American Idol singers perform for YOUR VOTES tonight. 8/7c PM on FOX. Survivor continues on CBS tonight at 8/7c PM.
ABC’s ‘Dirty Dancing’ Remake Casts Colt Prattes as Johnny – Singer-dancer-actor Colt Prattes will take on the role originally played by Patrick Swayze in the upcoming three-hour television adaptation of the hit 1987 romantic drama. Prattes joins the previously announced Abigail Breslin, who is starring as Baby. – Read more at The Hollywood Reporter
Champs aren’t the only winners on “Idol’; a look at also-rans who still made it – As American Idol’s last Top 10 group begins competing Thursday (Fox, 8 p.m. live ET/delayed PT), it’s a good time to look back at finalists who didn’t win but made a mark, either on the show or afterward. Take a look at memorable Idol non-winners from the 14 previous seasons. Why so much concentration on the early years? To paraphrase a quote attributed to bank robber Willie Sutton, that’s where the viewers were. – Read more at USAToday
First Person: My ‘American Idol’ Experience, by Norman Gentle – The 15th and final bittersweet season of American Idol is underway, and all season long, Yahoo Music’s Reality Rocks is inviting alumni from the series to share their stories. This week’s essay is by one of the series’ all-time zaniest and most memorable contestants, Season 8?s Nick Mitchell, aka Norman Gentle, who explains the inspiration for his kitschy character and offers tips for aspiring talent show auditioners. – Read more at Yahoo.com
Swon Brothers Share Secrets of Carrie Underwood’s ‘Storyteller’ Tour – The Swon Brothers are spending the winter and spring opening for Carrie Underwood on her Storyteller Tour, which means they have a backstage — and beneath the stage — vantage point. That’s right, there’s whole lot of activity under Underwood’s transforming cake-like stage that Zach Swon compares to a spaceship from Star Wars. “Under the stage, there’s like a city of people working and doing all kinds of different things,” Colton Swon says. “I don’t want to give too much away if you haven’t seen the show, but it is unreal. The production is unreal.”
Via Taste of Country
Survivor’s Jeff Probst: This Is the Most “Brutal” Season We’ve Done – The 32nd season of Survivor is so brutal that anyone who still believes the show is staged will have their suspicions put to rest for good, according to host Jeff Probst. “This season is going to put a pin in that,” Probst tells TVGuide.com. “The fourth episode is epic. It’s pretty full-on, and it’s exciting because we tell the story in a new way. We let the audience sort of see behind the scenes of what’s happening. To the few who still may think that we’re a show that isn’t real – which drives me nuts, because of all the scripted ‘unscripted’ shows – it will answer once again any questions about whether or not this show is real.” – Read more at TV Guide
