This week, Haley Reinhart performed an unreleased song by Lady Gaga. At the urging of Jimmy Iovine. After getting the star’s blessing to sing it. Next week, Lady Gaga will be mentoring the Idols. Hold it? Another mentor in the year without mentors? Guess so. And I guess Gaga quickly forgave the show for that…
Well, what do you know? American Idol found itself a judge. He’ll praise when it’s merited. He’ll criticize when it’s merited. And he’ll do the latter without being mean. He just delivered on-point critiques for all 10 top five performances. He even rated one performer as a 6, which isn’t real good, on a scale…
Hey, Idol made it through a whole show last night without a single reference to Jennifer Lopez’s new album or Steven Tyler’s upcoming solo video. Of course, that changes tonight when Jennifer performs “On the Floor.” Tonight’s other guest star is Lady Antebellum; the trio has a new single of their own in “Just a Kiss.”…
Well, the Idol judges might be incapable of judging. Fortunately, the Idol alumni are not so challenged. Kelly Clarkson just tweeted that Haley Reinhart’s performance of “House of the Rising Sun” was one of her all-time favorites on Idol. “Haley on Idol just killed it,” she tweeted. “I predict Haley or Lauren to win.” Huh?…
Jennifer Lopez’s new album, “Love?” came out Tuesday. I’m sure we’ll hear a lot about that on American Idol this week. In fact, tomorrow night, instead of being treated to a performance by a former Idol, we’ll watch Jennifer perform her “On the Floor” single. Of course, we were already treated to the premiere of…
Here we go with week two of The Voice. Yeah, I’ve decided to watch again and try blogging live. Hey, the show had something like 11 million viewers last week. Not Idol-like, but certainly not bad. If you’re just checking in, each coach/judge winds up with eight contestants. And, eventually, the field gets whittled down…
Last week, we missed out on one aspect of the American Idol results show I was anxious to see. That being: Who finished in the bottom three? Come on, you weren’t fooled were you? You didn’t assume Scotty McCreery did, just because he was standing by Casey Abrams when Ryan delivered the final verdict Thursday…
David Cook and his did it again today at the 2011 Race of Hope in Washington, D.C. Before the race began, the David Cook Team for a Cure was pronounced the top fundraiser for the event for the third year in a row. Including David’s Friday night Concert for Hope, the team raised more than…
This week, it was New Movie Tuesday, not New Music Tuesday, that brought a treat for American Idol fans. In fact, a triple treat for fans of Season 7 contestant Brooke White. P&G (Procter and Gamble) and Walmart finally released the DVD/CD combo for “Change of Plans,” a Family Movie Night telefilm that aired on…
Two bright spots to report this week on the Billboard music chart. First, Kimberly Caldwell’s debut album, “Without Regret,” is number seven on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart. Now that isn’t as good as debuting somewhere in the Billboard 200, but it’s not too shabby considering Kimberly is eight years removed from her time on Idol. The…
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