Randy Jackson on Next Season’s ‘American Idol’: ‘Greatest Show of Its Kind Ever’ – Jackson said that that new panel — containing Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick Jr. — is “amazing” and will make the upcoming season of Idol the “greatest show of its kind ever.” “I know them all very, very well. They’re all amazing people, great in their own right, very credible, really cool, funny,” he added, saying that viewers could expect a lot of inside jokes from the group. As for his move from judge to mentor, Jackson likened it to becoming a Supreme Court justice. “I’ve moved to the higher court now,” he said. – Read more at The Hollywood Reporter
‘American Idol’ Candice Glover talks about song-writing, church and her return home for free concert Thursday – Glover has been working with the Jackie Boyz, a multiplatinum song-writing duo originally from Savannah, who have written for singers like Justin Bieber, Chris Brown and Flo Rida. The track list for her debut album is set, but the Jackie Boyz are helping her with the words. Glover dabbled in song-writing even before her “Idol” fame, but was always insecure and shy about what she wrote. “They taught me everybody can be a song-writer,” Glover said in a phone interview Wednesday. – Read more at Island Packet.com
Canal Room Celebrates 10 Years With ’80s Tribute Nights Featuring Constantine Maroulis – As Canal Room owners Marcus Linial and Sam Lott celebrate the 10th anniversary of their successful nightclub (congrats, guys!), Maroulis prepares himself to join Jessie’s Girl’s talented trio of lead vocalists, Chris Hall, Jenna O’Gara and Mark Rinzel, for a six week stint. In advance of the September 16th preview of his residency at the club (more info on that at end of post), Maroulis talks about his big plans for the show, his complicated history and the future of his hair. – Read more at Village Voice
So You Think You Can Dance Winners: “We Finish Each Other’s Sentences” – Amy acknowledges that she and Fik-Shun are so comfortable in their partnership that they have a shorthand way of communicating now. “We kind of just finish each other’s sentences,” she said. “We know. We just look at each other. I’ll say something, and he’s like, ‘I was already thinking that.’ We just both understand where we’re going and how much we want too give. We just have a great work ethic together.” – Read more at TV Guide
And the ‘SYTYCD’ Season 10 Winners Are…
Nigel Lythgoe & Mary Murphy ‘Get It On’ at the ‘SYTYCD’ Finale – The whole idea to do the surprise spoof was came from Mary. “The fans have been asking us to dance together, everywhere I go, and I always said we never would,” she told Yahoo Music’s Reality Rocks backstage after the finale. “But when I saw Amy and Fik-Shun do that number, immediately I turned to Nigel and said, ‘We’ve got to dance that.’ He was like, ‘What?’ I don’t know what it was, but it was so cute, and the humor in it was so great.” “I think we wanted to show that we take to heart that we know what it’s like to get in front of a camera and sometimes embarrass yourself,” said Nigel. “The annoying thing for me was I always tell the kids every week, ‘Don’t dance with your shoulders up’ — but when watching it back, I saw that my shoulders were up! I did feel like the drunken uncle at a wedding, but it was fun.” – Read more at Yahoo Music
Nigel Lythgoe Discusses SYTYCD Season 10 Winners & Idol’s New Judging Panel
The girls were close in votes and BOTH ahead of the boys.
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Paula Abdul: Simon Cowell Will Be A ‘Fantastic’ Dad
Plus praise for Fik-Shun, who competed on her CBS show, Live to Dance when he was 15 years old.
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