It’s official: The American Idol gang will be back intact for Season 18 in 2020. ABC announced Friday that Ryan Seacest has signed on as host for the upcoming season. Back in August, the show announced Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan would be returning. So will show mentor Bobby Bones. That’s great news…
American Idol champ Laine Hardy has announced a fall tour, and it will kick off Saturday, Sept. 28, with a homecoming show in Denham Springs, La. That tour will also include opening dates for Toby Keith (Oct. 5 in Charleston, S.C) and Jimmie Allen (Oct. 24 in Nashville) plus about a dozen other headlining shows….
Great news, Voice fans. A public relations rep for the show confirmed for Voice Views this week that Tuesday episodes will be back for the duration of The Voice Season 17. You’ll recall that during the spring, Tuesday episodes were eliminated for a month-long stretch as the show aired the pre-taped blind auditions and…
Melanie Martinez cracked the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 for the second time with her new album, “K-12.” In fact, “K-12” landed at number three on the chart, behind only Post Malone’s “Hollywood’s Bleeding” and Taylor Swift’s “Lover.” That’s an even better chart showing than Melanie enjoyed for her debut album “Cry Baby,”…
Her audition: Kat Hammock, 18, of Encinitas, Calif., sang “Vienna.” Though she’s still a teenager, Kat took a seat behind her keyboard and launched into a Billy Joel cover, showing off a lovely, lilting vocal tone. Still, it wasn’t until the song was nearly over that Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani turned almost simultaneously. Having…
Taylor Swift will serve as knockout round adviser for Season 17 of The Voice. But this being Taylor, the show is calling her the Season 17 Mega Mentor, a term I’m pretty sure it’s never used before. Taylor will coach all the teams heading into the Season 17 knockout round. And, yep folks, if you…
[metaslider id=”91950″] Season 12 Voice champ Chris Blue is among the latest former contestants of the show to release new music. Below, check out new releases from Chris, Jamar Rogers, The Shades and Valerie Ponzio. * Season 12 champ Chris Blue is planning to release his debut EP on Friday, and he’s dropped the…
Her audition: Zoe Upkins, 16, of Nashville, Tenn., performed “Angel of Mine” by Monica. Zoe immediately showed off a vocal maturity beyond her years. And she enticed quick chair turns from John Legend, Blake Shelton and Kelly Clarkson. Kelly said she wanted a young female vocalist for her team and thinks Zoe could make the…
You might say Alisan Porter has had some false starts since winning Season 10 of The Voice in the spring of 2016. Her resulting record deal with Republic Records yielded nothing — not an album, not an EP, not even a single. She was supposed to be a cast member for The Voice Neon Dreams…
Don’t look now, but the Season 17 debut of The Voice is about two weeks away. And though the blind auditions haven’t even aired yet, the show has already announced the advisers for the battle round. * Former coach Usher is returning to assist Team John Legend. * Darius Rucker of Hootie and the…
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