A performance by Crystal Bowersox and Brian Walker will air on Extra TV this weekend Dec. 18 and 19. Check your local listings for time and channel.
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Nigel Lythgoe tweets, “I am so happy to be back with the #American Idol family. Vegas was amazing. I’d LOVE to do the ‘live’ shows out of that theatre every week.”
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Today’s Idol Appearances
- Bo Bice appears on GAC Top 20 Countdown
- Katharine McPhee appears on On The Record with Greta Van Susteren. FOX News 10 pm.
- David Archuleta performs with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, Salt Lake City. David will be at the Deseret Books after the concert to sign autographs.
- Jason Castro performs at A Kurt Bestor Chirstmas Abravanel Hall, Salt Lake City Utah
- Lee DeWyze to perform at Studio C for the 92.9 The Mountain, Tuscon AZ 12 noon.
- Lee DeWyze performs a private performance and M&G at the Fort McDowell Casino, AZ for MIX 96.9.
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Elliott Yamin finishes mastering Japanese Release
Elliott Yamin finishes mastering an album set for release soon in Japan. Hopefully, a US release is coming soon.
Elliott Yamin tweets, “Masters are done baby!!……whoohoo!!!…what an accomplishment!!…I’m very proud of: brett nolan, aaron goldstein & mark gorlick!!..and myself of course!! Ha”
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Casey James is featured in the year-end issue of Fort Worth, Texas Magazine’s “2010 People of the Year – Changing Fort Worth” as one of seventeen honorees “whose talent, discoveries and tenacity have made a difference in shaping” Ft. Worth.
Via BurnThisMedia
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Carly Smithson announces she’ll be performing “One Night With You with the Cirque Du Soleil Viva Elvis show in Las Vegas. She tweets:
Just an FYI to people asking me what date I start performing here in Vegas – I’m not keeping you in the dark – I just don’t know yet…Im learning the songs and the movement as fast as I can and my costume is almost ready. So much fun and such a new experience…I’ll be singing a song called “One night with you”. Its from the catalogue of Elvis Presley and part of the Cirque Du Soleil show VIVA ELVIS
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Super-Sekrit Video from David Archuleta’s Rehearsal last night with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
David performs “Los Pastores A Belenwith”. He’ll sing with the choir tonight, tomorrow night and Sunday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOUOOG1nFfo
Via PattyCake04 and Fans of David
David with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir last Night
Via MoTabChoir
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New song from Josiah Leming – F*ck Up
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Idol’s Anthony Fedorov shares his salmon creation
If the dashing blond in the colorful garb on the Ordway’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat billboards looks familiar, well, you’re not crazy: Anthony Fedorov became a household name during the fourth season of American Idol (check out his performance of ‘If You Don’t Know Me By Now’) and is now a regular on the stage. Critics have called his performance dazzling, and Fedorov feels the same way about St. Paul’s sushi.
6. There is lore surrounding a kiwi and salmon dish you made recently. What was the dish? Are you pretty adventurous when it comes to cooking and trying new things?
Read more at CityPages
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‘Dancing with the Stars’ performers coming to casino
The inaugural show will bring performers Mark Ballas and Chelsie Hightower from ABC-TV’s “Dancing with the Stars” to the casino for a performance and autograph signing session on Jan. 19.
Dancing The performance will start with a 7 p.m. dance performance, and an acoustic set of songs by Ballas from his debut album “Hurt LoveBox” in the casino’s night club, Breakers. It will be open to all ages, and followed by an autograph signing on the casino’s Sky Bridge.
Read more at McCall.com
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Seymore, Marini to Host BALLROOM WITH A TWIST, 1/20-2/13
The historic El Portal Theatre, North Hollywood CA, is proud to offer the highly anticipated production of Ballroom with a Twist, with special rotating hosts Gilles Marini and Jane Seymour (Additional Celebrity Hosts TBA).
Ballroom boasts an amazing ensemble including dancers from “High School Musical – The Movie, ” “Dance Your Ass Off” and “Dancing With The Stars” dance pros such as Edyta Sliwinska, Alec Mazo, Jonathan Roberts & Anna Trebunskaya and “So you think you can dance” such as season fives Randi Lynn Evans and Johnathan Platero as well as this years all star Ade Obayomi in addition to “American Idol” finalists from season seven, David Hernandez, and season six, Gina Glocksen, who provide exciting live vocals.
Read more at Broadway World
