Idol Headlines for 1/02/09

Frist off American Idol has very good ratings but the fact that is glossed over for them season 7 was near the bottom in rating it did a better overall than season 6 (comparison to other AI shows) . That being said “The Daivd vs Daivd” was a double edged sword for the show. The positive it braught in public viewers whom were interested to see what “daivd vs. David” was about near the end of the show thus raising the ratings up. The bad for more than a month everyone sort of knew whom was going to be in the finale thier was really no suspence about it.

Season 8 for just entertainment perspective needs suspence, like a good football game down to the wire , not knowing whom is going to be in the finale or win till the end. Please bring back more big personalities, have a variety of singers and I know a slim chance of happening cut the overt manipulation crap.

Radio Disneyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Top 50 Songs of 2008:

04. Crush à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ David Archuleta
14. No Air à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown
19. One Step at a Time à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Jordin Sparks
28. All-American Girl à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Carrie Underwood
33. Tattoo à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Jordin Sparks
46. Feels Like Tonight à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Daughtry
48. Time of My Life à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ David Cook

Congratulations to the Idols!! :thumbup_tb:

David Archuleta is named Artist of the Month on KOL.com.

David was the youngest Idol on American Idol at only 17 years old. He comes from Murray, Utah and has been singing since he was a child. By high school, David was singing on a professional level. When American Idol rolled into San Diego, David jumped at the chance to show his stuff. David did such a good job, that he made it to the finals and was the runner-up behind David Cook. But everyone knows that’s not enough to think David won’t go on with his career. ‘Crush’ is his first single, and more to come.

The web page provides a link to where you can listen to the songs on his album, links to his two music videos, as well as a link to a ton of captioned photos of him. Very kewl!
Congratulations, David!!! :thumbup_tb:

It was why Chris Daughtry was playing rock clubs and small theaters on his first national tour in 2007. Daughtry was the fourth-place finalist in the fifth season of à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“American Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  in 2006, and with his popularity à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  and the aid of a massively popular single à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  he could have easily made the jump from the 500-capacity Bluebird Theater to the three-times-larger Ogden Theatre and still sold it out.

They played dinky venues for MONTHS. How long does it take them to figure out their set list and rehearse? LOL. That tour has had more published explanations than Nixon. Whatever. He’s a success now. They should ignore the touring questions whatever the real reasons for that tour were and concentrate on the future.

Then new American Idol judge, Kara Dioguardi, will be on à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Talkshow with Spike Ferestenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Saturday, January 3, Midnight ET, on Fox. Just to be clear, this means midnight tonight.

^^^ I’m nearly positive that’s a repeat from right after it was revealed she’d be a 4th judge.

^ I think you’re right, MJ. I cross-checked it with my TiVo guide and it has an “R” next to the program description. So, yeah, it’s a repeat. But not for me, I haven’t seen it yet. Haha!

David Archuleta is named Artist of the Month on KOL.com.

The page looks cute, I hope he gets more promotion this new year…

I am not familiar with it, what is KOL? (am I showing how unhip I am by asking this?) LOL

^ It stands for Kids On Line. It’s an offshoot of American On Line (AOL).

ESPN College Gameday clip using Heroes for the 2008 college football highlights reel is now up on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-IusLKSHu8

The first few minutes are a preview of the Sugar Bowl, but the last portion of it is pretty much the entire song, used as a backdrop to the highlights. It apparently played on both 1/1 and 1/2.

Huge Mediabase ad for “A Little Too Not Over You” that includes quotes from some of the program directors for big stations that David A. did Jingle Whatchamacalits for in December (Star-94 Atlanta, Z100 New York, Q102 Philly and B-96 Chicago). Very nice quotes about David and his songs. I’m really happy Jive paid for the Mediabase ad on the week of his ad date, especially since this will be the first week in a few weeks that radio has added any songs.

^ Here are the quotes from that Mediabase ad:

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“From the very first time we played à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Crush,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  to him singing it live at our show at Madison Square Garden, the Z100 audience goes crazy for this guy.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 
– Sharon Dastur, Program Director Z100 Radio New York

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“David Archuleta is such a great talent, and the girls go crazy for him!à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 
– Tracy Austin, Program Director Q102/Philly

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Everything included, 2 of my favorite songs of 2008 are à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Crushà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  & à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“A Little Too Not Over Youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  by David Archuleta. He is a legitimate star à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ the 12,000plus frantic fans at the B96 Jingle Bash absolutely ate him up and confirmed my belief that David Archuleta is a force to be reckoned with.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 
– Erik Bradleu, Music Director WBBM-FM/B-96 Chicago, IL

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“The crowd was yelling so loud I could barely hear him through the screams, but what I did hear was nothing short of amazing! David is a crowd pleaserà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve witnessed it in person!à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 
– Michael Chase, Assistant Program Director/Music Director WSTR à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Star 94

Wow!! Such AWESOME reviews!!! :thumbup_tb:

It stands for Kids On Line

Thanks Ozarka. OK, I guess I don’t feel too bad not knowing what it was, since it’s a kid’s site.

ESPN College Gameday clip using Heroes for the 2008 college football highlights reel is now up on youtube

That song really did fit in great. Was it wrong that I got teary eyed over watching football clips?????
:rolleyes_tb:

Absolutely not, mac, if the clip that induced tears involved a Georgia Bulldog. Say, that lovely shot of Knowshon Moreno. Now, if you got teary-eyed over a Florida Gator clip, well…..

FolkFan, thanks for the link to ESPN College Gameday clip. I didn’t realize that my Hawkeyes were featured twice. (One was the winning fieldgoal over Penn State.) No tears here for me in Hawkeye land (unless tears of joy count). :jittery_tb:

“Heroes” lends itself well to sports montages. That was great. :clap_tb:

Oh, and “Heroes” seems full of testosterone, so yeah, it works well for football montages. :devil_tb:

^^^ Ahem. This Penn Stater won’t kick you off the blog. j/k. .

That ESPN clip was soooo cooool!!! What great exposure for DC! Yeah! There was a thread on DCO yesterday but no clip posted as of this morning so thanks for posting FolkFan!

Not Idol related, just sad:

John Travolta’s son dies in Bahamas
“Jett Travolta, 16, suffered a seizure at his family’s vacation home at the Old Bahama Bay Hotel on Grand Bahama Island, attorney Michael Ossi said.”

http://omg.yahoo.com/news/john-travoltas-son-dies-in-bahamas/17114?nc

On a brighter note, Kellie Pickler was today’s top search on Yahoo.

^^^ Ahem. This Penn Stater wonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t kick you off the blog. j/k. .

Oops, I’ll really be watching (censoring) myself from now on. :sealed_tb:

John Travoltaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s son dies in Bahamas

OMG! How sad is that! Damn.

From the sound of the subject matter of Nikkos album, I think I would call it Revulsion instead.

What is this about Heroes being played? Is this going to be the new single maybe?

The quotes from the radio pd’s are outstanding! I’m so glad that David impressed people. It seems to me from the things I read, that David is losing the AI chain and is being considered like any other artist.

Absolutely not, mac, if the clip that induced tears involved a Georgia Bulldog. Say, that lovely shot of Knowshon Moreno. Now, if you got teary-eyed over a Florida Gator clip, wellà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦..

Bwahaha! I agree with you on the Gators. :tongue2_tb: I live in the middle of Gator-land with a UF grad for a boss and I cannot. stand. that. school. It’s miserable during college football season. LOL. Mostly because even as much as they sucked this year, my team of choice is the Vols. I haven’t watched the video yet, but I’m sure they do not have any clips included in it – since this is a HIGHLIGHT video and there were no highlights in their season (save for the terrific play of Eric Berry). But, hey, I can look forward to the future, right?

My brother-in-law got his Ph.D. from UGA though, so I can appreciate some Bulldog football. Just not when they’re playing Tennessee.

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Jett Travolta, 16, suffered a seizure at his familyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s vacation home at the Old Bahama Bay Hotel on Grand Bahama Island, attorney Michael Ossi said.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

Thats sad…

Thats sadà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

There was a lot of speculation that Jett Travolta was autistic, but the Travolta’s being Scientologists and all eschewed traditional treatments for him.

That is really sad.

Oops, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll really be watching (censoring) myself from now on

LOL. I’m just kidding of course. Congrats on your win… .

There was a lot of speculation that Jett Travolta was autistic, but the Travoltaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s being Scientologists and all eschewed traditional treatments for him.

Really? How very sad. From what I am hearing on the news he hit his head on the bathtub today & at some point had a seizure and died. I don’t know how soon after he hit his head he had the seizure.

I really like John Travolta and am so sad for him and his wife.

The news of Jet passing is a sad one the guy was young here is the aricle the young man had a history with seizurs and a caretaker found him…
http://omg.yahoo.com/news/john-travoltas-16-year-old-son-dies-in-bahamas/17122?nc

Wow, the football montage to “Heroes” was awesome. Whoever cut it did a great job. I’m easy, though — I always get pumped up for sports montages to cool songs.

There was a lot of speculation that Jett Travolta was autistic, but the Travoltaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s being Scientologists and all eschewed traditional treatments for him.

Thats really bad, when this kind of things happen somehow parents always feel guilty about it, I hope that the death of the young man won ´t be becuase they didn ´t use traditional medicine… my thoughs are with his family, it won ´t be easy to accept the lost of a family member, less when he was so young…

In a lighter note:
MJ remember when you said yesterday that the Kelly ´s single cover will get people talking… is doing exactly that:

Kelly Clarkson Sucks

Remember a couple of years ago when American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson, for the follow-up to her six-times-platinum Breakaway, recorded a bunch of self-penned, not-very-good songs and called it an album? And then Clive Davis tried to get her to do new ones, but she didn’t listen, and then her stinky record totally flopped? Clive Davis would never hold a grudge, right? By the way, has anyone seen the cover of Kelly Clarkson’s latest single?

We Should Probably Talk About This Kelly Clarkson Cover

The cover from Kelly Clarkson’s “comeback” single was discussed a bit in the comments for yesterday’s 2009 predictions post, but I figured it deserved a thread of its own, since reactions have been pretty polarizing. Is it a sign that Kelly is really, really being punished for the flop of My December by being forced into a Katy Perry-like makeover, complete with crappy oral sex jokes (note the lollipop)? Is the title “ironic”? (I’d guess the answer to that one is “probably.”) Where do you find a font that has a “K” with a devil tail? What does this mean for the pyro-to-vocals ratio of her inevitable American Idol appearance? (Also, what’s that shade of lipstick she’s wearing? I think it would look pretty good on me, to be honest.)

Not everyone is as wary of the cover as I am, of course: Reactions from commenters yesterday that were positive included “looks like an album cover from 1977″ and “I love the kinda Annie-ish tone to it. ” And British pop omnivore Tom Ewing thinks that it looks like a Pulp single. Maybe I’m just scarred by the last year of American popà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ particularly “Suck” writer Max Martin’s credit on “I Kissed A Girl”à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ to think of these much better antecedents for the above imagery.

The Beat Review does a review of “A Little Too Not Over You”…

The two Davids have been agreed to have released both disappointing debut albums. The truth of the matter is the other David really stepped up of his game and his likeability factor. I’m talking about David Archuleta. His debut single, “Crush” landed #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 while David Cook’s “Light On” only peaked as far as #3. Archie has lots more charisma than David C. these days. Yeah we have agreed David C’s the right Idol winner but is Archie leaving David Cook behind? Archie releases another cheesy teen pop song that will surely be the new song that girls will go “GaGa” for the next couple of months or so.

“A Little Not Too Over You” is the second single off Archie’s debut CD “David Archuleta”. It may be considered “Crush part.II” but there are some qualities that would defy that. Even though “Crush” speaks of Archie’s feelings towards a girl (hooray for Archie!), “A Little Too Not Over You” shifts towards a melancholic atmosphere and the worst thing that will happen to a teen boy teen girl relationship. The so-ever-irritating-teenage-drama-love-whatever “Break-ups”. I know I may sound a bitch but I think it’s a little bit to early for 5 ft. something Archie to be singing of break-ups. (Forgive me Archuleta fans…). Even though I don’t like the idea of Archie singing these kinds of songs it amazingly fitted his musical style. His puppy dog eyes have charmed millions of girls with “Crush” and now with this new song “A Little Too Not Over You” which somehow suits my taste and approves of David Archuleta’s talent to be recognised. He’s charming than ever and is definitely here for a long-term career (oops! I’m overreacting again!) Anyways, this song is well chosen for a release this time of the year. Perfect with the so-ever cheesy video of Archie and a hot girl. Enough of the rant! If you like Archie’s song, download it (legally!)

Rating: 4 stars (out of 4)
Congratulations, David!!! :thumbup_tb:

MJ is a Penn Stater? Knew there was a reason I liked this place I’m class of ’91.

That Kelly cover is getting a ton of coverage in a lot of the gossip-y blogs.

I’m mixed on it. Don’t think it looks like her, but makes me think it will be a catchy, poppy song and hopefully, a big hit for her. Of course, that’s major assumption on my part and it may just end up being a rip-off of Katy Perry.

The Beat Review does a review of à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“A Little Too Not Over Youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

I like this review, with getting all fangirly she/he liked the song enough to give it a good grade… thank for posting O…

For those who like to know how was the process of recording and Idol Album, snarkyarchies.com got and Interview with Mike Krompas, co writer of ALTNOY and Somebody Out There… he speak about how the process was and the experience of working with David…

So, I’m being a dork and rewatching AI7 on the Fox Reality channel. Two random things I’ve noticed so far:

1. Simon told Brooke that her audition was a bit “worthy” just like he said to DC. Still don’t really know what that means, but whatever…

2. In the montage at the end of the Best of the Rest show, they show footage of DC and DA reacting to getting their golden tickets back to back. Awww.

Sports montage and a good song = priceless
Especially since right now watching Alabama Vs. Utah

Sarah,lu ,pj exctra if interested in chat right now also…..I know as interested in getting a snowcone in the dead of winter..

Okay – since others have thrown in a little college football I must say….
WOOOO HOOOO GO HOKIES!!!! ORANGE BOWL CHAMPS!

Now – back to regutlar programming… I’d never heard of Nikko Smith until today. I can honestly say that I’m okay with that. I don’t think I’ve been missing much.

Pop – I looked for you in chat but I guess I was too late.

Celeste.. nice interview! Now if only we could get our grubby mitts on those demos…. Zero Gravity sounds interesting.. r&b dancey type?

From the Wall Street Journal:

Kellys album title

Kelly Clarkson, “Masquerade,” (RCA) March.

The “American Idol” winner’s last album, “My December” in 2007, was supposed to be the singer’s big personal artistic statement, filled with raw rock songs that Ms. Clarkson wrote largely on her own, without input from the hitmeisters whose tunes made her a star. The album yielded only middling sales, however, along with a canceled concert tour and a humiliating fight with label head Clive Davis over the direction of her music. For her fourth album, Ms. Clarkson is “in a period where she wants to take on the pop world again,” says RCA general manager Tom Corson. “She’s ready, and she’s got all the right support.” That includes the input of writer-producers like Max Martin, Howard Benson and Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald, who were behind some of Ms. Clarkson’s biggest pop hits.

http://sec.online.wsj.com/article/SB123084861171947381.html

Heroes on ESPN, this is just love~

1. Simon told Brooke that her audition was a bit à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“worthyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  just like he said to DC. Still donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t really know what that means, but whateverà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

I noticed that too. What’s funny is that Simon later said he didn’t know what he meant when he said “worthy” to DC even though he said it twice to two different people! I guess some of Paula’s loopy-ness rubbed off on him. Haha!

Simon told Brooke that her audition was a bit à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“worthyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  just like he said to DC. Still donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t really know what that means, but whateverà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

Omg, I noticed that too! Is there some British usage of the term worthy where it means something is bit goody-two-shoes or holier-than-thou or something? Because I could kinda see that as being Simon’s criticism of Brooke and DC somehow. With Brooke, the reasons are more obvious, but I feel like Simon almost had the same reservation about DC, even though it was a bit more subtle.

DC’s audition was interesting because of the cognitive dissonance in his physical appearance with the way he answered the judges’ questions. In comes this nerdy looking guy (I say that lovingly) with this poseur-ish hair (again, lovingly) that looked to be some sort of an attempt at a punk rock or emo look, so you expect the guy to be an insecure/overconfident tool with something to prove. But then he opens his mouth to speak, and he’s this mild-mannered, respectful take-home-to-mom type guy. I don’t think Simon thinks much of “nice” people as compelling television characters– I feel like his comment about his friends was an attempt to provoke something, and he was almost disappointed that DC was so not edgier or more defensive. Honestly, I remember being a bit confused as a viewer about whether I’d care about this guy. (Then of course he opens his mouth to sing and it’s this awesome gruff but soulful rock voice and I decided cared.) Heh, I’ve obviously thought a bit too much about this topic of what Simon’s worthy comment meant, and how he initially felt about DC…

Also, ESPN montage FTW!

Thanks dv — I’ve loved everything Kelly’s put out (My December too) so I’m looking forward to Masquerade!

The Beat Review does a review of à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“A Little Too Not Over Youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

That review looks like it is from an 18 year old blogger that lives in the Phillipines?

The single cover and title don’t inspire hope in me. But I’ll give it a listen once it leaks.

Someone has now posted the Heroes/college football montage as a separate youtube. Man, ESPN did a great job of editing this. My favorite part, naturally, is the Georgia highlight on the words “you’re still standing” in the first chorus. But probably the most impressive editing is the series of hits with the drumstrikes on the bridge.

Thanks for the ESPN link Folkfan. That’s a pretty awesome montage, and Heroes is a perfect fit. I have a feeling that a lot of songs on that album are going to be used in TV shows and/or montages.

That review looks like it is from an 18 year old blogger that lives in the Phillipines?

Now that you mention it, Yes

Billboard had a list of about 50 of their contributors picking the Best Music of 2008. Only one Idol song released in 2008 made the list. Chuck Taylor – their senior pop critic picked it and its not a song by someone named David. It’s a song by Ace Young called Addicted. I don’t really know the song but I find that kind of interesting:
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/yearend/2008/news/billboard-critic-choice-top-10.shtml#gthurl

I haven’t seen (so far) either David showing up on any Best Music lists of 2008. I’m kind of surprised the fans of either haven’t sleuthed out any mentions (no matter how obscure).

I havenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t seen (so far) either David showing up on any Best Music lists of 2008. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m kind of surprised the fans of either havenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t sleuthed out any mentions (no matter how obscure).

I saw Crush on the AOL website at number 8 a few weeks ago. I think I’ve seen it elswhere before too but I don’t keep track.

Hmmm, you’re probably right, mac. I didn’t look that deeply into it. I guess with the advent of the internet, just about anyone can profess to be a music critic.

DA’s album was also given an honorable mention as Best of ’08 in music by one of the Seattle papers. I think that was posted a little while back.

Maybe the rewards will come in next year’s awards for the Davids?

I had no problem with personality and AI 7. I wanted to see a select group of talented artists, and for the most part, that’s what we got. Maybe the characters cast were not as drama worthy as Simon needs, but they were fine IMO.

I just cannot see myself invested in any singer like I was this season and Season 4. OK, maybe addicted is a better word. It seems impossible at this point in time.

DCà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s audition was interesting because of the cognitive dissonance in his physical appearance with the way he answered the judgesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ questions.

So much word to this, and your entire post, smallie. I’m proud to say he was my pick from the very beginning because of exactly what you mentioned. Such a difference between his looks and his demeaner/personality. Very intriguing. Also, after he got his ticket and walked back out to Ryan, who else was waiting for this “punk poseur”? His mom, who he gave a big hug. He had me right there.

That ESPN montage gave me a grin a mile wide. I love sports montages, and this one was just a treat. I hope sports nut DC gets to see it.

I noticed that too. Whatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s funny is that Simon later said he didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know what he meant when he said à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“worthyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  to DC even though he said it twice to two different people! I guess some of Paulaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s loopy-ness rubbed off on him. Haha!

Haha, you could be right! I loved the montage of him mispronouning a bunch of names on the Best of the Rest show. The voiceover asks “but is he doing this on purpose?” and shows Simon saying to Paula, “I think I’m just going to try to get all of the names wrong today.” and she just cracks up. Then a guy comes in and Simon pronounces the name and the guy goes “yes”, and Simon, under his breath, goes “damn.” That just had me cracking up.

Rewatching is kind of fun. I like watching the show without the sense of “omg how is my favorite going to do?!” and being all nervous. Heh.

ETA: There really are some great moments in that montage – from the clips of Bobby Bowden and JoePa to the lyrics “but you’re still standing”, and the clip of Phil Fulmer being carried off the field at his final game at Tennessee – those just fit so well with the lyrical content of the song. But I think my favorite clip, just purely for the way the visual fits so perfectly with the lyrics, is the guy making the catch and basically doing a backflip as the lyric “I’m losing faith in gravity” is sung. Brilliant! ESPN editors FTW!

ESPN editors FTW!

A poster on DCO commented that she actually knows the ESPN editor who did the montage. He’s an Emmy-award winner and a “huge fan”. What a nice compliment for David!