Headlines: Lauren Alaina, Tristan McIntosh Join City of Hope

Tonight the The Voice Top 8 sing for a spot in next week’s final. Only four will remain by the end of Tuesday’s results show. NBC 8/7c PM. The Top 5 celebrities and their pro-partners will dance tonight on Dancing with the Stars for 3 spots in next week’s final. Double elimination tonight! 8/7c PM ABC. We’re live blogging both shows beginning at 8 ET. RuPaul’s Drag Race finale airs tonight on LOGO at 9 pm.

Ryan Seacrest Will Guest Co-Host ‘Live! With Kelly’: ‘It’s a Blessing’ – ET caught up with the busy 41-year-old television personality at 102.7 KIIS FM’s Wango Tango in Carson, California, on Saturday, where he revealed that he’ll be one of Kelly Ripa’s guest co-hosts on Live! next month. “I’m sitting there for one day in June and can’t wait to do that,” Seacrest exclusively told ET’s Katie Krause. “She’s asked me to come on for a day right at the beginning of June, and so I’m looking forward to hugging her and seeing her.” See the Video at Entertainment Tonight

NEW ADELE MUSIC VIDEO TO MAKE WORLDWIDE DEBUT AT THE “2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS” – Billboard and dick clark productions announced today that the video for Adele’s new single “Send My Love (To Your New Lover),” off her latest album 25, will make its worldwide debut during the “2016 Billboard Music Awards.” The video for the song, which was co-written with and produced by Max Martin & Shellback, was shot in London and directed by Patrick Daughters (Feist, Muse, Yeah Yeah Yeahs). The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” will be hosted by Ludacris and Ciara, and 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.

Lauren Alaina, Jake Owen Added To 26th Annual City of Hope Celebrity Softball Game – Even more stars are lining up to strike out cancer at the upcoming 26th annual City of Hope Celebrity Softball Game, presented by Staples. As the game’s official Social Media Ambassador, Sounds Like Nashville can exclusively confirm that Lauren Alaina, Danielle Bradbery, The Bobby Bones Show, Jessie James Decker, Mickey Guyton, Jonathan Jackson, LOCASH, Tristan McIntosh, Jake Owen, and former Major League Baseball pitcher Barry Zito have joined the already star-studded lineup for the June 7th game.Previously announced celebrity participants include Charles Esten, Vince Gill, Chris Lane, Scotty McCreery, Bret Michaels, David Nail, RaeLynn, and Jamie Lynn Spears. – Read more at SoundsLikeNashville

The Voice Top 8 Q&A: Adam Wakefield, Alisan Porter, Bryan Bautista, Hannah Huston, Laith Al-Saadi, and More – “We’ve seen that throughout the whole show,” says Pharrell Williams’ last remaining artist Hannah Huston. “There are just people who go home. That’s just their journey on the show and that’s how it’s supposed to be. It is just a part of it. It’s sad, but it’s not the end. I think it’s exciting for people to move on and do different things. I think they should take everything they had here and use that momentum to move forward.” – Read more at Parade.com

Blake Shelton Access Hollywood Interviews – In an exclusive interview, Blake Shelton tells Access Hollywood correspondent Scott Evans that there is a Maroon 5 and influence on “Every Time I Hear That Song,” from his new album, “If I’m Honest,” which drops May 20. – Watch the interview HERE. Blake Shelton tells Access Hollywood correspondent Scott Evans how he and his girlfriend, Gwen Stefani, came up with the song “Go Ahead and Break My Heart.” Blake Shelton’s new album, “If I’m Honest,” drops May 20. Watch the interview HERE. Blake Shelton tells Access Hollywood correspondent Scott Evans his thoughts on having Miley Cyrus and Alicia Keys as coaches on “The Voice.” – Watch the Video HERE

What Arnold Schwarzenegger Just Said About Snooki May Stun You – Arnold Schwarzenegger tells Access Hollywood Live’s Billy Bush and Kit Hoover that in taking over “The Celebrity Apprentice” after Donald Trump, it will be “the Arnold way not the Trump way.” Find out what he thinks of the contestants – including Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi.
Read more at https://www.accesshollywood.com/videos/what-arnold-schwarzenegger-just-said-about-snooki-may-stun-you/#DLYeEkTegeF6g6jz.99 – See the Video at Access Hollywood

Avalon Young Announces LA Concert

More fun Idol/Voice crossovers.

The Voice season 7 contestant Joshua Davis and American Idol winner Trent Harmon say HEY.

The Voice 10 singer Emily Keener joined Casey Abrams on stage Saturday night in Port Clinton, OH.

Plus, Trent attended Tristan McIntosh’s first solo appearance at the Opry Friday night.

‘Dancing With the Stars’ Pro Dancers Visit Children’s Hospital: See the Cute Photos – Guess who’s got the rhythm? Dancing With the Stars pro dancers Val Chmerkovskiy, Karina Smirnoff, Witney Carson and more got together to pay a very special visit to the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles on Thursday, May 12, to hang out with some of the hospital’s youngest patients. The dancers took part in a Dréa’s Dream dance and movement therapy session led by Dr. Lori Baudino, a dance/movement therapist from the hospital, funded by the Andréa Rizzo Foundation. – Read more at US Magazine

Dancing With the Stars’ Lindsay Arnold: 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me (I’ve Been Stopped Six Times for Speeding — But No Tickets!) – Letting her off with a warning — or six. Dancing With the Stars pro Lindsay Arnold, who is partnered with Boyz II Men singer Wanya Morris for season 22, has had more than a few close calls with the highway patrol, as she tells Us Weekly exclusively in 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me. – Read more at US Magazine

Eurovision: Russian Officials Say Ukraine’s Win Was Driven by Politics – Russian officials and music industry executives have reacted angrily to Ukraine’s Eurovision Song Contest win, saying the decision was influenced by politics. Ukrainian singer Jamala won the annual contest Saturday night at the finals in Stockholm after a new combination of jury and viewing public votes put her ahead with her song “1944,” which was dedicated to her Crimean Tatar grandmother and other ethnic Tatars deported en masse by Stalin from their homeland during World War II. Figures from Russia’s government, which had been vigorously supporting the national entry in a competition seen in the Kremlin as a crucial tool for public influence in Europe, on Sunday were quick to call foul on the Ukrainian win. “Next time we shall send Sergey Shnurov,” Russia’s deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin wrote on Twitter, referring to the popular lead singer of rock group Leningrad, who is known for his crude nationalistic statements. “It does not matter whether he wins or not — the message will be clear.” Maria Zakharova, head of the press and information department of the Russian ministry of foreign affairs, suggested that next year Russian’s entry should be “pro-Assad” and praise the president of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, a key Kremlin ally. – Read more at The Hollywood Reporter

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