One goes home tonight on the American Idol results show. Plus, Jennifer Lopez and Royal Teeth perform. 9/8c FOX.
Premiere Rolls Out ‘CMT All Access With Cody Alan’ – PREMIERE NETWORKS debuts, “CMT ALL ACCESS WITH CODY ALAN” this weekend, with more than 100 affiliates already on board board (NET NEWS 2/20). CARRIE UNDERWOOD is ALAN’s first guest for the one-hour show featuring news, information, interviews and Country music. “CMT ALL ACCESS” will originate from the CMT studios in NASHVILLE and is also available on iHeartRadio.com. – Read more at All Access
Pia Toscano to Sing National Anthem at Auto Club 400 – Critically-acclaimed recording artist Pia Toscano, will sing the National Anthem prior to the start of the Auto Club 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday, March 23 at Auto Club Speedway. The race will be broadcast at Noon (PT) on FOX. Toscano will also perform ‘God Bless America’ during Auto Club Speedway’s “Tribute to Unions and the American Worker” during pre-race festivities. – Read more at Paddock Talk
‘American Idol’s’ Keith Urban: Season 13 is ‘anybody’s game’ at this point – “The contestants hit the ‘Idol’ stage in a much quicker time frame than they would ordinarily do,” says Urban. “We didn’t do the trip down to Vegas, we put them onto the big stage with much bigger production sooner than we have in previous seasons. It was probably no coincidence that a couple weeks into the shows was when everybody really stepped up to the plate.” As far as consistency goes, Urban does name-drop Caleb Johnson as being very consistent. – Read more at Zap2it
American Idol finalist calls L.A. ‘nasty’ – “American Idol” Top 10 finalist Caleb Johnson is getting comfortable in Los Angeles, but expressed missing the fresh air of his hometown. “It’s really dirty in Los Angeles,” Johnson laughed during an interview with Fox5’s Juliette Vara. “It’s really nasty. I was like dang.” The 22-year-old from North Carolina gives it his all during his live performances on the “Idol” stage. On Wednesday, he sang Lady Gaga’s “The Edge of Glory.” – Video at FOX5Sandiego
N.C. congressional candidate Clay Aiken stops in Fayetteville, Fort Bragg – Clay Aiken isn’t naive. As a political newcomer, the 35-year-old realizes he’s known principally as an “American Idol” runner-up. Most candidates don’t have people interrupting them every few minutes to ask for a picture or a hug. But Aiken uses that unusual level of name recognition – something many first-time candidates would kill for – to get people to listen to his ideas as a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the state’s 2nd Congressional District. The seat is currently occupied by Republican Rep. Renee Ellmers, who is seeking re-election. – Read more at The Fay Observer
Tove Lo Debuts Talks ‘Truth Serum’ EP, Working With Adam Lambert – In the meantime, expect her songwriting to pop up on upcoming albums from Cher Lloyd, Girls Aloud and perhaps even Adam Lambert, who spent some time in the studio with Tove Lo recently. “He came to Sweden, he’s been working with all the producers, the little collective out there, and having a really good time,” Tove Lo says, declining to share further details on the newly label-free Lambert’s next project. “When you hear the fully produced stuff from the studio, that’s one thing, but his voice is insane. I couldn’t believe it.” – Read more at Billboard
Merle Haggard to get tributes from ACM, artists – Luke Bryan, Garth Brooks, Jason Aldean and Toby Keith are among the artists lending their voices to Working Man’s Poet: A Tribute to Merle Haggard, out April 1 on Broken Bow Records. During the 49th annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 6 — Haggard’s 77th birthday — he’ll be the recipient of a multi-artist tribute segment and receive the ACM’s Crystal Milestone award, honoring his 50th anniversary in country music. – Also, Kristy Lee Cook will cover “Today I Started Loving You Again.” – Read more at USA Today
Swon Brothers – Behind The Scenes – The Making Of “Later On”
Glee’s Naya Rivera, Heather Morris, Lea Michele, Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer and Chord Overstreet Give Up Romance Scoop and More! – The Glee cast (old and new!) celebrated the show’s 100th episode Tuesday night at Chateau Marmont in Hollywood—and there was plenty of looooooove on the red carpet! Not just between former and current cast members, who clearly still consider themselves to be one tight-knit family, but stars like Naya Rivera, Heather Morris, Lea Michele, Dianna Agron, Chord Overstreet, Jayma Mays, Chris Colfer and Darren Criss also spilled some deets on their characters’ love lives on the show. – Read more at EOnline
