Adam Lambert attended a performance of the Broadway show, Spiderman, at the Foxwood theater in NYC Friday night.
See the photos HERE.
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The X Factor FINAL performance show begins today at 2 pm ET! Check out song spoilers HERE.
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Today’s Idol Appearances
- Adam Lambert performs at the Y100 Jingle Ball in Miami FL.
- Kris Allen performs at the Mix 104 Chris-Mix in Santa Rosa CA
- Siobhan Magnus and Lunar Valve perform at the 9th Annual Bourne Firefighters Homeless for the Holidays with PIXY 103 benefit at the Bay Motor Inn in Bourne, MA.
- John Stevens sings with the Beantown Swing Orchestra at Lexington High School in Lexington MA. More info HERE.
- Josh Gracin performs at Carols by Candlelight at the California Center For The Arts in Escondido, CA
- Matt Giraud performs at the Rockford Fine Arts Auditorium, Rockford MI 8:30 pm. More info HERE.
- Lee DeWyze performs at Mix Downtown for NOW 100.5, Sacramento, CA.
- Kimberley Locke plays the Mall of America in Bloomington MN. Doors open at 11 AM
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More Headlines after the JUMP…
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For Crystal Bowersox, co-writing’s like a blind date: ‘You don’t go all the way’
Crystal looks at co-writing like she does blind dates: “You don’t go all the way on the first date.”
The one that worked out best was with my husband, ” she says. Brian Walker, whom Crystal married in October, began Mason in 2008, and Crystal wrote a bridge for it before the two sang it as a duet on the album.
Crystal’s other co-writing credit – on the poppish Lonely Won’t Come Around – wasn’t the result of a writing session. That one was more a matter of Crystal personalizing an already existing song by David Ryan Harris and Alexandra Tamposi.
Read more at Idol Chatter
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Jennifer Lopez brings her curly-haired cuties Emme and Max along to American Idol auditions
At the tender age of three, Jennifer Lopez’s twins are already familiar with the showbiz world after making their modelling debut with Gucci earlier this year.
And today the toddlers continued their induction into the family business with a visit to the set of American Idol.
Max and Emme accompanied their mother to work as she continued taping auditions in Pasadena, California.
See the Photos at the Daily Mail
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X Factor finalists ready for duets
The X Factor field of finalists will be reduced to just three as the competition enters its final weekend.
One of the four remaining acts will be eliminated following a solo performance and then a duet with a celebrity guest.
Robbie Williams will perform with boyband One Direction, while Rihanna will sing alongside Matt Cardle.
Cher Lloyd will be joined by Black Eyed Peas star Will.i.am and Rebecca Ferguson will be teamed up with Christina Aguilera.
As well as having celebrity back-up, each act will be supported by a star in their rallying the troops in their home towns.
X Factor supremo Simon Cowell has said he “genuinely” wants One Direction to win but admitted if he was a betting man his money would be on Cardle.
Read more at Press Association
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X Factor 2010: Final songlist revealed *SPOILERS*
Tomorrow night kicks off the big X Factor weekend and below we have brought you the rumoured song choices for each contestant.
We’ll update the list as the tracks are officially confirmed but for now, we want to know what all you Matt Cardle, Rebecca Ferguson, One Direction and Cher Lloyd fanatics think about the judges choices for their final acts.
Read more at Unreality TV
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Simon Cowell is the ‘X-Factor’
It’s a ratings jackpot American networks can barely dream of. Nearly one in every three people in Britain is expected to tune in Sunday to discover which pop star wannabe will triumph on the TV reality show “The X-Factor.”
Despite the feverish speculation in Britain’s tabloids about the results and about the contestants’ personal lives — from the guy who may be investigated for welfare fraud to the woman whose 81-year-old grandma is a prostitute and proud of it — there’s never been any real doubt who the winner will be: Simon Cowell.
Read more at the Los Angeles Times
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Steven Tyler — Tell Miley to Call Me!
“American Idol” judge Steven Tyler sounded more like a concerned adult than a rock star last night — when we asked him about the Miley Cyrus bong video, he told our guy, “If Miley’s smoking [salvia], tell her to call me.”
Watch the video at TMZ
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