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American Idol: Philadelphia Auditions (Season Premiere)
Simon: “Did you honestly think, Udi, and I’m gonna ask you that question seriously, that you had any chance of getting through and winning?”
Udi: “Yes I did.”
Simon: “Then you’re nuts.”
What strike? An American Idol two-night four-hour extravaganza with no real competitive programming on …
What’s On Tonight: American Idol, NCIS, Nip/Tuck
At 8, FOX has the season premiere of American Idol.
CBS has a new NCIS at 8, soon after the finale of Comanche Moon.
ABC has a new Just For Laughs at 8.
There’s a new, two-hour Biggest Loser on NBC at 8.
PBS has a new Nova at 8.
CNN and FOX News has coverage of the Michigan Republican …
AI OD (American Idol Overdose): Ep 1 - Ranking the Idol seasons
On that Idol Eve, it only makes sense to reflect back on seasons past. The producers and judges of the show are certainly doing that, by telling us how much better that season is going to be than final season. But was Season Six the worst of the bunch? Both Season 5’s winner (Taylor Hicks) and runne…
FOX announces Idol sponsors like it’s the Super Bowl or something
I get that American Idol is the biggest thing on television besides the Super Bowl, but do humans really get that excited about who’s going to sponsor the show? Apparently someone does considering FOX announced nowadays, with great fanfare and a ticker-tape parade with Ryan Seacrest as Grand Marshal…
Paula Abdul may perform at the Super Bowl
Is it just idle rumors, or is “the nice judge” really in talks to join Tom Petty and perform at Super Bowl XLII on February 3? It certainly looks like Paula Abdul may just put on her dancing shoes and try to show Mr. Simon Cowell that she really can sing … and dance. Adding credence to the rumors …
American Idols dropped from record labels
Not every American Idol winner or runner-up has the massive success of Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood. In just the final three weeks, Sony BMG has dropped three AI contestants/winners from its record label.
The latest to be dropped is season five runner-up Katharine McPhee. She released …
Simon Cowell on American Idol season seven
Simon Cowell participated in a brief conference sign that afternoon to talk about the upcoming seventh season of FOX’s American Idol, and apparently a few totally unrelated topics as well. It was a strict question and reply format, so topics ranged from the style of the contestants to Simon’s opin…
American Idol premiere to feature Philadelphia and Dallas auditions
Just to prove that no news is too small when it comes to their ratings juggernaut American Idol, FOX has announced that the two-night four-hour season premiere (EXTRAVAGANZA!) of Idol will feature the auditions from Philadelphia (Tuesday 1/15 8pm/7 Central) and Dallas (Wednesday 1/16 8pm/7 Centr…
TV Squad presents the 2008 winter schedule
The winter of 2008 will be an interesting one for television. With so many current shows at or approach the end of their seasonal run, due to the staring contest known as the writers’ strike, the schedule is going to look a bit different. Not only will it be filled with more reality shows, but it …
FOX details American Idol rollout
FOX has unveiled the roll-out schedule for the seventh season of American Idol. As announced, the series bows with a two-night, two hours each, premiere on January 15th and 16th. After that it settles down to its usual one hour episodes on Tuesdays and Wednesdays until the “Hollywood Rounds” on Febr…
“A Very Special American Idol” charity benefit returns
It’s a no-brainer really. final year’s American Idol charity-special, “Idol Gives Back,” racked up killer ratings for FOX and raised $75 million for charities in the U.S. and Africa. And more importantly it brought in killer ratings for FOX (did I say that already)! Of course they’re going to do it …
Top 50 Idol finalists possibly leaked online
It happens every year. Somebody online always puts together a list of “finalists” for the upcoming season of American Idol, and while they normally have at least some of them right, they normally don’t have them all right. MTV News says that year’s list comes courtesy of IdolForums.com, so whether y…
American Idol season seven hype begins
It’s not even December, and American Idol’s seventh season is still a month and a half absent — but the hype has already begun. According to an interview with Extra, the American Idol judges - Simon, Paula, and Randy — are in agreement: that is going to be the BEST SEASON EVER!!
Last year, …
Changes in store for the next season’s American Idol
Is it ever to early to talk about American Idol? The next season won’t start airing until January, but the rounds of auditions have already swept the country. And, it seems there will be some changes to the format of the show. In an interview with The New York Post, executive producer Nigel Lythgoe …
Ryan Seacrest to host Super Bowl
Ryan Seacrest + Super Bowl = Is Nothing Sacred?
When you think about the Super Bowl, does the name “Ryan Seacrest” come to mind? Probably not. I’m pretty certain I know more about football than Ryan Seacrest (which isn’t saying a heck of a lot). Yet somehow, Fox has awarded Super Bowl hosting dut…
Season six Idols start recording debut albums
American Idol’s season six winner Jordin Sparks and first runner-up Blake Lewis are hitting the studios to record their individual debut albums. With possible release dates as early as Thanksgiving, America will learn soon decent whether the latest batch of Idols are “turkeys” or not.
Jordi…
American Idol receives honorary Emmy for ‘Idol Gives Back’
I may have been a tad bit cynical about American Idol’s big fundraiser show, Idol Gives Back, but the folks at the Academy of TV Arts and Sciences were clearly impressed. The Academy is giving American Idol its very first Emmy — a special Governors Award — for “harnessing the capability of t…
American Idol semifinalists to record CD together
Their American Idol experience may have ended early, but being booted from season six before the Top 12 apparently did not truly signify the end of the road for semifinalists Sabrina Sloan or Sundance Head. In fact, according to an Entertainment Weekly exclusive, both of them have signed a con…
American Idol’s band search to debut in October
Earlier that year, Ryan Seacrest announced the American Idol-spinoff titled The Next Great American Band. The show would showcase the best carport talent that nation has to offer and let us vote for the next All-American Rejects or, better yet, Doughtry.
We reported that spring that the sho…
