It’s a 3 hour The Voice extravaganza tonight! At 8/7c pm NBC, The Voice recaps the Top 10 and their journey (YAWN) at 9/8c pm, the competition begins as the Top 10 hit the stage to perform. I won’t be live blogging the clip show, but will have the post up at 8 in case folks want to chat.
And on Dancing with the Stars, it’s Semi-Finals week! Everyone’s favorite bad boy pro, Maks C will be sitting in for Len Goodman on the judges panel. Join Franky and his live blog at 8/7c pm ABC.
The X Factor Judge and Glee star, Demi Lovato will be guest hosting The View all week. Check your local listings.
Daughtry will appear on The Talk at 2 pm on CBS. He’ll tour with New Song, Sidewalk Prophets, and Audio Adrenaline. Check out the dates HERE.
Jason Castro joins the Very Merry Christmas Tour, beginning November 30 in Tyler TX. He’ll be on tour with New Song, Sidewalk Prophets and Audio Adrenaline. Check out the tour dates HERE.
Angie Miller tweets, “Back at the studio and it feels sooooo good!! Get ready. #ChristmasMusic ;)”
Digital only tracks from Lauren Alaina and Nicole Scherzinger will be available on December 3 as part of the “A Very Special Christmas” album – You’ll stay on Santa’s nice list if you include 2013’s A Very Special Christmas: Icon album, benefitting Special Olympics, in your Christmas album reviews. The album features some of the world’s biggest stars from Josh Groban to John Lennon & Yoko Ono to Aretha Franklin, to name a few stars. BRAND NEW THIS YEAR are two tracks available digitally on iTunes only—international recording artist, Nicole Scherzinger’s “O Holy Night” and American Idol’s Lauren Alaina’s “Grown Up Christmas,” available on iTunes December 3. Both Scherzinger and Alaina are ambassadors for Special Olympics and their commitment to the organization comes from the heart, as they both have a deep connection with the cause. – from a press release
Pia Toscano performs during GDNY
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Carrie Underwood and Stephen Moyer: Adding To The Legacy
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Carrie Underwood and True Blood’s Stephen Moyer, who plays Captain von Trapp, join Steve Edwards and Maria Sansone on Good Day LA. Check out a clip of Edelweiss.
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Carrie Underwood and Stephen Moyer Chat About ‘The Sound of Music’ Remake
Carrie Underwood and True Blood’s Stephen Moyer, who plays Captain von Trapp, join Steve Edwards and Maria Sansone on Good Day LA. Check out a clip of Edelweiss.
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Daughtry Is Reborn On Baptized – Upon his departure as a final four finalist on season five of “American Idol” in 2006, North Carolina singer/songwriter Chris Daughtry emerged as one of the year’s most successful new rock vocalists. His band’s debut album, 2006’s Daughtry, was produced by GRAMMY nominee Howard Benson and peaked at No.1 on the Billboard 200 and marked the fastest-selling rock debut in Nielsen SoundScan history. The album garnered three GRAMMY nominations at the 50th GRAMMY Awards in 2007, including Best Rock Album, Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals for “Home” and Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal for “It’s Not Over,” the latter of which also garnered Daughtry the man a nomination for Best Rock Song. – Read more at Grammy.com
An Interview With Chris Daughtry, Rock ‘n’ Roll Family Man – In 2006, Chris Daughtry was a humble auto mechanic, just a regular guy who since age 20 had been slaving away to support his wife Deanna, a woman six years his senior, and her children from a previous marriage. Then Chris auditioned for “American Idol”…and everything changed. – Watch the Interview at Yahoo
Star-Studded 24 Hour Plays on Broadway Held Nov. 18; Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jordin Sparks, Zachary Levi Among Participants – Montblanc presents the 13th annual performance of The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway — where six original short plays are put together with writers, directors and actors in a 24-hour period — Nov. 18 at Broadway’s American Airlines Theatre. An annual benefit event produced by the 24 Hour Company and Freestyle Picture Company for Urban Arts Partnership, the 2013 company members include actors Sasha Alexander, Jason Biggs, Jamie Chung, David Cross, Tim Daly, Natalie Dormer, Rachel Dratch, Griffin Dunne, Carmen Ejogo, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Gina Gershon, Karen Gillan, Bryan Greenberg, Hill Harper, Taran Killam, Zachary Levi, Josh Lucas, Anthony Mackie, James McAvoy, Diane Neal, Rosie Perez, Jay Pharoah, Maggie Q, Krysta Rodriguez, Ben Shenkman, Jordin Sparks, Fisher Stevens, Mickey Sumner, Tracie Thoms and Jennifer Westfeldt. – Read more at Playbill
Biggest Loser’s Ruben Studdard Teams with David Foster to Celebrate Weight-loss Journey – What better way for a singer to celebrate his weight loss than by collaborating on a tune with a world-renowned composer? After being eliminated and then reinstated at the end of last week’s Biggest Loser, American Idol winner Ruben Studdardis back to continue his journey on the ranch. His trainer Dolvett takes him to meet David Foster, where the two work on a song that Foster wrote for Studdard to express his battle the best way he knows how — through singing.- Read more at TV Guide
Tori Kelly Takes Off – “I’m grateful for my time on American Idol, because after that I definitely became a better songwriter because a fire was lit inside me,” she says talking about her stint on the famed Fox singing competition when she was just 16 years-old. “I learned a lot from being on that show, especially with the camera in your face 24/7 trying to catch you slip-up somehow… which is nothing against the show.” Kelly, who was voted off right before the live, televised performance rounds began, says her experience with Idol “couldn’t have worked out better. I’m not tied to them at all, and in a way I gained exposure without making it onto the show. I became ‘The Girl Who Didn’t Make It’, which I think interested people into following my journey.” – Read more at American Songwriter
Demi Lovato Talks Being A Big Sister To Fifth Harmony & New Book!
‘The Voice’ Star Cole Vosbury Caught In Extortion Scam — Is He Hiding Something? – As Shreveport, Lousiana, native Cole Vosbury continues to advance on The Voice, not everyone back home is supportive of his success. Businessman Harold Glen Martin was arrested late last month on charges of extortion for threatening to reveal dark secrets about the singer. Martin has claimed for weeks that Vosbury had promised to perform at a benefit concert for him before ditching the engagement to pursue stardom on TV. But Detective Bobby Herring of the Caddo Sheriff’s Department says the two never even met. – Read more at RadarOnline
Maksim Chmerkovskiy’s DWTS Return: I Have to Avoid Being a Hypocrite – Maksim Chmerkovskiy will make his judging debut on Dancing with the Stars on Monday and he tells PEOPLE he can’t wait. “I never thought this would happen. I’m excited to be back,” he says. The fiery dancer, who often went toe-to-toe with the judges, insists there was never any bad blood between them. “We had our run-ins but it’s like [my brother] Val and me. We are the closest of people and obviously get into arguments,” he says. “I have to be the person that I thought they should have been at the times I disagreed with their remarks,” he says. “It will be interesting for me to see, ‘Now you are in a position that you criticized before. Let’s see you do better.'” “I’m not going to be as critical because someone’s kicks aren’t as crisp as they should be because I know who I am looking at and I see what their potential is,” he says. “I will do my best with constructive criticism and with giving positive reinforcement.” – Read more at People
‘Dancing With the Stars’ showrunner on format change: ‘The voting isn’t ideal.’ – We also talked about the possibility of getting everyone to learn a dance and then eliminating someone at the top of the following show, which is the other way you could do it. And then people could vote on the people who are left behind. And that was the toss-up, really. But So You Think You Could Dance did that, and it was not good, to the point where they changed it. There’s very few options. If you want everyone in the country to vote and you only have one show a week, then something has to give. I think starting the show with an elimination doesn’t feel right. And also, it’s very difficult to turn to ten people, eight people, and say “All of you are gonna learn a dance; for one of you, it doesn’t matter.” If you feel you’re in the bottom of that group and you didn’t do well, you’re thinking really? I’m gonna do blood, sweat, and tears? And then it’s such a terrible letdown. I think it really affects morale as well. So while this is a slightly odd system, it’s the system we actually used in the first season — this process of last week’s public vote with this week’s judges’ scores. – Read more at Entertainment Weekly
