Kelly Clarkson on The Voice; David Cook, Kellie Pickler, Scotty McCreery

How ‘American Idol’ Can Pull Off The Toughest Move In Showbiz: The Comeback – That responsibility falls primarily on Idol’s true stars: the judges. Great singers and performers will come and go, but Richie, Perry and Bryan (and Seacrest) are the only people viewers can count on seeing every week. As far as talent and experience go, these three make a pretty solid bunch. – Read more at Forbes

Sundance Head Recording New Music

The Voice season 11 winner hasn’t released an album…yet.

I’m recording @OceanWayStudios with the GREAT Dean Dillon today. Y’all are gonna S*** when you hear this record????????

— Sundance Head (@SundanceHead) February 22, 2018

Kelly Clarkson Reveals How ‘Idol’ Has Shaped Her ‘Voice’ Strategy (VIDEO) – The Voice is coming back and Kelly Clarkson knows that she’s not the only one who has been waiting for a moment like this. “I have been these [singers],” the vocal powerhouse said recently, while chatting with TV Insider about her new gig on the NBC show. “This is where I came from.” In addition, the Grammy winner offers high praise to the other singers from her season of Idol and implies that song choice and timing of that choice really do matter (Simon would be so proud). – Watch the Video at TVInsider

Kelly Clarkson on Her Rookie Season on ‘The Voice’ – Mark had some fun with Kelly and Blake, asking them which coach always shows up on time. Kelly laughed and immediately said, “Me! I’m the rookie pocket protector wearing nerd who always shows up on time!” – Via Extra

David Cook Discusses New EP, ‘Chromance’ and his Broadway debut in ‘Kinky Boots’ – Let’s switch gears and talk about “Kinky Boots.” Was doing musical theater something you always envisioned yourself doing one day? How did the opportunity come about? DC: I’ve always been open to the creative process and actually went to college on a theater scholarship around the same time the band started picking up. I love the story and the cast is incredible from top to bottom. To be involved in a show with Cyndi Lauper’s name attached to it was also very exciting and the idea of accepting different walks of life is an important story to tell. We had circled each other a few years ago about doing it but the schedules didn’t work out. Now that its come back around and the dates have all matched up, it was very easy to say yes. – Read more at AXS

Lee DeWyze Trusts His Instincts, Embraces His Anxieties to Craft Brave New Album – You know, it’s funny, they weren’t written that way as an arc, but once they were all done the arc was there. It wasn’t written in the sense of ‘let’s start with a beginning and then we’ll make a middle and an end.’ But it definitely resulted in this order of music, and it came down to ‘where are these going to go?’ It just kind of all made sense of where they should. It almost felt like writing a movie or a story where you’re like ‘well, this one can’t go here, because this hasn’t happened yet!’ You know? – Read more at Albumism.com

Scotty McCreery appears on KTLA – Interview and Performance

Scotty McCreedy? Heh. The American Idol season 10 winner stops by KTLA for a chat and a performance.