April 2011 • Page 4 of 30 • mjsbigblog

American Idol 10 Top 6 – Live Blog and VIDEOS

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I was a little disappointed to learn the kids would be forced to sing super old songs this week. After all, most of the well known tunes from the Carole King catalog are at least

Kara Dioguardi on Trying to Please Simon, Casting Season 9

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More juicy Idol bits from Kara Dioguardi’s new memoir Helluva High Note. She spilled some to the Beast and on theToday show yesterday, but Rolling Stone has posted more very interesting quotes from the book.

Idol Headlines for 04/27/11 – The Evening Edition

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The Idol Tour Dates Are posted at American Idol.com (Sort of) Check out the Idol tour dates on THIS MAP. There’s also a list of tour dates with cities and venues HERE. The tour begins

Crystal Bowersox performs a New, Yet-To-Be-Titled Song in Newark, OH

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Crystal Bowersox performed a new, yet-to-be titled song at the Midland Theatre in Newark, OH last week. The poignant tune was written shortly after the death of her friend Mark Brink. Video: revanisms Watch the

Miley Cyrus, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds to Appear on Idol Tonight

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EOnline is reporting that Miley Cyrus’s visit to Lauren Alaina mentoring session last week will be aired on tonight’s American Idol. Lauren tweeted last week, “Today has been amazing! I got to meet @MileyCyrus and

The Voice Opens Big with 11.8 Million Viewers

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The ratings are in for the new NBC singing competition, The Voice, and they’re good: Via THR The Mark Burnett-produced singing competition improved NBC’s season average in the time period by 89 percent. With a

Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson Nominated for CMT Music Awards

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Carrie Underwood’s video for “Undo It” and The Kelly Clarkson/Jason Aldean collaboration “Don’t You Wanna Stay” are nominated for CMT Music awards, according to a CMT press release. Carrie’s “Undo It” gets two nods: Video

Steven Tyler On the Cover of People and Rolling Stone

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Double covers this week for Steven Tyler (take that Jlo!) as he promotes his new memoir, Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?, out May 3. In the story, writes Rolling Stone, Steven talks

Idol Headlines for 4/27/11

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Today’s Idol Appearances Taylor Hicks will perform in concert at Lincoln Theatre in Mount Vernon, Washington. 7:30 pm The American Idol Top 6 attended BritWeek last night. Check out a photo HERE and HERE. Kellie

Idol Sales News – Week Ending 04/24/11

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Jennifer Hudson stays on top of the Idol Album leader board, Mandisa continues to have lower than expected week-to-week drops and Carrie Underwood returns to the top 200 (and is within 3-4 weeks of selling