Friday Apr 6

By On 04/06/2007 · 241 Comments · In American Idol

Friday Apr 6

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More American Idol News

By On 04/05/2007 · 2 Comments · In American Idol, Chris Sligh, Ken Warwick, LaKisha Jones, Nigel Lythgoe, Ryan Seacrest, Sanjaya Malakar

According to an article in USA Today, Iain Pirie, head of US operations for 19 Entertainment says that, “it’s 95% certain there won’t be a Idol TV special, at least for this year, because effort is being concentrated on the charity special, Idol Gives Back.”

However, the  Idol songwriting contest is moving [...]

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Thursday Apr 5

By On 04/05/2007 · 344 Comments · In American Idol

Thursday Apr 5

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Top 9 Results

By On 04/04/2007 · 83 Comments · In American Idol, Blake Lewis, Chris Richardson, Gina Glocksen, Haley Scarnato, Jordin Sparks, LaKisha Jones, Melinda Doolittle, Phil Stacey, S6 Finals, Sanjaya Malakar

Saved by the Boobs…

Bottom 3

Phil Stacey
Haley Scarnato
Gina Glocksen

Going home…

Gina Glocksen

Michael Buble performed “Call Me Irresponsible.”

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Tony Bennett has the sniffles and won’t be performing tonight.   That’s a shame, it would have been cool to have one of the last great old-school performers show [...]

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TV Week Interview with Nigel Lythgoe: Top 9

By On 04/04/2007 · 14 Comments · In American Idol, Nigel Lythgoe

This week’s TV Week  backlot talk interview  with American Idol producers.   This morning, Chuck Ross spoke with Nigel Lythgoe.

Blake – “I didn’t think Blake bit it well enough for me…I thought he sang it very well and sustained the notes, but that one, you really bite the notes [Nigel demonstrates]…it’s quite [...]

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Breaking News

By On 04/04/2007 · 20 Comments · In American Idol

ETA:Â   Michael Buble has been confirmed for tonight’s show…

Tony Bennett pulls out of tonight’s Idol performance:

The legendary crooner, who turned eighty a few months ago, is not well enough to put his golden pipes on the air.

According to a spokesperson for the star, he has a cold.

With [...]

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Wednesday Apr 4

By On 04/04/2007 · 376 Comments · In American Idol

Wednesday Apr 4

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Top 9 Performance

By On 04/03/2007 · 92 Comments · In American Idol, Blake Lewis, Chris Richardson, Gina Glocksen, Haley Scarnato, Jordin Sparks, LaKisha Jones, Melinda Doolittle, Phil Stacey, S6 Finals, Sanjaya Malakar

The Top 9 sing the standards….with Tony Bennett as their coach.

Tony  Bennett has charted hits in every decade since the 1950′s.   Now that’s impressive.   I grew up with my parents spinning Tony  Bennett records  in our  living room, and  today I can turn on the radio and hear him duetting with Bono [...]

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Take A Chance on Something Beautiful

By On 04/03/2007 · 14 Comments · In American Idol, Chris Sligh

I am the world’s worst procrastinator.   Members of Chris Sligh’s band, Half Past Forever, were kind enough to send me a preview copy of their new CD “Take a Chance on Something Beautiful” (currently available at Amazon)  more than a month ago, and I have yet to review it.   In [...]

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Bits and Pieces

By On 04/03/2007 · 2 Comments · In American Idol, Ken Warwick, Nigel Lythgoe, S6 Finals

This week’s  Idol Coach  is the legendary singer, Tony Bennett.   He’ll be mentoring the kids as they take on the standards.

Bennett, a fan of American Idol, says the contestants can learn a lot from working in front of a live audience, “You learn things like knowing not to stay on [...]

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Tuesday Apr 3

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Tuesday Apr 3

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Monday Apr 2

By On 04/02/2007 · 462 Comments · In American Idol

Monday Apr 2

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Ratings News Week 11

By On 04/01/2007 · 47 Comments · In American Idol, Ratings

Here ya goà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’this weekà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s updated Season 6 American Idol ratings chart.   And, here are the preliminary Nielsen numbers for  last week:

Tuesday:

The top 10 “Idol” contestants performed to the tune of 26.8 million viewers and a 10.4 rating/29 share at 8 p.m., according [...]

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Sunday Apr 1

By On 04/01/2007 · 275 Comments · In American Idol

Sunday Apr 1

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Billboard Update 04/07/07

By On 03/31/2007 · 12 Comments · In American Idol, Blake Lewis, Carrie Underwood, Charts, Chris Daughtry, Elliott Yamin, Katharine McPhee, Kimberley Locke, Taylor Hicks

Straight from Chicago–this week’s groovy  American Idol Billboard Update:

Highlights:

The first week numbers for Elliott Yamin’s debut independent release are in and there’s much to celebrate: #3 on the Billboard 200, Top Digital Albums and Top Internet Albums.  #11 on the Top R&B Albums.  And, #1 with a bullet on the Top [...]

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