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Season 9, Season 9 Finals
All smiles during Idol’s Top 12 Party (photo gallery)

March 15, 2010 By Mark Franklin 0

For one night, at least, it was all smiles and laughter among the 12 contestants chosen by voters to participate in the season nine American Idol finals. Below are photos from the Top 12 Party, held after last Thursday’s results episode. By the weekend, it was back to business for the Idols, with another round…
Idols on the Music Chart
Music charts: Can Carrie reach number one again? (And watch her go airborne in a blue pickup truck in Reading)

March 14, 2010 By Mark Franklin 0

The big American Idol news on the music charts this week was the debut of Danny Gokey’s first post-Idol album, “My Best Days.” It checked in at number four on the Billboard 200, better than the debuts for Kris Allen (11) and Allison Iraheta (35) and just below Adam Lambert (3). Danny Gokey’s album even…
New Idol Music, Scott MacIntyre
Scott MacIntyre strikes gold once on Heartstrings

March 14, 2010 By Mark Franklin 0

Scott MacIntyre “Heartstrings” 1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 2. Valentine 3. Heartstrings 4. Never Tired 5. Autumn Leaves 6. One Time Too Many 7. Stars 8. In Her Eyes 9. The Sun Still Shines 10. View From Above 11. I’ll Take Tom 12. The Wedding Song You can’t help but admire Scott…
Clay Aiken, Concert News, New Idol Music
Clay Aiken debuts new album during Raleigh, N.C., show

March 13, 2010 By Mark Franklin 0

Season two American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken performed Friday night at a special one-night only concert in Raleigh, N.C. The show was designed for Clay to unveil music from his upcoming fifth studio album, “Tried and True,” due for a late May release on Decca Records. The concert was also taped for PBS and is…
American Idol, Season 9, Season 9 Semifinals
Alex Lambert explains the emotions behind Thursday’s show

March 12, 2010 By Mark Franklin 0

Alex Lambert admits that he might never be able to look at a banana the same way again. After all, Ellen DeGeneres compared him to one every time he sang during the American Idol semifinals. First he was an unripe banana. Then he ripened. Then he got downright mushy. Mushy or not, he headed home…
Season 9, Season 9 Semifinals, Todrick Hall
Todrick Hall, exiting Idol, lobbies for a spot on Glee

March 12, 2010 By Mark Franklin 0

Hmm, if I bomb on American Idol, why not try “Glee”? Apparently, that’s Todrick Hall’s line of thinking these days. In what has to be a first for an American Idol contestant, Todrick spent a good portion of his exit interview with the media Friday afternoon lobbying for a role on FOX’s hit musical comedy….
Katelyn Epperly, Season 9, Season 9 Semifinals
Katelyn Epperly says she’ll be pulling for Crystal

March 12, 2010 By Mark Franklin 0

Katelyn Epperly admits she might have overcompensated and stepped out of her element. And the move might have cost her a spot in the American Idol finals. Two weeks ago, judges proclaimed her performance of Coldplay’s “The Scientist” as too slow, too sleepy. That didn’t bother Katelyn. She called the two minutes she spent sitting…
Lilly Scott, Season 9, Season 9 Semifinals
Lilly Scott: Her fans probably weren’t watching Idol

March 12, 2010 By Mark Franklin 0

If you were baffled by Lilly Scott’s elimination from American Idol Thursday night, join the crowd. Lilly herself has a couple of different theories about her ouster, including the possibility that her fans aren’t the type to watch American Idol. “My demographic is probably more of the underground scene, (people) who probably don’t even own…
Carrie Underwood, Concert News
Carrie Underwood opens tour in Reading (links to reviews)

March 12, 2010 By Mark Franklin 0

Carrie Underwood opened her “Play On” tour in Reading, Pa., last night. I promised links to coverage of the event, so you’ll find them below. I think Carrie should wear a tux to her upcoming wedding to hockey star Mike Fisher. That’s what she wore last night when she opened the show with a rendition…
Season 9, Season 9 Finals, Season 9 Semifinals
Idol has a final 12, and voters got the girls all wrong

March 11, 2010 By Mark Franklin 0

If I were into conspiracy theories, I’d think someone was personally sabotaging American Idol’s female contestants this season. It started in week one of the finals, when Janell Wheeler and Ashley Rodriguez were sent home. Potential season nine Idols? Perhaps not. But they showed potential. The capper was last night. First, voters jettisoned Katelyn Epperly,…

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