Idol Headlines for 11/17/12

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‘Idol’s’ Jessica eager to do hometown show Saturday The Chula Vista vocal phenom, now a Los Angeles resident, talks about music, acting and more – Since concluding the 2012 “Idol” concert tour in Manila in September, Jessica, 17, has been hard at work on her debut album at various Los Angeles recording studios. It’s due out in March or April, following the January release of her first single, which she describes as a love song with an up-tempo dance beat. Jessica is also taking acting lessons, in preparation for her multi-episode role on the hit TV series “Glee.” But first comes her homecoming mini-concert, which takes place tonight in the Palm Plaza at the newly refurbished Westfield UTC shopping mall. Jessica will perform four songs at the conclusion of a two-hour show that is being billed as “Holiday Escape” — Carols by Candlelight.” Admission is free. The diminutive singer with the big, big voice won’t be previewing any songs from her upcoming album. But she promises to do at least one seasonal favorite, which may provide her fans with a rare opportunity to sing along with Jessica. – Read more at UT San Diego

Phillip Phillips Talks Winning American Idol & New Album

Pop star Lambert ‘having a blast in SA’ – American pop star Adam Lambert waited for over two years to visit South Africa. But the wait has been well worth it, according to the 30-year-old, who says he is loving his time in the country. Lambert arrived this week for performances in Cape Town and Joburg. “Wow, my trip to South Africa has been way overdue,” an excited Lambert told the media at a press conference in Sandton yesterday. – Read more at Tonight

Adam Lambert Press Conference in Johannesburg 11-16-2012

Katharine McPhee: ‘Working With Jennifer Hudson Was Fun!’ – Katharine McPhee chats with co-star Krysta Rodriguez while filming Smash on Wednesday (November 14) in New York City. Katharine recently spoke to Hollywood Life about Jennifer Hudson‘s guest appearance on the upcoming season of Smash. “It was really fun working with her,” Katharine shared. “No one can sing quite like her. She’s incredibly focused when she’s on set. She has a great work ethic, and I really respected that. She brings a great energy to the show.” – Read more at Just Jared

Jordin Sparks Says Jason Derulo Is ‘The One’ – Still, she admits that it hasn’t been all roses — especially when she and the “It Girl” crooner headed into the studio together to start working on their next albums. “The first time we got into the studio together I thought it was going to be World War III. We work so differently,” she laughed. “I want to go, get it done, and then have the rest of the day to go see a movie, eat, or do whatever. He could be in the studio for hours and hours on end!” Despite their contrasting approaches to making music, they did manage to write and record a “cheeky” song, “Flirt,” together for Sparks’ upcoming album. – Read more at OMG Yahoo

Christina Aguilera: CeeLo Green is Fearless! – Christina Aguilera dons a low cut Mickey Mouse t-shirt while heading to a romantic dinner date with her boyfriend Matthew Rutler at Bouchon restaurant on Friday (November 16) in Beverly Hills, – See the Photos at Just Jared

 
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  • springboard2

    OK, let’s assume he is a star in SA and China, and don’t say he is because we don’t know since they are countries we have no sales information from.
    This is a far cry from an international.
    The era failed in Europe (one or two small countries don’t make it a success), Australia, New Zealand, and there no evidence that it did well in Japan.
    Why isn’t Trespassing (the single) killing it worldwide at the moment since he is an international superstar? For example, Adam did a lot of promo in New Zealand in October for his new single Trespassing. What happened: It reached #113 on iTunes on 10/13, #226 on 10/16 and then out of top 400.. and this is basically the same pattern everywhere.

    Is the album even gold anywhere, are any of his singles gold or platinum?

  • MellyPer1692

    Who here, besides the person putting him down in the post you replied to, is saying he is an International Superstar?? I see fans talking about the great gigs and reception he received during this trip. Something I’m sure every fan would be happy about. I think fans are happy that there is an ancillary revenue stream for Adam from other countries and its cool to see him getting great opportunities and its exciting to get to witness those concerts and events in other places.

  • marmom07

    The exact qualifications to be called a Superstar (international or not) are highly subjective.  Event promoters are almost always exaggerating the success of the artists they get for their events. They want to brag about how big the talent is at their event. It’s the way the game is played. Even my crappy DC radio station introduced him as a big star for the radio gig he did for them and the *holes still won’t play his music. Blood sucking scum! (sorry still pissed that two weeks ago DJ tweeted to glamberts to stay tuned they would be playing Adam later today….yea right, finally a whole day later they played WWFM; I’m over radio!!)

    Adam is working hard all over the world and his fans are happy for him. We want to see him continue his success and continue to grow his talent and career. Radio play or not Adam is a powerful live performer and will continue to tour. I think he’s using the SA and Japan concerts to develop and test his concert ideas for a world wide tour. If US radio won’t play him enough to grow his fan base then he needs to tour and do TV. If he’s heard he will gain fans. It’s just going to take time.

    Regardless if promoters want to call Adam an international Superstar then I see no reason why his fans can’t say the same thing. Why other people need to expend so much energy trying to disprove his career is beyond me.

  • MellyPer1692

    Omg, the promo vid for the China event:

    http://music.yule.sohu.com/s2012/syst2012/

    Sooo many people wow.

  • bridgette12

    I think Adam and the band are going to have a lot of fun at this event. 

  • Nadine_Bitch

    LOL I don’t know how Adam having good opportunities internationally can be interpreted in negative way.Living off of his fanbase outside the US or not– what matters is ”He is one of those few(actually it’s only two-Kelly and Daughtry) who sell out Arenas outside US”. I’m sure ALL the idols(and their fans too) wish to have gigs like that.

    and I don’t know Russia and Mainland China(not HK)are like Phillipines, Indonesia, NZ in which AI have a big impact.

    Anyway International superstar or not he’s sure a superstar to me, heh:)

  • Larc

    Singers such as Swift and Bieber should be very grateful for Auto-Tune and the fact that the public is generally far less demanding of genuine quality talent now than they were in past times.

  • bridgette12

    I think all of the Idols and their fans seem to get excited when their favs get an opportunity to tour outside the US/Canada. Who wouldn’t want to perform in Paris, London, Melbourne or Moscow alone with many other beautiful cities around the world? I don’t know how people classify Adam, but I put him in the damn lucky category to have these opportunities.  

  • bscfan

    I agree with the earlier poster than Adam is using these concerts to try out ideas for a more organized tour next year.  For the US, I bet he’ll book the same size venues as last time (2-3 thousand) but with fewer dates. I think he has really upped his game since the last tour, and I am eager to see how his tour is received. There are still musicians out there who make it on their reputations for live performances.

  • Axxxel

    I guess I am part of that “Idol fanbase” Adam has… As I don’t have cable TV, I cannot watch American Idol on TV… I only know Adam Lambert from The American Idol website…. and I have been following his journey and his interviews for the last 3 years all through browsing youtube, entertainment  blogs and websites.

    So with all those foreign performances I also wonder like some of you whether this is a prelude to a world tour.. that may start in South America and ends up in North America… (wishful thinking)…

  • girlygirltoo

    How do we know they aren’t? I see people imploring Idol XYZ to come do a concert in country XYZ all the time.

  • lovetheusa1776

    Could you be a bit more specific, please?   Thanks.

  • Nadine_Bitch

    ”I see people imploring Idol XYZ to come do a concert in country XYZ all the time.”

    and what country was that?… Philippines? Singapore?
    Yeah, we knew that those countries loved their Idols but not so much in China and or SA as we see not much Idols are doing concerts there.

  • springboard2

    Yes, I was wrong about South Africa, and possibly China. I am taking back my original comments.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/PVEFG2TOUIXSROKUSO2O2DOWWE Taylor

    What people? A few fans?
    Have you seen event organizers in countries like Canada, Russia, China, Japan and ones in Europe asking certain Idols to come and do concerts for tens of thousands of dollars? Can you share the names of the concert promoters in these areas and which Idol contestants they have been begging to come for concerts?  

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ACMLXLYSSX73RNYQOUZWSO2I4U Enough already!

    Adam has that superstar factor which one must have naturally.   Obviously Trespassing didn’t sell like it should have in the US in an election year, where everything one does makes a statement.  Adam is being embraced internationally, and if its not on the level of Gaga, we know why.   Bieber just won all the awards at the AMAs and to me this is a crying shame, but teens love this kid, and I will never understand why!  And teens buy Taylor music because they are all frustrated in love as teens and she sings for them.  OMG can’t someone make all this stop.

  • http://twitter.com/ordainedfromabo Ordained

    girlygirltoo 12 hours ago in reply to MellyPer1692
    How do we know they aren’t?

    Because if they were, they WOULD be playing concerts there. There was demand for David Cook in Philippines so he played a concert there. There was demand for Adam Lambert in South Africa, so he played a concert there. There was demand for Carrie Underwood in Australia so she played a concert there. 

    I see people imploring Idol XYZ to come do a concert in country XYZ all the time.

    Are you serious? It takes more than a few fans tweeting their love or posting on fanboards to prove an artist is popular in a given country enough to have a concert there. If the imploring was sufficient for a concert, Carrie Underwood would have toured the entire Europe and Adam Lambert would have spent months in South America.

  • mchcat

    His Christmas with Scotty CD and appearance at the Beacon Friday night

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