Weekly Scoop: One Week Until Premiere
With one week until American Idol's eleventh season premiere, see what some of the Idol alumni are up to this week:
Tuesday, January 10
Randy Jackson appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jennifer Hudson releases her book, I Got This; appears on Dr. Oz.; appears on 106 & Park.
Wednesday, January 11
Mark your calendar: American Idol Season 11 premieres one week from today!
Jennifer Hudson book signing at Weight Watchers Center 139 E. 57th in New York, NY.
Happy Birthday, Nadia Turner!
Thursday, Janua...
Happy Birthday, Syesha Mercado!
Season 7's top girl, Syesha Mercado, turned 25 yesterday. Syesha spent her birthday relaxing and opening presents in her hometown. She tweeted, "I was born at 11pm on Jan. 2nd, which explains me being a night owl...Lol Today was a great day spent with family & friends on Siesta Key!"
From 2009-2011, Syesha starred as Deena Jones in the national touring production of Dreamgirls. Starring in a renowned Broadway musical is fitting for Syesha. During Andrew Lloyd Webber Broadway night of Seaso...
Happy Birthday, Chris Daughtry!
Season 5's popular finalist Chris Daughtry celebrates his birthday the day after Christmas. The 32-year-old had a huge year with a new album!
Last month, Chris' band Daughtry released their third album, Break The Spell, which opened at #8 on the Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 129,000. From now through January 3rd, you can get the album for just $7.99 on iTunes-a special holiday price. Chris doesn't have too much time off to celebrate his birthday and the holidays-Daughtry performs ...
Happy Birthday, Ryan Seacrest!
American Idol's host with the most, Ryan Seacrest, celebrates his birthday on Christmas Eve day. Hopefully Ryan will have time to relax and enjoy his day, because the busiest man in show business has a new season of American Idol right around the corner. Ryan returns as Idol's host for his 11th season on January 18th & 19th at 8/7c on FOX.
The TV host/entertainment reporter/radio host/executive producer/entrepreneur has been running from job to job and to his foundation every day, witho...
Happy Birthday, Anoop Desai!
Season 8 finalist Anoop Desaicelebrates his 25th birthday today! The North Carolina native had a successful run on American Idol, where the Wild Card round made him the first-ever 13th finalist. The college grad ended up making it all the way to sixth place. When Anoop auditioned for American Idol in 2008, he suggested the nickname "Anoop Dawg" to Randy Jackson, and the moniker has stuck with him since!
Anoop had a great year in 2011. He released a new album, Zero.0, and he released music videos...
Happy Birthday, David Cook!
America's seventh Idol, David Cook,turned 29on December 20th. In honor of David's 29th birthday today, fans like you donated to his Crowdrise Mozilla Firefox Challenge, which is raising funds for Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure and could win his ABC2 I LA Marathon Fundraising team an additional $25,000! Fans also successfully trended #WeBelieve to No. 1 world wide! Donations today alone exceeded $16,000, bringing total team donations to more than $31,000! Be sure to make your contribution before Da...
Happy Birthday, Brandon Rogers!
Season 6 finalist Brandon Rogers celebrates his birthday on Sunday, December 11. While on American Idol, Brandon received much praise for his smooth R&B vocals and he made it all the way to the Top 12. Brandon used his Idol experience to further his career in entertainment.
The Los Angeles resident started his career in the music industry as a backup vocalist performing with some of the biggest pop artists including Christina Aguilera, Anastacia, Justin Timberlake, and more.
Multi-talented, ...
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