The second half of American Idol’s Top 24 will perform tonight, hoping to be one of the 10 contestants to advance to the next round. Whether that means one or two of tonight’s singers will be eliminated depends on the status of platinum ticket recipient Kenedi Anderson. IdolForums.com has reported that she dropped out of…
The first 12 of American Idol’s Season 20 Top 24 take the stage tonight. Jimmie Allen will be the guest mentor for this round of pre-taped performances. Bebe Rexha will be the mentor on tomorrow night’s show, when the remaining members of the Top 24 compete. Two of the platinum ticket recipients — Jay Copeland…
New post-Voice releases out include singles from Fousheé, Tayler Green and Kawan Debose. Here’s a bit more about each of those releases. The links take you to the songs on Apple Music. * Fousheé from Season 15 has released her first single of 2022. It’s called “Double Standard” and she says it’s about the “outdated…
American Idol has a Top 24. American Idol also had lots of talented Season 20 contestants who made the Top 59 — the Showstopper round — whom we never met. You can check out profiles of many of those individuals below. Several have already released excellent music. Some have released more since I wrote the…
American Idol will split up its Top 24 for two nights of performances Sunday and Monday. Jimmie Allen will mentor the contestants performing on Sunday; Bebe Rexha will mentor those singing Monday night. With the help of fan voting, that Top 24 will be whittled to a Top 20 for the following week. That…
IdolForums.com is reporting that Kenedi Anderson withdrew from American Idol Season 20 after competing in the Top 24. Neither American Idol or Kenedi has addressed the report. If it happened, it would mark one of the biggest defections / dropouts in the show’s history. Kenedi, 17, of Crozet, Va., was one of three artists…
No doubt, American Idol compiled a talented Top 24 for Season 20. But two of the artists who had impressed me the most — Morgan Gruber and Kevin Gullage — did not make the cut. Both were among my Top 2 from their respective audition episodes. Morgan sounded fantastic during her Hollywood duet with…
The American Idol hopefuls take the stage with a full band on tonight’s pre-taped Showstopper Round episode. And, by the end of the night, Idol should have named a Top 24 for Season 20. I’ll be grading each performance as it happens. * Leah Marlene: She’s performed “She’s a Self-Made Man,” playing guitar. She showed…
American Idol’s remaining Hollywood contestants paired off for duets in Sunday’s pre-taped episode. Below, I’ve provided song by song grades for the duets Idol aired. My favorite vocals of the night: Guys — Jay Copeland, Tristen Gressett and Kevin Gullage; Gals — Leah Marlene, Allegra Miles, Morgan Gruber and Nicolina Bozzo. Leah Marlene and Fritz…
New post-Voice music out includes Christian singles from Todd Tilghman, Anthony Evans and Destiny Rayne. Here’s a bit more about each of those releases. The links take you to the songs on Apple Music. * Todd Tilghman, the Season 18 champ, says fans have been asking when he’d release faith-based music. On Friday, he responded…
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