Didi Benami and Lacey Brown to Appear at Grammy Camp
Season 9's Didi Benami has been included as one of the top music industry professionals discussing the realities of the music business and careers in music with more than 700 Los Angeles-area high school students at GRAMMY Camp - Basic Training, a GRAMMY in the Schools initiative of the GRAMMY Foundation. GRAMMY Camp - Basic Training conducts a variety of workshops focusing on various fields in the music industry, utilizing the entire USC Thornton School of Music campus.
It appears that Idol'...
Didi Benami’s New Song
Season 9's Didi Benami has released her first commercial song since her time on American Idol. The song is called "If I Hadn't Forgotten," and it's a duet with her good friend and talented musician, Keaton Simons. Didi said, "I'm very happy and excited about it. It's been a long time in the works for me to get something out there,and I think the wait brought us to just the right song at just the right moment." The song was even used in the latest episode of Private Practice, and the title of the...
Happy Birthday, Didi Benami!
Season 9's tenth place finalist, Didi Benami, celebrates her 25th birthday today! The Knoxville native was inspired to go on American Idol to pursue the music of her late best friend, Rebecca Joy Lear. Didi impressed the judges at her Los Angeles audition with her performance of "Hey Jude." It was during Hollywood week when Didi really became a stand-out with the Kara DioGuardi penned song by Katharine McPhee, "Terrified."
After becoming a semi-finalist on Season 9, America voted and Didi was sa...
Blake Lewis, Didi Benami & Tim Urban to Perform at Charity Event
Season 6 runner-up Blake Lewis and Season 9's Didi Benami and Tim Urban will be performing at a charity concert and dinnerweekendat the Grand Lucayan, Bahamas in Grand Bahama Island on November 11 and 12, 2011.Each performer has selected their charityofchoice that will result in seven charitiesall benefittingfrom the much anticipated weekend that includesphilanthropy, musical performances, a poker tournament, dinners, celebrity meet and greets and local Bahamian entertainment, all takingtake pla...
Red Carpet Hosts: Didi & Brandon
Before Wednesday night's Season Finale, the celebrities, Top 2, Season 10 finalists, and Idol alumni will make their way down the red carpet on their way into the Nokia Theatre. AmericanIdol.com is bringing you live 360 videos from the red carpet, and Season 9's Didi Benami and Season 6's Brandon Rogers will be your hosts.
To ask Didi and Brandon your questions, or give them questions to ask your favorites on the red carpet, click here.
Catch up with Didi and Brandon with these bios:
Didi Benami...
Season Finale Headquarters
AmericanIdol.com will be providing extensive coverage of all things related to the Season 10 finale, Lauren Alaina, and Scotty McCreery.
Click here to visit finale headquarters.
After Tuesday's live performance show, we'll have the performance videos and video recap available. At noon on Wednesday, May 25th, you can watch the performances from every angle with brand new 360 video performances and check out photos from the Top 2 performance show.
Then, at 6pm ET/3pm PT, catch the red carpet arriv...
Happy Birthday, Tim Urban!
Last season's seventh place finalist, Tim Urban, turned 22 yesterday! He tweeted a video thanking his fans for the birthday wishes and shared that he spent his day at church and then attended a meeting about a benefit show for those affected by the tornadoes in Alabama. Tim also met with his managers yesterday about some top secret upcoming projects.
The day before his birthday, Tim played basketball in Burbank, CA with other celebrities to raise money for Angels in Fur Dog Rescue. His fellow Se...
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