Idol Headlines for 03/07/12

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Meet American Idol’s Finalists: Who Was in Hannah Montana? Who Collects Knives? – After a grueling, nausea-inducing Hollywood week and uneven semifinals, American Idol has chosen its Top 13, who begin the live final performances Wednesday (8/7c, Fox). TVGuide.com spent some time with the lucky 13, and learned more about the people behind those voices. – Read more at TV Guide

‘Idol’ Girls Intimidated to Honor Whitney Houston – With the American Idol competition set for another exciting round of live shows tonight, ET caught up with the Top 13 and discovered their thoughts on performing renditions of Whitney Houston and Stevie Wonder songs.
“I’m kind of nervous because it’s Whitney Houston,” contestant Jessica Sanchez said. “There’s no voice like hers and people are really judgmental about covering her songs, but we’re just going to do the best that we can.” – Read more at Entertainment Tonight

‘American Idol’ journey is over-What’s next for Reed Grimm? – “I had some ups and downs,” said Grimm, during a telephone interview Saturday, not quite 24 hours after stepping off the plane from Los Angeles. “There were lots of emotions (Thursday night) all the while you are trying to stay in the present.” Grimm, like millions of viewers, thought for a moment he was in the top ten. – Read more at the Hudson Star Observer

Idol Contestant Haley Reinhart’s Album Drops In May – Haley Reinhart was on American Idol last year. She was called the, “jazzy flower child and the little growler that could”. Haley has now made her first single and album and signed a record deal with Interscope Records. Her first single is named “Free” and it drops on March 20th. The album comes out in May. – Watch the Video at FOX2

Pia Toscano Album Sneak Peek

Pia Toscano tweets, “Little sneak peek from my album shoot!”

After breaking with label, DeWyze insists ‘I want to work with someone who believes in me’ – Q. Let’s talk about that album you’re planning to release later this year. What can we expect? A. It’s a mix. You’ve got your folk rock, pop, and country. While there’s definitely a few songs on it that can be singles, I really do want to promote it as a whole.
Q. What was special about the process of putting this one together? A. I went to Nashville for a little while and that was cool. When I was out there, the folk rock country things really came out. It has a folky rock feel to it. I’ve kind of been through the wringer from “Idol” til now. I’ve seen how the record industry works. Beautiful side and the very, very ugly side of it. I’ve seen the best in people and the worst in people when it comes to this. My gut instinct (ultimately tells me) what I’m going to do. – Read more at the Daily Herald

Lee Dewyze Sneak Peek Cover – Somebody That I Used to Know

James Durbin — Memories of a Beautiful Disaster Track by Track Commentary Part 2

Kellie Pickler To Be Guest Bartender On Willie’s Roadhouse – BNA NASHVILLE artist KELLIE PICKLER will serve as “guest bartender” TOMORROW (3/7) on WILLIE’S ROADHOUSE on SIRIUSXM56, when she serves up some of her favorite Country songs as well as few selections from her new album, “100 Proof.” The show will run from 8p to 9p (ET) on repeats on FRIDAY (3/8) at 11p, SATURDAY (3/10) at 3p and SUNDAY (3/11) at 6p (ET). – Read more at All Access

American Idols Go to Washington, D.C. with Malaria No More to Voice American Support for the Fight Against Malaria – NEW YORK, March 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Today, Malaria No More, a nonprofit organization determined to help end malaria deaths in Africa, will bring former American Idol finalists Jason Castro (Season 7, 4th place), Melinda Doolittle (Season 6, 3rd place) and Elliott Yamin (Season 5, 3rd place) to Washington, D.C. to meet with members of Congress to voice American support for the malaria fight and celebrate the contributions of the U.S. Government. Following a day of meetings with Members of Congress, the Idols will perform at an evening reception hosted by Malaria No More and Martha MacCallum, co-host of Fox News Channel’s America’s Newsroom. ExxonMobil, one of the most significant corporate champions in the fight against malaria, has generously underwritten the event. – Read more at PRNewswire

‘The Voice’s’ Jordis Unga and Brian Fuente Defend Their Battle Round: ‘It’s What We Rehearsed’ – “I was really pretty shocked by all the coaches,” Brian tells The Hollywood Reporter. “I didn’t really hear any pitch issues at all. The song was a difficult song to tackle, especially for me being a male. I’ve never heard any male artist attempt that song. It was definitely a challenge to me.” “You know what? When I watched, it wasn’t as bad as their comments led me to relive it in my head,” the L.A. singer goes on to say. “It wasn’t bad at all. It was what we rehearsed. I’m just not allowed to feel that bad about our performance when I’m watching a friend go home. I felt very bad about that.” – Read more at The Hollywood Reporter

 
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  • Anonymous

    Haha….In the EW video, they paired Heejun (Mr. funny man) with Elise (Ms. Serious). When his joke was dragging on, she interrupted with a “Well anyway!…” before getting the interview back on track. They are true opposites.

    …a couple of observations from the TV Guide interviews:

    [blockquote]Jessica Sanchez: “I’m a perfectionist, so I want everything to be perfect. And the judges’ criticism I don’t take very hard because I can fix what I need to fix, [which is] my vibrato. In the past rounds they’ve told me that my vibrato was a bit thick, so I’ve been working on that.” [/blockquote]

    Um…I’m glad someone told her about that. I don’t know why the producers edited out constructive feedback like that.

    [blockquote] Elise: “I chose that Adele song first. And then Jen [Hirsch] had a different song and the producers didn’t like the way it was sounding. They asked her what other artists she likes and she said she loved Adele. She sang a little bit of it and they said, ‘Do it.’ She wasn’t really 100 percent sure that I was doing it, though, in her defense.[/blockquote]

    Very, very interesting. So this is proof that it’s the producer’s fault so many Adele songs were selected. If they listened to Jen before advising her, then they MUST of known that Eben and Haley would be a train-wreck. It true the contestants picked their own songs, but TBTB obviously manipulated song choices to their advantage.

  • judes

    I love hearing the background behind artists songs. Thanks for the James video MJ its good to hear him explain about his songs.

  • Tess

    I’m definitely not a prude and have no trouble with tits and ass…and a bare belly isn’t a problem.  My problem with this photo of Pia is that it looks like she is just trying way to hard to “create” a hard and edgy image and it just falls flat and so becomes borderline “streetwalker” rather than pop relevant.  Its like the old adage that woman should wear the clothes…not the clothes wear the woman, and Pia is absolutely letting the look wear her.

    Its like the “IT” factor…you know it when you see it but you can’t formulate it into words for others to understand.  Some women are just effortlessly sexy, whether wearing a gunny sack or a string bikini…other women are by nature more regal looking, others more natural and earthy.  None of the looks are bad or good.  But to try and force yourself from your look into someone elses…just doesn’t work.  That is why many top models are pretty bland when they aren’t all dolled up for work…their look is a blank canvas that is easily manipulated.  Most of us just aren’t that fortunate….and Pia is one of the “less” fortunate.

  • fuzzywuzzy

    “The Idol producers have to offer up the “good girls” and “good boys”
    that the aging, loyal AI viewers want to see, but that isn’t what is
    popular in the pop world. They have more luck with the country
    contestants, where the whole good girl or guy image is welcomed more,
    especially with their young artists”

    Exactly.  With the AI viewing/voting demographic as it currently is, there’s very little chance of Deandre getting very far.

  • Kesia Monteith

    So they can make the contestants that want to go far, go far. That’s what I have assumed. 

  • Chris

    I don’t think it’s the belly, we got into that argument with Lauren in the Georgia Peaches video. Nothing wrong with belly, etc.. these days that is tame. Its the combination of belly, pulling down a bit on the pants, thigh high boots, and dark eye shadow with tossed hair. They are going for a sexy grunge look that doesn’t appear authentic. (Or maybe it is an she was just holding back on Idol.) It reminds me of some suburban, middle class kid trying to pose as a rapper from the “streets” when he really only is pretending. As someone else posted, we need the whole picture of where her management is going.

  • Anonymous

    that’s not a bad review at all. 

  • http://twitter.com/lila_825 April

    Yes, the large world does not know Pia, but the large world can tell if an artist is not comfortable with how they are being promoted or if something doesnt fit a person. I dont think Pia can pull this image off and make it believable. Her songs would have to match her look,style, and personality. From this pic it seems they are going for a more edgier look. I can not see Pia being able to pull off an edgier song.  She barley pulled off a song like this time.

    What they really need to do is get her in the dance studio, so she can learn how to dance, and promote her the nicole scherzinger direction.

  • Elliegrll

    Exactly.  With the AI viewing/voting demographic as it currently is, there’s very little chance of Deandre getting very far.  

    Deandre’s biggest problem is learning how to best utilize his voice.  It will be his over reliance on a shaky falsetto that will cause his downfall.  People can say it’s other things, but his semi final performance was painful, while his sing for your life was over indulgence at its finest.

    Deandre also likes songs from the 1950′s and 60′s, and has said that the year of your birth theme week will cause some problems for him.  His look is modern, but that doesn’t mean that his sound is.
    Deandre has a look that people would vote for, he just needs to get everything else in order.

  • fuzzywuzzy

    “Deandre has a look that people would vote for, he just needs to get everything else in order.”

    To teens/tweens and regular listeners of top 40 perhaps, but not the AI viewing/voting demographic.  With really young contestants on AI, they have to be like Archie or Eben to have a chance.

  • Elliegrll

    To teens/tweens and regular listeners of top 40 perhaps, but not the AI viewing/voting demographic.  With really young contestants on AI, they have to be like Archie or Eben to have a chance.

    Eben wasn’t voted into the top five guys, but Heejun and Jermaine were, so there were people who would have backed Deandre, if he didn’t have such an awful performance.  

    Being able to sing has to play a role in why people vote for someone.  Naima would have gotten more votes, if a lot of her performances weren’t total train wrecks.  

  • http://twitter.com/jlmontana9 Jim

     You really get it Elliegrll.  Pia is going in the hard pop direction with driven music and the image to match. But not to take things too seriously, I think of this photo portraying Pia as a kick ass woman who will vanquish the doubters, blowing them away with her music and voice. Check out her original songs at piafans.net to hear her original edgy stuff!!

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