Articles by mj santilli

I got kind of busy with the People’s Choice Awards tonight.   I watched the episode, but haven’t had a minute to collect my thoughts. Maybe I’ll post something later, but in the meantime, here’s

Watch This Space for Updates! The People’s Choice awards are tonight, and since it’s the People Who Choose, Idols nominated for awards are winning them. Carrie Underwood won Favorite Star Under 35, Favorite Female Singer

According to Pop Justice, Kelly Clarkson’s single, “My Life Would Suck Without You” will premiere on US radio next Wednesday.   No deets on where or when. Pop Justice claims the album, due to drop

Jennifer Hudson received 7 nods when nominations for the 40th NAACP awards were announced today. The awards will be handed out February 12 in Los Angeles and will air on FOX. Jennifer received noms in

Rumor has it, according to the National Enquirer, that Paula Abdul is “secretly” planning to launch her own talk show, whether TPTB at American Idol meet her 10 million dollar salary demands or not. My

One of Fantasia Barrino’s homes is going up for auction Monday, and according to the NY Post, she’s been ignoring attempts by the Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, sheriff’s deputy’s to contact her. Mecklenburg County sheriff’s

In this post about Top 50 contestant Lil Rounds, I wondered who the first two contestants in this video were. Brian Mansfield, the new Idol Chatter blogger, has uncovered the identity of the first girl.

Idol Watcher Told You So Thanks to Idol Watcher for noting the Carrie Underwood cover of Randy Travis I Told You So will be the fifth single from her Carnival Ride album. (I had heard

Another night of Season 7 reruns from the Fox Reality Channel, peeps.   Tonight we re-visit the Top 12. It’s Beatles’ night, and I remember being pretty excited, and a bit nervous about this. Nervous

The Hits Daily Double sales numbers are in, and yep, it’s January, typically a horrible month for record sales. This week’s numbers: 16 David Cook, David Cook 31, 252 47 David Archuleta, David Archuleta 13,