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Bucky Covington – Gotta Be Somebody – VIDEO

By On 10/27/2009 · 28 Comments · In American Idol, Bucky Covington

Check out the new video from Season 5 Idol, Bucky Covington. He came in 8th his season, but he’s still out there, doing his thing, on Lyric Street Records.

The song, “Gotta Be Somebody”, is a countrified version of the Nickelback original.

Video after the JUMP…

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Idol Bits And Pieces: Carrie Underwood, Kara DioGuardi, Ruben Studdard, Bucky Covington

By On 09/17/2009 · 11 Comments · In American Idol, Bucky Covington, Carrie Underwood, Kara DioGuardi, Ruben Studdard

Kara DioGuardi is shopping around a new reality show.   Called Dropped, Kara says it “…takes the best acts that have been dropped and gives them a second chance… I was dropped. Think about how many times in your life you haven’t achieved one goal, but you’ve achieved another one.”   Well, good luck with [...]

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Simon Cowell on Ellen Degeneres. Oh Wait…

By On 09/12/2009 · 43 Comments · In American Idol, Bucky Covington, Carrie Underwood, Constantine Maroulis, David Cook, Ellen DeGeneres, Kara DioGuardi, Randy Jackson, Simon Cowell, Taylor Hicks

Anybody else find it strange that while Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi have offered their enthusiastic thumbs up, Simon Cowell has yet to publicly welcome his new panel-mate Ellen Degeneres to the judges table? He hasn’t been too busy to set his recent remarks on the Beatles straight, but complete and [...]

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Donna’s Bucky Covington St. Louis Concert Recap

By On 07/14/2007 · 13 Comments · In American Idol, Bucky Covington

Mom and I were really excited about seeing Bucky in concert. When we went to the Idol tour in St Louis last August, it was the one show he missed due to illness.  We found out he was coming to Jackson, TN which was only about an hour and a half drive and knew we [...]

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Billboard Update 07/21/07

By On 07/14/2007 · 20 Comments · In American Idol, Blake Lewis, Bucky Covington, Charts, Chris Daughtry, Elliott Yamin, Fantasia, Jordin Sparks, Kellie Pickler, Kelly Clarkson, Mandisa

Here it is.   This week’s Idol’s Billboard Update.   Sorry–last weekend’s trip to Florida to see the Idol’s Live Tour meant that I did not get a chance to post an update (although you will find last week’s chart  in the chart archives.

Highlights:

Last week’s big [...]

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Billboard Update 06/30/07

By On 06/24/2007 · 1 Comment · In American Idol, Blake Lewis, Bucky Covington, Charts, Chris Daughtry, Elliott Yamin, Fantasia, Jordin Sparks, Mandisa, Taylor Hicks

Here’s this week’s, Billboard Idol Update, now with cute little symbols indicating gold and platinum status!   Yay! A triangle equals platinum, the number after it signifies how many times over the record has gone platinum (1,000,000 shipped/sales).   Little orange  circles next to a record signifies gold status (500,000 shipped/sales).

Speaking [...]

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Billboard Update 6/16/07

By On 06/10/2007 · 18 Comments · In American Idol, Blake Lewis, Bucky Covington, Carmen Rasmusen, Carrie Underwood, Charts, Chris Daughtry, Fantasia, Jordin Sparks, Josh Gracin, Kellie Pickler

Here is this week’s Idol Billboard Update.

Highlights:

Jordin Sparks’ and Blake Lewis’ EPs drop quite a bit on the Billboard Comprehensive Chart  this week–from #22 to #45 for Jordin and #30 to #49 for Blake. Their sales numbers dropped 52% and 41% respectively. Blake Lewis’ “You Give Love a Bad Name” pulls [...]

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Billboard Update 05/19/07

By On 05/12/2007 · 9 Comments · In American Idol, Bucky Covington, Carrie Underwood, Charts, Elliott Yamin, Fantasia, Jennifer Hudson, Kelly Clarkson, Kimberley Locke

This week’s Idol Billboard update–right here.

The Highlights:

Kimberly Locke’s new album “Based on a True Story” debut’s on the Billboard 200 this week at #160.   Not so great considering her single, “Change” is #10 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Songs chart.   She sold 4,842 units this week. The soundtrack [...]

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Billboard Update 05/05/07

By On 04/28/2007 · 9 Comments · In American Idol, Blake Lewis, Bucky Covington, Carrie Underwood, Charts, Chris Daughtry, Elliott Yamin, Kellie Pickler, Kelly Clarkson, Paris Bennett

This week’s Idol Billboard Update, right here.

The big news this week–Bucky Covington’s first week numbers for his debut album are in and they are as sweet as sweet tea. Heh. His CD came in at #4 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on the Top Country Albums  chart. It sold  61,042 [...]

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Billboard Update 4/28/07

By On 04/21/2007 · 1 Comment · In American Idol, Bucky Covington, Carrie Underwood, Charts, Chris Daughtry, Elliott Yamin, Fantasia, Katharine McPhee, Kellie Pickler, Kimberley Locke, Mandisa, Ruben Studdard

Here it is.   YOUR giant Idols Billboard Update!

The Highlights:

All the Idols on the Billboard 200 took a sales hit according to their Soundscan numbers–Daughtry is down -44.9% from the previous week, Carrie Underwood, -33.3%,   Elliott Yamin, -46.4%, Katharine McPhee, -35.7%, Kellie Pickler, -27.5%   and Fantasia -22.0%. According [...]

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Rumored Spoilers and Other Stuff

By On 04/17/2007 · 17 Comments · In American Idol, Bucky Covington, Carrie Underwood, Josh Gracin, Kellie Pickler, S6 Finals, Spoilers

Spoiler Rumors for Tonight

Somebody  named “Scrappy” at the Vote for the Worst  message boards who claims to be part of the Martina McBride camp, claims to know the song choices for tonight’s performance show:  

1. Phil Stacey – “Ain’t Goin’ Down Till The Sun Goes Up” by Garth Brooks
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Happy Bucky Covington Day!

By On 04/17/2007 · 14 Comments · In American Idol, Bucky Covington

And the Season 5 albums just keep on dropping…Â  

It’s Bucky Covington’s turn. His debut  CD drops today.   Listen to a preview of the album here

Bucky’s debut effort is full of classic country tunes, some with a rock edge  and is well-produced by Sawyer Brown’s Mark Miller and Dave [...]

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Billboard Update 04/21/07

By On 04/14/2007 · Leave a Comment · In American Idol, Bucky Covington, Charts, Chris Daughtry, Elliott Yamin, Katharine McPhee, Taylor Hicks

This week’s AWESOME American Idol Billboard Update.

The Highlights:

The Idols bounce back this week after nearly all of them–except for Carrie Underwood–had decreased sales.   Taking a look at the Soundscan numbers, Daughtry is up 48.1%, Carrie Underwood 37.5%, Katharine McPhee 17.4% and Kellie Pickler 40.9%. Bucky Covington’s single “Different World” [...]

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Akon is on a Hit List and Idol Alum Camp Counselors Announced

By On 04/14/2007 · 18 Comments · In American Idol, Bucky Covington, Carmen Rasmusen, Carrie Underwood, Chris Daughtry, Jon Peter Lewis, Katharine McPhee, Kimberley Locke

In  Wednesday’s recap  of the  Top 8 results show, I wondered why a  pre-recorded performance of Akon singing his hit “Don’t Matter”  was inexplicably  part of the show. me: except Ryan did mention it right before Akon’s appearance.   Bad me, I missed it FFing through the boring Farmers Market segment.   [...]

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Billboard Update 04/14/07

By On 04/07/2007 · 1 Comment · In American Idol, Bucky Covington, Charts, Chris Daughtry, Clay Aiken, Elliott Yamin, Fantasia, Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Taylor Hicks

This week’s American Idol Billboard chart. Just for you.   On the Billboard 200 this week, every Idol album took a hit this week.

Highlights from this week’s chart:

“Now 24″ the latest edition of the extremely popular  hit Top 40 compilation series debuts on the Billboard 200 at #2.   Daughtry’s hit [...]

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