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People’s Choice Awards 2012 – Live Blog – Winners List

By On 01/11/2012 · 28 Comments · In America's Got Talent, American Idol, Glee, The Voice

Live blogging the People’s Choice Awards right here. Click on the link for winners and more.

UPDATE: LIVE Blog and FULL Winners list inside

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HDD – Album Sales Prediction : Jan 2-8

By On 01/10/2012 · 39 Comments · In America's Got Talent, American Idol, Charts, The Voice

With 54.02% of reports received, Adele continues to rule the sales charts. Although, HDD percentages are whack, Adele is shown as selling almost 3 times as much as the second place CD. She is predicted to finish with between 120-130K in sales which is about 2.5 times the amount the second place CD is expected [...]

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Billboard – 1/14/12

By On 01/06/2012 · 21 Comments · In America's Got Talent, American Idol, Charts, The Voice

As we all know, there are approximately 83,467 Billboard charts. This is a summary of just some of those charts and how the Idols/AGTers did on them this week. Please feel free to post rankings from your favourite BB chart or any other numbers you care to share. This is the daily numbers thread.

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Simon Cowell Returns To Britain’s Got Talent, Doubles the Winner’s Prize Package

By On 01/03/2012 · 23 Comments · In America's Got Talent, Simon Cowell

Simon Cowell announced on Monday that he’ll be returning to Britain’s Got Talent as as a judge. The return should help BGT, which has struggled on ITV after he left last season. (Via The Hollywood Reporter)

In order to “change the perception of the show” Simon will be plowing $410,000 of his own money to double the winner’s prize packet to $820,000.

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The Year In Review – The Biggest Stories of 2011 – Part 2

By On 12/31/2011 · 62 Comments · In America's Got Talent, American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, Glee, The Glee Project, The Voice, X Factor

As we approach the New Year, I thought I’d do a little roundup of the biggest stories of 2011. What I’ve included here are stories related to the shows I cover on the blog, including: American Idol, X Factor, Glee, Dancing With the Stars and America’s Got Talent. The list is mostly show related items, but if a contestant or cast member made some waves, I’ve got it covered here too.

Part 2 is after the jump!

Check out Part 1 – January to July

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The Year In Review – The Biggest Stories of 2011 – Part 1

By On 12/30/2011 · 56 Comments · In America's Got Talent, American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, Glee, The Voice, X Factor

As we approach the New Year, I thought I’d do a little roundup of the biggest stories of 2011. What I’ve included here are stories related to the shows I cover on the blog, including: American Idol, X Factor, Glee, Dancing With the Stars and America’s Got Talent. The list is mostly show related items, but if a contestant or cast member made some waves, I’ve got it covered here too.

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Billboard – 1/7/12

By On 12/30/2011 · 62 Comments · In America's Got Talent, American Idol, Charts, The Voice

As we all know, there are approximately 79,123 Billboard charts. This is a summary of just some of those charts and how the Idols/AGTers did on them this week. Please feel free to post rankings from your favourite BB chart or any other numbers you care to share. This is the daily numbers thread.

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Idols In Concert – Stats – 12/29/11

By On 12/29/2011 · 41 Comments · In America's Got Talent, American Idol, Charts

This week, we have concert stats from Jackie Evancho and David Cook.

38 Jackie Evancho, Christopher Dallo
Pittsburgh, Pa.; Benedum Center
Dec. 20, 2011
$185,222; 2,248 of 2,748 (82%); $125.75, $40.25

58 Jackie Evancho, Christopher Dallo
Buffalo, N.Y.; Shea’s Performing Arts Center
Dec. 15, 2011
$115,545; 1,657 of 2,449 [...]

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HDD – Album Sales Prediction : Dec 12-18

By On 12/20/2011 · 62 Comments · In America's Got Talent, American Idol, Charts, The Voice

HDD gave us a Christmas treat by releasing Final numbers on Monday. It kind of makes me wonder how often they have the final numbers on Monday, but I’ll just appreciate the one day totals when we get them.

As expected, Michael Buble continues to dominate these pre-Christmas charts. Nobody else is even close. Traditionally, [...]

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Howard Stern Calls Out Parents Who Put Their Kids in Talent Shows

By On 12/18/2011 · 35 Comments · In America's Got Talent

Howard Stern called into Piers Morgan Tonight Friday night to talk about his upcoming stint as America’s Got Talent judge. He has been hired to take Piers Morgan’s place, who is leaving to concentrate on his CNN Show.

Howard calls out the Parents Television Council, and parents who put their kids in talent shows.

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Howard Stern Named Judge on America’s Got Talent

By On 12/15/2011 · 27 Comments · In America's Got Talent

Howard Stern announced on his satellite-radio show Thursday morning that he signed a contract to become the new judge on NBC’s America’s Got Talent.

“I take judging very seriously,” Stern said on his show Thursday.

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HDD – Album Sales Prediction : Dec 5-11

By On 12/13/2011 · 89 Comments · In America's Got Talent, American Idol, Charts

Update: Final numbers now in:

Scotty (10): 54,343 (+52%); Jackie (11): 53,108 (+42%); Susan (21): 41,654 (+18%); Daughtry (27): 35,101 (-13%); SuBo “Gift” (30): 33,896 (+22%); Kelly (47): 23,198 (+28%)

With 36.20% of the reports in, those two Christmas singing Canadians continue to top the charts. Michael Buble, helped by his very successful Christmas special [...]

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Billboard – 12/17/11

By On 12/09/2011 · 23 Comments · In America's Got Talent, American Idol, Charts, The Voice

As we all know, there are approximately 73,423 Billboard charts. This is a summary of just some of those charts and how the Idols/AGTers did on them this week. Please feel free to post rankings from your favourite BB chart or any other numbers you care to share. This is the daily numbers thread.

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HDD – Album Sales Prediction : Nov 28-Dec 3

By On 12/06/2011 · 57 Comments · In America's Got Talent, American Idol, Charts

Another week, another chart dominated by Canadians. This week, Michael Buble tops our partial HDD report with 37.17% reporting. With over 202K in sales reported already, the boy from Burnaby has nothing to fear from the boy from Stratford (Justin Bieber). Rounding out the top 10 for the Canucks are Nickelback in 4th and Drake [...]

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Billboard – 12/10/11

By On 12/02/2011 · 34 Comments · In America's Got Talent, American Idol, Charts, The Voice

As we all know, there are approximately 71,202 Billboard charts. This is a summary of just some of those charts and how the Idols/AGTers did on them this week. Please feel free to post rankings from your favourite BB chart or any other numbers you care to share. This is the daily numbers thread.

Lauren [...]

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