Idol Headlines for 08/20/09

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Kris Allen: The ultimate interview, Part Three

Krisallen3 In the third part of this four-part interview, “American Idol” winner Kris Allen discusses his experience on the show and his notable song choices that helped him clinch the season 8 crown.

You earned a reputation on ‘American Idol’  for taking well-known songs and making them your own. Is that something you’ve always done?

Yes. When you play in bars and you have to play for three hours, you have to play songs people know. I never wanted to just play a song that people know. I wanted people to think, ‘That’s a cool way to sing that song’  or ‘That’s a cool way to play that song,’  and so it’s always been a part of what I do as a performer.

LA Times

Label hunts hackers who stole Lewis/Timberlake song

LONDON (Reuters) ‘“ Record label SyCo and music trade body IFPI have called in the police to help them hunt down computer hackers who leaked a track by Leona Lewis and Justin Timberlake on the Internet.

The song, “Don’t Let Me Down,” is being considered as the first single release from the X Factor winner’s next album, according to the Sun newspaper.

“IFPI is working with SyCo and law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and Europe to trace the individuals who stole the Leona Lewis/Justin Timberlake track,” said Jeremy Banks, head of IFPI’s Internet Anti-Piracy Unit.

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‘American Idol’ winner Kris Allen is mastering the fame game

Give this whirlwind a whirl: In six months you’ve gone from unknown college dropout to ubiquitous music star, headlining arenas across the United States. Americans by the tens of millions handed you a first-place finish on the country’s most popular television program, and more than 20,000 lined the streets to help you celebrate with a hometown victory parade.

Last fall you were another anonymous dude playing bar gigs, just hoping somebody would notice; today you phone up Chris Daughtry for career advice.

Freep.com

‘Idols’ live gets a different vote

ALBANY — I must disclose before I say anything more that I redialed my phone three times to place four votes for Kris Allen before the finale of season 8 of “American Idol” this May’“ once each for me, my two daughters, and the family dog. But after watching American Idols Live Tour 2009, a nearly three-hour show Wednesday at the Times Union Center, I’m not sure how my vote would go today.

The group looks a lot different live in front of a crowd of more than 8,000 adoring fans — mostly young women, as in tween girls (I know from their piercing screams and waving glow sticks) and, of course, their parents.

Times Union

Danny Gokey has heart for music

When Danny Gokey and I talked recently, Paula Abdul had just announced that she was leaving her judge’s chair on American Idol. And Gokey was more than a little disappointed.

”Paula is the heart of the show,” he said. ”Simon was the head, but Paula used her heart to respond to us. She was the only one who really cared about us.”

Ohio.com

‘American Idol’ finalists living the dream with tour

Lil Rounds’ life has turned into a nonstop whirlwind of traveling, concerts and meeting thousands of fans ever since the eighth season of “American Idol” ended in May.

Rounds, a top-10 finalist from this year’s hit Fox show, says that while her new, post-”Idol” life change might be overwhelming, it is exciting, and hopefully the start of a long, prominent singing career. For now, the Memphis, Tenn., resident is enjoying performing with her nine fellow finalists at the 50-plus-city “American Idols Live!” Tour 2009, which comes to Mellon Arena on Saturday night.

Pittsburgh Live

Joe Jonas to be a guest ‘American Idol’ judge in Dallas on Monday

Local American Idol hopefuls, prepare to have your fate decided by Simon, Kara, Randy and Joe Jonas.

The rep for the pop sensation (and Westlake resident) confirmed to People magazine that the middle JoBro will lend his advice during Monday’s auditions in Dallas. He’ll be weighing in on singers who made it past the June tryouts at the new Cowboys Stadium.

As for where the action will take place, the show won’t divulge that information. But when Idol was here in 2007, Simon and his cohort set up shop at the W hotel in Victory Park.

Dallas News

McCain, Gay Men Love Chris Daughtry

Without question, Chris Daughtry is one of the most successful American Idol alums — and he didn’t even win the show. So it should come as no surprise that fans are all excited about his new album and forthcoming tour.

Maybe none more so than Meghan McCain.

The pro’“marriage equality daughter of Republican senator and former presidential hopeful John McCain tweeted Wednesday, “Chris Daughtry’s voice is so friggin sexy (as is the rest of him) — that is all… :-) but seriously ladies u know what i mean.”

Advocate.com

President Obama to Appear in Sept. 8th Premiere of Get Schooled: You Have the Right

LOS ANGELES and WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The President of the United States Barack Obama will be the third guest featured in the television special Get Schooled: You Have the Right, Viacom (NYSE: VIA) (NYSE: VIA.B) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today. The 30-minute documentary highlights the education challenges, life choices and breakthroughs experienced by speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz, music director Jason Halbert and marketing executive Latesha Williams — three professionals who provide critical support to these leading figures in politics, entertainment and sports. As announced on Aug. 13, pop superstar Kelly Clarkson and 2009 NBA MVP LeBron James will also appear in the show. Get Schooled: You Have the Right premieres Sept. 8 at 8 p.m. and is the first programming “roadblock” of any kind across all Viacom networks including BET, MTV, VH1, CMT, COMEDY CENTRAL, Spike TV and Nickelodeon.

PR Newswire

Carrie Underwood is a C.A.T.S. person

Carrie Underwood has just started a fund to help with causes in her Checotah, Okla., hometown. It’s called C.A.T.S. — Checotah Animal, Town, and School Foundation. “My hometown is extremely supportive of me,” Carrie said in a statement announcing the fund’s creation, “and I feel blessed to be able to create something as a way of giving back; to say thank you.”

According to the press release, the C.A.T.S. Foundation will help with general causes, needs and services in the Checotah area to directly impact the community. Information on the foundation’s first donation to the community will be announced soon.

Idol Chatter

Hall of fame advance tickets selling quickly

Advance tickets for Carrie Underwood’s induction into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame are selling fast, but concert promoters say there should be enough tickets when sales go public on Saturday.

Underwood, the Checotah graduate topping country music charts, will perform at the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame Concert and Induction at 7 p.m. Sept. 17 at the Muskogee Civic Center. Other inductees include Grand Ole Opry singer Ramona Reed and rock keyboardist Rocky Frisco.

Muskogee Phoenix

Exclusive: Bo Bice Talks Troops and Why ‘Idol’ Could Suffer Without Paula

“American Idol” Season Four Runner-Up Bo Bice has certainly mapped out a route to success that includes a lot of time on tour (hence the name of his new album is “I Love the Road”), but entertaining our troops overseas has been the biggest highlight of his journey.

“I come from a military family, so when the call came to go over to Afghanistan, I jumped at the chance. Those two weeks were life changing, getting to experience how these men and women live, to see the true vision of what’s going on over there,” Bice told Tarts. “Over here in the United States, we’re cut off. We don’t see that there’s so many bases out there that are controlled by other countries, and that we’re the support effort. So there’s a lot of different people tied up in this campaign. But the men and women there never waiver, whether they’re a support group or on the front lines. I took away a new respect and love for what freedom really means.”

Fox News

Phil Stacey to launch Christian CD in Wichita

Two years and a lot of dues-paying later, Stacey is finally launching his Christian music career with the release of “Into the Light,” his second studio album since “American Idol.”

Stacey, a former Wichitan who graduated from Northwest High School in 1997, will celebrate the release at a concert Friday at Westlink Christian Church, 2001 N. Maize Road.

He’ll be performing music from the album, officially on sale starting Tuesday, including the first single, “You’re Not Shaken.”

Kansas.com

Idol alum LaToya London gets to work

LaToya London has a no-frills explanation for why so many American Idol alum opt for theater gigs instead of gambling on music ‘” it’s work.

‘We get to do what we love, make good money doing it and stay active,’  London says.

‘We’re all singers. But we want to be entertainers as well. We take a stab at theater. It’s something to do while whatever else you’re trying to do (is in the works).’ 

London currently stars as Nettie in the national touring production of The Color Purple, now running though Sunday at Hobby Center. It’s a make-up run for the performances lost to Hurricane Ike in September.

Chron.com

Jennifer Hudson’s new baby a gift from late mother

Jennifer Hudson has mostly stayed out of the spotlight since the Oct. 24, 2008, murders of her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew. Since then, Hudson and her fiance, David Ortunga, quietly gave birth to their first child, David Daniel Ortunga, Jr.

Hudson has yet to speak publicly about her baby, but a source tells Life & Style magazine that David Jr. was a welcome surprise.

Hudson, 27, who became engaged to David Otunga a month before the murders, didn’t plan on having a child so soon.

MSNBC

Exclusive behind the scenes interview with Simon Cowell.. on friends, feuds & fame

It’s the dream team judging panel, and they’re back with a mission ‘“ to find the next big thing in music. Acid-tongued judge Simon Cowell will step back into his role as telly’s Mr Nasty for the sixth series of The X Factor this Saturday.

And the man who’s launched some of the world’s biggest TV talent shows and singing stars says he couldn’t be happier to have such a dynamic team alongside him.

He reveals pop manager Louis Walsh, who was reinstated after a public outcry when he was dumped from the show two years ago, can ‘stay for as long as he wants’ .

Mirror.co.uk

5 more rise on ‘America’s Got Talent’

LOS ANGELES ‘” Five more “America’s Got Talent” acts are moving on.

Jeffrey Ou, a pianist from Carrollton, Texas; Lawrence Beamen, a singer from Walnut Creek, Calif.; Mario and Jenny Ferreira, married jugglers from Las Vegas; Hairo Torres, a contortionist breakdancer from Grants Pass, Ore.; and Footworkingz, a dance crew from Chicago learned Wednesday that they will compete in the NBC talent show’s semifinals.

All are vying for the $1 million prize and the chance to headline a Las Vegas show in October. Viewers selected the top four favorites via phone, e-mail and text message votes while judges Piers Morgan, Sharon Osbourne and David Hasselhoff picked the fifth semifinalist. Last week, five acts other progressed to the semifinals.

AP

ETA:

Top 10 ‘American Idols’ work their way to The Palace

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) – When Phil Stacey was a contestant on American Idol, he was pegged as a little bit country.

So that’s where the Harlan County native ended up after the show, on the country label Lyric Street Records. In 2008, he released a self-titled debut.

But anyone who was paying attention and knew a little bit about Stacey could hear something in the twang: a message.

“Even on my country record, every song was based on a Bible verse, to me,” Stacey says. “People who knew Christian music would say, ‘How could you put a John Waller song on a country CD?”‘ Stacey adds, referring to a modern rock worship leader and songwriter, “but we managed to pull it off.”

KY Post.com

 
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  • ozarka

    Introducing… The JiveBros!

  • snuffles

    An AMAZING new photo of Adam has surfaced!!

    Black & White

    http://i26.tinypic.com/106d21j.jpg

    Color

    http://i31.tinypic.com/o6cswg.jpg

    Apparently from the same Robert Sebree photoshoot!

  • unique28v

    An AMAZING new photo of Adam has surfaced!!

    Black & White

    http://i26.tinypic.com/106d21j.jpg

    Color

    http://i31.tinypic.com/o6cswg.jpg

    That picture if awesome!! Do you know what its for?

  • 123abc456

    Thanks for posting that Bo article. That was nice. Maybe he will come to the Northwest when he tours.

  • babybelle32

    I love reading about the process that Kris went through to rearrange a song. This part of the article is the best one, and shows that Kris has confidence in himself and his abilities. It also gives me a sense of confidence in his album, since he has a history of sticking to what he believes in, and because he realizes how important a song’s lyrics and melody are.

  • Squirrely

    Kris’ interview get better and better too.

    I laughed at his response to Disco Week.

    Seems Adam really had the producers ear. And he was a strategist, he suggest disco week but then he forgoes the expect Donna Summer and strobe light disco parody and sings a ballad that reduces Paula to a ‘pool of Abdul’

    Black & White

    http://i26.tinypic.com/106d21j.jpg

    Color

    http://i31.tinypic.com/o6cswg.jpg

    May I present His Hotness!

  • itsalleternal

    Great story about LaToya London – hadn’t heard from her in a long time either!

    The Idol contracts from Season 8 have now expired for most of them (except for those that did not make the top 36 that re-auditioned and for Kris, Adam and Allison who were picked up).

  • washpd

    Part 3 of Kris’s interview with the LA Times is the best so far. Some good insights into how he chose and rearranged songs. If I didn’t love him so much, I might hate thim, though. He just hears how the song should sound in his head? “Heartless” was the easiest thing he did on the show? Wow.

  • golcook

    ——>>>>> David Cook has officially joined Twitter!!!! (finally).

    His Official Twitter here: @thedavidcook

    Check the announcement in DCO.com ::HERE::

  • rowenaaine

    snuffles
    Aug 20th, 2009 at 10:18 am
    An AMAZING new photo of Adam has surfaced!!

    Black & White

    http://i26.tinypic.com/106d21j.jpg

    Color

    http://i31.tinypic.com/o6cswg.jpg

    Apparently from the same Robert Sebree photoshoot!

    I’m tellin’ ya, the boy’s got a future in modeling if his singing career tanks.

    I love the scowling pout.

  • https://twitter.com/draddee Sunn

    The Lewis/Timberlake song, I hated it. Even for free I wouldn’t have it on my Ipod. But to be honest, I’m not a fan of either timbers or leo, so my opinion may not be that of the general public.

    I really do hate that song.

    Those Adam pics are fantastic. I prefer the b&w to the colour myself.

  • Squirrely

    I like hearing from Bo. He is such a good guy.

  • Truthiness

    An AMAZING new photo of Adam has surfaced!!

    Black & White

    http://i26.tinypic.com/106d21j.jpg

    Color

    http://i31.tinypic.com/o6cswg.jpg

    Apparently from the same Robert Sebree photoshoot!

    I’m not actually that fond of that picture. It’s a bit too contrived, and who knew I could think that? Shocked me. Especially as 16th century English History is my happy place. So I do like the “Tudors,” nod of the pic and he is looking very JRM there, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

    But with all of that, it’s still better than the Michelin man picture, anything would be. So there’s that. In retrospect I am very thankful for the Michelin man picture. First for the non-stop lulz I got from it, but also because now like every picture in the world of Adam, is a vast improvement.

  • Squirrely

    Though I do like the ‘Tudors,’  nod of the pic and he is looking very JRM there

    The Tudors came to mind when I saw it and that’s what I love about it.

  • saga

    Adam should be cast in Alice in the wonderland.

  • jumpstart

    ‘”’”>>>>> David Cook has officially joined Twitter!!!! (finally).

    His Official Twitter here: @thedavidcook

    Check the announcement in DCO.com ::HERE::

    I’m pleasantly surprised but a tad shocked. I can’t imagine DC voluntarily shortening his vocabulary … we all know how he loves big words. It will definitely be interesting.

  • MrsB

    Man oh man I am really liking Fred Bronson in-depth interviews more & more each day! What great insight we get on Kris! Just am eating it up. :)

    THANK YOU Mr. Bronson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    and Meghan McC you are a hoot in my book…you’re on a roll, please don’t stop now! :laugh_tb:

  • Squirrely

    I’m pleasantly surprised but a tad shocked. I can’t imagine DC voluntarily shortening his vocabulary ‘ ¦ we all know how he loves big words. It will definitely be interesting.

    People were waiting for this – his followers are rising fast. Once he gets into it I would expect some great tweets from him.

  • Q3

    Love the Adam Glam-Gothic photos. Makes me wonder what else was done in this photo session.

    Adam should be cast in Alice in the wonderworld.

    I would love to see Adam in a 3-D movie, but I’m not sure that the world is ready for Adam Tim Burton doing something together. Let’s leave that one to Johnny Depp!!

    From the Kris Ult. Interview Part 3:

    What about disco week? What went through your mind when you found out what the theme was?

    Crap! A couple weeks before, they were having a hard time figuring out the theme for that week and Adam said something like, ‘I want to do Disco Week,’  and I said, ‘Adam, no! Don’t say that!’  I don’t know if it was thanks to Adam or not, but I was definitely not happy about disco week. I’m not a fan of disco.

    Squirrely: Seems Adam really had the producers ear. And he was a strategist, he suggest disco week but then he forgoes the expect Donna Summer and strobe light disco parody and sings a ballad that reduces Paula to a ‘pool of Abdul’

    Since it was the 3rd time they did disco week, who knows if Adam had anything to do with it — but maybe TPTB thought they would get an OTT Adam disco performance and made it the theme. My bet is they they weren’t expecting the “non-disco” performances they got from Adam or Kris.

    But, if Adam was responsible, Kris should be really thankful because Kris was great on disco night — IMO that was one of his 3 real breakout performances.

  • Trina

    I’m a big Leona fan, and I’m a big Justin fan, and I hate that song. Go figure. Songs get leaked all the time so why is her label taking such drastic action? Am I missing something here??

  • Q3

    I’m a big Leona fan, and I’m a big Justin fan, and I hate that song. Go figure. Songs get leaked all the time so why is her label taking such drastic action? Am I missing something here??

    Maybe because it’s not too good? I am a Justin fan and I hate it, too.

    There was a lot of positive buzz about this unheard song before it was leaked. Now that has all turned into negative buzz. But perhaps that answers the question of why Leona was in NY working with Maxx Martin. Maybe they really don’t have all the songs for her new album yet.

  • ozarka

    @DavidArchie just tweeted this…

    Doing a photo shoot for the Christmas album!
    5 minutes ago from txt

  • jumpstart

    I’m tellin’ ya, the boy’s got a future in modeling if his singing career tanks.

    He is absolutely gorgeous.

  • Pam

    According to Rickey (source comes from FOD), the final 3 Archie and Demi shows have now been rescheduled.

    Original Dates:
    August 22 Atlantic City, NJ Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort
    August 23 Providence, RI Dunkin’ Donuts Center
    August 24 Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless

    Rescheduled Dates:
    October 29 Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless
    October 30 Providence, RI Dunkin’ Donuts Center
    November 1 Atlantic City, NJ Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort (4pm)

  • tinawina

    I’m scared to hear the Leona/Timberlake song now. I like JT, meh on Leona. I don’t want to hate the song.

    Doing a photo shoot for the Christmas album!

    This I wanna hear. His voice is made for Christmas music.

    I love reading about the process that Kris went through to rearrange a song. This part of the article is the best one, and shows that Kris has confidence in himself and his abilities. It also gives me a sense of confidence in his album, since he has a history of sticking to what he believes in, and because he realizes how important a song’s lyrics and melody are.

    I haven’t gotten around to listening to Kris’ pre-idol music, but I am curious. He has some great collaborators for his AI album. I am hopeful there will be a couple of real gems on there.

  • Squirrely
  • mmb

    There is a cute article in today’s New York Daily News (I don’t know how to do links to articles)about the Idols in Albany. Basically, the NY state government in being completely raked over the coals by the press (deservedly so) and the article is about how the politicians can learn a thing or two about democracy and appreciating the voters who put them in office from the Idols.

  • jammasta

    Love the Kris interview, but WTF @ Joe Jonas being a guest judge. Show has jumped the shark.

  • Truthiness

    Squirrely: Seems Adam really had the producers ear. And he was a strategist, he suggest disco week but then he forgoes the expect Donna Summer and strobe light disco parody and sings a ballad that reduces Paula to a ‘pool of Abdul’

    I didn’t see it as Adam being strategic, as much as the producers were not knowing what to do, and Adam just threw out what he liked and what the show had done before, so knew there was a chance of them doing it again. And the producers chose to run with it. Though I do think that Adam was strategic with song that week, because he zigged, when everyone expected zag. And looked so purty doing so.

  • Squirrely
  • unique28v

    Love the Kris interview, but WTF @ Joe Jonas being a guest judge. Show has jumped the shark.

    lol it does seem off, but at the same time it makes sense. AI is losing their younger audience. The average age watching AI this year was a middle-aged woman. If you look at the guest judges they have picked so far, it looks like they are trying to attract different markets to watch the show next year. Its just funny to me because none of the guest judges they have picked so far would have made it past hollywood, let alone actually win the show.

  • mar

    An AMAZING new photo of Adam has surfaced!!

    Black & White

    http://i26.tinypic.com/106d21j.jpg

    Color

    http://i31.tinypic.com/o6cswg.jpg

    Very top-notch production, yet I hope the wardrobe doesn’t overshadow Adam in every photo from this session. It manages to smother his natural sexiness, IMO.

    ETA: Good to know Latoya London is still working at it, loOOved her that season.

  • tinawina

    Its just funny to me because none of the guest judges they have picked so far would have made it past hollywood, let alone actually win the show.

    Mary J Blige.

  • unique28v

    Mary J Blige.

    I love Mary J, but I can see Simon telling her she yells too much and acts too “frentic”. Randy would have told her she was too “pitchy”, as she sometimes is on her live performances because she gets so into her songs.

  • ozarka

    Tweet from @theDavidCook:

    I am looking forward to doing a few shows with @crashkings. They will join us in beautiful Lancater, CA today. Maybe I will see you there?
    half a minute ago from web

  • ozarka

    Tweet from @theDavidCook:

    I am looking forward to doing a few shows with @crashkings. They will join us in beautiful Lancater, CA today. Maybe I will see you there?
    half a minute ago from web

  • deez

    tinawina

    Aug 20th, 2009 at 11:19 am

    I haven’t gotten around to listening to Kris’ pre-idol music, but I am curious. He has some great collaborators for his AI album. I am hopeful there will be a couple of real gems on there.

    What worries me about the albums is the fact that they seem to be working on them between shows, on days off, and every possible spare minute to get these things out before Christmas. I just hope the end result doesn’t come off sounding like the “rush job” it seems to be!

    A couple of Kris’s pre-Idol songs are pretty good. I particularly liked “Beautiful Moon”.

  • tinawina

    I love Mary J, but I can see Simon telling her she yells too much and acts too ‘frentic’ . Randy would have told her she was too ‘pitchy’ , as she sometimes is on her live performances because she gets so into her songs.

    Ya think? Perhaps. I think she’s right up their alley. Simon loves the old school soul belters, Randy loves his runs. She could sing some Motown, so they’d be into her IMO. LOL.

    But I don’t know about winning either. She wouldn’t come off warm & fuzzy enough for the audience.

    Tweet from @theDavidCook:

    I am looking forward to doing a few shows with @crashkings. They will join us in beautiful Lancater, CA today. Maybe I will see you there?
    half a minute ago from web

    Now the “was that really him?” great debate can commence. He didn’t misuse any big words, so its suspect. ***gives side eye***

    What worries me about the albums is the fact that they seem to be working on them between shows, on days off, and every possible spare minute to get these things out before Christmas. I just hope the end result doesn’t come off sounding like the ‘rush job’  it seems to be!

    ITA. That worries me with all of them. And since Kris is a songwriter, it makes it even harder. So I’m just gonna hope for maybe 3 really good songs and the rest to be aaiiight. I’ll be happy with that.

  • Adamme

    An AMAZING new photo of Adam has surfaced!!

    Black & White

    http://i26.tinypic.com/106d21j.jpg

    Color

    http://i31.tinypic.com/o6cswg.jpg

    That picture if awesome!! Do you know what its for?

    I agree! I love them.

  • jumpstart

    Now the ‘was that really him?’  great debate can commence. He didn’t misuse any big words, so its suspect. ***gives side eye***

    Yep. :lol_tb:

  • Adamme

    Squirrely,

    RS article on Adam – I thought they reported on this already.

    http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/08/20/lamberts-2012-song-is-truly-sensational-brian-may-says/

    Thank you for this link. I love his GMA pic in there.

    When Adam Lambert visited the Rolling Stone offices recently, the American Idol runner-up told us that he was working on a top-secret film soundtrack

    Yes, so much for top-secret film soundtrack, thanks to Brian May :) .

    I’m pretty sure Brian wouldn’t write about it in his blog if he didn’t get permission from the 2012 movie producers. Brian mentioned it in his blog, is like free promotion/marketing for them. Get people excited / looking forward to about the movie. Just having these two names, Brian May/Queen and Adam Lambert, in one sentence and all media will try to write about it and make it as their headlines. I’d say it’s a smart marketing move for the 2012 movie producers.

  • BCU79

    I love reading about the process that Kris went through to rearrange a song. This part of the article is the best one, and shows that Kris has confidence in himself and his abilities.

    This was my favorite part of the interview as well. I particularly liked when Kris was talking about he started to rearrange songs when he was playing bars and clubs in Arkansas. It was also great to get a little more backstory on some of his song selections and his overall strategy for the competition. Kris and Adam seemed to have similar strategies and it obviously worked out well for both of them.

    Kris has such great musical instincts. I hope he has a long and successful career as a recording artist. But I also think he could have a future as a producer.

  • sma11ie

    Tweet from @theDavidCook:

    I am looking forward to doing a few shows with @crashkings. They will join us in beautiful Lancater, CA today. Maybe I will see you there?
    half a minute ago from web

    Now the ‘was that really him?’  great debate can commence. He didn’t misuse any big words, so its suspect. ***gives side eye***

    Lancater, CA? Ugh… twitter really is the devil. Whether it’s DC or an intern, it somehow makes everyone lose their ability to spell.

  • Mary102

    I too loved the Kris interview! I loved how he and Adam would run ideas by each other – very cool to hear how close they were during the whole process. They just naturally respected each other’s opinions and musical instincts.

    Also loved Kris talking about Adam suggesting disco week – “No, Adam! Don’t do it!” LOL – I think I would have felt the same way ;-)

    And Kris’s reaction to winning “Now I have to sing the song.” HA! He doesn’t even call it by name – ahh, the winner’s curse of having to sing NoBo.

  • Mary102

    Though I do think that Adam was strategic with song that week, because he zigged, when everyone expected zag. And looked so purty doing so.

    Yeah, he specifically talked about trying to stand out (just like Kris) from the rest of the pack for a given week. Though I think Adam tended to do it slightly better than Kris (for instance, singing the only non-ballad, uptempo song during Songs of the Cinema week, singing a slow version of a song for disco, etc.)

  • Q3

    I’m pretty sure Brian wouldn’t write about it in his blog if he didn’t get permission from the 2012 movie producers. Brian mentioned it in his blog, is like free promotion/marketing for them. Get people excited / looking forward to about the movie. Just having these two names, Brian May/Queen and Adam Lambert, in one sentence and all media will try to write about it and make it as their headlines. I’d say it’s a smart marketing move for the 2012 movie producers.

    I agree that it created good buzz for 2012, and some press, but not sure it was “Sony approved”. Brian May has no direct relationship with Sony who is producing 2012, and will release both the 2012 soundtrack and Adam’s record. Perhaps it’s as simple as when Brian was at Robert Cavalli’s studion for his Meat Loaf album recording session, he heard the new Adam song and decided to blog about it. Can’t see that Sony could get him to take it off his blog if they wanted to, and it’s too late anyways since it flew across the Web in less that 24 hours.

    One of Meat Loaf’s bandmembers, who was part of the recording session, John Miceli, blogged about this new Adam song but that was gone within a few days.

  • nhd

    David Cook at the American Idol Experience
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt5-78ZvqM4

  • AdoK

    From Mirror.co.uk:

    “But sadly Simon is not going to be Mr Nasty for ever.

    ‘Three years and that’s it ‘“ I will do what I’ve always done. I run a record label, I run a TV company, we’re making movies now ‘“ I love that part of my life.”"

    What’s about the American Idol?

  • Q3

    Editors are having a lot of fun with the headlines on the Adam 2012 song story. Here’s my fav so far:

    Adam Lambert To Rock So Hard the White House Blows Up? Idol Records Song for 2012 Soundtrack

    A quote from the article:

    Given the Independence Day-meets-Day After Tomorrow awesome-ridiculousness of the 2012 trailer, we’re predicting this one’s going to be a treacly “Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” power ballad. But until it surfaces, all we have to go off of is May’s hyperbolic praise:

    “I have to say I was completely blown away … it’s truly sensational,” May wrote. “I’m not easily moved to jelly by male vocalists … but Adam’s voice reaches out with sensitivity, depth, maturity, and awesome range and power which will make jaws drop all around the world. It’s an awesome performance. No doubt about it.”

    I just can’t imagine that Brian May would say that if it was a “treacly” power ballad, and I sure hope it’s not!!

  • Keel

    Its just funny to me because none of the guest judges they have picked so far would have made it past hollywood, let alone actually win the show

    Yeah, but it’s not like the person they’re replacing (Paula) would have won either or even ever made the cut to begin with.

  • Q3

    Regarding the Kris interview article from the Detroit Free Press:

    Allen is still soaking it all in, enjoying the rush of fame, and while he hasn’t tired of the media vortex just yet, a few of the question topics are starting to become overly familiar: His relationship with Lambert is wonderful, thanks for asking; his favorite judge was Paula Abdul; and yes, his wife is doing just great, so you can quit assuming she’s resentful about all this.

    He understands why the public devotes so much interest to the peripheral stuff — viewers become emotionally invested in the human drama. But Allen does lament that there isn’t more focus on the music.

    “I think people do care about it. They wouldn’t care about us if we weren’t talented or good at what we do — their brains wouldn’t shift to allow them to like us,” he says. “But when you’re on the show, there’s so much more that people pay attention to: your personality, what you’re wearing, a lot of the other stuff.”

    He figures that will change by Thanksgiving, when he and Lambert will have each released CDs, naturally steering the focus back to the songs and voices that made them matter in the first place. Writing and recording sessions are getting squeezed in between tour dates, like a studio stop in Boston earlier this week.

    I agree with Kris — I would love to hear more about the music. And, I really don’t want to wait until November.

  • Trina

    Noooo! Tweet from Kris

    Just to let everyone know Wolfgang decided to stay in Albany. He couldn’t handle all the fame.

    What happened?? I got attached to that skunk :sad_wp:

    The poor spelling in the last DC tweet is what made me think it was him LOL I still think the last one from last night MAY have been him with the webnerds doing the rest, and I do think he’s adding friends on his own or at least telling the mod who he wants added. IMO the first few added were definitely 19s doing since I don’t believe he would add Kris, Daughtry and Adam before his brother or Archie.

  • SarahP

    And you were No. 1 on the iTunes chart.

    Someone texted me. They wrote, ‘How does it feel to have the No. 1 song, No. 1 video and No. 1 ringtone?’ 

    kris’s heartless was no. 1 ringtone as well? its got to be an amazing feeling….must be feeling on top of the world then! aww i’m super happy for kris!

    and now just crossing my fingers till the album comes out….

  • Vada

    Poor Wolfgang. I guess he had an anxiety attack. That fame, that fast, is a heavy burden to bear.

    I heard he was all like this> :jittery_tb: , so they sent him to Bimini for a rest.

  • girlygirl

    Oh no…Kris and Anoop abandoned poor little Wolfgang!!! Maybe they got jealous of his quick fame and popularity? Sniff…sniff…how could they be so…heartless–ess????

  • BestAI

    Just to let everyone know Wolfgang decided to stay in Albany. He couldn’t handle all the fame.

    What happened?? I got attached to that skunk

    It’s all Adam’s fault. It was the skunkliner. The skankskunks could not resist him, and stalked him constantly.

  • CindyM

    I like the L.A. Times interview with Kris, but it doesn’t make me feel like I know anything more about him than I did before, a lot of the same stuff that has been said in other interviews. I wish he would go more in-depth with his answers and let us into who he is a bit more. I’d love to know how his early experiences shaped his outlook towards life and music. In the early parts of the interview feel like the interviewer is trying to pull words out of his mouth, he just doesn’t elaborate very much.

    I do love the friendship he and Adam obviously share and the way they listened and gave advice to each other throughout the show. I think they will be friends for life, such a unique experience they share.

  • spring2009

    But when you’re on the show, there’s so much more that people pay attention to: your personality, what you’re wearing, a lot of the other stuff.’ 

    Same when you are on tour – that is what we are looking at. In this regard, Kris has some work to do.

  • girlygirl

    The Idol tour made the front page of the Albany paper. Nice picture of Kris!

    http://twitpic.com/elrq8

  • Eileen99

    I agree with Kris ‘” I would love to hear more about the music. And, I really don’t want to wait until November.

    ME TOO! I’m so over the comparisons, tour reviews, etc. etc. and am READY for the real music.

    Re: the iTunes download #1 – it was NB if you can believe it, not Heartless.
    As a mean trick on my 19-year old son who I dragged to the Idol concert with me, I downloaded NB as a ringtone and set it on his phone to be my ringtone when I call him. He wasn’t happy, but hey, if he wants my financial support at college, there is a price to pay.

  • Mary102

    Just to let everyone know Wolfgang decided to stay in Albany. He couldn’t handle all the fame.

    What happened?? I got attached to that skunk

    Oh, man – that’s got to be the worst news ever :-( I LOVED that skunk…

  • SarahP

    The Idol tour made the front page of the Albany paper. Nice picture of Kris!

    http://twitpic.com/elrq8

    cute….looks like he’s shouting out “thankkkk uuuuu albannnyyyy”

    and the no.1 ringtone was NB? shocking!!!! but hey, if some of the proceeds went into kris’s pocket thanks to NB’s popularity, i’m not complaining!

  • Q3

    New Adam tweet:

    Good morning Philly! http://Www.donorschoose.org/adamlambert Support this charity!
    about 1 hour ago from TwitterFon

    Fans have given over $11K and there are now 7 fan groups on Adam’s new donorschoose page in the fangroup competition:

    http://www.donorschoose.org/adamlambert

    ETA: There are 12 fan groups competing, not all pages were up when I wrote this comment.

  • Mary102

    I’m not actually that fond of that picture. It’s a bit too contrived, and who knew I could think that? Shocked me. Especially as 16th century English History is my happy place. So I do like the ‘Tudors,’  nod of the pic and he is looking very JRM there, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

    Yeah, I LOVE Adam’s smile, and so the strong lack of it here, in favor of the pout, makes me not as fond of it. Granted, he can do almost no wrong, so even my least fav Adam pics are still awesome. And I do like the theme and costume, just not so much the facial expression.

  • MrsB

    Girlygirl - front page :clap_tb:for Kris – love it!

    By the way I’ve never had the opportunity to thank you for all you do to provide the info here at MJs. There are times I would swear you work for her??

    So a great big huge THANK YOU from this Kris fan! :clap_tb:

  • Q3

    The Idol tour made the front page of the Albany paper. Nice picture of Kris!

    http://twitpic.com/elrq8

    Great picture of Kris — and on the front page!!

  • Eileen99

    That Kris. Just adorable.

  • jill16

    I like the L.A. Times interview with Kris, but it doesn’t make me feel like I know anything more about him than I did before, a lot of the same stuff that has been said in other interviews. I wish he would go more in-depth with his answers and let us into who he is a bit more. I’d love to know how his early experiences shaped his outlook towards life and music. In the early parts of the interview feel like the interviewer is trying to pull words out of his mouth, he just doesn’t elaborate very much.

    I don’t really think there’s that much more to know about him. He seems just like your average normal guy.

  • SarahP

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx_jScdOIxk&eurl=http://www.krisallenation.com/&feature=player_embedded

    kind of a wierd interview by this canadian guy in toronto of kris, megan, lil and danny! its pretty funny once you realise that the interviewer has such a dry sense of humour….

    and what place did kris get? hehe

  • smokeyvera

    According to a posting on ONTD_AI. Danny in a bunch of twitters said he has signed his record deal. He says he can’t divulge who, but supplies a picture of the studio at http://tinyurl.com/nyn4am. I couldn’t pull it up. Maybe you more savvy computer types can. Thanx

  • Adamme

    As a mean trick on my 19-year old son who I dragged to the Idol concert with me, I downloaded NB as a ringtone and set it on his phone to be my ringtone when I call him. He wasn’t happy, but hey, if he wants my financial support at college, there is a price to pay.

    Eileen, yes that’s pretty mean. LOL

  • Eileen99

    Eileen, yes that’s pretty mean. LOL

    Yeah, and my daughter attends college in another state, but is coming home next weekend. Little does she know she has the same in store for her. (Yay Kris, Yay NB, even though I don’t like it).

    *evil laugh*

    ETA: This gets me thinking. I wonder if NB became the #1 ringtone download because others like me downloaded it as a cruel joke. (Sorry Kris, still love you BB).

  • EmmaJK

    The poor spelling in the last DC tweet is what made me think it was him LOL

    Is he known as a bad speller, too? Ah, I think you were just kidding, but really, this is the kind of thing that had me dreading his getting a twitter. He’s going to get endless griping/complaining (even if it probably isn’t him doing any of the posting) for spelling, grammar, word usage, types of posts, amount of posts – you name it.

    I’ll believe it’s actually him posting when there’s a “brevity”, “etheral” or “yeah yeah” in there somewhere, heh.

    But, damn him, I signed up for twitter last night, just so I could follow him. I plan to do absolutely nothing else on twitter. Dammit David.

  • babybelle32

    The Idol tour made the front page of the Albany paper. Nice picture of Kris!

    http://twitpic.com/elrq8

    Thanks girlgirl, that’s a nice headline for that picture. When the tour came to Atl. a smaller picture of Kris appeared on the front page of the paper, with a bigger one on the front page of the living section.

    “Yeah, he specifically talked about trying to stand out (just like Kris) from the rest of the pack for a given week. Though I think Adam tended to do it slightly better than Kris”

    I can’t agree with this, especially since it was Kris and not Adam who kept getting acknowlegement for rearranging songs. In fact, it’s something that always seems to be included in the articles that are written about him.

  • SarahP

    I’ll believe it’s actually him posting when there’s a ‘brevity’ , ‘etheral’  or ‘yeah yeah’  in there somewhere, heh.

    what! so how do you spell brevity?

  • yeahyeahsure

    Nice Kris interview:

    http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/yb/134369072

    It mentions Chris Daughtry being one of his “quick dial list” of people. This part is so true among Idols:

    “We’ve dealt with a lot of the same people, gone through the same things,” Allen says of the exclusive club of finalists from the 8-year-old show. “There were good things about it, bad things about it — there’s plenty to talk about with each other. People have said that once you get onto the show and make it that far, you’re in this kind of fraternity, and as weird as that is, it’s true. We all have each other’s back.”

  • Q3

    CindyM: I like the L.A. Times interview with Kris, but it doesn’t make me feel like I know anything more about him than I did before, a lot of the same stuff that has been said in other interviews. I wish he would go more in-depth with his answers and let us into who he is a bit more. I’d love to know how his early experiences shaped his outlook towards life and music. In the early parts of the interview feel like the interviewer is trying to pull words out of his mouth, he just doesn’t elaborate very much.

    jill16: I don’t really think there’s that much more to know about him. He seems just like your average normal guy.

    I agree, I’m not sure there is that much more for Kris to say. But the questions for this interview aren’t exactly thought provoking either.

    Kris’ certainly doesn’t have a drama filled background like some of the past winners (Ruben, Fantasia), and he isn’t as articulate or good at interviews as Kelly or David Cook (few performers are). But setting that aside, the interview seems about the same as past Idols’ interviews.

    Plus, Kris doesn’t seem to be someone who talks easily about himself. My hope is that we learn more about what Kris thinks and feels from his music. But I don’t expect there to be any big revealations from interviews with Kris.

  • Q3

    According to a posting on ONTD_AI. Danny in a bunch of twitters said he has signed his record deal. He says he can’t divulge who, but supplies a picture of the studio at http://tinyurl.com/nyn4am. I couldn’t pull it up. Maybe you more savvy computer types can. Thanx

    Picture is gone. Maybe someone at ONTD_I grabbed it before it was removed. My guess is someone got to Danny and told him that he couldn’t post it.

    Guess Danny is not signed by any Sony/BMG label so he can’t announce anything yet.

    ETA: Tweets regarding record deal are gone from Danny’s Twitter homepage too.

  • debbie

    smokeyvera Aug 20th, 2009 at 2:01 pm

    According to a posting on ONTD_AI. Danny in a bunch of twitters said he has signed his record deal. He says he can’t divulge who, but supplies a picture of the studio at http://tinyurl.com/nyn4am. I couldn’t pull it up. Maybe you more savvy computer types can. Thanx

    Try this instead: http://tinyurl.com/nyn4am without the period at the end.

  • debbie

    And Kris’s reaction to winning ‘Now I have to sing the song.’  HA! He doesn’t even call it by name – ahh, the winner’s curse of having to sing NoBo.

    I’ve always thought it was more a competition to lose (instead of win) so they wouldn’t have to sing the song ! :laughing_tb:

  • chrgi

    smokeyvera- are you sure you haven’t mistaken Danny with the fake Danny__Gokey twitter account?

  • luvadamlambert

    I never thought I would say thisbut there is waaaaay too much idol news today

  • BCU79

    I wish he would go more in-depth with his answers and let us into who he is a bit more. I’d love to know how his early experiences shaped his outlook towards life and music.

    I have really enjoyed the first three parts of this interview and feel like I have learned a lot of new information about Kris. But I do agree that the interview seemed to skip over a couple important things. I really wanted to hear more about Kris’s missionary work. It’s not directly related to his music. But I feel it’s something that had a big impact on Kris and how he views the world.

    It’s also something that I had a very negative reaction to initially because of my own assumptions and biases. So I would be very interested in reading more about Kris’s reasons for traveling to these different places and his exerpiences there.

    ETA – That Detroit Free Press article seems to be making the rounds. I’m really happy that Kris has hooked up with Daughtry – both musically and as a friend/mentor. This is a whole new world for Kris and I’m sure it helps to have someone on your side who has been through the same experience.

  • jmaster

    chrgi, you’re right. Those tweets are from the fake Danny account.

  • Mtlfan

    Love the front page title: “‘Idol’ winner shows lots of heart”

  • Q3

    I can’t find any tweets from Danny Gokey (real or bogus ID’s) about a record deal. And most of the news about it, including the USA Today Idol Chatter story are just requoting yesterday’s interview with The Call.

    When can the finalists that 19 and Sony didn’t sign, sign with other labels? Isn’t the contract deadline really soon?

  • sma11ie

    The poor spelling in the last DC tweet is what made me think it was him LOL

    Is he known as a bad speller, too?

    That’d be news to me… He’s been guilty of some overly complicated sentence structures, I haven’t seen any mispellings in his blogs…?

  • debbie

    When can the finalists that 19 and Sony didn’t sign, sign with other labels? Isn’t the contract deadline really soon?

    AINow tweeted that it was just the ones who aren’t on the tour whose contracts ended today.

    NEW!! It’s “Freedom” For “Idol” Semi-Finalists http://bit.ly/bFjdR (#idol, american idol)about 5 hours ago from yoono

    RT @blkeener @AINow Is it only those not on the tour that are contract free today? –> Yes I believe so. @alexwtrugs @junotjoyner am I right

  • BeckyMD

    According to a posting on ONTD_AI. Danny in a bunch of twitters said he has signed his record deal.

    It’s from a poster Danny__Gokey not from the real dannygokey twitter. On ontd_id, they are making fun of that Danny kept talking about his label deal. As much as I think Danny is PR incompetent, I won’t think he will make those twitters.

  • Q3

    It’s from a poster Danny__Gokey not from the real dannygokey twitter. On ontd_id, they are making fun of that Danny kept talking about his label deal. As much as I think Danny is PR incompetent, I won’t think he will make those twitters.

    Oh, that is cruel — and the fake tweets are really cruel. But Danny really should learn not to talk about his pending record deal until it’s done.

    I didn’t realize that there were two Gokey posers Danny_Gokey and Danny__Gokey!!

  • Yss

    That front page picture of Kris is amazing! Love the headline also!

    I really like part III of the Interview. I was so happy about this year top 2 that I truly didn’t care who was going to be crowned the winner, I felt like they both had made it, they’re so talented, I like how they looked at the show more like a plataform instead of a singing competion.

  • snuffles

    debbie Aug 20th, 2009 at 2:48 pm

    When can the finalists that 19 and Sony didn’t sign, sign with other labels? Isn’t the contract deadline really soon?

    AINow tweeted that it was just the ones who aren’t on the tour whose contracts ended today.

    NEW!! It’s ‘Freedom’  For ‘Idol’  Semi-Finalists http://bit.ly/bFjdR (#idol, american idol)about 5 hours ago from yoono

    RT @blkeener @AINow Is it only those not on the tour that are contract free today? ‘“> Yes I believe so. @alexwtrugs @junotjoyner am I right

    I’m pretty sure it’s “freedom day” for every one – from the semi-finalists down to the Top 13 contestants that 19E didn’t take.

    It was at this time after season 6 when Phil Stacey and Chris Sligh signed THEIR deals. Sligh in particular blogged about as much detail as he was allowed to.

    So I’m 99.9% sure it’s “Freedom Day” for everyone. And if Danny has a deal in the works, he’ll be signing those papers immediately.

  • jdanton2

    A song that Jordin Sparks recorded but did not make her most recent album has leaked called Colours .It was produced by Stargate who produced her debut single Tattoo.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH8gzbvACC8

    Also according to this poster it looks like Jordin will be joining Leona and Kelly in this years VH1 Diva show on September 17th.

    http://www.twitpic.com/el2cc

  • http://myspace.com/girlgeek mj

    I’m pretty sure it’s ‘freedom day’  for every one – from the semi-finalists down to the Top 13 contestants that 19E didn’t take.

    Yes, it’s freedom day for everyone whom Idol didn’t sign. Heard it straight from both Anoop and Scott on press day…

  • deez

    BCU79
    Aug 20th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
    I wish he would go more in-depth with his answers and let us into who he is a bit more. I’d love to know how his early experiences shaped his outlook towards life and music.

    I have really enjoyed the first three parts of this interview and feel like I have learned a lot of new information about Kris. But I do agree that the interview seemed to skip over a couple important things. I really wanted to hear more about Kris’s missionary work. It’s not directly related to his music. But I feel it’s something that had a big impact on Kris and how he views the world.

    It’s also something that I had a very negative reaction to initially because of my own assumptions and biases. So I would be very interested in reading more about Kris’s reasons for traveling to these different places and his exerpiences there.

    I was thinking about this…I’m not sure how “in-depth” you can be about questions like: “Where did you work?” and “When did you meet your wife?”

    I do think the interviewer missed an opportunity by not asking him about the Missionary work. I kind of cringed when I heard about it initially, but from what little there is about it floating around…I know he did some tsunami reconstruction. and from the pics I’ve seen, it looks like a lot of “Red Cross” type work. So yeah, I’d like to know more. Who knows…maybe he didn’t want to talk about it. (he does seem averse to appearing to “toot his own horn”, so to speak) It’s good that he keeps private matters private (not so much for us though). Stars who keep a lid on private matters seem to fare better in those respects(Tom Hanks, Paul Newman) than those who do not(just about every other six-time divorced Hollywood Star on the cover of the “Star”)

  • Q3

    Yes, it’s freedom day for everyone whom Idol didn’t sign. Heard it straight from both Anoop and Scott on press day’ ¦

    Well I hope Danny can announce something soon so that the jokes stop. And I hope that it’s a deal that let’s him work with Mark Bright.

    Also really hope something happens for Matt — even though I know it’s a longshot.

  • aga

    Is he known as a bad speller, too?

    Of course not. He is known as Word Nerd. LOL. Cook is a smart guy. I am now a proud follower of TheDavidCook.

  • dv
  • MrsB

    jdanton2 Thanks for posting – I really enjoyed!

    Everytime my hubby & I have caught her perform on tv lately we can’t get over how absolutely beautiful she has matured in only 3 years!

  • Sherena

    I was thinking about this’ ¦I’m not sure how ‘in-depth’  you can be about questions like: ‘Where did you work?’  and ‘When did you meet your wife?’ 

    Very, but Kris isn’t talkative enough to do that.

  • steve

    Wolfgang’s bye bye video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP6Lpsn0giU

    People crack me up so much fun.

  • Vada

    Is David Cook left handed? The guitar covering half of his face on his twitter page, looks a lot like Kris’ Gibson, except that the knobs are on the ‘wrong’ half.

  • Mtlfan

    Leve that 3rd part interview. Love details of how he’s making music. Wouldn’t have tought that Heartless was the easiest one for him! kudos. I hope that the first album is not too rushed as to be of lesser quality. If it’s the case, I’m sure the 2nd one will be better

  • sma11ie

    Is David Cook left handed?

    Yup. So is Archie and Michael Johns. Isn’t that weird? 3 of the top 10 guys from Season 7. Oh, and Neil, DC’s guitarist is a leftie too, though he plays righty. Anyway just thought that was interesting.

  • MrsB

    Okay – Wolfgang’s goodbye video the best!!!!!

    I simply can not get over the talent displayed here at MJs, it truly boggles my mind!

  • Vada

    steve
    Aug 20th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
    Wolfgang’s bye bye video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP6Lpsn0giU

    People crack me up so much fun.

    I favorited it. I wonder if we could get it ranked at youtube? That would be fun.

  • Mtlfan

    hahahaha… wolfgang goodbye video… people gets so invested in little fun like that.. just love it

  • Squirrely

    OMG that goodbye video is too funny. Wolfgang we hardly knew ye

  • luvadamlambert

    in the wolfgang goodbye video they missed a picture if wolfgang on Scott’s shoulder. Awwwww don’t go wolfgang. The video was hilarious and awesome. awwwww I love you wolfgang! LOL

  • Squirrely
  • vanjess38

    OMG! Here is wolfgang’s Diary!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0DmRQoPldA

  • CamelliaSin
  • MrsB

    Okay after the Diary vid of Wolfgang I have truly died & gone to heaven! :wub_tb:

  • olivian

    I am really enjoying Kris’s LA Times interview. Yes, we knew some of that from Idolatry, but it was still interesting to hear him talk in a bit more detail about how he thought about the songs and their arrangements. And he’s just such a lovely person–and sorry to those who are sick of talk of his and Adam’s friendship, but I love that they encouraged each other and bounced ideas off each other, and you can see why they did so–they’re both passionate about music and clearly know a lot about it. I’m glad they’re doing that at least some for their albums, since it yielded very good results on the show.

    I would also have been interested in hearing more about his missionary work. I’m Christian, and Kris is such a wonderful example of what a Christian should be, and that’s a very refreshing break from all the Falwell/Bush/Palin/Prop 8 people perverting Christianity for their own benefit. So, too bad–maybe we’ll hear him talk about that in the next section, or at some point in the future. But overall, great interview. He’s charming.

    Anoop Desai’s sultry ‘You’re Always on My Mind’ ; Matt Giraud’s incredible jamming on the piano halfway through ‘Hard to Handle’ ; Kris Allen on ‘Heartless’ ; Everything by Adam Lambert.

    That’s kind of fun that Adam converted someone who wasn’t totally in his corner into a fan. :) Good review for most, seems like. Maybe Adam and Kris (and Allison) will actually get a day off tomorrow?

  • http://mjsbigblog.com/voronas-ontario-american-idol-tour-recap.htm/feed/ vorona

    From Twitter…

    EWMichaelSlezak: Would my fellow Idoloonies like some jaunty Idolatry video from Albany?

    The tease! Yes! Please!

    And now I know what my daily F5 Refresh routine will be. Hope it’s up soon.

  • unique28v

    EWMichaelSlezak: Would my fellow Idoloonies like some jaunty Idolatry video from Albany?

    Interesting, he must have been able to go backstage this time.

  • luvadamlambert

    I LOVE WOLFGAND Allen-desai there I said it

  • BeckyMD

    Date of Kris Album.

    ontd_id dig this out. The amazon page says Kris’ album will be out on Nov. 17th.

    http://i28.tinypic.com/504av9.png

    http://www.pauseandplay.com/november2009.htm

  • birchtree

    SarahP Aug 20th, 2009 at 2:01 pm

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx_jScdOIxk&eurl=http://www.krisallenation.com/&feature=player_embedded

    kind of a wierd interview by this canadian guy in toronto of kris, megan, lil and danny! its pretty funny once you realise that the interviewer has such a dry sense of humour’ ¦.

    and what place did kris get? hehe

    I love how he caught the idols off guard. It is a very Canadian type of humour. Check out Rick Mercer “Talking to Americans” on YouTubes (but don’t take it personally… our Prime Minister has been interviewed this way too). I think Lil was the one to catch on early. It seemed that Meg had no idea that it was all gentle humour fun.

  • wand3rful

    those wolfgang videos are priceless! ahhh, gotta love Idol fans.

  • Eileen99

    *DYING WITH ALL THE KRIS AWESOMENESS TODAY*

  • MrsB

    Eileen99 Ditto!

    birchtree the Canadian interviewer was priceless!

  • BeckyMD

    SarahP Aug 20th, 2009 at 2:01 pm

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx_jScdOIxk&eurl=http://www.krisallenation.com/&feature=player_embedded

    This interview is funny.

    interviewer: paula abdul, genius or mistaken?
    Megan: …both.

    interviewer: do you like Canada
    Lil: I do. Canada is a nice CITY.

  • birchtree

    MrsB: It’s great to watch it twice to really zone in on the contestants’ reactions :)

  • Sherena

    interviewer: do you like Canada
    Lil: I do. Canada is a nice CITY.

    Did she actually emphasize the word city or are you highlighting it for the lulz?

  • BeckyMD

    interviewer: do you like Canada
    Lil: I do. Canada is a nice CITY.

    Did she actually emphasize the word city or are you highlighting it for the lulz?

    I think that’s how it sounded in the interviewer’s brain. lol

  • Eileen99

    interviewer: do you like Canada
    Lil: I do. Canada is a nice CITY

    Oh, dear (deer). Poor, poor Lil.

  • birchtree

    interviewer: do you like Canada
    Lil: I do. Canada is a nice CITY.

    Oh my :grin1_ee: I missed that

  • Mtlfan

    yeah, the interview in Canada was pretty good. Funny reactions of the interviewer (haha when Lil refers to Canada as a city). As a Canadian, I tought it was pretty funny from Kris to say that he tought that all hockey teams should go to Canada… i like how he quickly gets into dry humor mode.
    He found hilarious the last question about Ruben (no answer shown though).

  • ptslittlecomment

    EWMichaelSlezak: Would my fellow Idoloonies like some jaunty Idolatry video from Albany?

    Can someone with Twitter please ask Michael if he will adopt Wolfgang? I would love to see him amongst Michael’s other desk artifacts during Idolatry. I think it would be very fitting.

  • http://mjsbigblog.com/voronas-ontario-american-idol-tour-recap.htm/feed/ vorona

    interviewer: do you like Canada
    Lil: I do. Canada is a nice CITY

    Based on reactions, I’m probably wrong, but I thought she said, “Canada is a nice SCENE,” not city. :ponder_tb:

    Then again, my laptop’s tiny speakers are competing with my 4-yr-old’s Wow Wow Wubzy marathon.

  • christyo

    Ok I know this is old, but I just found it and thought I would share in case some have not heard it. It is an interview from Adam when he was in Long Island. It must have been the last day he did press. It is funny cuz he talks about his fans and some being smelly!!! Also says he plans to take 3-4 days off after the tour just to chill. Thought the part about the overzealous fans was pretty funny!! And “what the “F” do you do with a 4 ft inflatable kangaroo!! Also interesting to hear him talk about being careful what you wish for with regards to his new found fame.

    http://www.velocityliveradio.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=246:american-idol-interview-adam-lambert&catid=54:idolinterviews&Itemid=96

  • Sherena

    Can someone with Twitter please ask Michael if he will adopt Wolfgang? I would love to see him amongst Michael’s other desk artifacts during Idolatry.

    Unless Wolfgang is dead. He’s clay right? Maybe someone sat on him ;(

  • sunny2

    Thanks BeckyMD for posting the link to the funny MTV Canada interview. Kris caught on after awhile. “I support all hockey teams being moved to Canada” Too funny.

    Looks like Michael Slezak is starting a Twitter campaign to #signMattGiraud. He’s asked people to tweet the definition of #signMattGiraud. I hope this trends.

  • http://mjsbigblog.com/voronas-ontario-american-idol-tour-recap.htm/feed/ vorona

    Wolfgang is Clay? Better tell the Claymates!

  • yeahyeahsure
  • luvadamlambert

    Christyo is that on YouTube?

  • Keel

    I think David Cook finally took over his twitter account. My guess is the fake Tweet!Dave ghostwriter that RCA forced on him, with the misspellings and all the personality of a piece of lint finally forced David’s hand. This sounds more like him:

    Thanks for the shout out @CHRIS_Daughtry. Heard the LA show rocked. ~D
    1 hour ago from web

    Also:

    This guy needs a home. Spread the word and Twitter a Critter. Check out http://www.adoptapet.com/pe…. Save a pet with a click.
    1 hour ago from web

    The “~D” signature is what David used to use on his myspace blogs and the Twitter a Critter, though random, is within Dave’s wheelhouse too, animal lover that he is. Yay! Dave is tweeting!

    ETA: He also deleted the robotic tweet from earlier that misspelled Lancaster.

  • luvadamlambert

    LOL the Canada thing was HILSRIOUS especially the ruben studdard bit

  • christyo

    Luvadamlambert

    Got it off of IDF. It was a link to the radio station. Don’t know if it is on youtube. Maybe try searching under velocity radio interview to see if anyone posted it.

  • MrsB

    Between yeahyeahsure & Keel my day just keeps getting better & better & better!

    Don’t know if I can take much more good! :smoke_tb:

  • ptslittlecomment

    From Anoop

    Sometimes when you live someone, you have to let them go. #wolfgang
    about 2 hours ago from TwitterFon

  • Pam

    Here is a pic of Scott with Wolfie on his shoulder from Rickey. LOL

  • Vada

    How can anybody call Chris Daughtry ‘dour’? Anybody who reads his tweets, knows that the guy always sounds like he is this close l.l to overdosing on sunshine and puppies.

    Maybe he is ‘dour’ when in rock star pose. I have yet to see him in live concert. I hope that changes soon.

  • luvadamlambert

    Thanks christyo!!!

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJz1YMAu_x0 GeminiDolly

    Movie News: The movie 2012, which will be released in 2011, is about a family that goes on vacation when the world is expected to end. The project is so hush-hush even the stars are being kept secret however American Idol’s Adam Lambert has recorded the theme song, and those who have heard it say it will be an instant classic, one of the most unbelievable songs ever recorded.

    http://evansradio.com/blog/?p=902

  • luvadamlambert

    Gemini dolly I don’t think that’s right at all. It’s supposed to be based on some ancient myth or something. There’s an app for that( seriously!). it’s supposed to be released in november. And I don’t think it’s the theme song.

  • CindyM

    From the Freep.com article:

    Allen is still soaking it all in, enjoying the rush of fame, and while he hasn’t tired of the media vortex just yet, a few of the question topics are starting to become overly familiar: His relationship with Lambert is wonderful, thanks for asking; his favorite judge was Paula Abdul; and yes, his wife is doing just great, so you can quit assuming she’s resentful about all this.

    This just seems weird to me. His relationship with Adam is wonderful, cool. But who’s assuming that Katie’s resentful of all this?? I haven’t read this anywhere, did I miss something? He doesn’t really speak of her much in interviews, but maybe I missed it.

  • girlygirl

    why no thread for tonight’s concert?

  • ptslittlecomment

    Gemini and luv, you are both correct in a sense. 2012 is the year the ancient Mayan calendar, which has been around for 5,126 years runs out. Midnight of Dec. 31 to be exact. That and other events predicted for the year 2012 have led to an increased interest in Apocalyptic teachings and predictions. Kind of like Y2K but with a religious or mythic spin instead of a computer science one.

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJz1YMAu_x0 GeminiDolly

    luvadamlambert
    Aug 20th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
    Gemini dolly I don’t think that’s right at all. It’s supposed to be based on some ancient myth or something. There’s an app for that( seriously!). it’s supposed to be released in november. And I don’t think it’s the theme song.

    So the only thing he got right was Adam’s name. LOL. Oh well…

  • ptslittlecomment

    luvadamlambert
    Aug 20th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
    Gemini dolly I don’t think that’s right at all. It’s supposed to be based on some ancient myth or something. There’s an app for that( seriously!). it’s supposed to be released in november. And I don’t think it’s the theme song.

    So the only thing he got right was Adam’s name. LOL. Oh well’ ¦

    No, read my last post. You both have pieces of the puzzle.

  • mandabutter

    From the Albany/ Times Union review: “And glam rocker and Idol judges’ darling Lambert brought the crowd to its feet with a level of energy and showmanship — and voice — unmatched by the other performers. ” YAAAAAYYYYY!!! Warms my <3.

    “The two top vote-getters seemed to rub off on each other, with Lambert more subdued and Allen a little bolder.”
    Ummm, what show was he watching? What about our glittery fierce alien is subdued?? Starlight and MW, maybe…but during Whole Lotta Love he causes about 6,000 Adamgasms.

    Anyhooo, the article about Oklahoma Hall of Fame tickets going fast makes me so proud. Yay for Carrie Underwood. I’m so excited for what she does next in music.

  • LindaT

    “[Kris Allen] understands why the public devotes so much interest to the peripheral stuff ‘” viewers become emotionally invested in the human drama. But Allen does lament that there isn’t more focus on the music.”

    An admirable sentiment — it would be great to hear more about the music. But Kris really hasn’t been very forthcoming about his new album. People have asked him about it and gotten very little in response. And at this point I feel like I keep reading the same things over and over again about his Idol experience; he seems to have some favorite stories that he repeats (e.g. the Simon and Randy pee story). I think most of his LA Times series is a re-tread of stuff I’ve seen before.

    I wish Kris would talk more about his musical influences and how his life experiences have shaped the music he’s written. There were a number of opportunities in the LA Times interview, but I get the sense that he is not very forthcoming as an interview subject. If he wants to talk more about music, I wish he would seize the opportunity to do so. C’mon, Kris, you can do it. :)

  • luvadamlambert

    Thanks ptslittlecomment

  • ptslittlecomment

    luvadamlambert
    Aug 20th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
    Thanks ptslittlecomment

    :thumbup_tb:

  • olivian

    Movie News: The movie 2012, which will be released in 2011, is about a family that goes on vacation when the world is expected to end. The project is so hush-hush even the stars are being kept secret however American Idol’s Adam Lambert has recorded the theme song, and those who have heard it say it will be an instant classic, one of the most unbelievable songs ever recorded.

    http://evansradio.com/blog/?p=902

    Is that person being purposefully hyperbolic to be funny, or do they just mean that there’s a lot of buzz about the song and the film? Because we know who the stars are–John Cusack and the other people in the trailer–and it seems strange for anyone to seriously claim that the song will be an instant classic. Even May only went so far as to say it will be a big hit, and even that claim seems hyperbolic to me since really, who can predict something like that, even Brian May?

    But whatever; I’m super excited for this song. It does sound like it will likely be prominently featured, and hopefully it will show off Adam’s vocal ability in all its glory. :)

  • mandabutter

    ^^^ “If you look at the guest judges they have picked so far, it looks like they are trying to attract different markets to watch the show next year. Its just funny to me because none of the guest judges they have picked so far would have made it past hollywood, let alone actually win the show.”

    Posh, Katy, and JoeJonas passing the test — yeah I agree. That could be said about the guest performers they have on results shows too. Unless that studio is a black hole for anyone with a record contract, just about every artist (with the exception of previous Idol winners) have sounded bad on that show.
    Heck! 75% of artists on the radio (pop/Top 40/ hiphop r&b) wouldn’t skate past two or three rounds after talking about whether they are technical vocalists or not. But again, we know thats not what the producers always want or what they push. I guess that points to the argument that IDOL is more of a reality show than a singing competition.

  • luvadamlambert

    I’m worried about the high expectations 4 the 2012 song. I have an alert on my email 4 new Adam news( lame I know ) and there were all sorts of hyperbolic headlines and some weren’t snark like ( idk actual words) Adam lambert song so good it will blow up the white house? wut.

  • ptslittlecomment

    Adam lambert song so good it will blow up the white house? wut.

    A reference to another apocalyptic movie – of a kind – The Fourth of July. Box office smash – like 2012 is predicted to be – in which White House is blown up. Another good headline I read had something to do with Adam Lambert Bringing an End to the World.

  • Tess

    OKdokie….These 2012 tidbits are total sarcasm and have no basis in reality. They are snarking on Queen’s comments about the song and indicating it is hyperbole at its worst. The white house illusion is from the previews of the movie when the world comes to an end and the atlantic ocean floods the white house in a gigantic sunami.

    None of this is serious stuff….it is meant to be sarcastic and is rather a slap against Brian May and Adam.

    It is hard to “understand” sarcasm sometimes…the written word doesn’t always carry the feeling of the spoken.

  • debbie

    CHRIS_Daughtry RT @Ticketmaster: Presale code is: SURPRISE for Fall tour tickets. Presales starts 8/21 @ 10am local. See dates: http://bit.ly/cdaughtry21 minutes ago from TwitterFon

  • girlygirl

    Did you guys see the thing on the internet that said Kris’ album is scheduled to drop on Nov. 17th?

  • Vada

    From Amazon.com:

    New Release 2009 by Kris Allen (Audio CD – 2009)
    Buy new: $13.98
    Available for Pre-order. This item will be released on Nov 17, 2009.
    Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping.

    Amazon is really great about pre-orders. If the price drops closer to drop day (which it probably will) you get the lower price if you have already pre-ordered.

  • Truthiness

    EWMichaelSlezak@KrisAllen4Real interview posting at 11:59 p.m.EDT at popwatch.ew.com, barring any technical difficulties!

    New Idolatry, yay! I love you Slezak. But sucks there won’t be any Allison or Adam on it. But Kris is coolness!

  • yeahyeahsure

    Nov 17 sounds good. It’s the week before Thanksgiving week so it will guarantee that the 2nd week drop will not be too big. It’s the same thing as David Cook last year. I can’t remember though who are releasing that day too. I think Leona Lewis and Bon Jovi? I could be wrong though! Avril Lavigne is supposed to release at that date but there are rumors that they moved her to November 3 (facing Carrie). So I wonder if Adam will take the Thanksgiving week or the week before Kris?

  • girlygirl
  • girlygirl
  • annabelina

    There’s so much Kradam in that part of Kris’ LA Times interview I almost can’t take it (in a good way). Lol. I love that Adam pushed for Kris to do “Ain’t No Sunshine”. That was my favorite performance from him and the one that pushed me over the fence for Kris (I had been sitting on it for a while, lol). And I love that Adam telling Kris to do “Heartless” was what made him decide to do it. Mostly I just love that Kradam was in existence way before it became so popular among the fans. It makes it that much more genuine and heartwarming.

    … and I will now hand all who have read through this post a toothbrush to wash the sugary gunt out of their mouths. ;)

  • girlygirl

    And more Kris…this time with Michael Slezak…and — OH YAY — Kris gives us names of a couple more songwriters he’s been working with on his album! This is such a cute interview — Kris is very relaxed here. And he actually gives us some news!!!

    http://popwatch.ew.com/

  • Valentin432

    Mostly I just love that Kradam was in existence way before it became so popular among the fans. It makes it that much more genuine and heartwarming.

    “Kradam” was popular way before that, the fangirls shipped them from the very beginning, I remember reading quite an awfull amount of comments when they showed that little video during the top 13 result show when Adam and Kris shared a room.

  • cookcricket

    And more Kris’ ¦this time with Michael Slezak’ ¦and ‘” OH YAY ‘” Kris gives us names of a couple more songwriters he’s been working with on his album! This is such a cute interview ‘” Kris is very relaxed here. And he actually gives us some news!!!

    http://popwatch.ew.com/

    He’s just adorable! I’m still trying to look up some info on the second songwriter he mentions, but not sure if I have the name correct. I’m thinking his album could be very solid!!! Hope, hope, hope!!!!

  • CathyMK

    And more Kris’ ¦this time with Michael Slezak

    Kris is adorable, as always, and, once again, Slezak proves that he’s the best interviewer working today. Always does his homework, asks the tough questions, but in a gentle way, has a sense of humor..

  • BCU79

    He’s just adorable! I’m still trying to look up some info on the second songwriter he mentions, but not sure if I have the name correct. I’m thinking his album could be very solid!!! Hope, hope, hope!!!!

    Lindy Robbins. Neither of those two names thrilled me to be honest. But they seem to be part of the regular 19 crew.

    I would have rather heard more about the Daughtry collaboration or why Mike Elizondo was there. But it does not like Kris or 19 is going to share that information until after the tour.

  • wordnerdarchie

    David Cook performed “Permanent” (the song written for his brother, Adam) tonight at a concert in Lancaster, CA for the first time since singing it (after his brother’s passing) at the AI 8 Finale in May. I’m so impressed that he’s been able to add it back to his set list. Got to love that man! :wub_tb:

  • nhd
  • MrsB

    Thanks for the vid from David as ‘Permanent’ was one of my favorites on his album.

    BUT listening to the screams has convinced me not to attend solo concerts for either he nor Adam if the screaming continues throughout songs that seem inappropriate to do so. I know fans LOVE their idols but give me a break already!!

    SAME GOES FOR KRIS ALLEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I’ll buy & continue to buy their albums but no concerts! :furious_tb:

  • nhd
  • movin2thabeet

    Here’s a great pic of David at the concert last night: http://i349.photobucket.com/albums/q361/FoolsApril64/lancaster_creditunknown.jpg