A busy night of TV coming your way, people! We’ve got shows on each of the major networks.
Tonight, The X Factor Top 12 take the stage to perform for YOUR votes at 8/7c pm on FOX. Join Mac for his live blog.
The CMA Awards air tonight on ABC at 8/7c pm. Carrie Underwood, Blake Shelton and more are up for awards. Carrie and Brad Paisley will be co-hosting. Windmills will be live blogging.
It’s another week of Survivor: Blood Vs Water on CBS at 8/7c PM. Watch out for Montavilla’s recap
Taylor Hicks, Clay Aiken and Carly Rose Sonenclar guest star in tonight’s Law & Order:SVU at 9/8c pm on NBC.
Check out our own Windmills talking the CMA Awards on Hartford Country 92.5
Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley open up about CMAs – They reveal that the Carrie you see is a hologram: The real one is a 92-year-old woman. For Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley, 2013’s Country Music Awards is lucky No. 6 as hosts. Their secret to keeping their material fresh and funny? “We still don’t know what we’re doing,” jokes Paisley
Watch the video at USA Today
Carrie Underwood Discusses Her Bumpy Road To The Top
Read more Access Hollywood
411Music Interviews: American Idol Winner Taylor Hicks – Al Norton: I don’t want this to sound sarcastic because I don’t mean it that way but you’ve worked very steadily after winning Idol, doing tours, playing Broadway, doing a reality show, and now you’ve got this great gig in Vegas, so does it bother you when the media puts you in the “where are they now?” category? Taylor Hicks: Well, I let my work speak for itself. I don’t find it annoying. I can easily be found. I think that’s just the mainstream media running out of angels, personally. I’m very glad to have had the career I had and am having, considering I am coming up on 10 years in show business, which is something I am very proud of. – Read more at 411
Elise Testone releases new single and readies post-Idol disc – But that’s not stopping Testone. She keeps on plugging away, even when the songs aren’t coming so easily. “Some people sit down and make time every day to write. I wish I could be like that, but whenever I write a song, it just comes and I capitalize on the moment,” Testone says. “I’m the best me when I’m not spending too much time planning. I’m best when I’m being real.” She adds, “Singing takes all the emotions out of me. Like, sometimes when I sing a Janis Joplin song, it feels almost as if her spirit jumped into me and I almost feel a blackout from all the pure emotion. I don’t know how to explain it.” – Read more at Charleston City Paper
Music Video Premiere: Terry McDermott, “Lose This Feeling” – “The Voice” Season 3 runner-up Terry McDermott and his band the Bonfires have returned with another stunning, sweeping Britrock ballad, “Lose This Feeling,” co-written with Todd Burman of Australia’s Juke Kartel. (Todd also worked on Terry’s first post-“Voice” single, “Pictures,” which went to number one on the iTunes rock chart.) – Watch the Video at Yahoo.com
Fox Boss Chase Carey Calls ‘X Factor’ ‘Disappointing’ – and Expects a Rebound – Chase Carey says 21 Century Fox’s broadcast schedule has been a mixed bag, citing one very expensive music competition as exhibit A among the under-performers. “‘X Factor’ has been disappointing to date,” the COO told analysts during a conference call Tuesday after the media conglomerate reported weaker than expected quarterly earnings. He said he hoped that the show would regain its footing now that the World Series has wrapped up and it has resumed airing. – Read more at The Wrap
Glee Star Naya Rivera Covers Rolling Stone
The issue (it may be a special Latin feature, rather than the regular magazine) is out on newsstands November 8
Jane Lynch teases ‘Glee’ season five, the series finale, and the ‘new normal’ on set – As the new principal of McKinley High, Jane Lynch’s now-iconic queen of mean Sue Sylvester has finally taken control—and she’s loving life on top. Lynch stopped by EW to chat about what’s coming down the pipeline for Sue and whether the former Cheerios coach will ever find her way to New York. – Read more at Entertainment Weekly
