I’m going to issue a challenge to American Idol. I don’t expect the show to take me up on it. But I sure wish they would. And I’m sure as hell going to issue the challenge anyway. You know all those Hollywood performances we didn’t see featuring the Top 24? You know all those…
American Idol begin introducing us to a talented Top 24 Sunday night. But not without a few noticeable casualties after the hopefuls performed solos with the Idol band for the first time. Guys we saw advance Monday included: Jason Warrior, Chayce Beckham, Caleb Kennedy, Wyatt Pike, Beane, Graham DeFranco Gals we saw advance: Alyssa Wray,…
The audition: Deion Warren, 28, of Conway, N.C., auditioned with “Shallow,” the Lady Gaga-Bradley Cooper duet. John Legend and Kelly Clark turned quickly; Nick Jonas followed. Blake Shelton said he would have turned, but wanted to keep the R&B lane open for an artist he landed earlier in the blinds. Kelly and Nick said Deion…
Her audition: Rio Doyle, 16, of Adrian, Mich., performed “When We Were Young” by Adele. A nice run at the end of the first line enticed a chair turn from John Legend. But he was the only coach to turn, prompting him to wonder aloud: “How am I the only one?” He called her song…
Which coach has the strongest team entering the battle round on The Voice? If you judge it by chair turns, it’s Team Blake Shelton, by the slimmest of margins. If you judge it by four-chair turn artists, it’s Team Kelly, but there weren’t many four-chair turns in Season 20’s blind auditions. Members of Team…
His audition: Zae Romeo, 21, of McKinney, Texas, performed “Falling” by Harry Styles. An impressive glory note early in the performance prompted chair turns from Kelly Clarkson and Nick Jonas. John Legend and Blake Shelton later turned as well. That made Zae one of just four singers to turn all four chairs in the blinds….
Her audition: Rachel Mac, 15 of Romeo, Mich., performed “Let Him Fly” by Patti Griffin. Nick Jonas turned his chair before she even hit the chorus. In spite of some impressive glory notes and a tender ending, no one else turned. Nick called Rachel “an exciting vocalist.” Here’s more about Rachel: * Her parents divorced…
The Voice unveiled its final four — as in the last four artists to nab a spot on Season 20 — Monday night. Then the show dropped a bit of a bombshell. Kelly Clarkson will miss the battle round. She was apparently under the weather when the battles were filmed. Her place will be taken…
The remaining American Idol contestants performed duets on Monday’s pre-taped show, hoping to advance to the Show Stopper round. And while the judges fretted over eliminating so much talent, very few familiar faces left the stage. Gone is Claudia Conway, daughter of anti-Trump dad George and pro-Trump mom Kellyanne, who was fortunately absent from Monday’s…
American Idol’s first Hollywood Week episode confirmed one thing for certain. The show rounded up a talented and diverse group of artists for Season 19. Sunday night featured the genre challenge performances. Contestants were split up by genre, selected a song to perform, then either advanced to Monday’s duet round or were eliminated from…
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