Kudos to American Idol for putting on an entertaining final season premiere. Okay, I could have done without Kanye West. With so many singers to meet, that’s how we end the first episode of Season 15? And two-hour audition episodes always strike me as too, too long, whether it’s American Idol or The Voice. But…
American Idol aired its final premiere episode Wednesday night, and several past contestants took to Twitter to express their thoughts about the occasion. One past finalist also took a couple of shots at the show — and the judges in particular. That would be Clay Aiken from Season 2, who sent out this Tweet a…
Season 15 of American Idol is supposed to be all about finding a final champ and reflecting on the show’s 14-year history to this point. But Idol found time for a surprise audition at the tail end of Monday’s Season 15 premiere, though I’m not sure how you call it a surprise when word leaked…
DeWyze is one of at least three winners of American Idol with plans to release a new album during the show’s final season. And he debuted a new song today — one called “Stone” — on Yahoo Music. You can listen at right. It’s certainly a superb first sample of his new music. “‘Stone’ encompasses…
Keith Semple and his bandmates have a new single and a new EP coming soon. The single is “Anytime Anywhere” and debuted on STAR 105.5 radio today. The new Semple EP is due for release Jan. 20. You can listen to a snippet of the single and all the other songs from the EP at…
Get ready to see some familiar faces over the next couple of weeks as American Idol airs the audition episodes for its final season. Spoiler reports indicate at least four former contestants from The Voice will be on Idol Season 15 in addition to a couple of Idol Season 14 standout who fell short of…
Wednesday, of course, marks the premiere of the farewell season of American Idol. But People’s Choice awards will also be doled out beginning at 9 p.m. on CBS, and several singing show stars are up for honors. In fact, former Idol judge Ellen DeGeneres has already been named recipient of the People’s Choice Humanitarian Award….
In early December, Kris Allen announced plans for a tour and a new album in 2016. He filled in some of the blanks during a Twitter Q&A with fans on Saturday. Kris announced that the album will be called “Letting You In” and will be released in late March. He also plans to release a…
You might say 2015 treated Jordan Smith pretty kindly. And 2016 isn’t starting off too badly either. Between a pair of high-profile national anthem appearances, the Season 9 winner of The Voice found time to pop the question to Kristen Denny, his girlfriend of three years. Jordan performed the anthem at the NHL Winter Classic…
sure didn’t take long. We already have our first music video of 2016 from a former contestant on The Voice. Kota Wade and Bad Wolf released the video for “Good Intentions” today. The song is one of six featured on their October 2014 EP “Time is Falling.” Kota and her band mates have dubbed 2016…
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