Idol Headlines for 06/07/12 -The Evening Edition

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The first day of American Idol auditions are underway in Los Angeles at Dodgers Stadium. Ryan Seacrest tweeted, “14 days after the finale…today is our first day of @AmericanIdol season 12!”

KTLA reports that “hundreds” of hopefuls turned out this morning. Hudreds? usually by now, we have some sort of estimate of how many turned out to audition, but I can’t find a number yet. Hm. Are potential contestants too busy auditioning for X Factor?

ETA: This report says 2,500 hopefuls lined up this morning at 5 am! WTF? (KPCC)

Here’s a lyric from country singer, Joe Eady’s new song “AM Country Heaven”. See if you can figure out who he is talking about, ““Well, they sing about Jesus, they sing about Jones/And they sing of American pride/But they’re all too damn clean, polished like stones/And they won’t sing about cheatin’ and lies
Well it’s all about idols and pretty blond hair/And how many trucks you can sell.” I’d say that’s a pretty solid shot at Carrie Underwood and some of her fellow country superstars. Eady is from the Fort Worth area. The song is from his new self-titled album. Read more at 29-95

Kellie Pickler Brings Wounded Marine as Her Date to the 2012 CMT Music Awards – Aw. I wondered who the young man was sitting next to Kellie at last night’s CMT Video Awards. He’s Sgt. Sean DeBevoise, a Marine who was severely wounded during a 2006 deployment to Iraq. DeBevoise walked the red carpet with Kellie and brought along his service dog Rusty. “I am esctatic about being here at the CMT Music Awards with Kellie,” DeBevoise said Wednesday night, “even more to consider her a friend. She is the most sincere person I know. She is an angel.” – Read more at Taste of Country

Carrie Underwood Gives Engagement Advice to Miley and Liam – Carrie Underwood has advice for the newly engaged couple, Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth. “If you can be engaged for a while, plan everything slow and take your first couple of years just to really hang out.” I think that’s code for “19 is WAY to young to be engaged.” See the video at ExtraTV

Idol Winner Kris Allen Loves Tekken – Kris Allen performed and participated in the (RED)RUSH charity games tournament at E3. “This is definitely something that I care about and when Bono’s involved with it, you’re not going to say no,” said Allen. “I’ve spent a lot of time in Africa and helping out with AIDS [charities], and so if I can help out in any way, it’s great.” – Read more at IGN

Simon Cowell’s Syco to Co-Produce U.K. Cooking Show – Simon Cowell is bringing a new cooking show to ITV. The production will be Food, Glorious Food! and is described on its web site as “the biggest ever search for Britain’s best-loved recipe,” it will “scour the country in search of one very special dish” made by an amateur cook. The winner will get a chance to get their recipe on the shelves of retail giant Marks & Spencer and win £20,000 ($31,000). – Read more at The Hollywood Reporter

 
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  • Anonymous

    That is Beautiful!!!!!!!!

  • Anonymous

    Season 10 in Los Angeles only had 3000 hopefuls. So really, it isnt that
    far down. The date is also early for a lot of people, many college and
    high school kids are finishing school/finals.

    You left out that part about how those LA auditions were extremely last minute and tacked on at the end of the cycle.

    When Idol went to LA in the summer of 2006 between 10K and 20K (depending on which account you read) showed up in Pasadena to try out. That’s a pretty significant difference.

  • Anonymous

    That’s what I thought.  At least 10,000 seems more like it.  Maybe all of the talent has been tapped??? 

  • Anonymous

    Here’s the clip of Kris on E!New. It was a very short segment. Looks like the pregnancy rumor has replaced the pier cop story…

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta_rsJwjZrk&feature=youtu.be 

  • Guest

    In a way, there wasn’t much notice(time wise) for these either. Weren’t the cities announced around top 3? That’s like 3 weeks ago.
    Not even a months notice.

    http://www.mjsbigblog.com/american-idol-finale-feat-scotty-mccreery-rihanna-season-12-auditions-begin-in-la-newark-chicago.htm

    On the other hand the S10 LA auditions were announced September 3rd which was almost 20 days in advance. Almost the same time frame.

    http://www.mjsbigblog.com/los-angeles-added-as-final-season-10-audition-city.htm

  • Anonymous

    On the other hand the S10 LA auditions were announced September 3rd
    which was almost 20 days in advance. Almost the same time frame.

      Still, those LA auditions were tacked on at the very end of the cycle, and not very well publicized. Six or 7 cities had already held auditions.

    Season 12 auditions were announced by Ryan during Top 3 on the show in front of millions of viewers. And it’s the very 1st audition–which I expected to generate a lot more excitement.

    We’ll see how the rest of the audition cities go. But if the attendance continues to be down, I don’t think there will be any way to spin it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Li-Wright/100001622678180 Li Wright

     Isn’t it too soon to start auditioning?  What’s wrong with this picture?  They don’t even have all three judges confirmed.

  • Kylee

    Even if it is just 2500, I’m sure there is still a great chance of great talent in that crowd. 

  • Anonymous

    They don’t need the judges for this first round of auditions. The hopefuls sing in front of a bunch of producers and other staff member for this first wave of cuts — not in front of J-Lo, Randy and Steven.

  • Lombe Chileshe

    There was no other place I could post this, so I have to post it here.

    For most of last week we JS fans have been trying to purchase and download her ‘Change Nothing’ single only to be met by “problem/error messages”? preventing them from going through the purchase. It has apparently changed now. But sounds and smells monkey business. I’ve talked to a couple of people unable to download Jessica’s Change Nothing and they’re all living in Chicago, Seattle and Manhattan.

    Also, The Idol Journey EP’s are available on Walmart for pre-order, and she has been in the Top 3 for over a week. Right now she’s Number 2 on the best-sellers list and Number 1 on the Pre-Order list. I dont know how good the Walmart sales are, but It’s good to see Jessica on Top of those lists!    http://www.walmart.com/browse/Music/_/N-2p4h?ic=96_0&tc=100&path=0:4104&ref=125873.125873&search_sort=5&selected_items=+&depts=T&catNavId=4104&povid=cat4104-env205212-moduleC092911-lLinkRR1Seeall100BestSellingAlbums

  • asifclueless

    Gorgeous Adam!!!

     http://i.imgur.com/uuE8L.jpg

  • asifclueless

    It looks like Adam is going to perform Kickin In on Saturday.

    Adam Lambert?’s tweet

    So excited for the late night G-A-Y club performance on Saturday here in London.   You’re gonna feel it Kickin In boys!

  • fuzzywuzzy

    “His point was that at least with Idols you’re getting people who’ve
    proven they can sing live …”

    Sadly, that’s not true any more.

  • Anonymous

    Agree with what you said. Ultimately it’s still the consumers who dictates what kind of music that is supplied by the music industry. 

  • Anonymous

    2,500 in LA.

    That’s about right.

    For the most part, musicians in LA are looking for real and long term success and only do Idol when they get close to the cut-off age.

  • s k

    I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if the number of contestants auditioning this year for Idol was down substantially this year.  They are no longer the only game in town; so couple that with the 5 season trend of the same winner and people will almost surely lose interest.

  • Anonymous

    Elton John and Queen will perform in downtown Kiev Legendary singer Elton John and a British rock band Queen will hold a charitable anti-AIDS concert on the Independence Square before the Euro 2012 European Football Championship final. “Elton John and rock band Queen will play to support the fight against AIDS, here, on Independence Square,” Head of the ANTIAIDS Foundation Olena Pinchuk said at a press conference in Kyiv on Thursday.The ANTIAIDS Foundation, with the assistance of UEFA, will organize the concert. The concert will be entitled “Your Life is Not a Game. Let’s Stop AIDS Together!” It will begin on June 30 at 2000 and will last until midnight.According to Pinchuk, Elton John and Queen refused payment for the performance.The concert will take place on the stage in the fan zone on the Independence Square.”We will not build anything special,” she said.The concert will consist of two parts, admission will be free of charge, and in addition, the concert will be broadcast live.Pinchuk assumed that Elton John and Queen could attend the final match of Euro 2012 and said that she did not know whether they would attend the closing ceremony of the championship.During the concert, the foundation will raise funds for a new joint project of Elton John’s and Olena Pinchuk’s anti-AIDS foundations. Read more: http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/128938/#ixzz1x74S4TPP
    http://i.imgur.com/R2pHH.jpg

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kaoru-Orihara/100003243922629 Kaoru Orihara

    Promo vid for the concert Adam in playing in Kiev with Queen and Elton John. Wish I could go to this!

    http://youtu.be/akMUGXoRoHA

  • http://twitter.com/tinawinabina Tinawina

    Well, if only the winner is guaranteed a contract now – plus the audience seems to gravitate towards one type of winner- plus people know that the alternative signing options are paying peanuts LOL- then I can see a decrease in a place like LA, which is full of experienced musicians who have other options to pursue a contract at their disposal. But when we get to other parts of the country things could be different.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_S3ZGXZCUE2YYOS7QV6QSTKM4SA buffynut2001

    2,500 is how many WGWG there are in LA! No one else showed up!

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