Kree Harrison, “American Idol” runner-up, delivers more than just music AMERICA’S INSPIRATIONAL IDOL – Candice Glover may be the most recent “American Idol” winner, but it’s runner-up Kree Harrison who feels like a champion. “I didn’t expect to go as far as I did,” said Harrison, calling from Connecticut. “Obviously, making it to the finale was way more than I could have ever imagined. So I loved how it ended. And also, I feel like in a way, we all won. It’s not necessarily the title of ‘American Idol’ but I feel like a lot of us won with the exposure that created a following. That’s what we went there to do, so I am happy.” – Read more at Valley24.com
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Phillips capitalizes on his ‘Idol’ fortunes – With a name like Phillip Phillips, the last thing the singer-songwriter needs to be is redundant. Fortunately, that’s not the case for Phillips, who is touring behind “The World From The Side of the Moon.” His folk-rock has inflections of jazz, funk and soul. “I like to mix it up,” he says. “There’s no need to be repetitive.” The winner of “American Idol’s” 11th season, aka the last year of Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez, is a charismatic entertainer. – Read more at PhillyBurbs
Van Pelt joins the search for ‘Scorpion Idol’ – The tables have turned for Erika Van Pelt. A top 10 finisher on “American Idol” in 2012, the Rhode Island singer is getting a chance at the other end of the mike – hosting and helping to judge the weekly “Scorpion Idol” karaoke contest in the Scorpion Bar at Foxwoods Resort Casino. The three-month contest, held on Wednesday nights, started July 31, with contestants signing up each night to compete in hopes of being selected for the finals, which will take place Oct. 23. – Read more at The Day.com
Fantasia puts the drama behind her, plans Saturday performance in Montgomery – Fantasia is feeling the love — and says she hasn’t felt this good since winning “American Idol” in 2004. The singer’s fourth album, “Side Effects of You,” debuted at No. 1 and No. 2 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop and Top 200 albums charts last week. She said the response is both welcome and complicated, especially after her last few tumultuous years. “It feels really good,” she said softly. “You have to be very careful because there was a time when I went from being up here and everybody loved you and then when (that) ole thing happened, it was like, ‘OK, everybody …’ — so it’s almost, like, tricky.” – Read more at Montgomery Advertiser.com
Top ‘American Idol’ contestants take their acts to Broadway – What do Fantasia Barrino, Constantine Maroulis and Clay Aiken have in common? “American Idol,” of course — but also Broadway: They’re just three of the former contestants who have successfully dabbled in show tunes. This fall, two experienced “Idol” hands return to the stage: Barrino in the swing-flavored revue “After Midnight” starting Oct. 18, and Justin Guarini as Paris, starting tomorrow, in “Romeo and Juliet.” – Read more at The New York Post
Interview: Jason Castro: Cantinas Music Festival and Beyond – American Idol continues to be the kind of show where you don’t have to finish to come out a winner. Jason Castro finished fourth in the talent competition’s seventh season, but that hasn’t stopped him from developing a following of fans and becoming his own person in the Contemporary Christian Music scene. The dreadlocked Idol will be performing this weekend, August 24th, at the second annual Cantinas Music festival in Paso Robles, California, alongside such notables as Michael W. Smith and Francesca Battistelli. – Read more at The Trades
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One Direction’s Niall Horan, Harry Styles: Simon Cowell Is Going to Be a “Great,” “Sick” Dad – Asked whether they think Cowell will be a good dad to his baby-to-be with Silverman, the teen idols didn’t hesitate to say yes. “I do,” Tomlinson, 21, told Us. “He’s going to be sick,” Horan, 19, piped in. “He’s a really nice, great guy.” Added Styles, also 19: “He’s going to be great.” – Read more at Us Magazine
