Both Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina are in Detroit tonight. Scotty tweets, “on the way to the ALCS game! Detroit vs. Texas.. none of my teams are still in it, so I’m just going to enjoy the game!”
An American Idol themed Pop-up Video special aired on VH1 today. It featured videos from David Cook, Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Jordin Sparks. (Click the links to watch!)
Trace Adkins & Lauren Alaina to Participate in T.J. Martell Foundation’s Family Day – Lauren Alaina will perform during the T.J. Martell Foundation’s 2nd Annual Dunkin’ Donuts/Baskin-Robbins Family Day on October 29. The event will take place at the Curb Event Center at Belmont University in Nashville. Besides a performance by Lauren, there will also be an indoor carnival with inflatable games, bungees and trick or treat booths. – Via GacTV
Megan Joy updates her Kickstarter backers on the progress of her album. She’s finished 3 songs and is waiting on schedules from her producer and musicians to get back to LA for the final week of recording. She’s posted a new song for her supporters. Megan wrote the lyrics and melodies for “Cant Bring Me Down” Listen to the tune and read the update at Kickstarter.
Ryan Seacrest tweeted, ““We wrapped @AmericanIdol season 11 auds monday…back on ur tvs in jan!”
‘Idol’ Star Scotty McCreery Releases New Album
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Lauren Alaina Z100 Interview
Pia Toscano + More Donate Shoes at Soles4Souls Benefit
On Oct. 12, former ‘American Idol‘ contestants Pia Toscano, Stefano Langone and Sanjaya Malakar attended the Soles4Souls charity event, hosted by Puma’s Riddim + Run. Cee Lo Green also hit up the benefit, stepping outside the boundaries of his outrageous wardrobe by rocking a basic white collard T-shirt and khaki shorts. Toscano, on the other hand, looked super chic in her yellow blouse and a purple fitted mini skirt.
See a photo and read more at PopCrush
Martin Short: Nice, Not Nasty, Works When Judging TV Talent Competitions
TORONTO – Martin Short watches American Idol. So the Canadian comic/actor will be nice, not nasty, when he takes up lead judging duties on Canada’s Got Talent.
“When (Aerosmith’s) Steven Tyler took over at American Idol, and J-Lo (Jennifer Lopez), they said everyone will be too nice and too pleasant and it won’t have an edge. And the ratings went higher, ” Short said of a post-Simon Cowell American Idol.
Canada’s Got Talent, to debut on Citytv in March 2012, will be a local version of the America’s Got Talent show, and also based on the format licensed from FremantleMedia.
Read more at the Hollywood Reporter
Pharrell Williams – X-Factor’s Like a 3-Boob’d Lady
Rapper Pharrell Williams put “X-Factor” in the most bizarre nutshell of all time … claiming the show is just like “a girl with three t*ts.”
Pharrell joins “X-Factor” as a guest judge this Sunday — and while taping one of the segments, he told producers, X is “like a trifecta. It’s like you’re getting rock, you’re getting alternative mentality, you’re getting hip-hop influence, you’re getting the visuals.”
Pharrell added, “Just being one thing is boring, right? You know, a girl with three t*ts … that’s where it’s at!”
Read more at TMZ
What Are Simon Cowell And L.A. Reid Up To When ‘X Factor’ Is On?
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X Factor v baseball reveals Simon Cowell no longer has God-like powers
Now, one doesn’t want to get carried away when talking about the significance or otherwise of last night’s episode of the X Factor getting bumped, and further episodes being duly shuffled and shoehorned into all manner of random slots during the week – but this does portend the end of the world.
If you have been feeling a bit watery in your legs this morning and don’t know why, I shall explain. You see, the world has tipped a little off its axis this week and looks set to continue to do so for God has spoken and he has said, the era of Simon Cowell is over. Maybe.
Read more at The Guardian
