The American Idol Top 10 compete for YOUR VOTE tonight, singing Top 10 songs from 2010 to the present. 8/7c pm FOX. Survivor continues on CBS at 8/7c PM on CBS.
Conan Announces Guest Line-up for Week of Shows from Dallas March 31-April 3 – Trip Marks Second Year in a Row Conan Has Travelled to the Host City of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Final Four® and National Championship. Phillip Phillips will appear on the show Tuesday April 1 with Seth Rogan – TVByTheNumbers
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE RETURNS WITH THREE BACK TO BACK SHOWS STARTING MARCH 29 – March 29 – Louis C.K./ Sam Smith; April 5 – Anna Kendrick/ Pharrell; April 12 – Seth Rogen/ Ed Sheeran – “Saturday Night Live” returns March 29 with Emmy Award winner Louis C.K. in his second turn as host. Musical guest Sam Smith will make his SNL debut. The UK chart topper’s first studio album, “In the Lonely Hour,” will be released on June 17. On April 5, Anna Kendrick will make her SNL hosting debut. The Academy Award nominated actress can next be seen in the feature film “Happy Christmas,” due out later this summer. Seth Rogen returns to Studio 8H on April 12 to host for his third time. Rogen stars alongside Rose Byrne and Zac Efron in the feature film, “Neighbors,” in theaters May 9. Grammy nominated, British phenomenon Ed Sheeran will make his SNL musical guest debut. Sheeran’s performance will be the global television premiere of the first single from his much anticipated second album, due out this summer. via NBC
‘ALL-AMERICAN GIRL’ – Carrie Underwood gets encore at Stadium of Fire – Country music star Carrie Underwood, who performed at Stadium of Fire in 2010, again will be headlining this year’s festivities on July 4 at LaVell Edwards Stadium. This year’s main lineup was announced by America’s Freedom Festival at Provo in a press conference in the Cougar Room at the stadium. In addition to Underwood, cast members of BYUtv’s sketch comedy show, “Studio C,” also will be performing, and TV star J.R. Martinez will host. – Read more at The Herald Extra
Here’s how YOU can join Bo & other Idol friends to support the Rally Foundation…. – The organizer is 12-year-old Emily Roach, who has spent the last year putting this together with the Rally Foundation as part of a community service project for her bat mitvah. Roach’s mom and dad, Alyson and Shane, have been active in the Rally Foundation for seven years. Alyson, a former sales and marketing executive at Coca Cola, helped her daughter put together the event. She found out season 4 runner up Bo Bice was hosting an art show. She tracked him down in Canton and handed him her invite letter. He bought in immediately and convinced season 10?s Haley Reinhart and his fourth place buddy from season four Anthony Fedorov to join in. “Emily has a great vision,” said Bice, who now splits his time doing solo shows and lead singer of Blood, Sweat and Tears. (If you recall, he sang “Spinning Wheel”on the show.). “And I have deep respect for the parents of these kids who have cancer. To see the resilience of the children going through chemo. They keep the parents going.” Through another Rally Kid (as they call kids with cancer), the group was able to procure season 10 runner up Lauren Alaina, who is from Georgia.- Read more at Bo Bice.com
KATHARINE MCPHEE, MIKE VOGEL AND JOBETH WILLIAMS STAR IN “IN MY DREAMS” A NEW HALLMARK HALL OF FAME MOVIE FOR THE ABC NETWORK “In My Dreams” Premieres Sunday, April 20, 2014 – Nick (Mike Vogel) and Natalie (Katharine McPhee) are the perfect couple, but there are a couple of things blocking their path to romantic bliss. First, they’ve never actually met, except in their dreams. Second, they have precisely seven days to turn those sweet dreams into a blissful reality in “In My Dreams,” the new Hallmark Hall of Fame movie premiering on SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 2014 (9:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. – Read more at TVByTheNumbers
‘American Idol’ Candice Glover to sign albums in Beaufort on March 29 – Candice Glover will return to Beaufort to sign albums and visit her hometown fans March 29. The St. Helena Island native and “American Idol” winner recently released her first album, “Music Speaks,” which debuted at No. 1 on iTunes’ R&B chart. This will be Glover’s first public appearance in Beaufort since the album’s release. Glover will be at the Walmart in Beaufort from noon to 2 p.m. The Walmart is at 350 Robert Smalls Parkway. – Read more at Island Packet.com
Royal Teeth gets ready for ‘Idol’ – Baton Rougeans will want to set their DVRs this week as Louisiana’s own Royal Teeth performs live on American Idol Thursday. The indie-pop band, comprised of members from Lafayette, Baton Rouge and New Orleans, will play its song “Wild” on the show, which is in its 13th season. After a long day of rehearsing, singer Nora Patterson tells 225 the group found out they’d be on the show a few weeks ago. One of the show’s judges, New Orleans native Harry Connick Jr., recommended the band to producers. – Read more at BatonRouge.com
PEOPLE Takes You Inside the American Idol Contestants’ Lounge – “You get to watch a free concert right in front of you and also feel a part of the TV show. It’s fun,” contestant C.J. Harris, 23, tells PEOPLE of spending the performance shows watching from the blue couches in the stageside contestants’ lounge. In seasons past, the contestants have spent the performance shows backstage until it’s their turn to grab the mic. But the season 13 singers are unanimously excited to watch their fellow competitors. “It is fun to watch our fellow contestants because we know what their goals and fears are, so it is good to sit back and feel proud when they do well,” says Majesty Rose, 21. – Read more at People.com
Going to national anthem tryouts at Regions Field? ‘Idol’ winner Ruben Studdard has a few tips for you – With that in mind, we asked Birmingham’s Ruben Studdard for a few tips on singing the national anthem in public. Studdard, the 2003 winner of “American Idol,” apparently has the tune down cold. He’s belted Francis Scott Key’s lyrics without a hitch at many events, including the Magic City Classic, the PapaJohns.com Bowl and NBA basketball games. One crucial piece of advice from the Velvet Teddy Bear: Don’t get too fancy. – Read more at AL.com
BWW Interview: JOSEPH’s Diana DeGarmo ad Ace Young – “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” is hitting the road again, this time in a newly reimagined production with direction and choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler (“In the Heights,” “Bring it On,” “9 to 5”), that is playing at Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre now through March 30th. – Read more at BWW.com
Will Friedle, Darren Criss to Star in New ‘Transformers’ Animated Series – While Transformers has already made its mark on the big screen in the eponymous blockbuster film franchise, the new series will take place years after the battle between Autobots and Decepticons in “Transformers Prime” and centers on hero Bumblebee (voiced by “Boy Meets World’s” Will Friedle) as he steps up to lead a brand new team of Autobots. The program will blend 3D characters with hand-painted environments and mixes action-packed adventure with comedy. The series, set to debut in early 2015, is being produced by Hasbro Studios and exec produced by Jeff Kline (“Transformers Prime,” “G.I. Joe Renegades”). The cast also includes “Glee” star Darren Criss, Constance Zimmer (“House of Cards”) and Ted McGinley (“Married with Children”). – Read more at Variety
Chris Colfer on Writing Glee Episode: Expect ‘Animals and the Elderly’ (But No Miley Cyrus) – ”I think we’re going to do something … with animals and the elderly. I kind of have this shot to do a really selfish episode, which if it was for me, I would probably have done a Miley Cyrus tribute episode. But I’m trying to do the best episode that I can, rather than do something selfish.” Colfer said getting to write an episode was a “complete invitation,” one he never expected to receive. I’ve been asked in interviews if I ever wanted to write one, and I said, ‘Absolutely not because it was not my world,’” he explained. “I didn’t want to tamper with someone else’s image. Then they were like, ‘Here, come tamper.’” Colfer also confirmed he’ll get to pick out the songs in his episode, though he admits his dream number (“a mashup of ‘Who Let the Dogs Out’ and ‘Jellicle Cats’”) probably won’t make the cut. – Read more at TV Line
According to E Online, Chris’s episode will be 5×19, airing May 6. He’s currently in the process of writing it. Watch the interview at EOnline
Eben Franckewitz joins new Far Young boy band – Two years after competing on “American Idol,” Eben Franckewitz has moved to Orlando and joined the new Far Young boy band. They will play the 20th Century Theatre in Oakley at 7 p.m. April 4. Eben, 17, has signed with Grammy-winning Rocket Records president Tim Coons, the original music producer for the Backstreet Boys. Coons also has worked with NSYNC, the Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead, Fleetwood Mac, Mary Wells, 3rd Faze, JoJo, Colby O’Donis, Glen Fry, Steven Stills and others. He operates the Atlantic Hill Music artist development company in Orlando. “Eben is now living in Orlando, and it is a whirlwind story,” said his mother, Stephanie Franckewitz of Clermont County’s Miami Township. “Eben was only 15 when he was on ‘Idol.’ He is now only 17 years old, and part of a project that is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. We are so proud of him. His dreams are coming true!” – Read more at Cincinnati.com
John Travolta Apologized to Idina Menzel After Adele Dazeem Screwup—Find Out What He Sent Her! – While John Travolta has already spoken out about his embarrassing Oscar flub which made waves on the Internet earlier this month (and even created a “Travoltifying” name trend), it turns out, his public acknowledgement was just the tip of the iceberg. E! News has learned that the Be Cool star sent Idina Menzel a giant bouquet of flowers about a week and a half ago to formally apologize for the snafu, which occured onstage at the 86th Annual Academy Awards when Travolta was introducing the actress-singer before her performance of “Let It Go,” during which time he seemingly called the Frozen beauty “Adele Dazeem.” “He sent her a big, gorgeous bouquet of flowers to her dressing room. It was HUGE. It was his apology to her,” a source exclusively tells E! News. – Read more at Eonline
