One singer leaves The Voice on tonight’s results show. Thomas Rhett performs his new single 8/7c PM NBC.
Top 5 American Idol Finalist Sonika Vaid Will be the Featured Artist at Woman of the Year Awards Gala on June 3 – WESTON, MA—American Idol top 5 finalist Sonika Vaid will be the featured artist at the 14th Annual INDIA New England Woman of the Year Awards gala on June 3 at Burlington Marriott Hotel in Burlington, MA. “It is fantastic news that Sonika has graciously agreed to perform at the Woman of the Year Awards gala,” said Upendra Mishra, publisher of INDIA New England News, the producer of this red-carpet annual event. “We are looking forward to listening to Sonica sing live and honoring 20 outstanding women from New England that day.” – Read more at India New England News
Everything’s Coming Up ‘Roses’ at Yahoo for MacKenzie Bourg – When MacKenzie recently stopped by Yahoo Music to perform a lovely, acoustic, one-take rendition of “Roses,” he also sat down to chat in-depth about his time on “that other show”; some of his more baffling Idol critiques; comparisons to Kris Allen and Rivers Cuomo; what Cheap Trick really thought of his “I Want You to Want Me” cover; if he was disappointed that the Season 15 contestants didn’t get more screentime on the nostalgic Idol series finale; how it felt for be the last Idol contestant to sing “Hallelujah”; if he thinks Idol will ever return; and what’s next for him. – See the Videos at Yahoo.com
Haley Reinhart releases ‘Better’ album Friday, plays Palatine benefit Saturday – “To me, the word is about improvement and positivity and evolvement,” she says of naming the record, which will be released Friday, April 29, the day before she headlines the “Better” Benefit Concert at Durty Nellie’s in Palatine. The show will be a fundraiser for the Chicago-based PAVE foundation, which aims to break the silence of sexual violence. “I’ve always wanted to be a part of an organization like this that has many amazing women involved in the cause and sharing their stories,” she says. “It just seemed fitting because I like to write songs geared toward (female) empowerment.” – Read more at Daily Herald
Kris Allen: Live At The Paste Studio – Kris Allen is best known by many as the winner of the eighth season of the recently concluded TV reality competition American Idol. Although he’s had an interest in music since he was very young, he didn’t decide to pursue the craft professionally until he was of college age. American Idol was going to be his last chance of becoming a professional musician, as he planned to finish his degree after getting eliminated from the show. Thankfully, much to Allen’s surprise, that day never came, and he won the competition. He recently came into our studio to record a session and blew our socks off with his pop/alt rock stylings. – See the Video at Paste.com
Jessica Meuse: Life after ‘Idol’ still unfolding for Slapout singer – In 2014, Slapout, Ala. resident Jessica Meuse took a lot away from finishing fourth in the 13th season of Fox TV’s “American Idol.” She shared some of her experiences with the Montgomery Advertiser on Monday during a visit to perform a couple of her original songs in our newsroom. “Ever since being on ‘American Idol,’ the best way I can describe it is, you know the ‘Wizard of Oz,’ picked up in a tornado and it’s going crazy and all that,” she said with a twirl of a finger. “And then they drop you back in Kansas and you’re like, ‘What just happened?’” “I have this wisdom and education from what I just went through on ‘American Idol’ in Hollywood and all the experiences that came with that,” Meuse said. “And now I’m taking that, and taking myself to the next level pretty much by myself.” – See the Videos at Montgomery Advertiser
Kelly Clarkson Shares Family Photo
Okay last pic! Promise ?#andthentherewerefour #familyband The von Trapps ain't got nothin' on us ha! pic.twitter.com/G2aKfTsuTh
— Kelly Clarkson (@kelly_clarkson) April 26, 2016
Chris Daughtry Shares Some New Sounds
Kellie Pickler: ‘I Still Feel Like That 19 and Green Girl That Got in Line for “Idol”’ – You know that friend you have who is dreading her 30th birthday? That is so not Kellie Pickler. The country singer/reality star/cancer advocate still has a couple of months before her birthday on June 28, but she’s already pumped for it. “I’m just happy to be healthy and upright and above ground,” the American Idol alum tells Yahoo Celebrity. “We’ve lost a lot of friends that were very, very young, so I would say getting a day older is a privilege that a lot of people are denied. So I don’t look at 30 as being a curse. I still feel like that 19 and green little girl that got in line for Idol 10 years ago. I’m really excited and hopefully with age comes more wisdom and growth, and I’m excited to see what the rest of my life holds and unfolds into.” – Read more at Yahoo.com
Kree Harrison Wrote With Maren Morris for Her Forthcoming Album – Kree Harrison spent countless hours working on her forthcoming album, but she had a little help along the way. In a visit to our Taste of Country Nights studio, the singer opened up about writing with fellow singer-songwriters Maren Morris and Lucie Silvas. Harrison worked with Morris and Silvas for her forthcoming record, which doesn’t yet have a release date. But they didn’t just write over a few beers at a bar — it was serious and structured, as the singer explains. – Read more at Taste of Country
Why Kim Fields Didn’t Let a Dancing With the Stars Injury Sideline Her – Not even some stress fractures can keep Kim Fields down. The Facts of Life veteran and Real Housewives of Atlanta star performed on Dancing With the Stars despite suffering injuries earlier in the week. “I’m feeling fine the last few days, just some strained tendons and minor stress fractures…We just powered through it and we do what we do,” Fields told E! News’ Erin Lim. “Let’s be clear, I’m not reckless, and he won’t let me be,” she said. All this in an effort to not just stay in the game, but win it she said. “We plan on being here to the end and dancing beyond this,” Fields said. – Read more at EOnline
Jodie Sweetin Opens Up About Her Dancing With the Stars Injury and Performance Doubts – “It wasn’t too bad,” she told E! News’ Erin Lim about her ankle. “Luckily my ankle is OK, but I bruised a bone on the outside of my foot, which is tender and sensitive, but the ankle at least is stable. That would’ve thrown things off a little bit more. It is what it is. I keep it wrapped and ice it when I can and then I push myself the rest of the time.” – Read more at EOnline
Inside Mark Ballas and Paige VanZant’s ‘Rough’ Week on Dancing with the Stars: ‘We Lost Days of Rehearsal’ – For Famous Dances Night on the ABC reality dance competition, Ballas had been planning a routine that had to be scrapped last Wednesday because the show was not able to obtain the necessary rights. “I put in so much preparation, but we had it yanked. So we couldn’t even start our rehearsals until Thursday,” explained Ballas, 29, of having to switch to an Austin Powers-inspired routine. Making things more difficult was having to move rehearsals to Las Vegas on Friday because of VanZant’s schedule. – Read more at People.com
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