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American Idol's Siobhan Magnus Performs Her New Single "Beatrice Dream"

2011-06-06T14:40:00.000-07:00

American Idol Season 9 contestant Siobhan Magnus sings her new single "Beatrice Dream". Watch it below.

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Broken by Mike Harmon (featuring Siobhan Magnus)

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Siobhan Magnus ~ Basking in Happiness

2010-09-01T10:11:00.000-07:00

Siobhan Magnus on a 'American Idol' summer trail to stardom
By DARA KELLY, IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

So how is life post American Idol treating Siobhan Magnus? Quite well, it turns out. Along with runner-up Crystal Bowersox, Magnus has begun to assert her own unique spirit live on stage during the 'Idol' tour.

'My songs are a bit in-your-face and dramatic, but that’s what I love to do,' the 20-year-old told the press this week. 'That’s the kind of music that makes me feel on top of the world.'

Magnus’ set begins in theatrical high gear with flashing white lights and smoke pouring off the stage aided by a Goth soundtrack that slowly resolves itself into her take on the Rolling Stones’ 'Paint It Black.'

The whole performance is way over the top and much more theatrical than anything Magnus did on Idol.

"On the tour, we had a lot more leeway in choosing our own songs and would throw ideas back and forth with the managers looking for things that worked, not only for the audience, but for us," she said. "My favorite is ‘Stockholm Syndrome’ by Muse. I love the contradiction between the heavy guitars and melody. It’s kind of reminiscent of Queen, very bombastic and still very musical."

USA Today considered her set one of the highlights of the show but The New York Times said she was an example of "the concert’s critical lack of joy." Ouch. Magnus doesn't care though. She’s busy basking in the happiness of being free of Idol’s formula.

"It’s nice not worrying about being voted for," she said. "I hate to say, but sometimes you almost have to do compromising things on the show. I’d be shopping with the show’s stylist and she’d say, "Well, maybe not that because people are still voting." I’d have to say, "OK, you’re right." But I was hoping for an outfit a little more scary."

Magnus will have to wait until September to find out if Idol-creator Simon Fuller’s 19 Entertainment is going to sign her to a management deal. If not, she’ll strike out for a deal on her own.

Until then, she’s enjoying her new-found stardom.

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A Tribute to Siobhan Magnus

2010-08-29T15:35:00.000-07:00

A fan-made photo-montage tribute to American Idol season 9 Top 6 finalist Siobhan Magnus. The video is set to Siobhan singing "When You Believe" by Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston.

Siobhan sang "When You Believe" during the Top 7 "Inspirational Song Week" show with mentor Alicia Keys. Inspirational songs were performed that week in support of Idol Gives Back, American Idol's annual charity event.

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Siobhan Magnus ~ 10-Minute Set at Jones Beach!!

2010-08-25T07:37:00.000-07:00

American Idol's Siobhan Magnus performs The Rolling Stones "Paint it Black," No Doubt's "Spiderwebs" and Muse's "Stockholm Syndrome" during the Idols LIVE! Tour at Jones Beach.

(Sorry about the poor sound quality, but it's the best we found for Siobhan's set. Fans ~ please send us your videos from the concerts!)

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Siobhan Magnus, Lee DeWyze & Finalists Talk SUPER POWERS, FIRST KISSES & TOILET PAPER!

2010-08-24T11:22:00.000-07:00

The Seattle Insider interviews American Idol winner Lee DeWyze, and Season 9 Finalists Siobhan Magnus, Michael Lynche (aka Big Mike), Andrew Garcia and Katie Stevens before the Idols LIVE Tour in Seattle, Washington. One of the best interviews I've seen ~ great off-beat questions, funny answers, all Idols in very relaxed, charming moods ~ and believe me, I've seen them all!

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Siobhan Magnus Performs "Stockholm Syndrome" Live During Her Hometown Visit

2010-08-03T12:24:00.000-07:00

American Idol Season 9's Siobhan Magnus performs "Stockholm Syndrome" by Muse live during the hometown visit of the Idols LIVE tour!

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Siobhan Magnus hopes to ride American Idol fame to bigger success

2010-07-29T07:55:00.000-07:00

By Scott Mervis, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Siobhan Magnus didn't win season nine of "American Idol." She didn't even make it to the Top 5, to the shock and disappointment of fans who still had her as a frontrunner when she was eliminated on April 28.

But if Idol winners were selected on a single performance, her gothic cabaret rendition of the Rolling Stones' "Paint It, Black," with a scream for the ages, might have put her on top.

That original take on the classic, which she'll be doing when "American Idol Live!" (Get your tickets Here!)stops at the First Niagara Pavilion Wednesday, came about during rehearsals she was having with vocal coaches Dorian Holly and Michael Orland.

"I was talking about how I loved being in haunted houses and my favorite thing to be is an evil clown, because everyone is afraid of clowns, so you scare more people than anybody else," she says in a phone interview. "And so we were talking about that and the creepy circus music that would play. Michael started playing the intro on the keyboard, and he just started playing this waltz, this creepy circus waltz, and then he applied that to the chords of 'Paint It, Black.' We just looked at each other like 'Ahhhh' and got all excited. That feeling when you get excited and all your muscles squeeze up because it's like 'Yesss! It's perfect.' It was so right. Everything started falling into place and I got my outfit -- the poofy little dress with the boots. Some weeks that happens, all the pieces just fit. That was one of them for me."

The 20-year-old singer from Barnstable, Mass., came to "Idol" with a little high school drama experience (she was Dorothy in the "Wizard of Oz"), a stint with an alt-rock band called Lunar Valve and some musical roots in the family. Her father is a singer-songwriter, her siblings play in bands and her uncle is the bassist in Christian metal band Stryper. Ms. Magnus was turned down by the Berklee College of Music and dropped out of Salem State College after one semester.

Berklee's loss turned out to be "Idol's" gain as she brought an edge to the season, vocally and fashion-wise. Along with the Stones song, she scored with stunning ballad versions of "House of the Rising Sun" and "Across the Universe." In her last few weeks, however, the feeling among the judges was that she was starting to lose her direction, a criticism that didn't sit well with her.

"It did bug me a little bit just because if I could choose from any song in the world, I wouldn't have chosen those songs. You have to choose from a list every week and sometimes the list is very small, and everyone is choosing from it. I chose the best that I could from that list. I never chose a song I didn't like, but I like all kinds of music and I said that over and over. I have an extremely broad taste and I don't like any one genre the most.

"My two favorite bands are Hanson and Hole and they're polar opposites. I wanted to challenge myself and I think some of the songs I did were very hard and didn't come out exactly how I wanted them to, but it's almost unfair for people to say that about you when you're on the show because nobody knows what it's like when you have a short amount of time to pick your song and work on it and put your performance together. I did the best I could and none of it was dishonest. I'm a very stubborn and strong-willed person, and I would never go on stage with something I wasn't comfortable with or wasn't my idea. If I had had time to explain that to everyone who thought that I lost my way, maybe I could have changed their minds."

Although she hasn't signed a record deal like winner Lee DeWyze and runner-up Crystal Bowersox, she says "we've talked to some people and I definitely have ideas and high hopes."

In the meantime, she's thrilled about what's happened to her in the months after the show.

"It's just totally different than my life was last year at this time. It's just really exciting because I have so much to look forward to and I'm just grateful that some of the things that happened to me in the last few months I dreamed of since I was a little kid. I got to meet Hanson and sing with them. That in itself is one of the biggest things I could ask for. I couldn't ask for something that big. Those are the things that happened that completely reinstate your faith that maybe something happened for a reason. It was so miraculous to me -- it makes you reflect on how blessed we are to be here."

The teen group Hanson, of "mmmbop" fame, was her childhood idol from the time she was 6, and that hasn't changed much.

"It's been almost 14 years since I fell in love with Hanson and there was never a hiatus for me. They are consistently my favorite band and their music has been one of the most consistent parts of my life, something that I could always depend on when I felt like I had nothing else. When I didn't know what else to do, where else to turn, I would just sit in my room and listen to their music for as long as it took to feel better."

All she knows about her own potential debut album is that it will rock but also show her diversity. She hopes it can do for someone what Hanson did for her.

"The most important thing is not that I sell a ton of records. If it ends up being one guy that buys my album and he really likes it, and it moves him, then I will have reached my goal. There have been so many artists who have touched me with their music that I don't know what I would have done without them. All I can ask is to be that for one other person."

As for who impresses her the most on the "Idol" tour, which had to cancel eight dates due to weak ticket sales, she likes young Aaron Kelly's "feel-good set" and is wild about Lee.

"There's something really moving about Lee's performance, just because you sit there and watch it and, for us, it sums up that whole feeling of the season coming to a conclusion. It's hard to explain. Just because he won and he's my best friend here, it just makes you feel almost teary-eyed. That's our Lee."

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10199/1073054-388.stm#ixzz0v1mIk2tw

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Siobhan Magnus sings "Spiderwebs" on the Idols Live Tour!

2010-07-09T07:32:00.000-07:00

American Idol Season 9's Siobhan Magnus sings No Doubt's "Spiderwebs" on the Idols Live Tour! Get your tickets Here!

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Access Hollywood backstage interview: Siobhan Magnus, Aaron Kelly, Didi Benami & Katie Stevens

2010-06-28T14:00:00.000-07:00

Will Aaron Kelly take his shirt off for the “Idol” tour? Did Katie Stevens have her “Idol” prom? AccessHollywood’s Laura Saltman gets the answers to these questions and more from Aaron, Katie, Didi Benami, and Siobhan Magnus. For “American Idol Live! Tour 2010” ticket info Click Here!.

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AINOW interview with Casey James and Siobhan Magnus

2010-06-26T09:14:00.000-07:00

Casey and Siobhan took a few minutes to talk to AINOW.ORG about the upcoming Idols Live Tour (Get Tickets Now - Order Here!), their time on American Idol, who they think should replace Simon Cowell, and Siobhan's awesome tour boots.

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Siobhan Magnus and the Season 9 Top 10 sing "My Life Would Suck Without You"

2010-06-24T13:00:00.000-07:00

American Idol Season 9's Top 10 finalists check in during their rehearsals for the Idols Live summer tour (Get Tickets Now - Order Here!) and sing a group number "My Life Would Suck Without You" by Idol alum Kelly Clarkson. Check out the 2 different recordings below:

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Siobhan Magnus and Lee DeWyze interview each other (video)

2010-06-23T07:34:00.000-07:00

During a break from rehearsals for the upcoming American Idol Live summer tour (Get Tickets Now - Click Here!) beginning July 1, and after running through their group number - a cover of Kelly Clarkson’s “My Life Would Suck Without You” more than a dozen times - the Top 10 Idols paired up to grill each other. While some Idols did their interviews completely unscripted, others had the help of index cards. All offered plenty of laughs!

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Siobhan Magnus Performs with Her Idols ~ HANSON!!

2010-06-10T09:52:00.000-07:00

Siobhan Magnus and Taylor Hanson
American Idol Season 9 Top 6 finalist and fan favorite Siobhan Magnus had her greatest dream come true! “Most tremendous night ever. BETTER THAN WINNING AMERICAN IDOL. I just sang "Weird", "Been There Before", "Hold On I’m Comin", AND "MMMBOP" with HANSON!!!,” tweeted Siobhan after hitting the stage with her Idols, the band Hanson, at Los Angeles club La Boum.

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American Idol Siobhan Magnus performs "Poor Wandering One"

2010-05-23T10:48:00.000-07:00

American Idol Season 9 contestant Siobhan Magnus performs a song called "Poor Wandering One" from a Fall 2006 production of "The Pirates of Penzance" by the Barnstable High School Drama Club.

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Siobhan Magnus, the Idolatry Interview (part 7) ~ My Cousin Whitney Houston

2010-05-23T07:03:00.000-07:00

American Idol Season 9's Siobhan Magnus sits down with Michael Slezak for the Idolatry interview: The Glassblower part 7 - My Cousin Whitney Houston

*See archive for parts 1-6

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Siobhan Magnus Fan Tribute of 'Paint it Black'

2010-05-22T07:43:00.000-07:00

Some of Siobhan Magnus's creepy scary and favourite things in a visual collage of all things Black, White and Bloody!

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Siobhan Magnus and Lunar Valve perform "Zombie"

2010-05-21T16:19:00.000-07:00

American Idol Season 9 contestant Siobhan Magnus and her band Lunar Valve perform The Cranberries' "Zombie".

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Siobhan Magnus, the Idolatry Interview (part 6)

2010-05-20T10:21:00.000-07:00

American Idol Season 9's Siobhan Magnus sits down with Michael Slezak for the Idolatry interview: The Glassblower part 6 - The Crazy Girl with the Tutu.

*Please see ARCHIVE if you missed parts 1-5!!

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Up close with American Idol's Siobhan Magnus

2010-05-19T17:51:00.000-07:00

Local Idol finalist shares future plans

The top three American Idol finalists are ready to face off on a national stage. And back at home, there's a local Idol contestant who is also getting ready for the big finale.

Southern New England's own Siobhan Magnus joined The Rhode Show to talk about her experiences on Idol, what it's like now that she's preparing for the summer tour, and what her future plans are.

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American Idol's Siobhan Magnus Reaches Out to Young Girls

2010-05-19T11:33:00.000-07:00

American Idol finalist Siobhan Magnus, talks to Extra's Adam Weissler about how one of her goals on the show was to reach out to young girls who dare to be different -- like she does!

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Siobhan Magnus and Lunar Valve perform "After Bessie"

2010-05-18T09:58:00.000-07:00

American Idol Season 9 contestant Siobhan Magnus and her band Lunar Valve perform "After Bessie".

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Siobhan Magnus ~ High Drama Barnstable "Against All Oz"

2010-05-17T12:38:00.000-07:00

American Idol's Siobhan Magnus, in a video shot during her senior year of high school. The poise and maturity shown by Miss Magnus on her way to the Top 6 of Idol was already in evidence during her high school years, where she took on multiple extra-curricular activities. Here she is shown rehearsing for "The Wizard of Oz", with her two younger sisters at her side.

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Siobhan Magnus, the Idolatry Interview (part 5)

2010-05-16T15:45:00.000-07:00

American Idol Season 9's Siobhan Magnus sits down with Michael Slezak for the Idolatry interview: The Glassblower part 5 - Tuesday Night Surprise.

**PLEASE SEE THE BLOG ARCHIVE FOR PARTS 1-4!!

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American Idol's Siobhan Magnus: "Intense Musical High"

2010-05-16T11:14:00.000-07:00

American Idol Season 9 Top 6 finalist visits Sirius Satellite Radio for a live interview.

What was an "intense musical high" for American Idol's Siobhan Magnus? And why does she enjoy singing in the shower? Siobhan explains when she talks with "The Morning Mash Up" crew on SIRIUS XM Hits 1.

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Siobhan Magnus, the Idolatry interview (part 4)

2010-05-15T13:27:00.000-07:00

American Idol Season 9's Siobhan Magnus sits down with Michael Slezak for the Idolatry interview: The Glassblower part 4 - The Dial-up Caveman.

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