Idol Headlines for 03/18/12

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‘Idol’ Contestant Phillip Phillips Hometown Scrimps to Send Family to Hollywood – “American Idol” finalist Phillip Phillips’ family can’t afford to watch him perform live in Hollywood — so his hometown in Georgia is banding together … to raise money to send ‘em there … TMZ has learned. According to sources, it costs about $3,000 to fly out Phillip’s family from Leesburg, GA to Los Angeles — and the Phillipses simply can’t afford to make the trip … despite their son making it to the finals. But the good citizens of Leesburg, GA have trying their best to help out … throwing fundraisers every Wednesday — where at least 15 merchants donate a percentage of their profits from that day … to help the family make the trip to tinseltown. – Read more at TMZ

Take Me Down to the Paradox City – Approval ratings are up. Television ratings are down. One much-hyped competing series has been put in its place, at least for the time being, while another is nipping at its heels. Such is the mixed bag that Season Eleven has delivered so far to the producers of American Idol. Running in the same Wednesday-Thursday time slots as The X-Factor did last fall, Idol is pulling in about 70% more viewers for its live competition episodes. Needless to say, that gap has almost nothing to do with AI and almost everything to do with X’s many missteps and miscalculations. Even so, if the folks at 19E enjoyed some schadenfreude over Simon Cowell’s discomfiture, we doubt that many people would blame them. – Read more at What Not To Sing

Lauren Alaina sings Good Girl

Lauren had been singing Good Girl with me but no one got it on video.. so before she went inside I made her sing Good Girl… hahaa! Also the beginning of this video is her leaving a voicemail for a fan.

Behind-the-Scenes: Carrie Underwood’s Cover Shoot – Our cover shoot with Carrie Underwood in Nashville was like a reunion. It’s SELF’s 4th cover with the country superstar and she seemed happier than ever -marriage to Mike Fisher clearly agrees with her! We did the shoot on a chilly, overcast day in January and Carrie loved all the bright springy colors that Evyan Metzner, our fashion director, had brought for the shoot. – See the Video at Self

Nikki Reed & Paul McDonald: St. Patrick’s Day Lunch Lovers- Enjoying a St. Patty’s Day outing alongside one another, Nikki Reed grabbed a midday lunch with husband Paul McDonald in Studio City, CA on Saturday (March 17).
With the pair exchanging an intimate embrace after their Aroma Cafe holiday meal, it looked like the “Twilight” actress was ready to get to work while toting around a cartoon covered laptop bag. – rRead more at Celebrity-Net

 
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  • Anonymous

    So, I still don’t understand why the girl HAS to win. What will suddenly happen, if a girl wins?

    Things that can happen with a female winner:

     

    *”Competing” with female pop stars also means it is more
    likely that a female sound is “a good fit” for current playlists,
    depending on style, and it opens up the universe of songwriters to more female collaborators.  (There are more male songwriters, but the male winners and runners up still get paired with them more often on a percentage basis, and clearly working with Tamposi did well for Clarkson). 
    * A female winner’s songs are also less likely to be mass-requested
    by stans “helping” their favorites, which helps the DJs be less resistant

    * Broader categories of endorsements (clothing, cosmetics/personal
    care, fitness [male fitness related endorsements usually go to actual
    athletes,with females it is more open], etc.), improving celebrity coverage
    avenues and general audience awareness. Yes, Adam Lambert is willing to do those things, but there’s still enough ambivalence around gay male celebrity to make it harder for him to be A-list.

    * More importantly for the show and the artist in question, an
    opportunity for the coverage to focus on the music and not “why can’t we
    have this type of winner.”

    For the record, I think the last four male winners are reasonably distinct in the broader music market, and I think three out of the four had a compelling case to have won over their female competitors (sorry, DeWyze), but I’m looking at long-term interest.

    I do think that the show and the artists therefrom are served
    better by the perception that voting is a result of liking the music, and not
    (in the best case) women who don’t appreciate other women’s performance talents as much as men’s talents (which is still problematic) or (in the worst case) women who can’t
    appreciate other women’s vocal talents because they are too busy focusing on
    having TV boyfriends instead of being music consumers.  No matter what the
    individual merits are in any season, eventually the narrative overtakes the
    case.  

     

    Since I generally am impressed with these kids and their ability
    to get through the circus, and want them to do well in the long run, whether
    they are my personal cuppa or not, I want that narrative to change for their sakes.

  • Karen C

    ” personally don’t enjoy watching my Idol favorites from recent years struggle with radioplay. And I do believe that stale old music catalog is one of the reasons for this. ”

    But even Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood had to do older songs when they were on the show.   Daughtry.  Other than Kelly’s and Carrie’s coronation song, which were new songs, they had to do as many old songs as they did now.  So I don’t think it’s just that as the reason they are not getting as much radio play. 

    I also think that the success that they have had is the exception rather than the rule, even in the earlier seasons. The winners from season 1-5 other than Carrie and Kelly were not that much more successful than the  more recent winners, especially if you take into consideration changes in radio play.  Also, the ones from earlier seasons have had more albums out.  

      

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