Idol Headlines for 9/28/12 – The Evening Edition

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See the names and photos of ALL the X Factor contestants who advanced to Boot Camp HERE.

James Durbin tweets, “Recording a new song about suicide prevention called “We Would’ve Loved You Anyway” @blairdaly @james_a_michael @Indeloon85 @JFabb”

UNICEF “Water for Life” Gala – On September 29, Calgary will mark the 20th anniversary of the UNICEF Gala in support of UNICEF’s life-saving work for children. Members of the community will be treated to a delectable four-course dinner created by Hyatt Regency Calgary Chef David Flegel, an exceptional performance by musician and UNICEF Ambassador Clay Aiken, novel auction items, and an inspiring keynote speech from UNICEF Canada’s President and CEO David Morley. – Read more at Clay Aiken.com

Erika Van Pelt tweets, “Very excited to begin my work with @AlexAndAniUSA !” (Looks like it’s a local RI company that sells jewelry lines.

Nicki Minaj Confirmed For Three Reality Specials – It seems that while Nicki Minaj will be starring in a number of reality specials, rumors that she will star in a reality show have been greatly exaggerated. E! confirmed that the YMCMB rapper is set to appear in three specials on the network beginning in November. The network adds that the specials will include never-before-seen footage of the rapper in her personal and professional life. They shared that more details are forthcoming. – Read more at MTV

Jose Feliciano tweets, “Dueting with Kris Allen, 2009 American Idol Winner, Ain’t No Sunshine, and digging it!” Kris and Jose will be performing at the Miami Rocks Our Troops event in Coral Gables Florida Saturday night.

20 questions with Jessica Sanchez

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Would Mariah Carey Come Back for Another Season of Idol? [AUDIO] – Can Mariah See Herself Doing Another Season of Idol? “Yeah, I actually can,” she confesses. “I love moments like this, because I think they’re great. You work through whatever. I’m just learning. I don’t consider myself a judge, I consider myself as someone who is trying to give constructive criticism and guidance…I think it’s a really, really great opportunity for people out there who don’t necessarily have the money to make their own demo or to go to a record company and stuff like that. I have a totally new respect for the whole thing.” – Read more at RyanSeacrest.com

Britney Spears – Accuser Claims Drug Dog Found Crystal Meth In Home – Sam Lutfi — the self-proclaimed manager of Britney Spears who is suing her for defamation — claims in new legal docs a drug-sniffing dog found a cache of crystal meth in her home. The allegations were filed in connection with the upcoming trial. Lutfi claims Britney, along with her parents Lynn and Jamie — defamed him by saying he drugged the singer during her dark period. In the docs, Lutfi talks about what he would want Britney to testify about. As of now, she will not take the stand because a judge has found she is not competent to testify as a result of the conservatorship. Lutfi says in the docs Britney should testify about an incident in 2007 … he claims he “brought drug-sniffing dogs into her home … and they found a cache of crystal methedrine, which was destroyed.” – Read more at TMZ.com

AMC gets into ‘Idol’ game, orders talent competition series – The network has greenlit Road Show, an unscripted series set against the backdrop of small-town talent competitions. The show will have open-call auditions for singers, dancers, comedy acts and so forth — so in terms of the variety of performers, it’s a bit more like America’s Got Talent. Road Show’s director and choreographer will serve as judges and mentors, selecting finalists to participate in a talent show held at a local venue. Eight, one-hour episodes have been ordered. Since this is AMC, you can bet there’s probably not going to be a lot of lasers and spinning chairs. Road Show will aim for a more realistic take on the talent-seeking format than its big network forebears. “Road Show is a doc style talent competition series that celebrates the stories of the people who ever sang into their hairbrush, or lost sleep over their premiere in a community theater production,” says Joel Stillerman, AMC’s evp of original programming. “It’s the local talent show writ large, and will focus on the personal stories as much as the actual talent competition.” – Read more at Entertainment Weekly

 
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  • http://profile.yahoo.com/XDQP2Y46M5B3OHOKALDDGDHQCM Leandro

    I think Crawling Home, ITNOL and Not Alone are radio-friendly enough to make a good impression on HAC. 3 good radio-friendly songs. That’s enough – now he should make the rest of the album with uptempo songs and real rock’n'roll!

  • http://www.facebook.com/shelby.walker.5011 Shelby Walker

    “ It’s the only way I can explain the poor picking of singles, not only for James but for some of the other Idol alum lately.  I swear sometimes it’s like they pick the absolutely worst song off the whole album to release as a single – WTF.”

    Singles aren’t chosen by the best song but by side deals made with producers and songwriters. The label will ask a songwriter or producer for a song for ____’s album and promise it will be the first single or second as part of the deal. 

  • fuzzywuzzy

    “Singles aren’t chosen by the best song but by side deals made with
    producers and songwriters. The label will ask a songwriter or producer
    for a song for ____’s album and promise it will be the first single or
    second as part of the deal. ”

    Source for this information, please.

  • http://www.facebook.com/shelby.walker.5011 Shelby Walker

    2 words. Ryan Tedder. He had a song on every Idol’s cd for about 5 years. Not so coincidentally, they were all lead singles whether they were crappy or crappier.

  • irockhard

    ITA, 3 songs for radio that can also translate well acoustic for all the PD grovelling, that’s enough. Rest of the album should be songs that will kick ass live in a full band electric show. Rock hard James, please!

  • irockhard

    Looks like James has had a hand in co-writing every song so far, so that’s promising.

  • irockhard

    I can believe Howard Benson & Marti Frederickson having a deal like that (LMB). Marti might be trying his luck again, but this time James is stepping in: “you’re not doing this without me”.

  • justmefornow

    Yes, apparently that was Blake giggling like a little kid on that video.
    (If I were him I’d watch out for payback, lol)

    Heidi Durbin ?@MrsHeidiDurbin
    @mydonna23 @jeCanadaUrockJD @holly_hg @JFabb @DurbinRock@Indeloon85 I heard it was Blake giggling.. I wasn’t there for the Fancy Fabb dance

  • roarpen

    That Not Alone song has turned into an ear worm song for me – can’t get it out of my head even though it wasn’t my favorite when I first heard it. But the one I like the most is the one that we heard in the snippet with Blake called LA Bunz.
    I hope they go out on the road and we can get good youtube vids – then we can let him know what songs we think should be on the new album. : ))

  • DragonFly

    All James songs are earworm tunes that come up day & night in your head – OR could it be the ol’ ”replay button” syndrome that fuels it? 

  • justmefornow

    During the StageIt show James said the leaked snippet on Youtube “LA Bunz” where Blake was laying down some tracks, was the from the song “Enemies Like You”. 
    That snippet sounded a lot different than the one verse he sang during the acoustic show, so it would seem some of these songs may sound very different electric. 

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PYUSdJgTFE

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK55lpuQhRY

  • thirdtime

    Steppen, I agree with every single thing you said in this post except this:

    It needs to earn the praises from music critics to break ground with air plays

    I’ve been following quite of a few of the Idols and from what I’ve seen, praise from music critics doesn’t seem to make much difference in whether or not an album gets airplay and/or people buy it or not, so I don’t know how important that is.  But I do agree with everything else you said – the sophomore album is extremely important, they need to choose their songs wisely, and the performances need to be captivating to win over new fans.

  • roarpen

     I love both versions….but I looooooooove the rock version the most.

  • irockhard

    Praise from music critics doesn’t matter in the pop world because pop music is mostly crap anyway. But it does matter in the rock world. Music critics is one of the sources rock fans use to discover new music by reading album reviews in rock web/print media.

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