Kelly Clarkson Takes Home Her First CMA Award
American Idol's first winner, Kelly Clarkson, was nominated for a Country Music Association Award. And guess what? Kelly won her first CMA Award! Her duet with Jason Aldean earned them the CMA Award for Musical Event of the Year for "Don't You Wanna Stay."
Country Music's Biggest Night was co-hosted for the fourth consecutive time by Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley. Not only did they entertain and keep the show flowing, Carrie and Brad performed their duet, "Remind Me." Our reigning American I...
Happy Birthday, Aaron Kelly!
Season 9 finalist Aaron Kelly turned 18 on April 2nd! It was a big birthday for Aaron-he got his driver's license!
Aaron's fans, The Twangers, put together a cute video wishing their Idol a very happy 18th birthday. Aaron is currently in third place out of 14 on J-14.com's Rising Star Awards (Season 8 American Idol Kris Allen came in first!).
It's amazing to think that Aaron's Idol journey started when he won the American Idol Experience at Disney's Hollywood Studios and advanced to the front of...
Aaron Kelly’s Big Journey
Soon after Aaron Kelly was eliminated in fifth place from American Idol, he opened up about juggling Idol with school, pursuing country music, and more. Most importantly, the 17 year old stayed true to who he is. I find that you dont want to change who you are in this competition because the people send you through from who you are in the beginning and if you change who you are, then youre changing the person that America fell in love with.
After Aarons final performance on the Idol stage, Simon...
All About Allen!
The reigning American Idol, Kris Allen, has a lot of noteworthy news and exciting upcoming performances. Last week, Carrie Underwoods Temporary Home became the 263rd time an Idol alum had a number one charted song. This week, Kris adds two to that number with his hit single, Live Like Were Dying, which became the #1 song on the Christian Digital Songs chart and also the #1 song on the Christian/Gospel Digital Songs chart. This makes the Season 8 champ the 26th Idol contestant to have a number on...
Top 8 Guys Song Choice List
The eight remaining guys had one last chance to make an impression on the judges and on America before the Top 12 were voted through to the finals. It was a strong night for the guys, and they picked some great songs.
Heres the list of songs performed on Wednesdays show:
Lee Dewyze Fireflies by Owl City
Alex Lambert Trouble by Ray LaMontagne
Tim Urban Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley
Andrew Garcia Genie In A Bottle by Christina Aguilera
Casey James Youll Think Of Me by Keith Urban
Aaron Kelly Im ...