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Season 6 Contestant Update Pt 2

By On 06/21/2007 · 4 Comments · In Chris Sligh, Gina Glocksen, Haley Scarnato, Phil Stacey, Sanjaya Malakar

Left over from Part 1: Brand-new interview with   Blake Lewis.   OMG he sez a naughty word!   Start the prayer thread stat! Heh.   Seriously, it’s good–talks about his long history in hip Seattle music circles.

Now, on with the rest of the Season 6 update.

Phil Stacey – After getting [...]

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Season 6 Digital Song Compilations available at iTunes

By On 06/14/2007 · 9 Comments · In American Idol, Blake Lewis, Brandon Rogers, Chris Richardson, Chris Sligh, Gina Glocksen, Haley Scarnato, Jordin Sparks, LaKisha Jones, Melinda Doolittle, Phil Stacey, Sanjaya Malakar

Season 6 Idol studio performances are now available at iTunes.   There is a digital Greatest Hits compilation  for 7.99.   Check out the track list.  Ãƒâ€š  

Blake Lewis – You Give Love a Bad Name  3:09   Gina Glocksen – Paint It Black  3:21   Melinda Doolittle – As [...]

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Finale Recap

By On 05/26/2007 · 75 Comments · In American Idol, Blake Lewis, Brandon Rogers, Carrie Underwood, Chris Richardson, Chris Sligh, Gina Glocksen, Haley Scarnato, Jordin Sparks, Kelly Clarkson, LaKisha Jones, Melinda Doolittle, Nigel Lythgoe, Paula Abdul, Phil Stacey, Randy Jackson, Ruben Studdard, Ryan Seacrest, S6 Finals, Simon Cowell, Stephanie Edwards, Taylor Hicks

Jordin Sparks  looked exactly as I pictured her in the moment of her Idol victory.   Her win was certainly no surprise after Tuesday’s show, where Blake proved to be no match for Jordin’s prowess for power-emoting treacly lyrics.   Personally? I think it’s as it should be.  Jordin is the perfect winner.  Too bad [...]

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The Idols on Larry King Live

By On 05/26/2007 · 29 Comments · In American Idol, Blake Lewis, Chris Richardson, Chris Sligh, Gina Glocksen, Haley Scarnato, Jordin Sparks, LaKisha Jones, Melinda Doolittle, Phil Stacey, Sanjaya Malakar, Video

Jordin Sparks

Blake Lewis and Jordin Sparks

More Interviews:

Melinda Doolittle and LaKisha Jones Chris Richardson Phil Stacey Sanjaya Malakar and Haley Scarnato Gina Glocksen and Chris Sligh

I’m just listening to these through now.   Apparently, according to Phil Stacey, [...]

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Highlights from Haley Scarnato’s Exit Interviews

By On 04/13/2007 · 11 Comments · In American Idol, Haley Scarnato, S6 Finals

Haley Scarnato  fielded questions yesterday from reporters after her elimination Wednesday night.

She thought it was “cool” to wear Katharine McPhee’s hair extensions. She’d love to model and hopes to get a record contract. She doesn’t want to be remembered for her looks. If she had stuck around another week, she planned to perform [...]

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Top 8 Results

By On 04/11/2007 · 97 Comments · In American Idol, Blake Lewis, Chris Richardson, Gina Glocksen, Haley Scarnato, Jordin Sparks, Ken Warwick, LaKisha Jones, Melinda Doolittle, Phil Stacey, Sanjaya Malakar

J Lo sings a cut from her new Spanish Language album….

And a whole bunch of lame filler stuff, as tonight’s show expands to 1 hour.

Bottom 3:

Phil Stacey
Haley Scarnato
Chris Richardson

Going home:

Haley Scarnato

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Ryan opens the show by taking a poke at the continued survival of the [...]

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TV Week Interview: The Top 8

By On 04/11/2007 · 4 Comments · In American Idol, Blake Lewis, Chris Richardson, Haley Scarnato, Jordin Sparks, Ken Warwick, LaKisha Jones, Melinda Doolittle, Phil Stacey, S6 Finals, Sanjaya Malakar

Chuck Ross from TV Week interviews  American Idol producer Ken Warwick for  the magazine’s  weekly Backlot Talk interview.  

Ken mentions that tonight, Ryan will   be announcing more celebrities guests slated for the big  charity event. Martina McBride will be guest mentor for next week’s country-themed week. Will there be any surprises [...]

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Top 8 Performance

By On 04/10/2007 · 59 Comments · In American Idol, Blake Lewis, Chris Richardson, Haley Scarnato, Jordin Sparks, LaKisha Jones, Melinda Doolittle, Phil Stacey, S6 Finals, Sanjaya Malakar

It’s Latin Night kids, ready for some hot-blooded red-blooded passion? Oops sorry, you aren’t’ going to get it. Not to say there aren’t some very good performances tonight, but the kids aren’t quite up to tackling these songs with the required spirit.

Jennifer is very sweet and enthusiastic coaching the kids. She isn’t the least [...]

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Top 9 Results

By On 04/04/2007 · 83 Comments · In American Idol, Blake Lewis, Chris Richardson, Gina Glocksen, Haley Scarnato, Jordin Sparks, LaKisha Jones, Melinda Doolittle, Phil Stacey, S6 Finals, Sanjaya Malakar

Saved by the Boobs…

Bottom 3

Phil Stacey
Haley Scarnato
Gina Glocksen

Going home…

Gina Glocksen

Michael Buble performed “Call Me Irresponsible.”

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Tony Bennett has the sniffles and won’t be performing tonight.   That’s a shame, it would have been cool to have one of the last great old-school performers show [...]

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Top 9 Performance

By On 04/03/2007 · 92 Comments · In American Idol, Blake Lewis, Chris Richardson, Gina Glocksen, Haley Scarnato, Jordin Sparks, LaKisha Jones, Melinda Doolittle, Phil Stacey, S6 Finals, Sanjaya Malakar

The Top 9 sing the standards….with Tony Bennett as their coach.

Tony  Bennett has charted hits in every decade since the 1950′s.   Now that’s impressive.   I grew up with my parents spinning Tony  Bennett records  in our  living room, and  today I can turn on the radio and hear him duetting with Bono [...]

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Top 10 Performance

By On 03/27/2007 · 104 Comments · In American Idol, Blake Lewis, Chris Richardson, Chris Sligh, Gina Glocksen, Haley Scarnato, Jordin Sparks, LaKisha Jones, Melinda Doolittle, Phil Stacey, S6 Finals, Sanjaya Malakar

Tonight, the kids sing songs that inspired Gwen Stefani….  

Can we bring British Invasion week back for an Encore?   I heard that Gwen Stefani arrived with a very short list of songs for the kids to sing, and some of them had to switch songs mid-stream.   Tonight, the performers who sing well [...]

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Top 10 Spoilers

By On 03/26/2007 · 80 Comments · In American Idol, Blake Lewis, Chris Richardson, Chris Sligh, Gina Glocksen, Haley Scarnato, Jordin Sparks, LaKisha Jones, Melinda Doolittle, Phil Stacey, S6 Finals, Sanjaya Malakar, Spoilers

REMINDER: If you are recording tonight’s show, don’t forget to set your VCRs and DVRs for 67 minutes!  Tonight’s performance show starts at 8/7c pm and runs until 9:07/8:07c pm

ETA:   Nigel Lythgoe  confirms  tonight’s theme.   Also:   He acknowledges, but claims he is not worried that the ratings are [...]

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Top 11 Results

By On 03/21/2007 · 74 Comments · In American Idol, Blake Lewis, Chris Richardson, Chris Sligh, Gina Glocksen, Haley Scarnato, Jordin Sparks, Melinda Doolittle, Phil Stacey, Sanjaya Malakar, Stephanie Edwards

UPDATE:

“Bottom”  Two:

Chris Richardson
Stephanie Edwards

Eliminated tonight:

Stephanie Edwards

Next Week:   Gwen Stefani is the  guest mentor.   She and  Akon will perform her hit “Sweet Escape” on Wednesday.   The Top  10  theme will be “Pop” (just confirmed-the contestants picks are not restricted to just the 90′s)

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Top 11 Performance

By On 03/20/2007 · 113 Comments · In American Idol, Blake Lewis, Chris Richardson, Chris Sligh, Gina Glocksen, Haley Scarnato, Jordin Sparks, LaKisha Jones, Melinda Doolittle, Phil Stacey, S6 Finals, Sanjaya Malakar, Stephanie Edwards

It started with 4 young men from Liverpool…

Ok,  here’s the deal.   My love for pop  music begins and ends with the Beatles.  That’s pretty much it.   Y’all can’t imagine how excited I was  when I heard  that the British Invasion would be an American Idol theme night.   First, there  is the [...]

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Top 12 Results

By On 03/14/2007 · 61 Comments · In American Idol, Blake Lewis, Brandon Rogers, Chris Richardson, Chris Sligh, Gina Glocksen, Haley Scarnato, Jordin Sparks, LaKisha Jones, Melinda Doolittle, Phil Stacey, S6 Finals, Sanjaya Malakar, Stephanie Edwards

Update:Â   Next week is British Invasion night with guest “mentors” Lulu and Peter Noone

Miss Diana Ross performs à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“I Love You More Today Than Yesterdayà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  from her new album tonight.

Tonight’s results:

Bottom 3:

Phil Stacey
Sanjaya Malakar
Brandon Rogers

Eliminated:

Brandon Rogers

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Ryan introduces  the [...]

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