Archive for the 'American Idol' Category
AI OD: A farewell to David Archuleta - VIDEOS
Poor Archie, he fell victim to a Clarkson-style assault. In Season One of American Idol, Justin Guarini was picked as the early favorite to run all the way to the finals and win the whole thing. Meanwhile, nobody even noticed the nondescript little waitress from Texas in there midst until Kell…
Quiz: How well do you know American Idol families?
When I find good ones, I like to take those really obscure pop culture quizzes to see whether I truly have as much useless pop culture trivia in my head as I think I do. So when AOL’s latest American Idol quiz came out asking how much we knew about the families of former Idol contestants, I was so t…
FOX to tweak Idol’s audition rounds next year
See! All you public who poo-pooed my suggestions on “How to improve the Idol” due to the ratings dip it experienced amidst its premiere and the voting rounds owe me an apology! Executive Vice President of Strategic Program Planning and Research Preston Beckman (do you think he puts all that on…
AI OD: A farewell to Garrett Haley - VIDEO
It had to happen sooner or later, and for Garrett Haley it happened a lot sooner than he probably expected. After the guys sat down to compose out the results, Ryan brought Garrett up telling him he wanted to chat with him for a minute. next he said, “Hey, Garrett, I like your hair,” or someth…
Rank the Top 24, and see whether America agrees
The fine folks by at AOL have put together a fun module where you can rank the Top 12 boys and Top 12 girls. soon after after you manufacture your selections you can see how America voted. That said, I can’t say that I agree with America’s pick for the top boy. Of course, I’m not ready to rank the…
Jordin Sparks wins Image Award, opens for Alicia Keys
While final season is considered by some to have been a major disappointment, you can’t deny the rising star of winner Jordin Sparks. Her debut loner “Tattoo” is hanging regular in Billboard’s Top 10 while her follow-up “No Air,” performed with Chris Brown, is rising fast. She got rave reviews for…
Kellie Pickler has advice for new Idol contestants - VIDEO
Kellie Pickler gained infamy for her dim-witted charm on Season 5 of American Idol, and has since gone on to some success in the country music field. She had a memorable return to the show that launched her career final year, facing off against Ryan Seacrest who wondered whether she’d picked up a ne…
Randy Jackson’s other TV project seeks Best Dance Crew
Of course everyone knows about a little project named American Idol that judge Randy Jackson is a part of. But like Simon Cowell before him, Randy wasn’t composition to sit on his laurels and gather that fat paycheck. He had other ideas, and MTV was smart decent to pick up his latest reality com…
AI OD: How to fix The Idol
I get that American Idol is a ratings juggernaut, but come on! In the first few seasons we got a couple weeks or so of these good and not good early round auditions and soon after it was off to the races, but now we get a solid month. A sprint of fun turned into a marathon. Thank god they spotlighte…
Simon Cowell never liked Katharine McPhee
I’m trying to think back in my mental Rolodex to the season of American Idol that featured Katharine McPhee and Taylor Hicks. I know that Simon Cowell wasn’t too big on Hicks, but didn’t he at some point compliment McPhee and her singing?
That seems to have been forgotten by Cowell. He tell…
American Idol: Miami Auditions
“We need someone to check in that cup,” Simon about Paula’s cup after she wandered around aimlessly singing “lalala” before hugging a contestant and telling him he’s through to Hollywood.
It looks like Idol may have listened to me; I always knew I had that kind of pull. What made final nigh…
AI OD: The Top 24 Leaked — The Girls - VIDEO
A couple of days ago, the purported list of the Top 24 contestants spilled across the World Wide Web. Monday, I took you through the list of Top 12 Boys, so now we’re going to look into the Top 12 Girls. And let me tell you, after researching these 24 (whether they’re the accurate Top 24 or not is s…
American Idol: Omaha Auditions
“I can’t wait to get to Hollywood and prove Simon wrong that I am America’s Next Top Model!” –Denise Jackson leaving with her golden ticket
Tonight’s episode made me happy, which is good considering Idol hasn’t been doing that lately. I had resigned myself to another lackluster episode whe…
More Gladiators coming to TV that fall - VIDEO
Do you like American Gladiators? How about a version that has kids competing instead of adults?
That was a concept of Gladiators 2000, a spinoff of the original version of American Gladiators. It aired for a couple of years in the mid-1990s (which is odd, considering it had “2000″ in the ti…
