Tonight, The Voice 6 two night premiere continues! More blind auditions at 8/7 pm on NBC. Our new blogger, Sarah, will be your live blogger.
Glee returns to FOX on its new night! Also at 8/7c pm. Adam Lambert returns as the scarily talented (I mean that in a GOOD WAY) Elliott Gilbert AKA Starchild! Watch for my recap later.
Plus, it’s PART 2 of The Bachelor, before next week’s big finale. Shnugs is live blogging!
LENA DUNHAM TO HOST SNL ON MARCH 8 WITH MUSICAL GUEST THE NATIONAL – Lena Dunham will make her SNL hosting debut on March 8. Dunham created and currently stars in the HBO series, “Girls.” The National will make their first appearance as musical guest. Their most recent album, “Trouble Will Find Me,” received a 2014 Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Album and their documentary “Mistaken For Strangers” hits theaters last week of March. SNL returns March 1 with host Jim Parsons and musical guest Beck. – Read more at NBC
NBC To Launch iHeartRadio Music Awards Show Hosted By Ryan Seacrest – A new music awards show is entering the fray. I hear NBC would announce as early as tomorrow morning the launch of iHeartRadio Music Awards with Ryan Seacrest as host. The inaugural ceremony will air on Thursday, May 1, just 17 days before the Billboard Awards on ABC. – Read more at Deadline
Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards Nominees 2014 Revealed: Maroon 5 “So Excited to Be Nominated” – “We are so excited to be nominated for Kids’ Choice Favorite Group this year,” lead singer Adam Levine exclusively tells Us Weekly. “We were all bitten by the music bug at a very young age so it’s always great to be recognized by the kids. Thanks to all of our fans!” This years’ KCAs will be hosted by Lone Survivor actor Mark Wahlberg, and air live on Nickelodeon March 29 at 8 p.m. EST. Voting begins Monday, Feb. 24, at Nick.com. – American Idol, The Voice, America’s Got Talent are nominated for Favorite Reality Show – Read more at US Magazine
Reality Check: Alex, Sam, MK, Majesty and Jena’s Early Season 13 Edge! Plus: Why ‘Rush Week’ (and Randy Jackson) Failed the Idol Audience – American Idol‘s inaugural “Rush Week” extravaganza may be best remembered for its dreaded “Chamber of the Damned” — which devoured a full third of the Season 13 Top 30 before they’d belted a single note. Nevertheless, it also provided an opportunity for a quintet (or perhaps a sextet) of contestants to get a slight head start on the competition.
Read more at TV Line
Watch the Top 13 Get Stylish Makeovers at a Glam New Promo Shoot! – American Idol’s Top 13 finalists will take the stage on Wednesday night, finally kicking off the real competition to find America’s next superstar. But before they sing for America’s votes, Fox’s reality hit’s contestants got to have a little bit of fun at a promo shoot and we’ve got an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at their day hamming it up for the cameras! – Read more at EOnline
Idol Insider Week 4: Rush Week
The American Idol Top 13 on Their Life-Changing Moment: See It First – Just months after auditioning alongside thousands of other contestants in cities across the country, the American Idol season 13 finalists have been announced, and they are eager and ready to enter the spotlight on the Fox reality singing competition. “There’s nothing I’d rather do with the rest of my life than sing,” M.K. Nobilette, Idol’s first contestant to reveal she was gay while on the show says in a video documenting the top 13’s first official photo shoot. – See the Video at People
American Idol Alum Megan Joy On Overcoming Addiction, New Record Label And More! – Behind the painted exterior, however, is a tale of addiction. During her journey on the FOX singing competition, Joy balanced her budding career and alcohol in such a way that no one ever noticed. “[My addiction] wasn’t to the point where people were like ‘whoa, this girl needs rehab,’” she shares exclusively to Popdust. “No one really knew how it was affecting me, because it mainly was my heart.” – Read more at Popdust
Idol star Phillip Phillips memorabilia up for auction Saturday – ALBANY, GA (WALB) – Phillip Phillips’ latest single is scheduled to be released Tuesday as he prepares to go on tour next month in Canada.
His father Donnie Phillips is preparing to retire and will hold another auction at his famous East Albany pawn shop. Memorabilia up for sale includes autographed guitars, musical instruments, song sheets, and dozens of photos and family souvenirs from his American Idol days. The money raised from those items will be donated to Millennial Kingdom Ministries. – Read more at WALB.com
‘The Voice’: Usher Talks Cee Lo’s Departure, a ‘Feistier’ Shakira – When asked about Cee Lo Green’s recently announced exit from season 7, Burnett, who described the show as “half-sitcom” and “a board game in real life” that you play with your family, explained that no coach’s place is actually permanent, per say. “We knew from the beginning — if you want to have a show with the biggest superstars in music in those red chairs, they have day jobs … the hardest part is the jigsaw puzzle of schedules. This is not like we got four people in chairs who used to be in the music business!” he said. “It’s not avoiding the question, it’s just that it’s not like a matter of re-upping deals, because it doesn’t work that way. – Read more at Billboard
‘The Voice’: Usher’s Blind Audition Strategy, Mark Burnett on Cee Lo Green’s Exit – Usher — who Daly called “the Mr. Miagi of coaches” — spoke on his button-pressing strategy during the blind auditions, as he’s usually never the first of the four judges to turn his chair for a singer. “It’s that, well, I don’t want to be stuck with this talent, because most of the time, when you hit your button, everybody else is [backing] off that person, you’re kind of stuck with them, so I usually wait,” admitted Usher, though there is a benefit to turning first. “Being able to see how the talent reacts to the turn — the first thing is they know they’re on the show, so they lose it a little bit…if you have sustaining power, it’s because you can deal with the pressure.” – Read more at Hollywood Reporter
He’s in trouble now: Simon Cowell gets ticking off by police for flouting ‘no dogs’ rule on Miami beach – He’s been enjoying a blissful holiday in Miami with girlfriend Lauren Silverman and baby Eric, but Simon Cowell proved he’s not above the law when he was caught breaking the rules on Monday. The TV mogul got into a spot of bother for flouting a sign which clearly state that no dogs are allowed on the beach.
Via the Daily Mail
