Headlines: Carrie Underwood Gets Ready for the Grammys

Tonight on Saturday Night Live Kanye West is the musical host, while Melissa McCarthy hosts. 11:30 pm NBC.

“Excited to be playing with Carrie Underwood on The GRAMMYs this Monday,” singer Sam Hunt posted on his Facebook page. The two will be singing a duet during the ceremony, which airs on CBS Feb 15 8 pm.

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Jessica Cabral talks ‘Idol’ exit, future plans – In that situation, song choice is key, and if she had her way, she’d have sung “something by Taylor Swift and changed it, but we couldn’t do any of her songs. None of her songs are on the cleared list,” the 20-page list, with probably 50 to 75 songs on each page, of all the songs the competitors are allowed to sing. But while that’s a lot of songs, Cabral says her choices were even more limited: She was given a choice of three songs to sing: “Breathe,” Tori Kelly’s recent pop hit “Hollow,” or Colbie Caillat’s moody self-esteem rumination “Try.” Cabral says “Hollow” was her first choice, but the producers strongly encouraged her to go with “Breathe,” saying “we think it will be a slam dunk.” And Cabral is quite clear she doesn’t believe she’s that person, as evidenced by her launching immediately into a GoFundMe Page to help fund her own album, which at this point she’s certain will be worship-themed, although she’s still deciding whether it will be a congregational album or something more on the artistic side. “I actually was contacted by ‘The Voice,’” she says, adding that she’s still considering going through the process. “My first audition with them is next Tuesday.” – Read more at Telegram.com

The Voice 7 Alum Matt McAndrew Writes New Songs

Christina Aguilera Dishes on ‘The Voice,’ Woman Power, and Her Kids – Christina told Mario about returning, “I’m most excited, ’cause I think I have the strongest team overall that I’ve had in all the seasons. I’ve done it since the first season.” Not only is she back, Xtina is determined to break the all-male coach winning streak of the past nine seasons. “I’m hoping to break the girl curse… no actual girl coach has won it yet, and it’s driving me nuts!” – Read more at Extra

Lee DeWyze Talks New Album, ‘American Idol’ Win and ‘The Walking Dead’ Hit Song – “I’m a singer-songwriter that won American Idol, not an American Idol winner that became a singer-songwriter,” said Lee DeWyze a few days before the release of his latest album Oil & Water. Still boasting the aura of musical brilliance that undoubtedly propelled his American Idol win back in 2010, DeWyze considers himself an “old soul,” interested in the kind of music that moves people to their core. – Read more at Lipulse.com

Lee DeWyze brings new music to Teaneck – Singer-songwriter Lee DeWyze’s new album is the most introspective of his career. Not coincidentally, the singer-songwriter stripped down the instrumentation on “Oil & Water” to shine a brighter spotlight on his words. Musically, “Oil & Water” mainly features DeWyze on acoustic guitar. Gone is the bluegrass stomp and accompanying banjo from his previous album, “Frames” (2013). “This one is very centered around my life and things I’ve been going through,” DeWyze said by phone. “The songs are very lyrical and it’s really about getting behind the emotion and lyrics of each song. It’s very personal, but I think it’s something everyone can relate to in their own life.” – Read more at North Jersey.com

Nigel Lythgoe To Exec Produce Dance Pic ‘Tackling Romeo’ – Berlin – Choreographer, producer and reality dance judge Nigel Lythgoe (So You Think You Can Dance, American Idol) has signed on to executive produce the dance feature Tackling Romeo, which will be introduced during this year’s Berlin Film Festival. Aimed at fans of films like Pitch Perfect, Tackling Romeo follows East Coast prep school senior Bobby Sherwood, a star Rugby player who sets about trying to become a ballet dancer in secret. As he juggles his life at school with his dreams of dancing, he finds these worlds colliding as he struggles with living up to the expectations of his family and friends, and who he is inside. – Read more at Deadline

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