Day: November 11, 2008

Hey, the Davids aren’t the only Idols making new music. Season 5’s Elliott Yamin has been busy recording a new album (in between trips to promote an import version of his first album Wait For

Maurice and Cheryl are eliminated. I got all the pool points this week. Yippie! Well, not yippie, really, because Maurice is gone. I would have liked for him to make the semi-finals. Boo hoo. After

photo: wire image Watch David Archuleta perform “Crush” on today’s Total Request Live on MTV. The kids really like it! ETA: I just added the TRL interview and a Vlog from David backstage at TRL.

Two weeks ago, a story broke in the New York Post that Idol producers were attempting to block Josiah Leming’s album, due to be released in January ’09.   MTV has heard from Idol producers

I just put all my points on Maurice Greene for elimination tonight.   Despite having the exact same score–48–I think Maurice totally out-danced Cody last night.   I don’t think Maurice has the fan base

When I spoke with David Archuleta’s dad, Jeff Archuleta, at the Mix 98.5 fan breakfast a few weeks ago, he described to me how he pushed for more songs to be written for David’s debut

Some Carly Smithson news for you peeps who aren’t signed up for her newsletter. The following are some highlights from the newsletter, culled from a chat she did with fans recently: Carly has signed with

David Cook performed at the Glamour Magazine 2008 Women of the Year Awards at Carnegie Hall last night. Glamour honored Nicole Kidman, Hillary Clinton, Tyra Banks and many others for their “inspirational” achievements. Check out

My DVR ran out of space this morning while I was recording David Archuleta’s performance on the Today Show Concert Series. Oops. Rickey just put his up. So, I’m gonna yoink his vid. Thanks Rickey.

Archuleta pops with teen tunes in first album On American Idol runner-up David Archuleta’s first, self-titled album (* * * out of four), the singer delivers a non-stop succession of polite pop songs swathed in