In recent seasons, American Idol has gone for a down-home kinda of singer. Also they haven’t had a female winner since Jordan Sparks in 2007. So, no, Jessica Sanchez will not be your next American Idol. All recent winners have been, IMO, quirky: David Cook, Kris Allen, Lee DeWyze and Scotty McCreery. With Joshua out …
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When we were getting ready to do a session and record the soundtrack for the “The Girl I Married” episode of The Twilight Zone (below) which would air July 17, 1987, legendary rock guitarist John Cipollina and I were in the hallway at the coffee machine. John waited until I’d gotten through making up my …
. . It’s just a tv show, it’s just a tv show… I was going to write about the Christian coalition on “Survivor” this week, but then this had to happen. “It’s just a tv show, mom.” One by one my daughters reiterated the same cold truth. They had heard me (and my husband) a-hollerin’ …
. Ok, I admit it. I didn’t really watch DWTS too much in its first 10 seasons. When it premiered I thought “Hmm, seems like innocent fun, but sooooo cheesy!” The costumes, the big band redux of popular songs, and the shmoozing were a bit much. But I would occasionally tune in — I was …
Where was Berry Gordy this week? Maybe after being invited to see the meh performance of Ashthon 2 weeks ago, he was afraid to come back. Well he missed out on some Smokey-hot performances. Even country-boy Scotty showed he had a little bit of soul, as he delicately walked the line between engaging entertainer and …
I think it’s just great that the simple folk are discovering that they too can enjoy the highbrow entertainment of this uncelebrated talent exposition. Actually, it’s usually more like “You watch American Idol? Seriously?” Seriously. Yeah, sure, it’s not the same without Simon, and there are plenty of episodes where almost everybody does bad (this …
America has spoken and America got it wrong again. Karen Rodriquez was the latest American Idol contestant sent home. .
The lovely Ashthon Jones was voted off American Idol for three reasons, says Clearly Nebulous, “Song choice, song choice and song choice.” Here’s the show: And here, at EW.com is the actual farewell song she sang. .
When 5th season American Idol contestant Chris Daughtry sang a brooding cover of Johnny Cash’s “I Walk the Line” in 2006, Idol fans went universally ape shit, calling the arrangement “wildly innovative” and raving about how refreshingly far removed it was from the up-tempo original. What most didn’t realize was that Daughtry’s performance was not …