Tonight, The American Idol Top 3 Finalists take the stage to perform in competition for ONE LAST TIME! One will leave the competition ahead of tomorrow’s BIG BIG FINALE 8/7c PM FOX. After American Idol at 9/8c PM, it’s another episode of Empire.
OH and for you non singing show fans, or for those of you watching Idol and want to catch up…Survivor airs at 8/7c pm tonight. We’ll still be live blogging!
American Idol winner to sing anthem before Pacquiao fight
A really weird and tone deaf booking considering the recent controversy with Pacquiao. Many celebrities are boycotting.
The #IdolFinale winner will step into the ring w/@MannyPacquiaoTR April 9…to sing the U.S. Anthem! #PacBradley pic.twitter.com/hNcCjkxZ4Y
— Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) April 6, 2016
Tim Halperin American Idol Audition – In honor of the American Idol farewell, I thought I would share what I remember from my Idol journey. Spoiler alert: I might ruin some of the American Idol Magic for you, so if you love the show and prefer to believe that what you see on TV is untouched and unproduced, don’t read this. – Read more at Facebook.com
Keith Urban Reflects on ‘American Idol,’ Teases New Album Featuring Pitbull & Carrie Underwood – Now with Idol coming to an end, Urban will be able to put all the focus on his new Ripcord album. The LP is not yet completed, but he has already released three singles from the project including “Wasted Time.” He also teamed up with Idol alum Carrie Underwood for the upcoming track “The Fighter” and with Pitbull for “Sun Don’t Let Me Down.” – Read more at RyanSeacrest.com
Suburban American Idol finalists: Where are they now? – A Naperville dental assistant, a Wheeling Aquatic Center lifeguard, a dog walker from St. Charles — all of these regular suburban people became finalists on “American Idol,” the FOX singing competition show that, during its prime, was one of the most popular shows on TV. The suburbs even had a champion — Mount Prospect paint salesman Lee DeWyze — who won the title in 2010. – Read more at Dailyherald.com
WATCH: American Idol’s Scott MacIntyre Shares His Emotional Kidney Transplant Journey – Last summer, Scott MacIntyre was saved by the kindness of a stranger. “I couldn’t believe it,” the season 8 American Idol contestant tells PEOPLE exclusively of first being told a woman was willing to anonymously donate her kidney to him. – Read more at People.com
Watkins: Skylar Laine part of Idol finale – “I consider being asked back for the finale a huge honor,” she said. “They said I will probably sing in an opening number, a closing number and a country medley. “That was a great year in my life, and I get to go back and see so many people I got to know. Plus, it’s nice to be associated with ‘Idol.’ It set the standard for all the other shows like it. It was the first one and the best one. I mean, look at (Season 4 winner) Carrie Underwood. She’s one of the co-queens of country music (along with Miranda Lambert). And (Season 6 winner) Jordin Sparks … her song ‘No Air’ was one of my favorites in high school. – Read more at Clarion Ledger.com
Chris Daughtry on Playing Judas, ‘American Idol’ and Greatest Hits – In case you somehow forgot, Chris Daughtry got his start back in 2006 on a little show called American Idol. He stood out from the beginning, when he confidently walked into the audition room to face the judges for the first time and spoke of needing to support his family. Fast-forward a few weeks, and he had proven himself to be the Season 5 frontrunner with performances of Fuel’s “Hemorrhage (In My Hands)” and a cover of Johnny Cash’s “I Walk the Line” by Live. But just four weeks out from the grand finale that would crown the winner, he was eliminated (Taylor Hicks was the eventual victor). – Read more at Rolling Stone
‘American Idol’ launched Pia Toscano’s career even after she came in ninth – When “American Idol” didn’t want her the first time, she returned. Again and again and again. Finally, on her fifth try, the Howard Beach singer earned the coveted yellow ticket. “I have a hard time taking no for an answer,” Toscano, 27, said. “And I am a very persistent person.” “American Idol” made many careers, including hers, but for Toscano it was also the show that guided her teenage years. “I highlighted my hair just like Kelly Clarkson,” she said. – Read more at the New York Daily News
How American Idol Changed Ryan Seacrest’s Life: ‘I Was Living in a One-Bedroom Apartment and Splitting the Rent with Another Dude’ – “I can’t even begin to compare my life then and now,” the reality TV host says in the current issue of PEOPLE. “I mean, when this all started, I was living in a one-bedroom apartment and splitting the rent with another dude.” In fact, Seacrest hadn’t even hosted any sort of live program before Idol. “I was just going out there and trying my best,” says Seacrest, who co-hosted the first season with Brian Dunkleman before flying solo the next 14 years. “It took a few seasons before I embraced the fact that it was a big live show and things were not always going to be perfect. I got more comfortable every year.” – Read more at People.com
Simon Cowell: ‘American Idol’ Was a ‘Fun Moment in Time’ – Did you pay attention to any of the winners or contestants from the seasons after you left the show? I didn’t, to be honest with you. I liked Phillip Phillips, and that was about it. I couldn’t remember anyone else. So you stopped watching Idol after you left? I stopped watching it while I was on it! [laughs] Who’s your favorite Idol contestant of all time? Kelly Clarkson. Fantasia, too – I always had a soft spot for her. But I think Kelly, because she was there when it all started. Without Kelly, we never would have had the credibility and success that we had. – Read more at Yahoo.com
Randy Jackson on ‘American Idol’: ‘I Still Think It’s the Best Show – I think all those judges were good, but I think, as I said, if you’re gonna replace Paul and John in the Beatles with other people, it’s not quite the Beatles. You can’t expect it to be the same result because everybody has a different personality. All those people are great, but they didn’t own it like we did. As far as I’m concerned, along with all the executives at Fox and Fremantle and CAA and everybody, the four of us helped to build and shape the show as well: the comments that we made; the stuff that we helped with the production; the whatever. So when you are the creator, it’s different than the inhabitant of the creation. – Read more at Rolling Stone
