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Adam vs Kris

Betty Boop 57 — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:53:26 -0400

I missed Idol last night so I watched the performances on the net.Kris is good,clean and has much potential but I feel he is limited as a performer.Adam on the other hand is Very versatile...not solely on his singing but also as a performer.If I myself was in the business I would place my money on him with no reservations.Such quality of his range as a whole is exceptional.I personally stopped watching the show when Fantasia won....but I'll keep those comments to myself.However: my roomie had it on one night and I heard Adam sing,well.....I wasn't a faithful watcher this season but I gotta tell ya.........Adam is TALENTED!!!

This week is a nailbiter

Todd Fugere — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:22:34 -0400

This week is going to be tough. In all honesty I'd like to see Dany Gokey go home. I'd like to see Adam, Kris and Allison. But from there it's really tough to say who is my favorite. Kris Allen has really grown on me and I think I'd actually like his style of music. Adam is great but a bit over the top and dramatic. Allison is also top notch, but I think she'd be too much like Kelly Clarkson. Should be a good week!

American Idol winner David Cook's brother dies from brain cancer

Todd Fugere — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:19:08 -0400

Adam Cook, the oldest brother of American Idol seventh-season winner David Cook, died on Saturday after battling brain cancer for more than a decade. He was 37.

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'American Idol': Wildcard results complete the finals

Chris — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:46:25 -0500

Jasmine is called forward, and yes, she is in the Top 12. Ricky is not. Megan and Tatiana are called forward together, and Tatiana is already almost crying. Paula drags it out, and then finally tells them that Megan is in the Top 12, but Tatiana is not. Tatiana walks up to the judges table and cries, prompting them to tell her that things are not over for her, that she will probably become a famous singer and actress. Huh, interesting.

So then my DVR changes channels because two things were set to record, and Idol is running WAY over. Nice job, guys.

Jesse is not in the Top 12, but Simon reiterates that "you nearly did," which is kind of mean. Von is not through. Matt and Anoop come forward, and Simon tells him that Matt is in the Top 12. He then says to Anoop that they just now decided that it's actually going to be a Top 13.

Super fakeout!

So the Idol Baker's Dozen now includes Anoop Desai, Matt Giraud, Jasmine Murray and Megan Corkrey.

Go Go Danny Gokey

Chris — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:31:09 -0500

What a show Danny put on last night. I think we may have the winner already. Danny's trama may have got him the audition but his voice has for sure kept him on the list. I'm honestly not sure why he has been discovered yet. Gorkey seems to place all he has into every song he has. You really feel his heart with every note. Regardless what happens from now on Gokey will have a fan in me.

Which American Idol Singers Got the Most Exposure (Unfortunately…)?

Chris — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:26:19 -0500

Which American Idol Singers Got the Most Exposure (Unfortunately…)?

FOX

And the American Idol Ratings Advantage Goes to…: Casey Carlson, Michael Sarver, and Ann Marie Boskovich, the semifinalists who sang from 9-9:30 p.m., last night's show's most-watched half-hour (26 million, per Nielsen estimates) and its highest-rated among likely female voters age 12-34. Granted, Carlson and Boskovich might have benefited from more limited exposure.

Drawing the Short Straws: Bouncy Jackie Tohn, personality-challenged Ricky Braddy and potential frontrunner Alexis Grace, who drew the leadoff 8-8:30 p.m. slot, which per usual was the show's least-watched half-hour (23 million).

Casey Carlson

Chris — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:22:10 -0500

'American Idol's' 'Best Ever' Top 36 Has Disappointing Debut

Chris — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:20:13 -0500

American Idol’s Top 36 as the first twelve hit the stage live for the first time.

The theme for the night was "Hits From the Billboard Hot 100" aka, sing whatever you want. And yet, contestant after contestant managed to pick tunes that were more likely to lull us to sleep than lure us to vote.

"It was like the Light FM show tonight," Season 4 Finalist Constantine Maroulis said on the Idol Chatter set. "I didn’t realize that was the theme, but these were some of the worst song choices in Idol history."

The criticism was harsh but I had to agree. We’re eight season’s deep now, contestants should know that you don’t tackle legendary singers unless you’d give them a run for their money in a sing-off, and rest assured, despite Michael Jackson’s financial troubles, he has nothing to worry about with Stephen Fowler’s "pointless" Rendition of Rock With You.

Michael Sarver, Danny Gokie and Alexis Grace however will need no help in that department, making quite an impression with their renditions of I Don’t Wanna Be, Hero, and Never Loved a Man respectively.

But while I would like to see these three advance to the next round, I might be disappointed once again, as a new, improved and very subdued Tatiana Del Toro or a not as good as usual, but still very likeable, Anoop Desai could be the upsets.

'American Idol' Recap: Alexis Grace, Danny Gokey Are Hits

Chris — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:17:02 -0500

The first batch of the 12 of the "American Idol" top 36 performed live on Tuesday night, and the results? Well, they were mixed.

Given a seemingly bottomless song selection — the theme was "hits from the Billboard Hot 100," meaning everything from Stevie Wonder's "I Just Called to Say I Love You" to Eminem's "Crack a Bottle" was fair game — the dozen hopefuls on display last night mostly chose to play it safe, and the results ran the gamut from "triumphant" to "utterly and completely disastrous."

In the former category, you can count pint-size Alexis Grace, who belted out a soulful rendition of Aretha Franklin's "Never Loved a Man" that earned her comparisons to a former "Idol" champ, Kelly Clarkson. Then Danny Gokey closed the night with a take on Mariah Carey's "Hero" that had the studio audience — and the judges — cheering wildly. Ricky Braddy and Michael Sarver also received high marks for their versions of Leon Russell's "A Song for You" and Gavin DeGraw's "I Don't Wanna Be."

You can file the performances by Casey Carlson, Stevie Wright and Stephen Fowler under "disastrous." Carlson, the button-cute former bikini model, winked her way through a karaoke-fied version of the Police's "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic," a performance that left "Idol" judges agape. Wright, a 17-year-old with a husky set of pipes, decided to go "younger," taking on Taylor Swift's "You Belong to Me" and failing spectacularly. Fowler performed Michael Jackson's classic "Rock With You," a move that left judges questioning his song choice and his chances at survival. read more »

Kate Thornton: I'll never talk to Simon Cowell again

Chris — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:38:07 -0500

Kate Thornton has not kept in contact with Simon Cowell since she was axed from The X Factor.

She was replaced by Dermot O'Leary, 35, as host of the ITV show in 2007.

Kate, 35, who has 21-month-old son Ben with DJ fiancé Darren Emerson, 37, reckons the move was a publicity stunt.

‘I'll never talk to Simon again,’ she says. ‘He fired me to create headlines without even telling me beforehand, when we had been good friends.

‘I wouldn't watch the show now because it would be like seeing your ex-boyfriend with his new girlfriend.’