A Call with Cowell
American Idol judge Simon Cowell opened up on a recent press call. He discussed this years talent, his final season with the show, and more.
Is it the year for a female to take the title? Simon said, Weve had a few years now of guys winning the show and I would say there is definitely a better chance of a girl winning the show this year, certainly than last year. The landscape of women in music right now has shown a trend in women superstars. You want somebody who represents what is going on at ...
Daughtry’s New Album Goes Platinum
Daughtry has done it again! The rock group, fronted by American Idol alum Chris Daughtry, released their sophomore album Leave This Town in July and the band announced that their album has been certified Platinum by the R.I.A.A.
The album had a strong showing from the start, entering the Billboard 200 chart, the Digital Albums Chart, and the Rock Chart at #1. This made Chris the first American Idol to have two consecutive #1 albums, which Carrie Underwood later accomplished with Play On in Novem...
Elliott Yamin Gives Back Again
Season 5 finalist ElliottYamin and American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi are currently in Africa for Idol Gives Back and working with Malaria No More to raise awareness for malaria prevention. Elliott has been updating the world about his trip via his Twitter account:
Feb 17th - Kara and I Just boarded our flight baby!!....headin back 2 Angola!!...can u believe it?!?! http://tweetphoto.com/11699526
Feb 18th - Just got to my room in Angola!!!....wow!..cant believe i'm back here!...a lot has changed!...
Allison Iraheta on Thursday’s Idol
Season 8 American Idol finalist and fan favorite Allison Iraheta returns to the Idol stage to perform her new hit single, Scars, on the first American Idol results show of the season Thursday, Feb. 25 8/7c on FOX. Scars was written by Toby Gad and Alyssa James, and produced by Gad.
A devoted American Idol fan since the shows debut, Los Angeles native Allison turned her childhood dream into reality when she became one of the final four contestants of Season 8. The 17-year-old singer impressed the...
Happy Birthday, Chris Richardson!
Season 6 finalist Chris Richardson celebrates his 26th birthday today. While Chris was a contestant on American Idol, he soared through the semifinals and into the finals. He did a good job of picking songs that suited his modern pop-rock vocals. It wasnt until American Idols seventh season when contestants could start playing musical instruments, so Chris was unable to showcase his talent on the piano, guitar, and drums during his season. Chris spent the summer after Season 6 touring around the...
Idols on The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Some of your favorite American Idol finalists have appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Ellen invites the most recently eliminated contestants to her show each week and she sits down and interviews them right before they perform. Often times, the American Idol-fan-turned-judge invites past winners and the judges onto her program. Since Ellen is good friends with Ryan Seacrest, he often stops by her show, and he even brought his mom Connie on The Ellen DeGeneres Show for Mother's Day. As an admi...
I Thought That it was a Disaster
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Posted February 18th, 2010 at 9:40 pm
I Thought That it was a Disaster
by Paulette Frank
So I feel totally gypped, because I’m watching this show to see awesome singers do their thing, and instead, all I’m getting is a bunch of regurgitated crap I’ve already seen before mixed in with misleading splicing and the obligatory tears (both of joy and disappointment) and suspenseful music. But at least it’s the last of it--of no new performances, anyway.
So first we have a recap of the seven of the Top 24 announced on Tu...
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