Idol Headlines for 2/28/09

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American Idol: Is This The Season of the Worship Leader?

Last night, I was wrong about my American Idol predictions, and I’ve never been so happy: Kris Allen (pictured) made the Top 12! He, along with Allison Iraheta and Adam Lambert, join Alexis Grace, Danny Gokey and Michael Sarver in the Top 12.

I love Kris Allen but wasn’t sure that he’d get enough votes to put him through. Lo and behold, he made it! (I have a hunch we’ll see Norman Gentle back for the Wild Card round.)

That means that of the top six contestants, three are church worship leaders:

Beliefnet.com

“American Idol” so far: a race with no horses

I thought Seattle Times arts critic Misha Berson made a great comment yesterday: “I need a horse in this race!” I agree completely! Because of either a lack of talent or the change in format, I’m just not getting a buzz from any of the six who have made it through so far.

In previous years, it’s been fun to latch onto a favorite around Top 24 time and become emotionally invested in their fate. Sometimes there’s even a nice battle of genres.

Seattle Times

More Idol Headlines after the JUMP…

Unknown Semi-Finalists Defy the Odds on ‘American Idol’

Usually on “American Idol,” the big shocker comes when someone unexpectedly goes home.

Kris Allen may have made “Idol” history Wednesday as the first contestant to enlist that reaction by sticking around.

The 23-year-old Arkansas native joined Allison Iraheta and Adam Corkery in becoming the latest additions to Season 8à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Top 12, and no one seemed more surprised at the news than Kris himself à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ except maybe me.

Fox News

“American Idol” Has To Pray Just To Make It To The End Of Its Hour

Last night’s elimination episode of American Idol scuttled its chances for drama once again, with the final “who’s in the top 12″ showdown being between the heavy favorite (this time, Adam Lambert, above) and the week’s comic relief (Nick “Normund Gentle” Mitchell) for the second straight week. Given that there was an actual surprise during the proceedingsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ babyfaced worship leader Kris Allen, who performed a shaky rendition of “Man In The Mirror” on Wednesday, made it to the finals despite stronger performances by at least two young ladies who didn’t make the cutà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ you’d think the producers would try and sequence the show so that people would be inspired to tune in all the way through. Perhaps they haven’t looked at the ratings from Wednesday yet?

Idolator

Taylor Hicks as Teen Angel in Tucson

Taylor Hicks is ready to sing “Beauty School Dropout” in Tucson for his Broadway performance of Grease.

He’s playing “Teen Angel” in Tucson all week and when he’s not performing, Hicks is getting comfortable in Southern Arizona.

“These are my Tucson shoes right here, I never wear these, only in appropriate places and this town is exactly the reason why I brought them,” Hicks said about his snakeskin boots.

KOLD

Rock-It Science Concert to Feature Rock of Ages’ Maroulis, Spanger and Carpinello

Rock of Ages stars Constantine Maroulis, Amy Spanger and James Carpinello will take part in the Rock-It Science Festival fundraiser at the Highline Ballroom on March 3.

The Broadway trio will join a line up of performers including Rufus Wainwright, Steve Wynn, Lenny Kate, Peter Holsapp, Gary Lucas, Dee Snider, Pamela Luss, the Amygdaloids, Daniel Levitin, Gary Lucas and the Kennedys. The evening’s emcee is Anna Copa Cabanna.

According to press notes, the musical event celebrates “the interface between music and science featuring world-famous scientists who also actively perform music, with science-friendly guest stars.” The event serves as a fundraiser for The Sensation and Emotion Network.

Playbill.com

Idol winner David Cook is having the time of his life

The way David Cook sees it, there’s been no downside to his winning the seventh season of ”American Idol” last May.

When the show’s executives decided to team the rocker with runner-up David Archuleta for post-show promotion, Cook says he looked at it as ”I’ve got to continue through this process with kind of a friend in tow.”

His patience paid off. When it came time to record his debut album, Cook says producers gave him ”carte blanche,” rather than the heavy-handed direction that former ”Idol” singers such as Kelly Clarkson and Katharine McPhee said they got.

The Morning Call

David Cook’s webisodes are no “Time of My Life”

American Idol, and Blue Springs, Missouri native, David Cook is letting his fans go behind-the-scenes of his latest tour.

In a series of “webisodes” titled “Pork Beans” Cook and his band show you what really happens before his shows.

Let me give you a quick glimpse…

Fox4KC

Kelly Clarkson: à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹Ryan Tedder Tricked Me!à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢

See how OneRepublic frontman and superproducer Ryan Tedder slyly conned Kelly Clarkson into coming out of her shell and writing take-no-prisoners powerhouses on her new album, All I Ever Wanted. (You dog, you!) And listen to every track of All I Ever Wanted this Tuesday, March 3 on The Leak on MTV.com!

MTV

Kelly Clarkson’s ‘All I Ever Wanted’: 3.5 stars [UPDATE]

The former ‘American Idol’ star is in her purest form on the new album.

The fourth album from pop’s most sympathetic rebel girl, Kelly Clarkson, has nearly as many mandates attached to it as a certain economic stimulus plan.

The record label execs who objected to the emotionally loaded, tough-sell hard rock of 2007′s “My December” are hoping for a massive, industry-saving hit. The critics who love her spunk but question her sensibility desire artful pop with a little bit of red meat. The “Idol” watchers and Top 40 listeners who made her a star in the first place want the perfect blend of sincerity and catchiness to lift their spirits during a year when nobody needs another breakup album.

LA Times

Producers desperate to keep Jewel à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹Dancingà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Dancing with the Starsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  producers are going to do whatever it takes to get singer Jewel, who injured her knees while rehearsing, to dance her way into the season premiere.

A source close to the show says, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s one thing to have to have a contestant drop out during the show, but before? Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a disaster. Sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s been promoà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d and ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s so late in the game à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  pinning down another contestant at this point who has time in their schedule? I canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t even imagine it.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

MSNBC

Vote Chris Sligh for Dove’s new artist award!

Season 6′s Chris Sligh has been nominated in the Best New Artist category for the annual Dove Awards and you can help him bring home the trophy. This year, the Doves are letting fans determine the winner in this category.

Click here to register and then vote for Chris!

The Dove Awards show will be held April 23 at the Grand Ole Opryhouse. The show will air on the Gospel Music Channel at 8 p.m.

Syracuse.com

Dancingà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Gilles Marini Injured

Is there a Dancing with the Stars curse in the works for season eight? Actor Gilles Marini sought medical treatment after feeling pain in his groin area at rehearsal on Friday afternoon, his rep confirms to PEOPLE.

The Sex and the City: The Movie star and his partner, two-time Dancing champ Cheryl Burke, were rehearsing when he felt a sharp pain in his groin.

Marini, 33, sought medical treatment and his rep says doctors determined the actor has tendonitis in his groin and shoulder.

People.com

Producers desperate to keep Jewel à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹Dancingà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Dancing with the Starsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  producers are going to do whatever it takes to get singer Jewel, who injured her knees while rehearsing, to dance her way into the season premiere.

A source close to the show says, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s one thing to have to have a contestant drop out during the show, but before? Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a disaster. Sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s been promoà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d and ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s so late in the game à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  pinning down another contestant at this point who has time in their schedule? I canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t even imagine it.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

MSNBC

 
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  • thedingoateyobaby

    I loved reading about the opinion that Nick will/maybe will return in the WC round. If there is a god please let it happen. This is god’s chance to prove his existence. Norman gets in, then there is definitely a god. He doesnt make it then satan is calling the shots.

    Hey, Im doin’ my part. I have the incense burning and the voodoo doll at the ready. She already lost one eye.

  • baxter

    “The 23-year-old Arkansas native joined Allison Iraheta and Adam Corkery in becoming the latest additions to Season 8à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Top 12, and no one seemed more surprised at the news than Kris himself à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ except maybe me.”

    Good lord Fox News sucks. WHo the hell is Adam Corkery???

  • haininh
  • http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=587900002&ref=name cruzceleste

    Nice guy David Archuleta is having a whirlwind year

    ‘ ‘American Idol” runner-up David Archuleta is so nice and polite that even asking him if he’s truly as nice and polite as he seems flusters him.

    ”Oh! What do you mean?” he says, laughing, in a telephone call last week from Los Angeles, where he was preparing for his first solo tour, which Sunday brings him to Allentown’s Crocodile Rock.

    ”That’s an awkward question. I guess so. I guess that’s just the way my parents just raised me, I don’t know. I guess that is the way I act. I try to be nice to people, especially if it’s the first time you’re meeting them or the only time you’re meeting them, the first impression really matters to them.”

    Archuleta also is so nice that he answered the question most of you reading this wanted to know: He doesn’t have a girlfriend and, in fact, a month past his 18th birthday, hasn’t even had his first kiss

    More on link….

  • haininh

    Thanks cruzceleste for the link. Archie is such a sweet kid. Sometimes in the article, I thought, I can hear his lovely voice :-) .

  • ozarka

    David Archuleta is the Featured Artist on B96 FM. There’s a nice long biography about him on the site.

  • http://myspace.com/girlgeek mj

    This is a cute little article about the wild card round (and Anoop):

    Thanks for the link, but that’s an ancient article that not only has already been posted, but contains bad information that’s already been debunked.

    Reminder: Please post headlines that are fairly recent (last two days) that haven’t been posted here before. Thanks.

  • http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=587900002&ref=name cruzceleste
  • haininh

    @Mj: My bad, I thought that was new.

  • Victoria

    That means that of the top six contestants, three are church worship leaders

    That struck me as a strange thing to write an article about. I mean, there have always been tons of contestants that sang in their church or whatever. In fact it helps them because they already have experience.

    Idol winner David Cook is having the time of his life

    Oh, how original. :rolleyes_wp:

  • flicker

    Jason Castro was on Idol Wrap this week, reviewing the performance show with Kim and Justin. And, he sang one of his songs.

    He sounded pretty good.

    Links to video are at Castrocopia.

    http://www.castrocopia.com/index.php?itemid=1616

  • soundscene

    Oh, how original.

    About as original as Crush on David Archuleta in Allentown.

  • RemusL

    Heheh… I don’t care what the grumpypants naysayers think – I just love Pork Beans!

    Hey guys, when are you coming to Toronto?

  • frogcooke

    Victoria and Lisa.. those lines just write them selves dont they? *eyeroll* lol

  • frogcooke

    awww update from FOD:

    UPDATE!
    Ray, davidà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s tour manager came out and told us that David was worried about us because it was so cold.

    We think that MAYBE it was davidà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s decision to get us into a warmer location.

  • Victoria

    Victoria and Lisa.. those lines just write them selves dont they? *eyeroll* lol

    Yep, I’ve also seen “America’s Not A Little Too Over David!”

    ETA: Haha, I just noticed the Fox interview said Adam Corkrey…?!

  • frogcooke

    LOL another one Victoria… lol These guys need better song titles… hahaha

  • anijsch

    Jason Yeager Vlog (Group 2) February 26, 2009

    with some inside info about song choice

  • http://stores.ebay.com/BookWomanBlues-Book-Nook Bobbi

    http://www.mantecabulletin.com/news/article/1800/

    Taylor and Julie are still in touch!

    …It was obvious that they wowed their audience, and the chemistry between them seemed perfect starting with Hicksà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ presentation of a single, red rose, and a harmonica in the back seat of the chauffeured limo.

    The Manteca Realtor said she doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think it all ended between the couple that night as they have been emailing each other daily ever since they met on the show….