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Agoura Hills to Welcome Home ‘American Idol’ Singing Sensation, Olivia Rox – The City of Agoura Hills invites the public to welcome home former American Idol contestant Olivia Rox, an Agoura Hills resident who made it into the top 10 on the popular singing audition show. Rox recently told CV Happening in a recent interview that being a part of the groundbreaking reality competition show was “really surreal.” – Read more at ConejoValleyHappening

Regardless of show results, ‘Idol’s’ MacKenzie Bourg headed to Lafayette on Saturday for parade, concert – MacKenzie Bourg’s coming home. Whether or not he advances to the top 4 on “American Idol” Thursday night, the Lafayette singer-songwriter will be in town Saturday for a 5 p.m. parade along Jefferson Street and a concert immediately following at Parc International, a mayor’s office spokesman confirmed Wednesday. – Read more at The New Orleans Advocate

‘American Idol’: Perez Hilton on Dalton’s 2010 Boy Band Audition and Why He Could Win Season 15 – I remember instantly liking Dalton. He played us guitar for his audition and I liked that, too. I was like, ‘Wow, he is a real musician’ and that was appealing. He sounded great. He didn’t quite make sense in your typical feel of what a boy band member looks like. He was kind of like Zayn Malik of One Direction. The Zayn of IM5. He was our bad boy! He wore eyeliner — I think he still wears eyeliner — and had an edge to him, which wasn’t fake. It’s real. That’s truly who he is — a really nice kid and very talented. – Read more at Billboard

La’Porsha Renae Talks Sia On ‘American Idol’: I Hope She Lets Me See Her Face – La’Porsha told HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY that she can’t wait to perform a cover of Sia’s on Thursday! “I am so excited to meet Sia and get the chance to do one of her songs. All of us are excited to meet her,” La’Porsha gushed. “I hope that she allows me to see her face — I need to see the behind the scenes. I won’t take pictures, I promise! – Hollywood Life.com

MacKenzie Bourg Afraid Of Being ‘Predictable’ This Week On ‘Idol’: ‘I Want To Stand Out’ – Mackenzie tells HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY that he’s a little unsure of how to approach covering one of Sia’s songs: “It is a crazy thing — it will be an interesting week to say the least. I am still trying to figure out what song to do, what will I do with the arrangement,” Mackenzie says. Above all, he wants to make sure he sticks out from the rest of the pack: “I don’t want to be to predictable and just come out with a guitar. I want to stand out!” We have total confidence that Mackenzie will do just that, and slay his arrangement on Thursday! – Read more at Hollywood Life

Singer Mark Hood from NBC’s ‘The Voice’ Talks New Project and Pharrell – The Pill Hill native never believed he would win Season 9, but he didn’t think he’d be eliminated before the finals. Hood was sent home with 11 singers remaining. Adjusting to life after the reality television singing competition show, where each week viewers vote for their favorite singers, was challenging, he said. “I was devastated, I was depressed,” he said. “It was really hard when I came back home because it was the best experience of my life.” Hood didn’t let the defeat keep him away from music. He’s currently working on his EP, which he says will drop this summer. He also is appearing in the musical production “Sister Act,” which is based off the 1992 film starring Whoopi Goldberg. – Read more at DNAInfo.com

8 Beauty Secrets I Learned From Carrie Underwood – Queen of country music Carrie Underwood has won seven Grammys and sold millions of records, but the Oklahoma native maintains the same approachable charm that fans first fell in love with 11 years ago on American Idol. She punctuates every sentence with a laugh, or an “Oh, lordy,” and insists that, although she never leaves the house without makeup, her approach to beauty is super low key. Like another undercover A-list makeup pro, Underwood handles her own stage beauty look, and she loves drugstore products. – Read more at Elle.com

9 Unbelievably Cool Things to Know About Carrie Underwood’s ‘Storyteller’ Tour Costumes – Carrie Underwood is hitting the road this season for The Storyteller Tour: Stories in the Round, playing arenas all around the country through the end of July. It’s a big tour that calls for big stage looks, and for that, she called upon Marina Toybina (inset below). The Emmy award-winning costume designer is a pro when it comes to making statements on stage, having already worked with Underwood on her 2012 Blown Away Tour, Taylor Swift’s Red Tour, as well as Katy Perry’s Prismatic Tour, and the XLIX Super Bowl Halftime Show (yes, she was the one behind the infamous Left Shark costume!). – Read more at People.com

Dancing with the Stars’ Peta Murgatroyd on How She’s Teaching Deaf Model Nyle DiMarco to Dance – Because the America’s Next Top Model winner is deaf, Murgatroyd has had to develop an entire new way of teaching in order to prepare him for his dances. “Nyle has absolutely made me a better teacher,” the pro dancer told PEOPLE after Monday’s season 22 premiere. “I have to be very careful to explain myself so well and make sure that the words I am using to describe things are very clear.” – Read more at People.com

Carrie Ann Inaba’s ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Season 22 Blog: Week 1 – For me, stepping back into the ballroom, felt like a coming home last night. Perhaps it was because Len was back, or because we had all experienced life during our break that changed us, like Erin Andrews (who fought so publicly for our rights to privacy and safety) and Tom Bergeron (who sadly lost both his parents). Or, perhaps it was because in a world where things change ever so quickly, we are a familiar face in a crowd, an old friend and safe harbor not only for our extended family, but also for each other. – Read more at Access Hollywood

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