American Idol

New Music Monday – Daughtry, James Durbin, Haley Reinhart & Casey Abrams, Javier Colon

Lot’s of new music out this week ahead of Black Friday! Daughtry, James Durbin and The Voice winner, Javier Colon are all releasing albums this week.

Plus, the long awaited holiday single “Baby It’s Cold Outside” from Casey Abrams and Haley Reinhart is now available for download. And Pia Toscano is featured on a new holiday tune from the Italian trio, Il Volo.

American Idol

Kelly Clarkson, Daughtry, Adam Lambert, Jennifer Hudson & More at the American Music Awards

Sunday’s AMA Awards will feature Jennifer Hudson as a presenter, Daughtry, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Lopez, Maroon 5, and Christina Aguilera as performers. Adam Lambert will be there too! Jennifer Lopez, Maroon 5 and Blake Shelton are nominated for awards.

UPDATE: Adam will not only be in the audience, but he’ll be presenting as well, according to a report from The Hollywood Reporter.

Make sure to join us when we live blog the show. The AMA’s will be broadcast live on ABC Sunday January 20 at 8 EST.

America's Got Talent

Peoples Choice Awards 2012 – List of Nominees

Nominees for Peoples Choice Awards 2012 were announced this morning at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, and here are the list of nominations.

Blog specific noms are listed at the top. In the favorite TV Competition Show category are all our of our favorites: American Idol, DWTS, SYTYCD, The Voice and AGT. Next year, I expect X Factor to join the category.

More after the jump.

The Voice

The Voice: Longer and Bigger Blind Auditions

The Voice executive producer, Mark Burnett announced at at press conference on Friday that the show’s post-Super Bowl premiere on February 5 will go straight to the blind auditions. Actually, that’s also how Season 1 began, but the big news is that instead of 8 contestants on each of the coaches’ teams, there will be 12 with more weeks of blind audition rounds.

Burnett says that’s what fans really responded to in season 1, and it’s the thing that sets The Voice apart from other competition reality shows like American Idol and X Factor.

The Voice

Dia Frampton Single Due in November, Album in December

With all the X Factor and American Idol excitement in the air, it’s easy to forget the contestants who came out on top on the surprise Spring hit, The Voice.

Runner-up, Dia Frampton has been busy at work on an album for Universal music. She tweeted an update yesterday. The single “The Broken Ones” will be out in November. What’s more, Dia has chosen 12 songs out of the 70 she’s written to round out her new album, due in December.