Idol Headlines for 12/20/13

‘HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT’ ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL CELEBRITIES APPEARING IN SECOND SEASON
Summer Hit Continues Jan. 20 With Emmy Award and Golden Globe Winner Jane Lynch as Host Previously Announced Holiday Special to Air on Monday, Dec. 23
– Also appearing this season are Sean Hayes, Olivia Wilde, Jason Sudeikis, Alison Janney, Don Cheadle, Christina Applegate, Rosie O’Donnell, Penny Marshall, Chris Colfer, Taryn Manning, Donald Faison, Kaley Cuoco, Alison Sweeney, Fred Willard, Breckin Meyer, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Taraji P. Henson, Angela Kinsey, Jenna Elfman, Molly Shannon, Ellie Kemper, Bob Harper, Joel Madden, Nate Berkus, Erika Christensen, Michelle Trachtenberg, Mel B., Padma Lakshmi, Michael Weatherly, Yvette Nicole Brown, Anthony Anderson, Tiffani Thiessen, Pete Wentz, Adam Scott, Gary Dell’abate, Retta, Michael Chiklis, Tom Lennon, Paget Brewster, Mario Lopez, Alyssa Milano, Cobie Smulders, Taran Killam, Angie Harmon, Mark Feuerstein, Mayim Bialik and Henry Winkler. – Read more at NBC

Jeff Gutt – X Factor Exit Interview

Carlito Olivero – X Factor Exit Interview

Tessanne Chin Winning Interview – The Voice

The Voice Finalist Will Champlin on Taking Risks This Season – Going into Tuesday night’s Voice finale, Will Champlin wasn’t even thinking about the competition. “It was a victory already,” Champlin said of making it to the finale. “Competition is all in numbers, it’s a numbers game, but I looked at it like it’s a passion and it’s art.” Now that this chapter of his life is closed, Champlin talked with us about looking ahead to finishing his album and getting his band off the ground. But first? “Taking my wife and my little baby girl to Disneyland,” he tells Parade.com. – Read more at Parade

Kris Allen answers more of your Facebook and Twitter questions

See It First: Exclusive Footage of Lauren Alaina Performing ‘My Grown-Up Christmas List’ – Yahoo Music is feeling the Christmas spirit by offering this exclusive glimpse of Alaina in the studio recording her “List” and discussing why it’s making her feel so merry! Enjoy, and if you’d like to purchase the single for yourself (or a gift!), you can feel good knowing your money will be going to a great cause. – See the video at Yahoo.com

Def Leppard Denies It’ll Take Legal Action Against One Direction for Similar-Sounding Song – “The chords are one-four-five,” Campbell tells Billboard. “Those are the blues. You don’t get more basic than that. I think what’s more reminiscent of the Leppard thing is the production, the sound, the vocals, the reverb and the way it’s assembled. “That is very flattering that all of a sudden these kids think it’s a cool sound. I think a lot of people of their generation aren’t going to connect their music to ours.” – Read more at Billboard.com

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