Idol Headlines for 02/16/12

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Adam Lambert speaks exclusively to NewNowNext about his upcoming album, Trespassing. Watch all three videos HERE.  You can see more of the interview tonight on the NewNowNext Show airing at 1AM. Adam announced on VH1′s Big Morning Buzz that he would be one of the performers on the upcomingNew Now Next awards. 

Adam Lambert & Sauli Koskinen: The Blonds Fashion Show! – Adam Lambert and boyfriend Sauli Koskinen attend The Blonds Fall 2012 presentation at Milk Studios on Wednesday (February 15) in New York City. The 30-year-old singer checked out the new collection from the front row during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. – See the photos at Just Jared

James Durbin to return for an encore concert at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk – A year after Santa Cruz’s instantly famous rocker James Durbin headlined “Durbin Day” at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, he is poised for an encore. The Beach Boardwalk announced Wednesday that Durbin would return for a live concert at the Beach Bandstand on May 19, just five days after the original event’s first anniversary. Like the original event, the 2012 show will be free with seating determined on a first-come, first-served basis. The show will highlight the Boardwalk’s summer “Kick-Off Weekend.” – Santa Cruz Sentinel

‘Idol’ High School Dropout I’m Going Back to School! – “American Idol” castoff Travis Orlando — who dropped out of high school last year to focus on singing — is going back to school … and TMZ has learned, it’s all thanks to an “Idol” camera operator. Travis was voted off the show last week — and sources tell TMZ, after he gave his goodbye interview, the camerawoman inspired him to go back to school and get his GED. – Read more at TMZ

Country Artists To Perform For Autism Benefit In Nashville On March 13th – Country artists will show their support in the fight against autism on TUESDAY, MARCH 13th, at the NASHVILLE benefit concert AUTISM SPEAKS PRESENTS “AUTISM SINGS!” TY HERNDON, BUCKY COVINGTON, BO BICE, CARTER’S CHORD and MOCKINGBIRD SUN will perform individual acoustic sets at the event, as will 13-year-old KATIE CHANCE, who was diagnosed on the autism spectrum when she was two years old. CHANCE also serves as the Junior Ambassador for AUTISM SPEAKS TENNESSEE COMMUNITY. – Read more at All Access

The ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ Cast Meets Donald Trump – A brand-new season of Celebrity Apprentice will premiere in less than a week and we have your first look in advance of the series’ season five premiere. Although the cast of celebs have only just met, the claws are already out! With each contestant anxious to impress the Donald, it’s clear they’ll do anything to take home the grand prize: buckets of money for their favorite charities. – See the Video at ETOnline

‘Showbiz is so tough … your dream can vanish in a heartbeat’ – Steve told TV Biz: “I have no hard feelings whatsoever towards Simon. It’s a tough business and anyone trying to get into it should always keep in mind that it can go t**s up in a heartbeat. “I’d work with Simon on the moon if given the chance.” Asked if he was gutted to have been given the elbow or if he felt lucky to have been handed such an experience at all, Steve replied: “Both,” and added: “I loved working in LA. The best bit was working, the worst bit was not working. I have made some great American friends and I have learned that America/Los Angeles is wicked.” – Read more at The Sun

 
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  • Anonymous

    Ok, I keep losing the post from Brian Mansfield of USA Today when he gave the 1-22-12 BB numbers, and James was OUT of the BB 200 that week for the first time, but he sold 2,000 for a total of 83,000.

    Hopefully, this link will work, if the post is gone:

    http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2012/01/kelly-clarksons-stronger-hits-the-half-million-mark/1#.Tz1ierTNkw8

  • Anonymous

    It says in the other thread that James sold approx. 1,600 physical CDs in each of the past two weeks.  Add digital downloads to that and he is probably selling just under 2,000 each week.  In that case, Kayla probably hit it pretty much on the head at around 89,000.

  • Anonymous

     From the link just above:

    Although James Durbin’s Memories of a Beautiful Disaster drops out of the Billboard 200 this week, the two top finishers from American Idol Season 10 saw their weekly sales go up: Scotty McCreery’s Clear as Day climbed 7%, while Lauren’s Alaina’s Wildflower sprang up 41%.

    Idol albums
    Kelly Clarkson, Stronger (15,000 weekly, -6%, 501,000 total) (#14 Billboard 200)
    Scotty McCreery, Clear as Day (11,000, +7%, 890,000) (#29 BB200)
    Daughtry, Break the Spell (8,000, -8%, 346,000) (#42 BB200)
    Lauren Alaina, Wildflower (5,000, +41%, 233,000) (#86 BB200)
    James Durbin, Memories of a Beautiful Disaster (2,000, -43%, 83,000)
    Carrie Underwood, Play On (2,000, -5%, 2.075 million)
    Mandisa, What If We Were Real (1,000, +12%, 140,000) (140,000)
    Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts (1,000, -1%, 7.163 million)
    Daughtry, Daughtry (1,000, -12%)

  • Anonymous

    I dunno….maybe he intended to mean albums but I think his words can apply to the whole gamut of the pop music industry from production to actual performances. Afterall, in addition to the artificial sound of the recorded tracks, most of the pop performances on TV nowadays (I can’t speak for concerts since I never go to them), it is nothing but OTT visual props with the recorded track in the background that they are merely lip-syncing to. Even the human vocal instrument is totally eliminated.

    I just don’t get the impression that these artists even care about trying to reproduce the sound while performing live when it seems they are primarily concerned about stimulating the visual sense.

  • Anonymous

    I’ve been wondering why James hasn’t been listed when posting album sales lately. If he is selling 1600 physical CDs per week, why hasn’t he been listed in Manfield’s album count? Afterall, the other Idols are listed that are selling around 1,000.

  • Anonymous

    I have no idea.  I wondered that myself.

    Never mind….Pam just answered the question in another thread. We should move this conversation over there. She said his figures didn’t show up in the BB200 but showed up someplace else. We should move this discussion to the Idols in Concert thread if we need to continue it.

  • Anonymous

    Nvm

  • Anonymous

    LOL, Zorro’s expression, that and his sticking ears make him so funny.

    I’m hoping the camera will put 10 pounds on Kris, he looks so skinny in that outfit. He looks better in that Henley from the mint, IMO of course.

  • Anonymous

     To sabbia and thirdtime,

    I think that Brian Mansfield only has privy to the numbers of those idols, etc that actually make the BB Top 200 each week, but he has a few contacts that he can get those off the chart from, but some genres are more difficult for him to call in favors.
     

  • Anonymous

    That would make sense.  Well I guess it’s safe to assume James is currently around 90,000 or so in sales.  That’s probably why they expect him to hit 100,000 soon. If we need to talk about it more, we should move to the stats thread instead of here – before MJ yells at us :)

  • Nele621

    Is Clay Aiken using Trump’s hair stylist? It’s kind of like he is trying to look cool by spiking up his hair, but it’s just not working for him. Or his hair is not cooperating.

  • http://twitter.com/1WaySTweet Ron Simpson

     I’m pretty sure that spiky mess is on purpose. A sort of spiky bedhead.

  • Nele621

    I don’t mind spiky bedhead look. He just puts a big ol part in it which looks too weird.

  • Trina

    I dont ever remember hearing digital sales isnt counted in Soundscan numbers. I’m pretty sure whatever Brian posts is the exact figure. 

    Clay has had many hairdos but that spiky look dates back to his AI days. Go back and look at any of his performances or his debut album era, he always wore spiked hair. The bedhead look was the first haircut he got when AI made him over.

  • http://twitter.com/1WaySTweet Ron Simpson

     He’s certainly one of a kind and totally recognizable with those messy parted spikes. It works for him I guess.

  • Mateja Praznik

    Hmm, it looks like Brian May is on San Remo festival tonight …

  • Anonymous

    OMG! I have been looking for any reason whatsoever to avoid doing school work so thought I’d check out Clay’s bedhead spike look that is such a hot topic.

    I’ve never watched one minute of the Apprentice but after reading Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider and American Chopper’s Paul Teutul Sr were going to be on, I am not going to be able to stop myself. Those 2 strong-willed personalities in one room is going to be one helluva a set of fireworks to watch!

  • Anonymous

    I don’t think she was referring to Brian’s #s not including digital downloads, she knows his figures include them.  It’s the physical CD sales #s for the past few weeks for James that Pam posted in the stats thread that is throwing her off.  She is trying to figure out how to also get the digital download # since Pam only has the physical CD sales #, for the past 3 weeks since Brian hasn’t posted #s for James.  I think she needs it for another place where she updates James #s.  But I don’t know of any way for her to find out that #, do you?  In other words, Brian had all sales figures up to 1/22 – 83,000 – and Pam has physical CD #s after that but no digital download #s.

  • MissMyEm

     Might be the angle of the camera and not Kris.  When I saw him Friday he looked quite good.

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