Tonight, The X Factor 4 Way Challenge resumes with Demi Lovato’s Girls category. Tune in to witness teenagers bawl their eyes out and beg for a chance to advance to the live shows! Sir Mac will be live blogging the spectacle at 8/7c pm FOX.
Right after, at 9/8c PM on FOX, the Glee two part Beatles tribute concludes as the McKinley kids head to the prom. Who will become Prom Queen? Watch for my recap and videos later.
And Pedro continues to cover the designing competition, Project Runway, airing on Lifetime at 9/8c pm.
The American Idol judges, Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban, Harry Connick Jr. and Ryan Seacrest will be guests on The Ellen Degeneres Show. Check your local listings.
X Factor 2 alum, Carly Rose Sonenclar, announced on twitter that she’ll be guest starring on Law and Order, Special Victims Unit. Her episode airs sometime in October (I hope she’s not a victim! That show can be pretty gnarly in its depiction of sex crimes.)
Bill Nye the Science Guy, just eliminated from Dancing with the Stars, will guest star on The Big Bang Theory. – Bob Newhart returns to THE BIG BANG THEORY as Professor Proton, Sheldon’s favorite childhood hero. In the episode, when Professor Proton (Newhart) contacts Leonard (Johnny Galecki) to ask for help with an experiment, a scorned Sheldon (Jim Parsons) seeks revenge by befriending a rival science TV host, Bill Nye. – Via News Day
How country music went crazy: A comprehensive timeline of the genre’s identity crisis – I forgot to post this yesterday. Grady Smith’s piece for EW mentions a post Windmills put together taking apart the new Billboard chart rules. It’s an interesting read about country music’s current identity crisis – Read more at EW
What’s special about this season of Top Chef? = Gail: “I just think that the city itself is going to look so beautiful and it lends itself to so many crazy challenges. Also, because it’s New Orleans, so many people wanted to hang out with us. We have the most amazing movie stars, film directors and musicians: Lea Michele, John Favreau, Anthony Mackie, Kermit Ruffins, who is one of the greatest living jazz musicians of our time. My mom! I don’t know if that was in the press release, but I’m just saying: My mom makes an appearance.” 0 Read more at People
American Idol 3rd Season Runner Up, George Huff (also touring with, singer & Colleague to Oscar Winning, Actor and Singer, Jennifer Hudson), stars in the up and coming stage play “Does HE Even Love Me” – American Idol 3rd Season Runner Up, George Huff (also touring with, singer & Colleague to Oscar Winning, Actor and Singer, Jennifer Hudson), stars in the up and coming stage play written and directed by Moses Washington, “Does HE Even Love Me” at the Julius Littman Theater in North Miami Beach, Saturday, October 12, 2013 at 8PM. “Does HE Even Love Me” is an independently produced stage play with the mission to touch on inner conflicts faced by young married couples at the same time strengthen their outer faith by providing pearls of wisdom for purposeful living. Part two of the mission is to captivate the importance of spiritual life, the complexities of inner city needs, and to convey uplifting messages of hope to all who view the play. – Read more at PR Newswire
Kelly Clarkson and her Soul Mate!
Awww…
I’m just gonna say it… he’s my soulmate. #joplin #sorrybrandon #hashtag
— Kelly Clarkson (@kelly_clarkson) October 2, 2013
— Kelly Clarkson (@kelly_clarkson) October 2, 2013
Intense Rehearsals Have Begun for Carrie Underwood for The Sound of Music – “There’s so much that’s been going on, different shows and things like that that I’ve still been doing and other obligations that I’ve had, but I’ve been working on everything for a couple months now,” says Carrie. Now that time is really ticking, even though she also has to get ready to host the CMA Awards on November 6th, she says, “I’m confident that every day will be, from the very beginning of October until December 5th when we go live I’ll be doing stuff every single day. – Read more at The Country Vibe
BH Interview: ‘Idol’ Alum Danny Gokey Helps Others After Personal Tragedy – Gokey didn’t set out to create a foundation in his late wife’s honor. A twist of insurance fate left him with money he simply couldn’t use for selfish pursuits. The couple had recently switched over to her insurance to save a few dollars each month, and the death stipend included in her policy left him with $39,000. “It was more money than I ever had. I knew the money wasn’t mine. It cannot be mine,” he says. So he used the cash to start a charitable effort she would applaud. – Read more at Breitbart.com
Miley Cyrus Tried to Go Topless for MTV VMAs Performance: “They Wouldn’t Allow It” – Miley Cyrus had even bigger plans for her now infamous MTV Video Music Awards performance. As the “We Can’t Stop” singer revealed in her Oct. 2 MTV special, Miley: The Movement, she had hoped to push the envelope by appearing partially nude during the Aug. 25 telecast.
“You’re not going to be topless on stage are you?” asked Britney Spears, who collaborated with Cyrus on the song “SMS (Bangerz).” The 20-year-old replied, “I tried, but I don’t think MTV’s going to allow it.” – Read more at EOnline
Kaley Cuoco: ‘The Voice wasn’t rigged for my sister’ – The Big Bang Theory star appeared on the show earlier this week to support her sister Briana Cuoco, who performed ‘You and I’ in an attempt to make it through the blind auditions. However, Kaley later took to her Twitter page to insist that Briana made it through to the next round on her own merit. FYI last nights #TheVoice was NOT rigged because I’m @bricuoco sis,” she wrote. “She made it ON HER OWN 100%. It’s called BLIND AUDITIONS for a reason.” When Briana expressed disappointment that people had been claiming the show was rigged, Kaley told her: “not anymore! I set em straight!” – Read more at Digital Spy
‘Got Talent’ & ‘X Factor’ Franchises Get Global YouTube Channels: Video – FremantleMedia and Simon Cowell and Sony’s Syco Entertainment are launching one-stop-shop YouTube channels for the Got Talent and X Factor franchises. Although the various versions around the world — 55 for Got Talent and 25 for X Factor — have their own dedicated channels, the new outlets will draw fans to a single destination for the first time. That’s eyed as a big opportunity for brands to target a massive worldwide audience in one place. Each channel will curate viral clips from the local shows, which Fremantle and Syco say number in the billions of views per year. The companies will also produce original content including spinoffs and roundups. – Read more at Deadline
