Year: 2008

A Conversation with Carrie Underwood With her wavy blond hair, button nose, and pearly smile, Carrie Underwood, 24, looks like she just stepped off the cover of a 1980s Sweet Valley High paperback. Raised on

Season 4’s 10th place finisher Jessica Sierra was supposed to be on her way to California to start a year long treatment program in a Pasedena facility, but the California Parole Board has denied her

Simon Cowell conducted a brief press conference with reporter today.   Here are two good recaps from TV Squad and Idol Chatter.   The Jist (my comments are in italics, heh) …Ninety percent of what

Idols are dropping left and right here! Now, it’s Katharine McPhee, according to the EW Hollywood Insider, who has lost her record contract– Another Idol label deal bites the dust. Hollywood Insider has learned that

Blake Lewis performed “Break Anotha” on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night:

Idol Related Sales Numbers after the jump (Billboard issue date 1/19/08)

UPDATE:   Apparently J Records is leaving open the possibility that they’ll work with Taylor Hicks in the future.   From the EW Hollywood Insider post on Katharine McPhee: “…a rep for the RCA Music

Kelly, never the idle Idol SITTING in the miserable Manchester drizzle, it’s hard to empathise with the enthusiastic Kelly Clarkson as she proclaims a love for the city unrivalled even by its own residents. “God,

Phil Stacey’s new single, “If You Didn’t Love Me” has been posted to You Tube, via Philnatics.com. Popwatch has posted a short review here. Total country ear candy. Phil sounds great. Could be a hit…

One of my favorite Idols is in the studio recording for an album due this spring: Chris Garcia, who has worked with Santana and Michelle Branch, Dido and Jewel, is producing the album under the