We saw a snippet of Molly Hunt in American Idol’s Savannah audition episode back in January. But we saw little more of the 15-year-old during subsequent episodes. Which is surprising, considering the show’s affinity for young contestants and that Molly made it all the way to Vegas in the face of a very crowded field of…
It took a while and you’d better be good at recognizing faces, but American Idol has posted photos of the top 42 contestants still in Vegas. I posted a list of 32 contestants Thursday night with a quick take on their potential. Here are the 10 contestants I didn’t include because Idol didn’t immediately identify…
Less than a week after performing a tribute to Whitney Houston at the Grammys, Jennifer Hudson walked away with two honors at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards Friday night. At a ceremony in Los Angeles, Jennifer won album of the year honors for her 2011 release “I Remember Me,” beating out “F.A.M.E.” by Chris Brown,…
Here’s a pleasant surprise for Idol fans that I almost missed. David Cook has released a 5-track acoustic EP, “This Quiet Night,” exclusively through Wal-Mart and Wal-Mart.com. The EP came out last week and features five songs from his 2011 “This Loud Morning” album. Now you know why the acoustic EP is called “This Quiet…
This was quite a week for Kelly Clarkson. She performed on the Grammys with Jason Aldean. Her latest single “Stronger” was number one on the Hot 1oo for the second straight week. And it moved within one spot of becoming her first number one Billboard dance hit. “Stronger” has been roaring up that chart, going…
It must suck to know there are three major singing competitions on TV and your’s is the worst. That’s the position Sir Simon Cowell finds himself in these days. And last night, right in the middle of an Idol episode, Cowell took to Twitter in what smacked of a desperate plea for attention. He announced…
Thank you, Nigel Lythgoe, for granting one of my biggest Idol wishes. I checked out americanidol.com this morning and, lo and behold, there they were — the full version of every Vegas group performance. In a heartbeat, I was able to check out Lancaster’s own Naomi Gillies, Hollie Cavanagh and Marissa Pontecorvo perform a medley…
All in all, a great week for American Idol. Lots of singing. Drama of the right sort (singers seeing their hopes get dashed). And plenty of potential for more of the same next week. At the end of the show, I caught the names and faces of as many advancing contestants as possible. Here they…
So, you’ve lost track of who’s gone and who’s still around on American Idol. Let’s see if I can help out. From the Savannah show, tent girl Amy Brumfield and NBC dancer Brittany Kerr are gone. Young phenom David Leathers Jr. is still with us, along with the brother-sister team of Colton and Schyler Dixon….
Check out tonight’s episode of American Idol and you might just see a gal from southcentral Pennsylvania performing. About 70 of the 300 contestants who made it to Hollywood advanced to the Vegas round, with the final cuts in Hollywood revealed last night. Of those who survived what Idol billed as the “hardest” Hollywood Week…
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