Talpa Launches ‘The Voice Senior’ – Will they use spinning stair lifts? Talpa, the Dutch reality giant behind global hit The Voice, has launched a new spinoff of the singing competition program: The Voice Senior. The format, which Talpa is introducing to buyers at the Mipcom TV trade fair in Cannes this week, has the AARP crowd competing to win over celebrity coaches. Contestants, all 65 and over, take part in the blind audition and knockout rounds familiar to fans of the original show. Talpa will air the first, Dutch version of Voice Senior in the Netherlands on RTL4 next year. – Read more at Hollywood Reporter
Hopefuls compete for silver ticket at ‘New Hampshire Idol’ – The semi-finalists performed later in the day at WMUR’s Studio B in front of three celebrity judges, including WMUR’s Erin Fehlau, Greg Kretschmar of “Greg and the Morning Buzz,” which airs on WGIR and WHEB, and American Idol alumnus Alex Preston, a New Hampshire native himself who finished third on Season 13 of the original “American Idol” show. – Read more at WMUR
Katy Perry loves New Orleans’ authenticity: American Idol – Celebrities Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan visited the Mardi Gras World float-building factory in New Orleans on Saturday (Oct. 14). The three singers are judges for the upcoming season of the American Idol television talent hunt. – NOLA.com
Katy Perry Says Being Single is the Key to Balancing ‘American Idol’ and Her World Tour (Exclusive) – Katy Perry has no problem putting herself first. ET’s Keltie Knight spoke with the 32-year-old singer at Mardi Gras World in New Orleans on Saturday, where she revealed the key to juggling American Idoland her Witness world tour: being single! “I’m a bit younger in heart! I’m a bit more mature…single!” Perry laughed when asked about her busy schedule. “You know, when you’re single, you got a lot of time to yourself and a lot of energy, and I’m just finding a delicate balance.” – See the Video at ETOnline
Fifteen years after her American Idol win, and free from the contract it tied her to, KELLY CLARKSON is finally making the music she always wanted to – and has herself become a TV pop Svengali – ‘I love pop rock and I love pop ballads, so it wasn’t completely miserable, but I just filled that lane for the powers that be,’ she says, with no hint of bitterness. ‘It was like an arranged marriage. I was on American Idol and RCA had the contracts for whoever won the show, so it’s not as though they handpicked me either. And because I was on the first series, I didn’t know any different, so my expectations were nothing.’ – Read more at The Daily Mail
Rebecca Brunner: ‘The Voice’ blind audition ‘craziest moment of my life’ – Brunner’s mother, Bobbi London, hosted a watch party at her restaurant, El Azteco West. “I really wanted to be here with my family for this,” Brunner said. “So many people showed up, and it was so amazing. The cool part is seeing how many people from your hometown really support you and just want to see you succeed. It’s really awesome to come back to that.” – Read more at Lansing State Journal
Carrie Underwood Hates Turtles
BWW Interview: Jordan Fisher Talks Life-Changing DWTS’ Experience, HAMILTON & More – So what made you decide to do the show? You know timing is a funny thing. I was actually first asked a few seasons ago and it just didn’t work out for me timing-wise. I needed to be on the road, I needed to do a radio tour, start really pushing my music and start getting some presence on radio. After 10
years of being in LA and really just busting my ass to try and make things work and get things happening and rolling, GREASE LIVE! happened and it opened up everything for me. – Read more at Broadway World
DWTS Gearing Up for a Halloween Themed Show
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Nick Lachey Talks Dancing with the Stars and the new 98 Degrees Album and Tour – “I certainly didn’t go into it thinking it was going to be easy, but I think what’s been harder for me, and I didn’t expect it, is the mental fatigue of it,” he tells Parade.com in this exclusive interview. “Just the having to hit the reset button every week and start from scratch, learning a whole new dance with a whole new set of moves, and then balancing that with things in general in your life and our three kids, it definitely is exhausting, but in a good way.” – Read more at Parade
