ARIANA GRANDE, BLAKE SHELTON & GWEN STEFANI TO PERFORM ON THE “2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS” – Billboard and dick clark productions announced today that Ariana Grande, Blake Shelton, and Gwen Stefani have been added to the star-studded lineup of performers at the “2016 Billboard Music Awards.” Grande is set to perform new music, and Shelton and Stefani will take to the stage for the awards show debut of “Go Ahead And Break My Heart,” a song they wrote and perform on Shelton’s new album If I’m Honest. The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” will broadcast LIVE from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22 at 8:00 p.m. ET / 5:00 p.m. PT on ABC. – via dc productions press release
Final American Idol to star at Elvis Festival – The Tupelo Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Downtown Tupelo Main Street Association (DTMSA) present the 18th annual Tupelo Elvis Festival June 2-5 in downtown Tupelo. The festival will celebrate Tupelo’s native son, Elvis Presley, and musical genres influenced by Presley will be showcased at the BancorpSouth Arena and Fairpark stage. Entertainment line-up for the Fairpark stage: Friday, June 4 HEADLINER: American Idol Season XV Winner Trent Harmon – Read more at Lee County Courier
David Archuleta, Paul Cardall to perform humanitarian concerts in the Adriatic North Mission – Challenges most always are opportunities, as was the case recently in the Adriatic North Mission. Two American musical artists, pianist Paul Cardall and David Archuleta, will perform Friday, May 13, in the Slovenian Opera Theatre at the invitation of the Slovenian Heart Foundation for the group’s sold-out 25th anniversary charity concert celebration. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was invited to partner with the foundation and find the entertainers for the event, the proceeds of which will benefit children and their families in times of illness. – Read more at Deseret News
‘American Idol’ Alum Tristan McIntosh Talks Grand Ole Opry Debut – Then, the weekend after her Idol elimination, McIntosh was visiting her grandparents’ home when her grandfather told her that Darius Rucker was headlining at the Opry a couple days later. “I decided to tweet Darius,” said McIntosh. “I wrote, ‘Would love to be your sidekick on Tuesday at the Opry!’ I didn’t expect anything to come of it. Twenty minutes later I got a response: ‘Come on out if you’re in Nashville.’ Well, I was in Nashville! I DM’ed him for more information and he sent me backstage passes. When we got there we were talking to him and Pete Fisher [vice president and general manager of the Opry] walked by and asked me if I’d like to make my Opry debut. McIntosh will be joining artists like Bill Anderson, Steve Wariner, Holly Williams and Jeannie Seely on the Grand Ole Opry stage on May 14. – Read more at Billboard.com
Chris Daughtry Talks Life After ‘American Idol’ & ‘The Walking Dead’ Conspiracy Theories [Q&A] – After over a decade on television, American Idol is officially over, but Chris Daughtry is just getting started. The 36-year-old rocker may not have won the fifth season of the popular singing competition (ultimately losing to Taylor Hicks), still Daughtry walked away with something much better than the title: a legitimate career. Although he finished in fourth place, since his Idol run ended in 2006 Daughtry ranks third in the number of albums sold by any contestant to date (behind Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson respectively). – Read more at Music Times
Chris Daughtry: American Idol will be back – Chris Daughtry is convinced ‘American Idol’ will be back in a different form. The Daughtry frontman – who came fourth on the fifth season of the talent show – doesn’t think the programme is over for good, despite it recently ending after 15 seasons. He said: “From the day that they said they were cancelling, I’ve said that I think that they will repackage it another way. My theory is that it’s coming through.” – Read more at The Spec
Dancing with the Stars’ Nyle DiMarco Could Have Been the Sexiest Math Teacher Alive – Until Social Media Changed His Life – When Nyle DiMarco graduated from college, he moved to Florida with a plan of becoming a teacher. Having graduated from Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. (the United States’ only Deaf university), with a degree in mathematics, math was to be the deaf Dancing with the Stars front-runner’s subject of choice. “They found me through social media,” DiMarco says of being approached in 2014 by the team behind the Freeform drama Switched at Birth. – Read more at People
Survivor host Jeff Probst on the latest medical evacuation – ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Yet another medical evacuation in this brutal season as Joe had to be pulled from the game as a result of his Steakocalypse. Tell us about how you got the word that Joe was in trouble and what happened next? JEFF PROBST: This was unusual in that I did not accompany medical the first time Joe called because he wasn’t alarmed and it sounded more like an upset stomach issue. So when we got the second call at the end of the day, Dr. Joe immediately sensed it might be more serious. We hopped in the boat and headed over to the island. It was a very unfortunate situation because in any other situation in life, Joe’s pain could have been easily remedied. But this is Survivor and if it requires medical to really get in and help, then we almost always have to pull you from the game. – Read more at Entertainment Weekly
