New cover songs from Constantine Maroulis at iTunes. Download “Unchained Melody” HERE and “25 or 6 to 4” (Live) HERE.
@AmericanIdol tweets, “Wrestling SUPERSTAR Chris Jericho (IAmJericho) hanging with us at rehearsals. Think he’s got a LIVE show tonight. U betta get movin Chris” (He’s a contestant on DWTS)
New Carrie Underwood/Hillary Lindsey co-wrote has just appeared on Ascap called “People That You Love”.
Live Chat with Anthony Fedorov tonight at 7 pm ET. Ask him questions about his experiences in Japan during the earthquake while appearing in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolored Dreamcoat, or anything else. Chat happens HERE.
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Bo Bice has been added to the BMI Key West Songwriters Fest taking place in Key West Florida April 27-May 1. Bo will perform on Thursday April 28. Check out the schedule HERE.
Kellie Pickler will perform as part of 1037 WSOC’s Southern Girls Night out on April 20 at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte North Carolina. Ticket Information HERE
Taylor Hicks will be part of the Telluride Jazz Festival taking place in Town Park in Telluride, CO August 5-7
‘American Idol’: Tune in tomorrow to see EW’s Dalton Ross!
No, he won’t be mentoring the contestants about how best to rock an ’80s sweater (though that would be totally awesome). Instead he’ll be featured in a segment on EW’s fantabulous March 28 photo shoot with Idol‘s Top 11. Noted photographer Art Streiber shot the very glammed up girls (one contestant sports a leather dress!) and suited-up guys (can you guess which guy showed up to the shoot wearing gold high-tops?),
Via EW
Reality Show Featuring Leona Lewis, Jordin Sparks to Hold Open Casting Call
Los Angeles, CA. – The Boardwalk Entertainment Group today announced the launch of a nationwide casting search for kids to be mentored by some of the biggest and most established artists in the music industry in a new reality series, Majors & Minors, to be televised this fall on The Hub television network.
Popular music artists like Leona Lewis, Jordin Sparks, Sean Kingston and Ryan Tedder will join the team of artists in a search to find America’s Next Young Superstar.
Casting is open to children ages 8-16. An open casting call will be conducted at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Sunday, April 10th as part of the “Reality Rocks Expo, ” a major two-day event that will be highlighting some of the biggest reality shows on television.
Read more at Hollywood Reporter
Idoloonies: Saving Casey, Revising History, Praising J.Lo, and Seeking Contenders on Idol
Motown Week on Season 10 of American Idol was downright legendary. The judges saved Casey Abrams, while America saved Haley Reinhart. Stefano Langone took a tumble, while Idol history was rewritten before our very eyes. Hulk Hogan trashed his shirt, while Gordon Ramsay trashed his already flimsy reputation. Meanwhile, Naima Adedapo got her dance on, Scotty McCreery got his lean on, and somebody dropped to the ground and clutched Ryan Seacrest’s knees. My Idoloonies cohosts (one of ‘em all the way from Australia) and I discuss all of these dramatic moments, dish the season’s lack of a clear front-runner, give credit where credit is due (to Jennifer Lopez), and make a plan of action for Lauren Alaina.
See the videos at TV Line
Chris Daughtry Checks in from the Studio
Carrie Underwood cuts Brad Paisley duet
“Do you remember how it used to be, ” the two sing in the song’s chorus. “We’d turn out the lights and we didn’t just sleep/Remind me, baby, remind me/So on fire, so in love/That look in your eyes that I miss so much/Remind me, baby, remind me.”
Read more at USA Today
Rrazz Room with Ruben Studdard
Rrazz Room with Ruben Studdard from B Mason on Vimeo.
Behind the Scenes with Ruben Studdard In San Francisco
Dancing With the Stars’ Cheryl Burke Joins the Anti-Chris Brown Chorus
“As a victim of domestic violence, I don’t agree with him coming on the show, but it’s out of my control, ” the DWTS pro dished to Extra.
But ABC’s not going to say that—or agree with it. Puh-leeze, especially with a TV performance that is about to reel in some massive ratings at stake!
Brown is set to perform two songs tonight, but he might have to introduce himself for obvious reasons.
Dancing With the Stars host Tom Bergeron asked show producers to keep him as far away from Brown as possible during his guest number on the hit dancing competition.
Read more at EOnline
‘Dancing With the Stars’ underdog Mike Catherwood explains his enthusiastic new fan base
Catherwood can also count on support from a demographic he never knew existed: people who really, really want to sleep with him.
“The major difference, ” he says of his life since Season 12 started, “is that men and women alike are offering me sexual relations. People I’ve never met before, they’ll just email me or find me on the street. And they’ll be like, ‘Hey you want some of that?’ And that’s pretty cool.”
But not that cool. He’s quick to point out that he hasn’t actually taken any of them up on their offers.
See the Video at Zap2it
Glee’s Mike O’Malley on Playing Kurt’s Dad and the National Song He’d Like to Sing on the Show
In the increasingly crazy world of Glee, Mike O’Malley’s presence is always a great relief. The longtime comedian shows surprisingly understated drama chops as Burt Hummel, Kurt’s blue-collar, auto-repairing dad who learns more about his gay son every day. On his days off, O’Malley keeps busy, working as a writer and producer on Showtime’s Shameless, acting in the Fox pilot Family Album with Rachel Harris and Rob Huebbel (“It’s about America — RIGHT NOW!” O’Malley says emphatically, adding that it won’t interfere with his work on Glee), and coaching his three kids’ sports teams. O’Malley spoke to Vulture on a lunch break about his chemistry with Chris Colfer, the phenomenon of the sex talk, and why he’s still proud of perhaps his most famous role thus far: hosting Nickelodeon’s Guts.
Read more at New York Magazine
