Not enough “American Idol” viewers were inspired to vote for Tim Urban. The 20-year-old college student from Duncanville, Texas, was eliminated from the ninth season of the Fox singing competition Wednesday at the end of the “Idol Gives Back” charity event. Urban, who wasn’t at his best with his version of the Goo Goo Dolls’ [...]
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The season finale of “American Idol” marked Simon Cowell ‘s final moments at the judges’ table. While the show has produced a host of Grammy winners, one Oscar winner, and given the world a host of quirky former contenders (William Hung, anyone?), it was British judge Simon who really is the show’s breakout star. In [...]
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Michael “Big Mike” A.K.A. “Tiny Mike” (As Ellen would have said) Lynche didn’t get the big boot on “American Idol.” The soulful 26-year-old personal trainer and father from Queens, N.Y., was saved Wednesday by the judges on the ninth season of the Fox singing competition. Lynche was praised for his R&B take on “Eleanor Rigby” [...]
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Kings Of Leon Gleefully Nix ‘Glee,’ ‘Idol,’ ‘Betty’ Offers Most bands would jump at the chance to have their music heard by millions on shows like ”Glee,” “American Idol,” or “Ugly Betty.” But, as it turns out, Kings Of Leon are not most bands. In fact, singer Caleb Followill told NME magazine this week that they’d nixed [...]
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Last season this time of year, the top three show was a real game-changing episode for “American Idol.” It was the fateful night when dark horse Kris Allen stole the show from presumed front-runners Danny Gokey and Adam Lambert with his inspired cover of Kanye West’s “Heartless,” thus unexpectedly landing a spot in the finale [...]
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Most American Idols are made, not born. Sure, their singing ability may have been there from the start, but they walked into that audition room looking like just any boy- or girl-next-door. It was only after they were manhandled by a 19 Entertainment-supplied dream team of stylists, hairdressers, makeup artists, personal trainers, and cosmetic dentists [...]
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Back in Season 7 on “American Idol,” Fox made a big deal about the show’s contestants finally having permission to sing long-forbidden Beatles tunes. “Idol” execs were so delighted by this development, in fact, that they dedicated not one but two nights to the Lennon/McCartney songbook. Well, I was just glad that it was just [...]
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LOS ANGELES – Simon Cowell believes a woman is likely to win his final season on “American Idol.” The acerbic British judge told a teleconference Thursday he thinks one of the 12 women among the ninth season’s 24 semifinalists has a good shot to win the Fox singing contest. “We’ve had a few years of [...]
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Though he has suffered from life-threatening health problems in recent weeks, Bret Michaels appeared in fine form on the “American Idol” stage. The ailing 47-year-old rocker and reality TV star sang and played guitar on Wednesday’s star-studded season finale. The Poison frontman joined “Idol” finalist Casey James on one of the band’s biggest hits, “Every [...]
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In its first season, Glee has surpassed American Idol as the most buzzed-about music show on TV. It’s also selling more music than its Fox lead-in, which just ended its ninth season. The four Glee albums that have been released to date (three full-length albums and The Power Of Madonna EP) have sold a combined [...]
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