Idol Headlines for 04/15/09

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20272598,00.html

Demi Lovato Launches Summer Tour
This time around American Idol season seven runner-up David Archuleta will be Lovato’s opening act.

tour dates have been put up, there and also on her myspace. Waiting to see which ones david will be at. Im guessing most of them except the state fairs.

She also announced the tour on Ellen today

Tour poster found on her facebook.
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McFly’s myspace put up a notice that DAvid will be performing on idol on the 22nd before heading to the uk. So thats some confirmation.

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David mentions his second album in this article.

His present challenge is getting out his second album for which he is gathering new material.

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s difficult making an album, deciding which songs to include in it,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  he said.

Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s retaining the pop genre for his next album, but one thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s more mature.

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll be fun and happy tunes as well as a more soulful sound with more depth and emotion à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  something I see myself doing in future,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  said Archuleta, who idolises John Mayor, Jason Mraz and Natasha Beddingfield.

He also hopes to write more songs this time around (only three tracks in his debut album were co-written by him).

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m working on it already. You learn so much from scripting your own songs.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  But finding the muse to compose them is proving to be the hardest bit for him right now. à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“I really need to focus,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  said Archuleta, who drives around in his car to help clear his mind.

more at link

Now that was a better M. Johns interview. He came across so much more likable than in the last one. I surmised that the editing on the last interview was severe, and I know I am pretty sure I am right. I am not totally sold on his first song. It is not bad, but it just didn’t stay with me.

I just heard that Archie is singing ALTNOY next week on Idol, so I guess a 3rd single is out of the question. Since he’s already talking about the next album, looks like Jive is really moving on from this era.

Wonder if this will be the quickest 2nd album by any Idol up to now.

The four judges have been awful this year. Get rid of either Kara or Randy — they’re both a bunch of useless blather — and go back to three judges.

Simon, Paula, and Randy again — or Simon, Paula, and Kara. Either way.

This is so easy. They never should have gone to a 4 judge situ. Why mess with a great thing? But then they always do. Kara adds absolutely nothing to the show and it takes away from the show cause really, no one cares what anyone thinks except for what Simon thinks. Love him or hate him its his comments I wait for because in the big picture, I almost always agree with him.

I could give two shits what Kara thinks.

Wait – Demi is really popular enough for those venues? I’m asking honestly – those are some pretty big places, and I don’t really hear as much about her as I did about Miley/JB when they were playing the same venues.

Why is it has to Be Paula Or Kara? I like both of them way better than Randy, who is the most annoying out of the 4 imo. He was always the weakest out of the judges.

Wait – Demi is really popular enough for those venues? Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m asking honestly – those are some pretty big places, and I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t really hear as much about her as I did about Miley/JB when they were playing the same venues.

I’m surprised by this too. My kids watch her show, but I never realized she was this popular. I’ve never heard her sing, so I have no clue if she’s any good.

ETA:

Why is it has to Be Paula Or Kara? I like both of them way better than Randy, who is the most annoying out of the 4 imo. He was always the weakest out of the judges.

I find Randy and Paula equally annoying and useless. Randy is just plain repetitive, while Paula actively makes no sense. They can get rid of either one of them, or both for all I care. I favor Simon, and for me, at least Kara speaks in coherent sentences.

Well, Demi sold only about 300K albums and I don’t think she had any CHR hits, but I guess she’s popular because of her TV show and Camp Rock. I honestly never heard of her until this tour rumor came up, so who knows.

Demi was just on Ellen this morning singing Dont Forget and she sounded good. Its the first time i heard that song and I rather like it.

Re: Demi

She’s the most tolerable out of all the teen disney stars..and she can really sing! I like some of her songs..very talented girl..

Totally agree with Spense on the judges. Randy is useless (always has been) and I have to leave the room a lot of times when Paula comments.

Paula was on Johnjay and Rich this morning… she says next week is DISCO WEEK!

http://johnjayandrich.1047kissfm.com/pages/podcasts.php

Disco week? Perfect for Adam! :thumbup_tb:

Disco week! Yay. I hope Danny dislocates his pelvis in rehearsals.

Disco week! Yay. I hope Danny dislocates his pelvis in rehearsals.

LOL Cheese, I was just thinking “oh Disco Week, so out with the widower character, and back to the Pelvic Thruster!”. I guess we can also assume that the wedding ring will disappear again.

A couple of good lists of disco songs here, I think.

http://www.popculturemadness.com/Music/Disco.html

http://www.alaskajim.com/lists/disco_songs.htm

OMG! Disco night. I am so laughing and loving the thought of this. Adam better be epic. Lil could be great too. Anoop better let his disco out!! He was great vocally this week, and I’m begging for fun Anoop. Please!! Allison needs to go all out too. Danny and Kris will be the only ones I’ll cringe for. Oops. I guess one of them will be gone.

So tonight they need to have the biggest surprise of all! No more four judge panel starting right now! Save the idol and get rid of Randy!

Disco week! Yay. I hope Danny dislocates his pelvis in rehearsals.

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Quentin Tarantino: Worst American Idol Celebrity Mentor Ever

Most American Idol guest celebrity mentors are polite and boring and offer innocuous non-criticisms lest they accidentally tell a contestant to do something stupid and look dumb themselves. Most American Idol judges are not Quentin Tarantino. On last night’s episode, the director enthusiastically doled out advice, all of which was either completely disregarded or later proven terrible. In every case, his thumbs-up endorsement for a finalist meant they’d be savaged by the judges minutes later. For anyone who’s ever wondered why the acting is so weird in all of his movies, we may have finally found the answer. This is all to say that last night’s show was terrifically entertaining, and we hope they invite him back next year. Also, possibly to promote Inglourious Basterds, Tarantino appeared to be wearing a Hitler haircut.

Idol weekly sales report from USA Today.

Yeah, I listened in to the pod cast – yucky, I hate disco week! – Paula also mentions that they’ll be having a bunch of disco-era stars guesting and she’ll even be choreographing the dance (on second thought, that’s pretty epic)!

Wait, isn’t Archie singing in next week’s results show? That would be so weird (with the disco stuff).

Disco week! Yay. I hope Danny dislocates his pelvis in rehearsals.

Here’s to hoping! Danny is just all kind of bleh.

I think they should ditch Kara. She’s not adding anything and I like Paula. Paula has given some good critiques this season although I admit she has a tendency to run off the rails and lapse into incoherence. Still, that’s good for a laugh or two. Kara is just plain annoying.

The media is really pounding this “gay Idol” issue. I’m not sure how it will sort itself out but I’m curious to find out.

So tonight they need to have the biggest surprise of all! No more four judge panel starting right now! Save the idol and get rid of Randy!

Here is what they should do tonight:

Ryan splits the Idols into two groups of three (Adam/Lil/Allison and Kris/Anoop/Matt). Then, Ryan gets Danny to pick a group. Danny has the social skills of a Jim Carrey character, so he will just love the attention and successfully depimp himself no matter what stunt he tries.

Then, Ryan will go to a disgusted looking Simon and he says that it’s ridiculous that Kris/Anoop/Matt are in the bottom three and that some of them wouldn’t be there if people had had a chance to hear his comments and we all know who should be in the bottom (camera focuses on Lil).

Then, Simon goes on to complain that the problem this year is too many judges and this week illustrates why they need the save and he will save the entire group and boot Kara. The press will eat it up.

Now, if Kris is the bottom vote getter, they may actually take it to elimination, but if it is Anoop or Matt (I think it’s Matt), they may not want to save them again so they will save the group.

Now, I don’t mind Kara. She needs to get to the point a little faster and she needs to stop getting mad at people who won’t sit in her box, but, the fact is, for me (as Randy would say), this season is starting to get mighty un-com-for-ta-ble. Simon and Paula show Kara absolutely NO respect and the gagging thing Simon was doing during Kara’s review of Matt was just plain rude (way to act professional, Simon. I can’t imagine what my boss would say to me if I did that while a co-worker was making a presentation). It’s gotten to the point where it’s like having dinner with a couple that wants to get divorced and are pick-pick-picking at each other. By the time the appetizers are served, you feel like yelling “Just call your damn lawyers already and put us all out of your misery!”.

So, use the damn save (they better use it this year because we viewers deserve payback for having to watch all that uncomfortable begging and fake deliberations. Plus, the old showing the gun in the first act thing), boot Kara, fix the show and get your bloody controversy in the news.

Maybe as a consolation, Kara can mentor the kids next week or something. Maybe she can even duet with Archie as her swan song.

Disco week! Yay. I hope Danny dislocates his pelvis in rehearsals.

LMAO… I think Slezak nailed it in his assessment of Danny:

Indeed, Danny’s big risks tonight included pulling out a harp (!), growing out some stubbly facial hair, taking off his trademark glasses, and glancing heavenward in the closing moments of ”Endless Love,” the first overt reference to the singer’s late wife since the Idol semifinals some eight weeks ago.

I’m over the back story business, but I can’t get past the way Danny’s performances all seem to follow the same exact template: Understated and sporadically flat on the verse, heading directly into loogie-hawking, violent vocal strain on the chorus.

But seriously man, disco? If Matt gets kicked off this week, I’m pretty sure I won’t be tuning in next week. Blech!

Kara has got to go. She isn’t adding anything to the panel. She really is a waste of time. I like how Simon was mocking her when she was talking about Matt and then Ryan cut her off because of time, lol. Stick with the original 3 judges, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. They each add and element to the show. It sucks that we didn’t get to hear Simon/Paula/Randy’s opinion on each contestant. If they with stop with the stupid chat with Ryan and the contestants and Ryan messing around with the judges then they will make time perfectly. If they are going to stick with this format then the show has to be 1.5 hours. There is no other choice because the two judge at a time critique sucks. If CI can do it why can’t AI?
Oh wait they don’t have Kara who talks to freaking much, sometimes she just needs to shut up. I hope she is gone next season. BRING Nigel back!!! He was doing fine.

Now, I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t mind Kara. She needs to get to the point a little faster and she needs to stop getting mad at people who wonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t sit in her box, but, the fact is, for me (as Randy would say), this season is starting to get mighty un-com-for-ta-ble. Simon and Paula show Kara absolutely NO respect and the gagging thing Simon was doing during Karaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s review of Matt was just plain rude (way to act professional, Simon. I canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t imagine what my boss would say to me if I did that while a co-worker was making a presentation). Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s gotten to the point where ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s like having dinner with a couple that wants to get divorced and are pick-pick-picking at each other. By the time the appetizers are served, you feel like yelling à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Just call your damn lawyers already and put us all out of your misery!à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ .

So true. Why did they bother employing her if they were going to treat her like a sub-judge? This whole idea was bad. They should’ve either replaced Randy or Paula with her, or they shouldn’t have brought her at all. Not to mention that everyone keeps blaming her for their running out of time. It’s not her fault alone. It’s just the fact that both her and Paula can’t get to the pont. Especially Paula, who takes like 5 minutes to even start her critique.

Really, the four judges idea should not be this difficult to carry out. They do it perfectly fine on Canadian Idol and X Factor. It’s just these particular judges that can’t get their critiques, and say them on time. You know what would be good? If they just fired ALL THE JUDGES, (INCLUDING RYAN) and hired the judges (and host) from Canadian Idol. Really, I’m just sick of them all. They’re so self involved, and the idol studio can barely contain all their egos, not to mention they don’t ever seem to be paying attention to the performances. Until they realize that it’s not about THEM, and that it’s about the contestants, then I stand by that. Off with their heads! :p

If they just fired ALL THE JUDGES, (INCLUDING RYAN) and hired the judges (and host) from Canadian Idol. Really, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m just sick of them all.

Ooo! Clever way of getting Ben out of the country and unleashing his smarm on the unsuspecting Americans. They already blame Canadians for all the cold snaps, Celine wailing and Bryan Adams dreck, sowhy not hit them with the big weapons!

The judges on Canadian Idol are way more helpful, coherent, consistent and don’t require translators (yo dawg-I mean-man-dawg-that was-for me-yo-for me-ah-you know what I mean?). Plus, they get it done on time.

I do kind of like Ryan though. He’s everywhere at once. And it’s so funny when they try to catch him “dancing” because he cannot find the beat.

I have some love for Kara, if she is able to made her comments and critics short…please… I will get rid of Randy… I don ´t understand anything of what he is saying…

And please JIVE don ´t let Archie sing with Kara for Idol Night that will be a waste of promotion…*seriouslylovethankyou*

And I just put all my points in Matt, I think Lil will be save by the black vote, not being racist here but I think is the only way of explain her being safe… it always worries me that Kris and Allison are always so low in dialidol.com, but hey, I ´m not American so I can ´t judge your choice…

Ooo! Clever way of getting Ben out of the country and unleashing his smarm on the unsuspecting Americans. They already blame Canadians for all the cold snaps, Celine wailing and Bryan Adams dreck, sowhy not hit them with the big weapons!

Well, since the rest of the world blames us for EVERYTHING, we need you guys as our scapegoat. We appreciate our Northern neighbors being there for us in that capacity.

And, just sayin, I think last night proved why Canada really owes us an apology for Bryan Adams. LOL I’ll cut ya’ some slack on the Celine thing, since her insane tour revenue helps our shitty economy

David Cook thinks Adam and Kris are the standouts this year:

http://www.myfoxyumaelcentro.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=8404037&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1

I am thinking you will be right tonight Kirsten

i really like kara and i think she is great for the show. someone who is CURRENTLY very very successful in the music industry. how many hits has she written in the last ten years? major albums she has worked on? from what i can tell, and what i’ve read/heard, she is very talented. i value her opinion right up there with simon’s. i like paula, and love her comments, but is she a great singer? no. is she a great song writer? no. is she a great performer? nah. but i like her. as for randy…uuuh….he can be the judge to go.

and it’s a shame what has become of jessica sierra. she was my favorite contestant her year, and i wished her the best. she seems to be pretty down and out these days though.

Kelly did a Q&A with Rolling Stone

http://i39.tinypic.com/11mgjs5.jpg

Wonder if this will be the quickest 2nd album by any Idol up to now.

Well, considering Justin, Diana, Blake, Kat, Bo, Kristy Lee, Taylor, and others were all dropped before their second album, I should think this is quite a step up.

It’s not the quickest a major artist in general has put out a second album. There were 8 months between Rihanna’s first two albums. Her first album had one really big hit, Pon de Replay, and the album went gold in 2005. Her second album did better in 2006. It spawned three top 10 hits–SOS, Unfaithful and Break It Off, although Break It Off was her 4th single. Her third single off her 2006 album, We Ride, failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 (so flops can even come after 2 huge hits). Her third album only came a year and 2 months after her second, even though her second was very successful. That album made her the queen of CHR airplay.

And since we’re talking David/Demi today–Demi will release her second album 10 months after her first, in July.

Marc Berman has posted the fast national numbers for Idol last night:

American Idol
8:00 p.m. V: 22.52 m, A18-49: 8.0/23
8:30 p.m. V: 24.44 m, A18-49: 8.5/22

This would seem to indicate that the show doesn’t need Adam to sing in the last three performance slots in order to boost ratings. The ratings take care of themselves. This may indicate that there is another reason the producers keep putting Adam in relatively safe spots. That reason may be pimping.

And if the reason why the ratings were higher in the second half is because viewers were “trained” to expect him to sing late, this just demonstrates the folly I pointed out earlier of not having him sing in a variety of performance spots. Why train your viewers to only tune in for a small portion of the end of the show?

I wish there had been one or more new judges after the dysfunctional third season. The Simon-Paula-Randy dynamic was always dominated by Simon and long ago became a predictable rut usually resulting in lazy, lockstep opinions. At least Kara tries to give constructive criticism to help the kids and I think her more analytical approach forced Randy and Paula to improve their “judging.”

There is no changing Simon. Either he cannot hear the performances — notice how he is always asking Paula what somebody on stage said — or he doesn’t care enough to pay attention. His behavior during Kara’s critique was extremely disrespectful to everyone. The producers need to make him apologize tonight — and not let it turn into a stupid Simon vs. Ryan joke.

Paula is another attention hog — her look-at-me dancing is as rude as Simon’s self-absorption. Randy should make a bigger impact since he knows more about American music than Paula or Simon, but he is little more than “that other judge.” When current or former contestants are asked about their favorite judge or which of the three is most influential, Randy is never mentioned.

I think would the show and the competition would be greatly improved if the panel consisted of a music producer (Todd Rundgren or Linda Perry), a more relevant ex-performer (Mark McGrath), maybe a knowledgeable writer who can think independently (Michael Slezak, Fred Bronson or Dave White), and/or a former Idol (Chris Sligh and Clay Aiken have good senses of humor).

This may indicate that there is another reason the producers keep putting Adam in relatively safe spots. That reason may be pimping.

ROFL. I laughed at the way you phrased this.

Personally, I think that since the Judges are responsible for choosing the top bunch of people, then they should also be held responsible by 19 for the relative failures in sales that have been the top finishers of late. They manipulate the contestants and public opinion and are a major reason that some of the more talented people don’t make it into the top ten because they aren’t “what they are looking for” …. “they” don’t seem to be very good at what they do, so can ALL of their sorry asses…..especially Simon who is the most musicaly ignorant of all of them.

Time for some new blood to rescue what is left of a good idea.

Kelly Clarkson is singing the National Anthem at the opening of new Yankee Stadium tomorrow, From MLB Twitter

yogi first pitch, kelly clarkson national anthem
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WHAT? You mean 4 people going after Adam didn’t cause everyone to turn their TV’s off?!? People hung around to watch those other people?? I’m SHOCKED at this! :laugh_tb:

This would seem to indicate that the show doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t need Adam to sing in the last three performance slots in order to boost ratings. The ratings take care of themselves. This may indicate that there is another reason the producers keep putting Adam in relatively safe spots. That reason may be pimping.

i think that much had been indicated some weeks ago when people turned off before Adam performed. Some fans like to think everyone wants to see Adam, but if anything the audience is probably waiting for Danny (it’s more plausible…)
Yes, it’s all about pimping Adam, has anything to do with ratings.

Wait, so David Hernandez is “out”? Why is he making music (not to mention VIDEOS) like Ginuwine or R. Kelly, then?

I wondered how long it would take before the Adam/ Obama comparisons began….

Nice to read about David Hernandez again. *sigh*

Here’s an excerpt from a good MTV Jason interview/article.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1609312/20090415/index.jhtml?rsspartner=rssYahooNewscrawler

To Jason Castro fans, this week’s news that the dreadlocked “American Idol” season-seven finalist inked a recording contract with Atlantic Records must have seemed like a return from a long, lonely exile.

But for Rockwall, Texas, native Castro, who just turned 22, the nearly yearlong wait to secure a record deal seemed like no time at all. “I hear it happened pretty quick compared to what it usually takes to get a record deal,” Castro said. “I’m pumped. There’s a big misconception about how fast things move … but since I got off the ‘Idol’ tour, I’ve been writing nonstop and meeting with publishers, and I actually signed a publishing deal ahead of the label one.”

…He’s still figuring out what shape the album will take and what the vibe will be as he experiments with playing with his band, but he’s pretty sure it will be a kind of “modern singer/songwriter” effort that will feature tunes that have a personal meaning for him. “I’ll be telling real stories people can connect with,” he promised, saying he’s aiming for organic songs without a highly produced mechanical studio sheen that can’t be replicated live.

It’s sooo cool that he got his publishing deal before his label deal. I remember how excited Elliott was when he got his publishing deal. At the time some fans did not understand just what a big deal it was. I’m glad that I know now and can be ultra thrilled at Jason’s publishing deal. I’m so excited for him.

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David and Archie’s Manila Concert Ad #2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfQz6mM2hFI

Concert Ad #1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fChscyFfaFg

What a slacker that Jason is. Writing, recording, publishing deal, record contract!