9 Contestants, Season 9 Hollywood
Meet the American Idol gals from Los Angeles

February 7, 2010 By Mark Franklin 0

Vered “Didi” Benami Didi’s the 22-year-old from Hollywood who got so emotional during her audition and says she sings for a college roommate who died suddenly. Here’s the rest of the story. The roommate was Rebecca Joy Lear, a singer/songwriter from Wichita, Kansas, who helped Didi develop her musical ability. According to Didi’s MySpace, they…
Season 9, Season 9 Contestants, Season 9 Hollywood
Meet the American Idol guys from Los Angeles

February 7, 2010 By Mark Franklin 0

Andrew Garcia He’s the 23-year-old from Moreno Valley, Calif., who had a featured role in the Los Angeles audition show — the guy who wants a better life for his young son after watching his parents struggle and hearing how they were involved with gangs in their earlier days. Remember? We met his parents, too,…
Carrie Underwood
Carrie at the Super Bowl (photo gallery) and other Underwood news

February 7, 2010 By Mark Franklin 0

Carrie worried about forgetting the lyrics to the national anthem at today’s Super Bowl. She need not have fretted. The performance came off flawlessly, of course. And the Carrie Underwood news keeps coming at us, fast and furious. For instance … * Carrie has landed a role in her first studio movie, called “Soul Surfer.”…
Season 9, Season 9 Auditions
Idol contestants and their wacky, wacky talents

February 5, 2010 By Mark Franklin 0

For starters, I never again want to hear about Wheat Thins. I don’t want to see one, let alone eat one. After all, I’ve just watched videos done by about 180 Hollywood-bound American Idol contestants. Dozens and dozens and dozens of which were preceded by a wheat thin commercial. But I learned lots about those…
Carrie Underwood
Carrie will be rooting for the Saints … well, sort of

February 5, 2010 By Mark Franklin 0

Carrie hemmed. Carrie hawed. She was facing the toughest question of the day. And it had nothing to do with a Cowboy quarterback named Tony Romo. She got this apologetic look on her face, then finally confessed her allegiance. “I hope people won’t hate me. I hate picking sides. But I’ll probably, 51 percent, be…

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