Preston auditioned in Dallas this week, he didn’t make it to the 2nd round, unfortunately, but he was kind enough to recap every thrilling moment just for us.   Heh. Enjoy.

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How can you say no to auditioning to be a part of your favorite show? After having tried out last year in San [...]

Idol Related Sales Numbers after the jump (BillBoard issue date 08/18/07)

The second session of American Idol camp recently ended. For $2900 (!!!), kids between the ages of 12 and 15 can hang in the Berkshires for 10 days with ex-Idols like Ace Young, Jon Peter Lewis and Bucky Covington.

Todayà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Idol headlines after the jumpà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

Sparkles Goes To The Big Show

a/k/a Team Indifference Takes A Stand

I decided to change my ID to Sparkles as that is my professional clown name. Actually I just made that up. I am not a professional clown, although I wear shoes about 10 sizes too big & I have a really red nose. [...]

Our own PJ was in the house tonight for Gina Glocksen’s hometown show.   She reports, that after Gina and Phil Stacey’s duet, Phil introduced her boyfriend Joe, who came up on stage.

Joe proposed to Gina, right there and she said yes!   Check out Team Plaid for [...]

Real-life stuff has interfered with my blogging (damn reality!) in the past few weeks, so pardon me while I play catch-up…

I wanted to mention The  Next Great American  Band  show which will premier with a two-hour episode on Friday, October 19.   I mention it,   [...]

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My 9-year-old daughter and I attended the Idols concert on 8/4/07 (me in my à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Life is Beautifulà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  T-shirt in honor of my boy, Sanjaya!). I had bought tickets off eBay at what turned out to be pretty much face value, as these tickets were more expensive than the regular Ticketmaster [...]

Kids started lining up at 6 am Saturday morning for the chance to audition today at Texas Stadium, in Dallas TX. It’s estimated there were more than 10,000 waiting in line on Saturday, by 8 am the line wrapped a quarter of the way [...]

A snapshot of Idolsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ singles radio play culled from Mediabase charts as of this morning. Find out where your favorite Idol stands on the radio after the jump.

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Check out this week’s Billboard Update:

The Highlights:

Billboard debuts a new formula this week for compiling the Hot 100 singles chart. The new formula includes songs  and videos streamed by Yahoo! and AOL.   Streaming will account for 5  % of Billboard’s hit calculation initially, with 55% going [...]

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