American Idol 9: Top 7 Perform
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It’s Idol Gives Back week, which means the Top 7 performance round was stuffed with plugs for the upcoming event. In honor of charity week, the Idols sang “inspirational songs,” a topic so broad we were pretty well guaranteed a grab bag of styles.
Casey James picked the imminently popular “Don’t Stop,” a bit of a dangerous decision, for the first performance of the night. Mentor Alicia Keys tried to help Casey find some personality within his performance, a quality she felt was essential for the popular tune. On the big stage, Casey James was more raspy than usual, full of energy and absolutely generic. His guitar solo was pretty hot, but he’s been relying on that crutch a bit too much. All the same, James delivers consistently solid performances that the crowd seems to enjoy. I don’t think he’ll do too poorly in the industry…when he’s finally let out of his Idol cage.
“It was a good performance,” Randy Jackson told him, though he grudgingly added “every week, we’re seeing the same thing.” He asked for James to deliver “something different,” a request he’s made in the past. “We’re getting to the point to where you have to be great…and it wasn’t great,” Ellen DeGeneres expanded on Randy’s theme. “You made yourself like everybody else tonight,” Kara DioGuardi likewise expressed her disappointment. “That wasn’t particularly inspiring,” Simon Cowell noted.
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Is Paula Abdul Going Back to American Idol?
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Music, Prime Time, Reality, FOX, American Idol, Gossip, Ratings, Rumors,
In Touch Weekly is reporting that American Idol is again romancing ex-judge Paula Abdul. Once the lone female on the judging panel, Abdul failed to come to a contractual agreement with Idol over the summer. She was replaced on the panel by comedienne Ellen DeGeneres, who has failed to deliver little more than odd comparisons and one-liners on the singing show.
According to an unnamed source quoted by the mag, Paula is currently talking to producers about her return. Ratings for the reality hit have been down this year (it’s getting beat by Dancing With the Stars on ABC), and the show is scrambling to save itself in the face of Simon Cowell’s imminent departure. Is Paula Abdul the answer to lifting the flagging sails on the Idol ship?
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American Idol 9: Top 7 Song Spoilers
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Music, Prime Time, Reality, FOX, American Idol, Gossip, Spoilers,
Next week’s American Idol 9 isn’t just about performances from the Top 7 remaining contenders - it’s an ode to Idol Gives Back. As such, the Idols will be crooning songs from a pretty obvious theme. Keep reading to find out where you can view the song list…
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American Idol 9: Katie Stevens, Andrew Garcia Talk Elimination
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Music, Prime Time, Reality, FOX, American Idol, Gossip,
Andrew Garcia and Katie Stevens shed many tears on Wednesday night when they were eliminated from American Idol 9, but they were all smiles for the press junket the next day. Both former contestants are looking forward to the future, which will soon be filled by the Idol summer tour.
Speaking of the tour, Andrew Garcia hopes to “write a song on tour” with Lee DeWyze. The two became BFF during their time on the show.
Before she goes out on tour, Katie Stevens is going to “go back home, hang out with my friends and keep up with school so that I can graduate and get my diploma.”
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American Idol 9: Top 9 Performance - Again
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Music, Prime Time, Reality, FOX, American Idol, Features, Video,
Thanks to the judges’ save, Michael Lynche is still a cast member on American Idol 9. Therefore, we were treated to a Top 9 performance on Tuesday, the second of the season. Ryan Seacrest was very energetic as he started things off for the night.
A night which was dedicated to the King himself, Elvis Presley. Though he reached his peak in the 1960s, Elvis is still widely-regarded as the best-loved rock performer in music history. He is certainly one of the most successful. It being Elvis night and all, the mentor for the week was Adam Lambert, naturally. Because that makes sense. Both men, at least, were and are incredible showmen. Lambert is the first former contestant to mentor his fellow Idols, an honor I feel should have been given to someone with better record sales.
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American Idol 9: Top 9 (The Sequel) Theme Spoiler
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Music, Prime Time, Reality, FOX, American Idol, Gossip, Rumors, Spoilers,
Ryan Seacrest already announced the host, but the theme of American Idol 9’s second Top 9 week is still a big question mark.
Adam Lambert hardly has a large catalog of songs for the contestants to choose from, and though his appearance seems like a great excuse to do Broadway tunes, spoilers suggest the show is taking a different route. Want to know what it is? Follow the jump to get the latest behind-the-scenes gossip.
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Shania Twain Televising Comeback
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Music, Prime Time, Reality, Cable,
Shania Twain has landed her own reality TV show about her return to music.
The “Man! I Feel Like a Woman” singer took a break from recording after splitting from Robert “Mutt” Lange, her husband of of 14 years, but is now filming a TV show. Why Not? With Shania Twain, a program about her comeback, will air on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN channel.
A spokesperson for the channel said: “The show will follow Shania as she begins her climb back to the top, a personal journey filled with risk, revelations and unexpected adventures.”
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Adam Lambert to Mentor American Idol’s Top 8
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Music, Prime Time, Reality, FOX, American Idol, Gossip, Spoilers,
As first mentioned on Gear Live’s music site, last year’s runner-up will return to American Idol next week to mentor the Top 8 contestants.
Adam Lambert can certainly help some of them toe the line with censors, and if even a little of his showmanship rubs off on a few of them it’s a win-win.
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American Idol 9: Top 9 Perform
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Music, Prime Time, Reality, FOX, American Idol, Features, Gossip, Video,
Ryan Seacrest began this week’s performance round on American Idol 9 from the control center, a room filled with monitors and techs. It’s here that camera angles are called out, cast members are queued - truly, it’s the hub of the entire show.
Songs from the Lennon/McCartney songbook were the feature of the week (which is almost every single tune The Beatles ever recorded, minus a few little ditties like Harrison’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” and Ringo Starr’s “Octopus’s Garden“). Sir Paul McCartney didn’t have enough time to mentor the Top 9, but he did offer a pre-recorded video message for the contenders.
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American Idol’s on Facebook
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Music, Prime Time, Reality, FOX, American Idol, Gossip, Internet, Rumors,
Idol Fanatic is making it possible for you to vote for your favorite American Idol 9 contestant via Facebook. Each week, followers will have the opportunity to use five votes, though more can be earned if you invite friends to join the group.
The application is more or less a work in progress. Reports say that it works, but whether or not FOX will allow it to go live is a big question mark. In the past, producers have carefully controlled voting methods on the series.
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