Idol Headlines for 04/02/12

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Jordin Sparks will take part in a “Sparkle” Q&A on Facebook today with comedian, Mike Epps. Click for more information.

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Heejun is in Banff for the Live! with Kelly show. Here he is with Jason Biggs from American Reunion. Heejun tweeted, “AMERICAN PIEDOL”

Ryan Seacrest Is Said to Be Close to New Deal With Comcast – Ryan Seacrest is on the verge of completing a new contract with NBCUniversal, the company that owns the E! channel, where he is a host and a producer; Bravo, where he is a supplier of programming; and NBC, where he will soon appear sometimes on the “Today” show. He is likely to announce an expanded relationship with the company when he comes on “Today” on Tuesday morning. The appearance was teased on Sunday night by Jim Bell, the executive producer of “Today,” who wrote in a Twitter message, “Tuesday morning live on the TODAY show in Studio 1A, Ryan Seacrest will make a big NBC announcement.” – Read more at The New York Times

‘American Idol’ Mansion Former Orgy Porn Den – The “American Idol” kids are following in the footsteps of orgy-lovin, sex-crazed, swingers — TMZ has learned — because the mansion they just moved in to was previously used for PORN! Sources tell TMZ, the new digs currently housing the top 9 finalists on ‘Idol’ is the same place Playboy TV shot season 2 of its racy sex show “Swing.” As for the specs — the former sex den is a 10-bdrm, 16-bath, 16,000 sq. ft swingers dream … now housing the squeaky clean — soon to be Disney World attraction — “Idol” finalists. – Read more at TMZ

Idology: Celebrating Elise, Defending Jessica and Sparring Over DeAndre and Skylar

Read more at TV Line

Keck’s Exclusives First Look: An American Idol Visits Hart of Dixie – There will be a wedding on the season finale of The CW’s Hart of Dixie, but it may not be the George-and-Lemon marriage fans are expecting. In the April 23 episode, George (Scott Porter) skips town with Zoe (Rachel Bilson) and they end up at a bar and are serenaded by last year’s American Idol winner, Scotty McCreery. – See the photo at TV Guide</a>

Interview: Haley Reinhart Wants Music Fans to Listen Up! – The singer has been on quite the press tour as of late, which included making her return to the Idol stage earlier this month, as well as appearing on the popular CW drama, 90210. Earlier this week, Reinhart graciously took the time to chat with me about her new single, having creative control on her album, and what she hopes her fans will take away from Listen – Read more at SeattlePI

Carrie Underwood Leaves Us Blown Away – Carrie Underwood is that “all-American girl” she sings about on her 2007 album Carnival Ride: She lounges in sweats, albeit with thick, matted false eyelashes still weighing her down from her photo shoot, as she chats candidly about her “wild” plans for the night, which include a trip to the new Whole Foods near her Brentwood, Tennessee, home and cuddling with Ace and Penny, her canine sidekicks. And, like so many women her age, Underwood chose Las Vegas for her bachelorette party before tying the knot with Mike Fisher (of the NHL’s Nashville Predators) in Georgia in 2010. Looking at her lean figure, one would never guess that her favorite Vegas activity is indulging in the local dining scene. – Read more at VegasMagazine

KELLY CLARKSON IS STRONGER THANKS TO ‘AMERICAN IDOL’ – Clarkson knows if it hadn’t been for winning American Idol, her career would not be where it is today. Clarkson told us that wining the competition was like hitting the lotto and goes on to reminisce the night she won. (Click on the audio player to hear Kelly Clarkson) – Listen at FOX All Access

The Voice trumps Simon Cowell’s Britain’s Got Talent in ratings war – The Voice averaged 9.6 million viewers against 7.6 million for BGT during the 20 minute window when the two programmes overlapped. The Voice sees singers take part in blind auditions with judges Jessie J, Tom Jones, Will.i.am and Danny O’Donoghue showing their approval for an act by swinging round in their chairs to catch a first glimpse. – Read more at Telegraph.co.uk

Smash Preview: Adultery Bombshell Will Be ‘Quite Damaging,’ Says Brian d’Arcy James – TVLINE | How does he find out about Julia’s affair?
Over the last couple of episodes, you’ve seen Frank witness the working relationship that Julia and Michael have, and I think subconsciously there’s always a kind of radar that one has for these types of things. There is an interesting way that he puts two and two together – it’s born out of the world in which we live, and by that I mean the information I receive comes in the form of Julia’s work and themes that she perhaps has written about. Let’s put it that way. TVLINE | Is Will Chase around, so that Michael can get clocked?
He’s definitely in this episode, and we do have a showdown, for sure. I love that scene. Like I said, it is unfortunate for Frank — the story is quite heavy for him — but for me as the actor, it’s what you live for. – Read more at TV Line

 
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  • http://twitter.com/MoriaPolonius Moria Polonius

     And that’s why you can’t call it unique to Cook or guitar playing white males.

    Oh? Jordin possibly lost most of her Idol fanbase but she has turned out capable of gaining new fans. WGWGs haven’t, painfully obvious in Cook’s case. 

    Jordin actually is another proof of female AI winners being viable commercial products, unlike male ones. On what is probably the most commercial tv show of all time.

    Bottom line: female winners do ok or brilliant post-show. Male ones don’t. 

    Sorry, but no amount of excusing or justifying is going to make Cook/Kris/Lee any less of a group of similar men who all turned out to be a Mr. America without appeal, commercial or otherwise, in the big bad world. Which I personally can barely wrap my mind around but that’s the reason I find the phenomenon so interesting.

  • Anonymous

    Cook’s was part of the fan pack from his official website, glad they are selling it separately now

    It’s been sold separately for quite some time.  Almost 2 months in fact.  It  has been on sale at Walmart since Feb 7, 2012 where it was a Walmart exclusive.  I guess the agreement with Walmart is now expired, since iTunes now has released it in so many countries.  Germany’s release day is Friday, which is why it has a date of March 30 on iTunes. ;)

  • Anonymous

    Oh? Jordin possibly lost most of her Idol fanbase but she has turned out capable of gaining new fans.

    Which is why her big buzzy Ryan Tedder penned single that she debuted on AI last year sold similarly to Cook’s TLG and got less radio play?

    Look, I like Sparks, although some of her singles aren’t my cuppa.  I think this movie has the chance to jumpstart her career, and I really hope it does.  But it needs jump starting.

    You are insisting that this phenomenon is entirely about gender or playing an instrument.  It’s about radio play, too.  When you can get it and maintain it, you do better than if you can’t.  It’s really that simple.  When you don’t put out a US single for two years (Battlefield to I Am Woman, or Come Back to Me to TLG), and you don’t have a Clarkson or Daughtry level repetoire of other recurrent songs, it’s going to be harder to stay top of mind for radio and get back into things.  I think Lambert is seeing this to an extent as well (it’s been awhile since IIHY and CHR still isn’t touching BTIKM), and he has never played guitar once.

  • Karen C

    Failing to live up to whose standard, though?  Different things are important to different artists.  For some putting out the music they want to is more important than being at the top of the pop charts.  

  • Karen C

    Bottom line: female winners do ok or brilliant post-show. Male ones don’t.

    That’s a different argument than the WGWG being the ones that haven’t done well, because it includes the males who aren’t WGWG.  Ruben Studdards first album sold very well and his second one didn’t, either.  Which does follow the pattern that most of the winners have had.  

  • Susan

    I have personally spoken to several people who are fans of the show that do not even know that their favorites released any original music after the show that were interested in the albums after I told them about them. 

    I believe this.  Last July I uploaded a video to youtube that I shot of James at the American Idol concert.  On Sunday, someone commented on the video “somebody give him a record deal.”  

    Of course I commented that he’s had an album out for 4 months now…

  • Anonymous

    “ It’s about radio play, too.  When you can get it and maintain it, you do better than if you can’t.  It’s really that simple.  When you don’t put out a US single for two years (Battlefield to I Am Woman, or Come Back to Me to TLG), and you don’t have a Clarkson or Daughtry level repetoire of other recurrent songs, it’s going to be harder to stay top of mind for radio and get back into things.”

    Very true. I would also add that it takes a label that believes in the artist’s potential. Take Rihanna for example. Her album sales started off very poor for the 1st 3 albums (1st week sales of 70k or lower) but her label kept putting out single after single to get the sells up. When she ran out of singles, her label immediately put out a new album and reinvented her image until people became loyal fans. She has never taken a break…ever.

    I think if labels follow the same formula with idol winners they would be more successful.

    If Jessica wins, they should give her the Rihanna treatment and support her unconditionally. I don’t believe that radio station treat idol winners differently, labels do.

  • http://twitter.com/eilonwya10 Eilonwy

    Very true. I would also add that it takes a label that believes in the artist’s potential. Take Rihanna for example. Her album sales started off very poor for the 1st 3 albums (1st week sales of 70k or lower) but her label kept putting out single after single to get the sells up.

    Mmmm… I agree that label commitment is good and that it’s possible to leave too long between singles or give up too soon… but Rihanna’s first album, Music of the Sun, had only two singles released and that was enough to drive it to gold certification in the U.S., even though the second single flopped. The second album, A Girl Like Me, had opening week sales of 115,000 and only three singles in the U.S., which charted in CHR at #1, #2, and #6.

    It’s with Good Girl Gone Bad that we get something like six U.S. singles, but that one opened with sales of 162,000 — and she’s churning out top 10 CHR hits. 

    It looks like Def Jam kept going with singles for Rihanna as long as the songs were hitting at least platinum and charting really well, but stopped releasing singles from an album once one didn’t do so hot. That’s a little different from trying to follow up on singles that came nowhere near platinum and had modest radio play; it’s much harder for the mid-list artists to get the necessary radio traction on a subsequent song. (Not “we’re all doooooooomed” impossible — but enough more difficult that I think labels have reason to factor this into their decision-making process as they work through an album cycle.)

  • Karen C

     When you don’t put out a US single for two years (Battlefield to I Am Woman, or Come Back to Me to TLG), and you don’t have a Clarkson or Daughtry level repetoire of other recurrent songs, it’s going to be harder to stay top of mind for radio and get back into things.

    I think this is a big part of the problem with those from in recent years Idol getting radioplay. It seems like other new artist get 4-5 singles from their debut albums and Idols are getting 2 or 3, even if the albums are still doing well. It’s happened so many times I wonder if they get less money for releasing singles than in a normal contract for a new artist.

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