Ruben Studdard faces reality – He won on TV’s “American Idol” and lost on “The Biggest Loser.” R&B star Ruben Studdard reflects on a decade of high and low notes. “I most definitely have to say ‘American Idol,’?” said Studdard, who performs Sunday through Tuesday at the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis. “There would have come a time in my life when I would have had to deal with my health issues whether I was on a sickbed or passed out somewhere. I thank God that wasn’t the case. I think ‘American Idol’ was so important to me because it helped me have faith in the impossible.” – Read more at The Star Tribune
After the Show: The Top 8 Results – AMERICAN IDOL SEASON XIII
‘The Voice’ Coaches Offer Advice to Pharrell Williams for Season 7 – At a Hollywood event to promote The Voice as it gets closer to live episodes, Billboard asked the current coaches and the host of The Voice for any advice they would give to next season’s rookie, Pharrell Williams, who is replacing Cee Lo Green in one of the big red chairs. “The gloves have got to come off — he’s got to get mad, gotta get competitive and start thinking about music like it’s a sport,” Blake Shelton said outside The Sayer’s Club in L.A., where the coaches each played acoustic sets on Thursday evening. – Read more at The Hollywood Reporter
Meryl Davis: I’m Shockingly Not Nervous on DWTS – How is it competing against Charlie White, your skating partner? It’s something fun we’re going through together, so it’s very good-natured. Were you nervous before performing? With skating I’m always nervous. But here there were no nerves, shockingly. – Read more at Parade
