Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina and Kellie Pickler appear on CMA Country Christmas, 9 pm ABC
Siobhan Magnus to perform at Holiday Lights December 1 (7-8pm) in Boston on Channel 5
Snow White featuring Neil Patrick Harris and Glee Project runner-up, Lindsay Pearce opens at the El Portal theater in Los Angeles. More information HERE
David Archuleta’s My Kind of Christmas Tour opens in Westbury, NY
David Archuleta Is the Holiday Spirit
David talks about Christmas in an interview with the AP
Nigel Lythgoe Weighs In On Howard Stern’s Possible ‘America’s Got Talent’ Move
“It’s going to be very interesting. Piers is obviously very successful in other areas now – [he] doesn’t want anything to get in the way of that,” Nigel told Access Hollywood at the BAFTA Awards in Los Angeles on Wednesday, when asked about Piers’ exit from the NBC hit. “Stern, I don’t know. I don’t know what he’s going to be like as a judge.”
“I think he’ll be honest,” Nigel said. “But what he actually knows about show business and talent and acts, I don’t know.”
Read more at Access Hollywood
‘X Factor’ Burning Questions: Where Did Marcus Canty Learn To Back Flip? How Did Rachel Crow Really Feel About Her Song?
Where did Marcus Canty learn how to do a back flip? “I’ve always been able to do a back flip,” he says. “The funny thing is I don’t tell anyone this, but I took gymnastics when I was 10. That’s when I learned how to tumble a little bit. But when I got older, I played basketball and I found that I could jump a little higher than the rest. So, the back flip just kind of came back. I was kind of hiding it inside, because I didn’t want to show it too soon. I feel like me being in the bottom three last week I had to pull out all the stops.
Was L.A. Reid right? Was Rachel Crow not exactly feeling her song, “Can You Feel It”? “Yeah, kind of,” she says with some hesitation after THR asked if she liked the song. “Simon picked it for me. I wanted to do a different one, but unfortunately they changed it last minute. So, I was a little taken aback.”
Was Drew Ryniewicz’s song a nod to American Idol alum David Cook or Chris Cornell’s version of “Billie Jean”? “The inspiration actually came from Chris Cornell,” Drew, 14, says. That’s probably the most correct answer as Cook’s version was also a rendition of Cornell’s take on the Iconic Michael Jackson hit. “I tried not to do all the same vocals as him just because I’m the girl who sang ‘Baby’ and did that all on my own,” Drew further explains. “I honestly don’t like using other people’s versions. I tried my best not to sound like his version, because I don’t want to be compared to anybody.”
Read more at the Hollywood Reporter
Live at X Factor: Drew and Rachel Disagree With Simon Cowell! Plus, Who’s Battling a Chest Infection?
While Drew and Rachel were battling with Cowell’s choices, Chris Rene, who tackled “I’ll Be There,” tells us he’s been battling an infection this week.
“I’m very sick right now. I’m on antibiotics,” he says. “Yesterday, it was a sinus infection, now it’s a chest infection. I went out there and did it ’cause I have to. It doesn’t matter if I’m sick.” Thankfully, the judges loved his performance, except for Cowell, who said Chris might find himself in the bottom two tomorrow night. Regardless, Chris says, “I feel good. I had a great time.”
Read more at EOnline
‘X Factor’: More Michael Jackson, Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul fighting, the new and improved Astro
It was the start of Michael Jackson week at “The X Factor.” While the appearance from the Jackson family stole the show, there was still a lot of behind-the-scenes intrigue.
Here the best of what happened when the cameras stopped rolling:
Read more at Zap2it
NBC’s ‘The Voice’ Scores Music Cred With Coaches’ 4 Grammy Noms
NBC should be pretty happy about the results from Wednesday’s Grammy nominations when it comes to its talent competition, The Voice. The show’s coaches, Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine, Cee Lo Green, and Blake Shelton scored a total of four Grammy noms between them.
Wait…the judges are giving the Voice music cred? Shouldn’t it be the contestants?
Read more at the Hollywood Reporter
