The finalists are singing classic rock songs tonight in the first round and selections from the Sia songbook in round two. Sia was also there to mentor and perform her latest single, Cheap Thrills.
The parade of past Idol finalists continued with the season 7 Miss American Idol winner David Cook showing up to sing his new song, Heartbeat. The season 5 Miss American Idol 1st runner up Katharine McPhee was also there to recreate the magic moment when she performed Somewhere Over The Rainbow. Watching Katharine perform really illustrated how the caliber of talented has declined since she was on the show. Her voice and level of talent is so much higher than what the contestants are currently serving. I can't see any of them being able to handle a role like Katharine did in Smash.
The first finalist to be assured a spot on the show next week was La'Porsha. There's no denying that she is the frontrunner in the competition even there her performance of Dead or Alive wasn't exactly mind blowing, it was still very good. She performed Sia's Elastic Heart with passion, energy and outstanding vocals.
I don't have anything good to say about MacKenzie or the judges that put him here or the fans that keep voting for him. There is nothing impressive or exceptional about him. You can go to any high school and find a boy that is doing what he is doing. The fact that the judges even put him in the top 25 illustrates that they are not looking for great vocal talents. The fact that fans are voting for him shows that the bar for what is considered good has been lowered so far down that it has no meaning anymore. MacKenzie took two amazing songs and made them so completely boring he should never be allowed to sing again. I Want You To Want Me and Titanium were completely sad and lifeless in his hands. Anyone who would pick his versions of these songs over the originals clearly does not know how to enjoy music. At this point, I dislike him so much that it looks like he is going to end up being the Season 15 Miss American Idol winner.
Trent has a really impressive vocal range and a wonderful ability to breath new life into an old song. Both Sharp Dressed Man and Chandelier were dynamic and entertaining.
Dalton made the audience cry with his heartfelt reading of God Only Knows. He continued delivering the raw emotions on Bird Set Free. While his vocal range is somewhat limited he at least knows how to make the best of what he has.
Sadly, the most gifted vocalist of the bunch, Sonika, was the lowest vote getter this week and she was eliminated from the competition. We didn't even get to hear her sweet and amazing voice one last time.
I am not going to predict that Mackenzie will be sent home next week, but I clearly want him to be gone.
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Thursday, August 21, 2014
Caleb Johnson - Testify
I think we all owe Candice Glover an apology. A lot was made in February when Glover’s Music Speaks sold a tepid 19K copies in its first week. That was the slimmest first-week sales tally ever for the debut album by an American Idol winner. Glover relinquishes that dubious record this week to this year’s Idol champ, Caleb Johnson, whose Testify sold just 11K copies in its first week.
Testify enters the Billboard 200 at #24, which is also the lowest chart entry position ever for anIdol champ’s first album. (The old record here was Lee DeWyze's Live It Up, which debuted and peaked at #19.)
At this point, it seems obvious that the fault lies not with any individual contestant, but with the agingIdol franchise itself. Idol may have a little more life left in it as a TV show, but it seems to have simply run its course an important album-selling force.
It was nice while it lasted.
The first post-Idol albums by the first five winners each sold 240K or more copies in their first weeks. The first to fall short of that level was Jordin Sparks's Jordin Sparks, which sold 119K in its first week in November 2007. Season 7 winner David Cook got the franchise back on track when David Cook sold 280K in its first week in November 2008.
The first winner to fall short of 100K was Season 8 champ Kris Allen, whose Kris Allen sold 80K in its first week in November 2009. He had to live with that embarrassment for exactly one year, until Season 9 winner Lee DeWyze's Live It Up sold about half as many copies (39K) in its first week in November 2010.
Season 10 champ Scotty McCreery reversed the downward trend (and not a moment too soon!) when Clear As Day sold 197K copies in its first week in October 2011. Season 11 winner Phillip Phillips did nearly as well when The World From the Side of the Moon sold 169K in its first week in November 2012.
But now we’re back in the cellar. Everything runs its course eventually. Glee isn’t the force it once was, either. But the fact that so few people are interested in buying the first album by an Idol winner is amazing. The ratings of the TV show are also down, but not to this degree. Nielsen reported that 10.53 million people watched the Idol finale in May. That’s about one-fourth of the 38.06 million that watched the Season 2 finale in May 2003 (the top-rated Idol finale ever).
A contributing factor, of course, is that album sales are down overall. This isn’t just an Idol problem. But industry-wide sales declines can’t explain a drop-off this steep.
You may be surprised to learn which Idol winner’s debut album sold the most copies in its first week.Kelly Clarkson? Carrie Underwood? Nope. It’s Season 2 winner Ruben Studdard, whose Soulfulsold 417K copies in its first week. That tally, as good as it was, fell short of the first-week sales by Season 2 runner-up Clay Aiken, whose Measure of a Man had sold 613K copies just eight weeks earlier.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
The Top 8 sing 80's
As they prepared to sing music from the 80's the Top 8 finalists had the chance to work with the Season 7 Miss American Idol winner, David Cook. David set the standard for reinvented a song and making it his own every week during the competition.
The best of the bunch this week was Alex Preston once again. He very masterfully injected a gripping new layer of depth and emotions into Every Breath You Take by The Police. He truly made it into a brand new song and it is already charting on the itunes top 100 singles list. Also, continuing her improvement this week was Malaya Watson who tackled Through The Fire by Chaka Khan.
My prediction for the bottom three this week is the same as last week. Jena Irene tried her best to reinvent I Love Rock and Roll by Joan Jett, but it was a humongous epic failure. CJ Harris took the dreadful Free Falling and made it even more unbearable with his dreary interpretation.
Rounding out the bottom three should be Sam Woolf who I correctly predicted as the lowest vote getter last week, but the judges decided to save him. And for what? So he could bore us to death with his flat and lifeless rendition of Time After Time. This week he will be the lowest vote getter again and there will be no saving him.
The best of the bunch this week was Alex Preston once again. He very masterfully injected a gripping new layer of depth and emotions into Every Breath You Take by The Police. He truly made it into a brand new song and it is already charting on the itunes top 100 singles list. Also, continuing her improvement this week was Malaya Watson who tackled Through The Fire by Chaka Khan.
My prediction for the bottom three this week is the same as last week. Jena Irene tried her best to reinvent I Love Rock and Roll by Joan Jett, but it was a humongous epic failure. CJ Harris took the dreadful Free Falling and made it even more unbearable with his dreary interpretation.
Rounding out the bottom three should be Sam Woolf who I correctly predicted as the lowest vote getter last week, but the judges decided to save him. And for what? So he could bore us to death with his flat and lifeless rendition of Time After Time. This week he will be the lowest vote getter again and there will be no saving him.
Thursday, May 2, 2013
The Results - Top 4 Again
The Top 4 finalists opened the show with a group performance of Beyonce's 1st #1 hit as a solo artist, 2003's Crazy In Love. Amber really stood out from the group with her exceptional vocals and sense of style.
The Season 7 Miss American Idol winner, David Cook, returned to the Idol stage to perform his latest single Laying Me Low. Hopefully this fun pop rock song will get him some success on the charts.
Will.I.Am then delivered some big band/hip hop fusion with a song called Bang Bang that is in the new film version of the Great Gatsby. It was pretty strange but still an interesting musical production.
This week's mentor, Harry Connick Jr., has a new album coming out in June and he took the stage to perform the title track. It's called Every Man Should Know.
The top three Season 12 finalists are Angie Miller, Candice Glover and Kree Harrison. That means that the wonderful Amber Holcomb has been eliminated. It's such a shame as she is very talented and would have made an outstanding Miss American Idol winner. She performed I Believe In You and Me one last time.
The Season 7 Miss American Idol winner, David Cook, returned to the Idol stage to perform his latest single Laying Me Low. Hopefully this fun pop rock song will get him some success on the charts.
Will.I.Am then delivered some big band/hip hop fusion with a song called Bang Bang that is in the new film version of the Great Gatsby. It was pretty strange but still an interesting musical production.
This week's mentor, Harry Connick Jr., has a new album coming out in June and he took the stage to perform the title track. It's called Every Man Should Know.
The top three Season 12 finalists are Angie Miller, Candice Glover and Kree Harrison. That means that the wonderful Amber Holcomb has been eliminated. It's such a shame as she is very talented and would have made an outstanding Miss American Idol winner. She performed I Believe In You and Me one last time.
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Phillip Phillips is #10
The Season 11 Miss American Idol winner, Phillip Phillips, can now claim his first hit on the Billboard HOT 100 singles chart. His single, Home, that he sang during the finale, sold a very impressive 278,000 downloads in it's first week available and it enters the chart all the way up at #10.
With Phillips' single landing in the Top 10, he ends a three year absence in the upper portion of the chart for the debut single from Miss American Idol winners. The last victory single to reach the Top 10 was The Time Of My Life from Season 7 Miss American Idol winner David Cook that peaked at #3 in 2008.
For the record, the Season 8 Miss American Idol winner, Kris Allen, hit #11 in 2009 with his winning song No Boundaries. The Season 9 Miss American Idol winner, Lee DeWyze, was only able to get to #24 in 2010 with his winning song, Beautiful Day. And last year, the Season 10 Miss American Idol winner, Scotty McCreery, hit #11 with his winning song I Love You This Big.
Incidentally, for the first 5 seasons of American Idol, the show was able to generate a #1 smash hit on the Billboard HOT 100 singles chart starting with A Moment Like This by the Season 1 Miss American Idol winner, Kelly Clarkson. The Season 2 Miss American Idol 1st runner up, Clay Aiken, topped the chart with his single This Is The Night. Fantasia, The Season 3 Miss American Idol winner hit #1 with I Believe. The Supreme Miss American Idol, Season 4 winner, Carrie Underwood, reached #1 with her winning victory single Inside Your Heaven. The last #1 winning single came from the Season 5 Miss American Idol winner, Taylor Hicks and his hit Do I Make You Proud.
With Phillips' single landing in the Top 10, he ends a three year absence in the upper portion of the chart for the debut single from Miss American Idol winners. The last victory single to reach the Top 10 was The Time Of My Life from Season 7 Miss American Idol winner David Cook that peaked at #3 in 2008.
For the record, the Season 8 Miss American Idol winner, Kris Allen, hit #11 in 2009 with his winning song No Boundaries. The Season 9 Miss American Idol winner, Lee DeWyze, was only able to get to #24 in 2010 with his winning song, Beautiful Day. And last year, the Season 10 Miss American Idol winner, Scotty McCreery, hit #11 with his winning song I Love You This Big.
Incidentally, for the first 5 seasons of American Idol, the show was able to generate a #1 smash hit on the Billboard HOT 100 singles chart starting with A Moment Like This by the Season 1 Miss American Idol winner, Kelly Clarkson. The Season 2 Miss American Idol 1st runner up, Clay Aiken, topped the chart with his single This Is The Night. Fantasia, The Season 3 Miss American Idol winner hit #1 with I Believe. The Supreme Miss American Idol, Season 4 winner, Carrie Underwood, reached #1 with her winning victory single Inside Your Heaven. The last #1 winning single came from the Season 5 Miss American Idol winner, Taylor Hicks and his hit Do I Make You Proud.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
The Results - California
The top 4 finalists opened the show with a performance of a song that peaked at #4 in 1966 - California Dreamin by The Mamas and The Papas. Given the theme for the week, this was the perfect song to allow Jessica and Hollie to show off their wonderful voices and impressive vocal range. For the next hour, they had to wait patiently to find out if they would be moving on in the competition....
The first distraction came from the Season 7 Miss American Idol winner, David Cook. He performed his latest single called The Last Song I'll Write For You. It was a simple little soft-rock number that didn't leave much of an impression.
Then the finalists got a chance to see Jennifer Lopez get up from behind the judges table and perform her current dance pop hit song, Dance Again. For the past two years in a row now that Jennifer has been on American Idol, she has been able to get herself back on the radio with hit songs and back on the charts. This has turned out to be a very good career move for her.
In the last minutes of the show it was finally revealed that the Season 11 top three finalists are: Jessica Sanchez, Joshua Ledet and Phillip Phillips. Unfortunately that means that the lovely and talented Hollie Cavanagh has joined the list of finalists who have been eliminated too soon from the competition. As the show came to close she performed her version of The Climb and demonstrated that vocally she is simply outstanding. She is such a sweet and attractive young woman and definitely has potential to have a career in the music business someday.
The first distraction came from the Season 7 Miss American Idol winner, David Cook. He performed his latest single called The Last Song I'll Write For You. It was a simple little soft-rock number that didn't leave much of an impression.
Then the finalists got a chance to see Jennifer Lopez get up from behind the judges table and perform her current dance pop hit song, Dance Again. For the past two years in a row now that Jennifer has been on American Idol, she has been able to get herself back on the radio with hit songs and back on the charts. This has turned out to be a very good career move for her.
In the last minutes of the show it was finally revealed that the Season 11 top three finalists are: Jessica Sanchez, Joshua Ledet and Phillip Phillips. Unfortunately that means that the lovely and talented Hollie Cavanagh has joined the list of finalists who have been eliminated too soon from the competition. As the show came to close she performed her version of The Climb and demonstrated that vocally she is simply outstanding. She is such a sweet and attractive young woman and definitely has potential to have a career in the music business someday.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
2 Top 5 Idols
The Season 10 Miss American Idol 1st Runner Up, Lauren Alaina, debuts at #5 this week on the Billboard 200 Albums chart with sales of 69,000.
This strong debut was not enough for her to come out on top of the Season 10 Miss American Idol winner, Scotty McCreery. His album, "Clear As Day" was #1 last week, and this week it drops down to #4 with sales of 88,000.
This rare incidence of them both being in the Top 5 at the same time is showing a significant comeback for the success of Miss American Idol finalists. The last time this happened was when the Season 7 Miss American Idol winner, David Cook, and the Season 7 Miss American Idol 1st Runner Up, David Archuleta, were at #2 and #3 back in 2008.
This strong debut was not enough for her to come out on top of the Season 10 Miss American Idol winner, Scotty McCreery. His album, "Clear As Day" was #1 last week, and this week it drops down to #4 with sales of 88,000.
This rare incidence of them both being in the Top 5 at the same time is showing a significant comeback for the success of Miss American Idol finalists. The last time this happened was when the Season 7 Miss American Idol winner, David Cook, and the Season 7 Miss American Idol 1st Runner Up, David Archuleta, were at #2 and #3 back in 2008.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Scotty McCreery is #1
The Season 10 Miss American Idol winner Scotty McCreery makes history as his debut album, "Clear as Day," enters at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 197,000 copies sold.
Scotty becomes the first country act in history to debut at #1 with their first studio album, and at 18-years old, Scotty is the youngest male to open at the top of the chart with their debut release.
Scotty McCreery, who turned 18 on Sunday October 9th, is also the first Miss American Idol winner since 2003 to hit #1 with their first studio set.
The Season 2 Miss American Idol winner Ruben Studdard was the last champ to start their career with a #1 album, when his "Soulful" entered the tally dated Dec. 27, 2003, with 417,000 sold. Kelly Clarkson, the Season 1 Miss American Idol winner, also entered at #1, with "Thankful" on May 3, 2003 with 297,000 copies sold.
"Clear as Day" also marks the biggest debut sales week of any Miss American Idol winner's first album since 2008, when the Season 7 Miss American Idol winner, David Cook's self-titled set started with 280,000 at #3. The Season 8 Miss American Idol winner, Kris Allen saw his eponymous 2009 debut launch with 80,000 at #11 and in 2010, The Season 9 Miss American Idol winner, Lee DeWyze's "Live It Up" arrived with 39,000 copies sold at #19.
Next week, watch for the Season 10 Miss American Idol 1st Runner Up, Lauren Alaina, to arrive on the Billboard 200 with her debut, "Wildflower."
Scotty becomes the first country act in history to debut at #1 with their first studio album, and at 18-years old, Scotty is the youngest male to open at the top of the chart with their debut release.
Scotty McCreery, who turned 18 on Sunday October 9th, is also the first Miss American Idol winner since 2003 to hit #1 with their first studio set.
The Season 2 Miss American Idol winner Ruben Studdard was the last champ to start their career with a #1 album, when his "Soulful" entered the tally dated Dec. 27, 2003, with 417,000 sold. Kelly Clarkson, the Season 1 Miss American Idol winner, also entered at #1, with "Thankful" on May 3, 2003 with 297,000 copies sold.
"Clear as Day" also marks the biggest debut sales week of any Miss American Idol winner's first album since 2008, when the Season 7 Miss American Idol winner, David Cook's self-titled set started with 280,000 at #3. The Season 8 Miss American Idol winner, Kris Allen saw his eponymous 2009 debut launch with 80,000 at #11 and in 2010, The Season 9 Miss American Idol winner, Lee DeWyze's "Live It Up" arrived with 39,000 copies sold at #19.
Next week, watch for the Season 10 Miss American Idol 1st Runner Up, Lauren Alaina, to arrive on the Billboard 200 with her debut, "Wildflower."
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Idol Updates:
The latest single by the Supreme Miss American Idol, Season 4 winner Carrie Underwood, has made a big leap up the Billboard HOT 100 all the way to #28. The duet with Brad Paisley, Remind Me, is a wonderful love song that is perfect to dance a shadow to.
The 2nd album by Season 7 Miss American Idol winner, David Cook, "This Loud Morning" makes its debut at #7 on the Billboard Albums chart with sales of 46,000. His new album is off to a slow start compared to his 2008 self-titled debut. That album entered at #3 with 280,000 in opening week sales. It came six months after he won The Miss American Idol crown so a big bow wasn't terribly surprising. However, his new album has yet to find a hit single and he doesn't have the glow of "Idol" to aid him. The new album's lead track, "The Last Goodbye," has so far only dented one of the Billboard airplay charts at #29 on the Adult Pop Songs list.
Also on the charts this week, The Season 10 Miss American Idol winner Scotty McCreery managed to sell 40,000 copies of a Wal-Mart exclusive five-song (and $5) EP "American Idol Season 10 Highlights". That was good enough for a #10 debut.
Things to look forward to include a new single coming out next week for Season 10 Miss American Idol finalist, Pia Toscano, who just recently signed with Interscope Records.
And the wait may finally be over for the new music from Season 1 Miss American Idol winner, Kelly Clarkson. A song called Let Me Down leaked, but their is still uncertainty if this will actually be the first single or even if it will appear on the new album that is scheduled to be released this fall.
The 2nd album by Season 7 Miss American Idol winner, David Cook, "This Loud Morning" makes its debut at #7 on the Billboard Albums chart with sales of 46,000. His new album is off to a slow start compared to his 2008 self-titled debut. That album entered at #3 with 280,000 in opening week sales. It came six months after he won The Miss American Idol crown so a big bow wasn't terribly surprising. However, his new album has yet to find a hit single and he doesn't have the glow of "Idol" to aid him. The new album's lead track, "The Last Goodbye," has so far only dented one of the Billboard airplay charts at #29 on the Adult Pop Songs list.
Also on the charts this week, The Season 10 Miss American Idol winner Scotty McCreery managed to sell 40,000 copies of a Wal-Mart exclusive five-song (and $5) EP "American Idol Season 10 Highlights". That was good enough for a #10 debut.
Things to look forward to include a new single coming out next week for Season 10 Miss American Idol finalist, Pia Toscano, who just recently signed with Interscope Records.
And the wait may finally be over for the new music from Season 1 Miss American Idol winner, Kelly Clarkson. A song called Let Me Down leaked, but their is still uncertainty if this will actually be the first single or even if it will appear on the new album that is scheduled to be released this fall.
Friday, June 17, 2011
New Music from Carrie and David
The Supreme Miss American Idol, Season 4 winner Carrie Underwood makes a debut on the Billboard HOT 100 this week at #59 on a duet with her Country Music Association co-host, Brad Paisley. It's a wonderful ballad called Remind Me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQYToz7o6BQ
The Season 7 Miss American Idol winner, David Cook, is hoping to have a hit with the first release from his second album, This Loud Morning, that will be released on June 28th. The video for the first single, The Last Goodbye, is already in the rotation on VH1.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4VyubKgRG8
Finally, after only three weeks on the chart I Love You This Big from the Season 10 Miss American Idol winner, Scotty McCreery, drops down to #68.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQYToz7o6BQ
The Season 7 Miss American Idol winner, David Cook, is hoping to have a hit with the first release from his second album, This Loud Morning, that will be released on June 28th. The video for the first single, The Last Goodbye, is already in the rotation on VH1.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4VyubKgRG8
Finally, after only three weeks on the chart I Love You This Big from the Season 10 Miss American Idol winner, Scotty McCreery, drops down to #68.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
The Results - 21st Century
Stefano, Jacob, Haley and Lauren opened the show with a performance of one of the biggest hits of 2010 - Hey Soul Sister by Train. Then Casey, Scotty and James got together to sing Coldplay's #1 hit from 2008 - Viva La Vida.
The first bit of unfortunate news for the evening was that the first finalist to be named as safe was creepy Casey. Jacob was the first to be named in the bottom three.
The Season 7 Miss American Idol winner, David Cook, is more well known for his support of charitable causes that he is for his musical success. He has failed to hit the top 10 again since his #3 debut single The Time Of My Life in 2008. He came back to the American Idol stage to debut the first single from his second album so maybe this exposure is just what he needs to make another dent in the charts.
It was then revealed that Lauren, James and Scotty are all safe leaving Haley and Stefano to join Jacob in the bottom three. Haley barely had a chance to sit down, though, before Ryan sent her back to safety.
Superstar hitmaker Katy Perry was easily one of the most successful top artists of 2010 hitting #1 on the Billboard HOT 100 with California Gurls and Teenage Dream. The hits have continued in 2011 with two more huge #1 hits Firework and E.T. Katy came to the American Idol stage and brought all of her extraterrestrial, supernatural amazing awesomeness in an outstanding performance of E.T. that should ensure that it stays at the top of the charts for a long time to come.
For another week now we have had to say good bye to one of the best finalists as Stefano was revealed as the lowest vote getter. His fantastic high energy disco performance of Lately was a final reminder that the voters don't want to recognize exceptional talent this season. His vocal range is outstanding and he moves across the stage with handsome finesse.
This week I correctly predicted that Jacob would be in the bottom three, but it's a shame that we'll have to see him again next week. The more we see Casey each week the more we see his creepy and unlikable personality. It was especially weird and unpleasant when Casey got up in her face and kissed Jennifer. Scotty and Lauren are coasting in this popularity contest without having any impressive talent to back it up. Haley is like a character study for a recurring skit that Kristen Wiig will be doing on Saturday Night Live next year. That leaves us with James as the only remaining finalist with any vocal skills, talent and stage presence worthy of a legitimate career in the music business. That probably means that James will be going home next week.
The first bit of unfortunate news for the evening was that the first finalist to be named as safe was creepy Casey. Jacob was the first to be named in the bottom three.
The Season 7 Miss American Idol winner, David Cook, is more well known for his support of charitable causes that he is for his musical success. He has failed to hit the top 10 again since his #3 debut single The Time Of My Life in 2008. He came back to the American Idol stage to debut the first single from his second album so maybe this exposure is just what he needs to make another dent in the charts.
It was then revealed that Lauren, James and Scotty are all safe leaving Haley and Stefano to join Jacob in the bottom three. Haley barely had a chance to sit down, though, before Ryan sent her back to safety.
Superstar hitmaker Katy Perry was easily one of the most successful top artists of 2010 hitting #1 on the Billboard HOT 100 with California Gurls and Teenage Dream. The hits have continued in 2011 with two more huge #1 hits Firework and E.T. Katy came to the American Idol stage and brought all of her extraterrestrial, supernatural amazing awesomeness in an outstanding performance of E.T. that should ensure that it stays at the top of the charts for a long time to come.
For another week now we have had to say good bye to one of the best finalists as Stefano was revealed as the lowest vote getter. His fantastic high energy disco performance of Lately was a final reminder that the voters don't want to recognize exceptional talent this season. His vocal range is outstanding and he moves across the stage with handsome finesse.
This week I correctly predicted that Jacob would be in the bottom three, but it's a shame that we'll have to see him again next week. The more we see Casey each week the more we see his creepy and unlikable personality. It was especially weird and unpleasant when Casey got up in her face and kissed Jennifer. Scotty and Lauren are coasting in this popularity contest without having any impressive talent to back it up. Haley is like a character study for a recurring skit that Kristen Wiig will be doing on Saturday Night Live next year. That leaves us with James as the only remaining finalist with any vocal skills, talent and stage presence worthy of a legitimate career in the music business. That probably means that James will be going home next week.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
The Results - Their Idols
The Lucky 13 opened the show with a fun medley of Michael Jackson's greatest hits. You could definitely tell that they were singing live as it was pretty choppy in places, but they did their best.
Jacob and Stefano are safe, but Karen ended up being the first one in the bottom three.
The Season 8 Miss American Idol 1st Runner Up, Adam Lambert, returned to perform his song Aftermath. He is making it available as a charity single to support the It Gets Better Campaign that helps give gay youth support in the face of ignorant bullying. Adam's performance was just as dynamic and spectacular as we have come to expect from him. This acoustic rendition was jam packed with outstanding vocals conveying every emotion in the meaningful lyrics.
Then Lauren was informed that she is safe while both Ashthon and Haley had to join Karen in completing the bottom three.
Diddy Dirty Money, or Puff Daddy, or P Diddy then came out to perform his latest single Coming Home in the hopes of getting an American Idol bump to help improve its sales and airplay.
The good news was then given to Karen and Haley that they are coming back next week, while Ashthon got the bad news. And then it got worse when the judges decided that they were not going to use their SAVE on her. She sadly had to watch her brief Miss American Idol experience get summed up while listening to this season's new "Goodbye" song.
This year, the producers are giving a break to the Season 7 Miss American Idol winner, David Cook, who has recorded his own version of the 1985 #1 smash by Simple Minds, Don't You Forget About Me to be used as the "Goodbye" song.
I correctly predicted all three of the lowest vote getters, but I would have rather seen Haley go home instead of Ashthon.
Jacob and Stefano are safe, but Karen ended up being the first one in the bottom three.
The Season 8 Miss American Idol 1st Runner Up, Adam Lambert, returned to perform his song Aftermath. He is making it available as a charity single to support the It Gets Better Campaign that helps give gay youth support in the face of ignorant bullying. Adam's performance was just as dynamic and spectacular as we have come to expect from him. This acoustic rendition was jam packed with outstanding vocals conveying every emotion in the meaningful lyrics.
Then Lauren was informed that she is safe while both Ashthon and Haley had to join Karen in completing the bottom three.
Diddy Dirty Money, or Puff Daddy, or P Diddy then came out to perform his latest single Coming Home in the hopes of getting an American Idol bump to help improve its sales and airplay.
The good news was then given to Karen and Haley that they are coming back next week, while Ashthon got the bad news. And then it got worse when the judges decided that they were not going to use their SAVE on her. She sadly had to watch her brief Miss American Idol experience get summed up while listening to this season's new "Goodbye" song.
This year, the producers are giving a break to the Season 7 Miss American Idol winner, David Cook, who has recorded his own version of the 1985 #1 smash by Simple Minds, Don't You Forget About Me to be used as the "Goodbye" song.
I correctly predicted all three of the lowest vote getters, but I would have rather seen Haley go home instead of Ashthon.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Crystal Bowersox - Farmer's Daughter
We interrupt the Artists of the Year series for this important update:
The Season 9 Miss American Idol 1st Runner Up, Crystal Bowersox, has her debut release, Farmer's Daughter, ready to hit the shelves on December 14th.
She played a big role in writing most of the songs on this collection so it will truly be a reflection of who she is as an artist. We know she has a great voice, but is lacking somewhat in the area of showmanship.
While it would be great if this catapults her into being one the Artists of the Year for 2011, but we'll have to wait and see what kind of reception this gets at radio and how good the sales are.
From Season 7, the 1st Runner Up, David Archuleta did much better on the HOT 100 with his single, Crush, than anything released by winner David Cook.
From Season 8, the 1st Runner Up, Adam Lambert is completely blowing the winner, Kris Allen, away in all areas from sales and airplay to media buzz and awards.
The Season 9 Miss American Idol winner, Lee DeWyze, has already set the bar pretty low with the release of his first album and single, so there's a very good chance that Crystal could continue the pattern of the 1st Runners Up doing better than the winners.
The Season 9 Miss American Idol 1st Runner Up, Crystal Bowersox, has her debut release, Farmer's Daughter, ready to hit the shelves on December 14th.
She played a big role in writing most of the songs on this collection so it will truly be a reflection of who she is as an artist. We know she has a great voice, but is lacking somewhat in the area of showmanship.
While it would be great if this catapults her into being one the Artists of the Year for 2011, but we'll have to wait and see what kind of reception this gets at radio and how good the sales are.
From Season 7, the 1st Runner Up, David Archuleta did much better on the HOT 100 with his single, Crush, than anything released by winner David Cook.
From Season 8, the 1st Runner Up, Adam Lambert is completely blowing the winner, Kris Allen, away in all areas from sales and airplay to media buzz and awards.
The Season 9 Miss American Idol winner, Lee DeWyze, has already set the bar pretty low with the release of his first album and single, so there's a very good chance that Crystal could continue the pattern of the 1st Runners Up doing better than the winners.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
The Results - Rolling Stones
The biggest song on the Billboard HOT 100 of 2010 so far is Tik Tok by Ke$ha having just finished nine weeks at #1. She performed tonight to show the season 9 finalists what they are going to have to become if they actually want to have a hit song.
And at #17 this week is According To You by new artist, Orianthi. She also performed along with Season 7 Miss American Idol winner, David Cook. Unlike Ke$ha and Orianthi, David hasn't seen the upper portion of the Billboard HOT 100 in over a year. Since he has no hit single to promote right now he just served up a cover of the Rolling Stones Jumpin Jack Flash.
The bottom three this week were Tim Urban, Paige Miles and Lacey Brown. Turns out that Lacey was the lowest vote getter and the judges decided they did not want to save her so she is out of here.
I only correctly predicted one of the bottom three.
And at #17 this week is According To You by new artist, Orianthi. She also performed along with Season 7 Miss American Idol winner, David Cook. Unlike Ke$ha and Orianthi, David hasn't seen the upper portion of the Billboard HOT 100 in over a year. Since he has no hit single to promote right now he just served up a cover of the Rolling Stones Jumpin Jack Flash.
The bottom three this week were Tim Urban, Paige Miles and Lacey Brown. Turns out that Lacey was the lowest vote getter and the judges decided they did not want to save her so she is out of here.
I only correctly predicted one of the bottom three.
Friday, December 18, 2009
2009 Year End Charts
The #1 album on the Billboard charts for all of 2009 is Fearless by Taylor Swift. None of the Miss American Idol finalists managed to get into the top 10 on the year end albums chart, but it's somewhat of a surprise to see who got closest...
Coming in all the way up at #13 is the debut album from Season Seven Miss American Idol winner, David Cook! Who would have thought that his album that failed to generate any hit singles would end up selling this well and staying on the chart for so many weeks?
Further down at #33 for the year is the fun and hit packed release by Season One Miss American Idol winner, Kelly Clarkson, All I Ever Wanted. The second album by Season Five Miss American Idol 3rd Runner Up Chris Daughtry, Leave This Town, lands at #37 while the debut from Season Seven Miss American Idol 1st Runner Up, David Archuleta, ends up at #59 for the year.
The Supreme Miss American Idol, Season Four winner, Carrie Underwood, places two albums on the year end chart with Carnival Ride still going strong at #60 and her latest release, Play On, coming in at #73 after only a few weeks on the chart during the year.
Rounding out the top 200 albums of 2009, we find Jennifer Hudson's album at #103, Chris Daughtry's first album sticking around at #130, and the album with the super fun hit single, The Best Days of Your Life, Kellie Pickler coming in at #152.
The Top 5 singles for 2009 are only by three artists! The Black Eyed Peas come in at #1 with Boom Boom Pow, Lady Gaga takes both #2 and #3 with Poker Face and Just Dance and then the Black Eyed Peas return at #4 with I Gotta Feeling. Taylor Swift manages to squeeze in at #5 with Love Story.
The American Idol finalist who makes the highest showing on the year end singles chart is Season One Miss American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson at #23 with her #1 smash My Life Would Suck Without You.
Also landing in the top 100 songs of the year is Season Six Miss American Idol winner Jordin Sparks at #57 with Battlefield, Chris Daughtry at #63 with No Surprise and then Kelly Clarkson comes back at #91 and #95 with her follow up singles, I Do Not Hook Up and Already Gone.
With all of this Miss American Idol success on the albums and singles charts, they also did very well on the Billboard 2009 Top Artists of the Year chart: #14 - Kelly Clarkson, #33 - David Cook, #35 - Carrie Underwood and #37 - Daughtry.
Coming in all the way up at #13 is the debut album from Season Seven Miss American Idol winner, David Cook! Who would have thought that his album that failed to generate any hit singles would end up selling this well and staying on the chart for so many weeks?
Further down at #33 for the year is the fun and hit packed release by Season One Miss American Idol winner, Kelly Clarkson, All I Ever Wanted. The second album by Season Five Miss American Idol 3rd Runner Up Chris Daughtry, Leave This Town, lands at #37 while the debut from Season Seven Miss American Idol 1st Runner Up, David Archuleta, ends up at #59 for the year.
The Supreme Miss American Idol, Season Four winner, Carrie Underwood, places two albums on the year end chart with Carnival Ride still going strong at #60 and her latest release, Play On, coming in at #73 after only a few weeks on the chart during the year.
Rounding out the top 200 albums of 2009, we find Jennifer Hudson's album at #103, Chris Daughtry's first album sticking around at #130, and the album with the super fun hit single, The Best Days of Your Life, Kellie Pickler coming in at #152.
The Top 5 singles for 2009 are only by three artists! The Black Eyed Peas come in at #1 with Boom Boom Pow, Lady Gaga takes both #2 and #3 with Poker Face and Just Dance and then the Black Eyed Peas return at #4 with I Gotta Feeling. Taylor Swift manages to squeeze in at #5 with Love Story.
The American Idol finalist who makes the highest showing on the year end singles chart is Season One Miss American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson at #23 with her #1 smash My Life Would Suck Without You.
Also landing in the top 100 songs of the year is Season Six Miss American Idol winner Jordin Sparks at #57 with Battlefield, Chris Daughtry at #63 with No Surprise and then Kelly Clarkson comes back at #91 and #95 with her follow up singles, I Do Not Hook Up and Already Gone.
With all of this Miss American Idol success on the albums and singles charts, they also did very well on the Billboard 2009 Top Artists of the Year chart: #14 - Kelly Clarkson, #33 - David Cook, #35 - Carrie Underwood and #37 - Daughtry.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Idol Grammy Nominations
The Grammy nominations were just announced this week and there will be no new Miss American Idol names added to the list of winners this year. Both the Season Seven Miss American Idol winner and first runner up, David Cook and David Archuleta were completely overlooked.
There were only a small handful of American Idol related nominees this year and they are both previous winners. Season One Miss American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson could be adding a third Grammy to her collection if she wins this year for Best Pop Vocal Album for her fun and catchy collection All I Ever Wanted. This is a category where she has won before for her 2005 album Breakaway.
And of course, the Supreme Miss American Idol, Season Four winner Carrie Underwood is getting recognized once again by the Academy. For the fourth year in a row she is up for the Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. She's won it three years in a row, but this year her competition is from that teenage award winning dynamo Taylor Swift so the streak could be broken. Also, she's up against Martina McBride for her performance of I Just Call You Mine which is one of my favorite songs. Carrie is nominated for Just A Dream which is a totally award worthy song, so she has a good chance of overcoming the competition again this year.
Carrie is also nominated for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals for her duet of I Told You So with Randy Travis. If she wins in these two categories her total Grammy wins will be at six! But let's not get ahead of ourselves....
There were only a small handful of American Idol related nominees this year and they are both previous winners. Season One Miss American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson could be adding a third Grammy to her collection if she wins this year for Best Pop Vocal Album for her fun and catchy collection All I Ever Wanted. This is a category where she has won before for her 2005 album Breakaway.
And of course, the Supreme Miss American Idol, Season Four winner Carrie Underwood is getting recognized once again by the Academy. For the fourth year in a row she is up for the Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. She's won it three years in a row, but this year her competition is from that teenage award winning dynamo Taylor Swift so the streak could be broken. Also, she's up against Martina McBride for her performance of I Just Call You Mine which is one of my favorite songs. Carrie is nominated for Just A Dream which is a totally award worthy song, so she has a good chance of overcoming the competition again this year.
Carrie is also nominated for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals for her duet of I Told You So with Randy Travis. If she wins in these two categories her total Grammy wins will be at six! But let's not get ahead of ourselves....
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Carrie Underwood back at #1
Carrie Underwood's "Play On" bows at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart this week, shifting 318,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
It's the country star and former "American Idol" champ's second album to top the Billboard 200, after her sophomore set "Carnival Ride" bowed in the penthouse with 527,000 in 2007. Underwood's debut effort, "Some Hearts," started at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in 2005 and at No. 1 on Top Country Albums with 315,000.
"Play On's" 318,000 sum is also the largest sales week for an album by a woman in 2009.
This debut at #1 arrives on the same day that the Season Four Miss American Idol winner co-hosts the CMA Awards with Brad Paisley. She performed her smash hit Cowboy Casanova which has been the #1 video on CMT's Top 20 countdown for three weeks now.
The big winner at the CMA's turned out to be the young woman who has been following in Carrie's footsteps all year. 19 year old Taylor Swift ended up winning the awards for Female Vocalist of the Year as well as Entertainer of the Year. Just like Carrie did earlier this year at the ACM's, Taylor ended up snagging the biggest prize of the night from the old boys club.
The next big award show of the season will be the American Music Awards Sun. Nov. 22nd. Once again Carrie Underwood and Chris Daughtry are the only Miss American Idol finalists who managed to get any nominations. Neither of last years top two, David Cook or David Archuleta, have made a ripple in the music awards season so far. The glaring omission from the 2009 American Music Awards nominations is Season One Miss American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson. She had a huge #1 smash early in the year with My Life Would Suck Without You and it is certainly deserving of recognition.
This year's top two, Kris Allen and Adam Lambert, are right at the beginning of their opportunity for ongoing success in the music world with new albums coming out this month. We'll just have to wait and see what happens....
It's the country star and former "American Idol" champ's second album to top the Billboard 200, after her sophomore set "Carnival Ride" bowed in the penthouse with 527,000 in 2007. Underwood's debut effort, "Some Hearts," started at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in 2005 and at No. 1 on Top Country Albums with 315,000.
"Play On's" 318,000 sum is also the largest sales week for an album by a woman in 2009.
This debut at #1 arrives on the same day that the Season Four Miss American Idol winner co-hosts the CMA Awards with Brad Paisley. She performed her smash hit Cowboy Casanova which has been the #1 video on CMT's Top 20 countdown for three weeks now.
The big winner at the CMA's turned out to be the young woman who has been following in Carrie's footsteps all year. 19 year old Taylor Swift ended up winning the awards for Female Vocalist of the Year as well as Entertainer of the Year. Just like Carrie did earlier this year at the ACM's, Taylor ended up snagging the biggest prize of the night from the old boys club.
The next big award show of the season will be the American Music Awards Sun. Nov. 22nd. Once again Carrie Underwood and Chris Daughtry are the only Miss American Idol finalists who managed to get any nominations. Neither of last years top two, David Cook or David Archuleta, have made a ripple in the music awards season so far. The glaring omission from the 2009 American Music Awards nominations is Season One Miss American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson. She had a huge #1 smash early in the year with My Life Would Suck Without You and it is certainly deserving of recognition.
This year's top two, Kris Allen and Adam Lambert, are right at the beginning of their opportunity for ongoing success in the music world with new albums coming out this month. We'll just have to wait and see what happens....
Sunday, August 30, 2009
DIVA Idols
The action on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart has all been downward lately. Season 5 Miss American Idol 3rd runner up Chris Daughtry is making the best showing this week as he's hanging on in the top 10 at #9 with his latest release, Leave This Town.
This aren't looking so well for the latest release from Season 6 Miss American Idol winner, Jordin Sparks. After only five weeks on the chart she has fallen all the way down to #63 with Battlefield. Season 1 Miss American Idol winner, Kelly Clarkson, is at #80 with her former #1 album All I Ever Wanted, but that's not so bad after 24 weeks on the chart.
Over on the Billboard HOT 100 Singles chart, Jordin is still putting in the best showing of the bunch with her single, Battlefield, logging in at #16. Turns out that her peak position with this track so far has been #10 a few weeks ago.
Chris Daughtry had to settle for peaking at #15 with his single, No Surprise, but this week it is slipping down to #23. Kelly Clarkson's 3rd single from All I Ever Wanted, Already Gone, is taking a very slow climb up the chart resting at #65 this week. Another Idol represented on the Billboard HOT 100 this week is Season 7 Miss American Idol winner, David Cook. His single, Come Back To Me only managed to peak at #63 and this week it has dropped down to #80.
My favorite Idol song still making a splash is from Season 5 finalist, Kellie Pickler, whose incredibly fun and catchy Best Days Of Your Life is just behind David Cook at #81.
I have to strongly recommend checking out the latest from Jordin Sparks and Kellie Pickler. These are both great representations of the finest in pop music!
While the action on the charts isn't the most stellar news, the VH1 Divas concert is shaping up to be quite the American Idol extravaganza. Kelly Clarkson is already announced as the headlining diva, but she will now be sharing the spotlight with both Jordin Sparks and Paula Abdul!!!
Paula may have been dropped as a judge on the next season of Idol, but VH1 Divas has asked her to be the host of this year's concert. It's turning out to be a CAN'T MISS night of Idol DIVA entertainment! Circle September 17th on your calendar and set the TiVo to record this show you will surely be watching again and again.
This aren't looking so well for the latest release from Season 6 Miss American Idol winner, Jordin Sparks. After only five weeks on the chart she has fallen all the way down to #63 with Battlefield. Season 1 Miss American Idol winner, Kelly Clarkson, is at #80 with her former #1 album All I Ever Wanted, but that's not so bad after 24 weeks on the chart.
Over on the Billboard HOT 100 Singles chart, Jordin is still putting in the best showing of the bunch with her single, Battlefield, logging in at #16. Turns out that her peak position with this track so far has been #10 a few weeks ago.
Chris Daughtry had to settle for peaking at #15 with his single, No Surprise, but this week it is slipping down to #23. Kelly Clarkson's 3rd single from All I Ever Wanted, Already Gone, is taking a very slow climb up the chart resting at #65 this week. Another Idol represented on the Billboard HOT 100 this week is Season 7 Miss American Idol winner, David Cook. His single, Come Back To Me only managed to peak at #63 and this week it has dropped down to #80.
My favorite Idol song still making a splash is from Season 5 finalist, Kellie Pickler, whose incredibly fun and catchy Best Days Of Your Life is just behind David Cook at #81.
I have to strongly recommend checking out the latest from Jordin Sparks and Kellie Pickler. These are both great representations of the finest in pop music!
While the action on the charts isn't the most stellar news, the VH1 Divas concert is shaping up to be quite the American Idol extravaganza. Kelly Clarkson is already announced as the headlining diva, but she will now be sharing the spotlight with both Jordin Sparks and Paula Abdul!!!
Paula may have been dropped as a judge on the next season of Idol, but VH1 Divas has asked her to be the host of this year's concert. It's turning out to be a CAN'T MISS night of Idol DIVA entertainment! Circle September 17th on your calendar and set the TiVo to record this show you will surely be watching again and again.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Another year without a #1
For the first five seasons of American Idol, shortly after the glittering coronation ceremony, there was a new #1 song on the Billboard HOT 100 from one of the Idol Finalists. Kelly Clarkson hit the top in Season One with A Moment Like This. Season Two Miss American Idol 1st Runner Up, Clay Aiken, hit #1 with This Is The Night. Fantasia topped the chart in Season Three with I Believe. The Supreme Miss American Idol, Season Four winner Carrie Underwood had a #1 smash with Inside Your Heaven and the Season Five winner, Taylor Hicks continued the streak of #1 hits with Do I Make You Proud.
Season Six winner Jordin Sparks marked the first time for the winning single to not hit the top of the Billboard HOT 100. Her song, This Is My Now, didn't even make the top 15 and it dropped off the chart quickly. The Season Seven winner, David Cook, managed to get up to #3 with The Time Of My Life, but this year's winner, The Season Eight Miss American Idol, Kris Allen will also have to settle for a chart debut outside of the top 10. His single, No Boundaries, has made it's chart debut this week at #11 selling 134,000 downloads.
While this may seem like it's bad news for the future success of the Miss American Idols, all of the other chart news isn't so bad. Turns out that seven (7) songs in the top 40 of the Billboard HOT 100 belong to American Idol finalists.
Three of the seven songs in the top 40 this week by American Idols belong to Kris Allen. Along with his No Boundaries at #11 he has his version of Heartless at #16 and his cover of Ain't No Sunshine at #37. The Season Eight Miss American Idol 1st runner up, Adam Lambert, was able to sell 115,000 copies of Mad World for it to land at #19.
Last year's winner, David Cook, performed his new single, Permanent, on the American Idol finals and it propelled the song to debut at #24 this week. Kelly Clarkson is continuing to enjoy success with the singles from her latest album, All I Ever Wanted. Her former #1 smash hit, My Life Would Suck Without You is still at #30 this week, while the follow up single, I Do Not Hook Up is at #32.
It may come as a surprise that Adam Lambert, who many regarded as the finalist with the most potential, only had one song in this week's top 40, but there's one other bit of information that cannot be overlooked. An i-tunes album called Season Eight Favorite Performances was made available for both Kris Allen and Adam Lambert. While Kris' collection of songs made it's debut on the album chart at #50 (10,000 downloads), Adam's collection came in all the way at #33 (16,000 downloads).
In the weeks ahead we'll see if their songs drop off the charts quickly or if they have some staying power....
Season Six winner Jordin Sparks marked the first time for the winning single to not hit the top of the Billboard HOT 100. Her song, This Is My Now, didn't even make the top 15 and it dropped off the chart quickly. The Season Seven winner, David Cook, managed to get up to #3 with The Time Of My Life, but this year's winner, The Season Eight Miss American Idol, Kris Allen will also have to settle for a chart debut outside of the top 10. His single, No Boundaries, has made it's chart debut this week at #11 selling 134,000 downloads.
While this may seem like it's bad news for the future success of the Miss American Idols, all of the other chart news isn't so bad. Turns out that seven (7) songs in the top 40 of the Billboard HOT 100 belong to American Idol finalists.
Three of the seven songs in the top 40 this week by American Idols belong to Kris Allen. Along with his No Boundaries at #11 he has his version of Heartless at #16 and his cover of Ain't No Sunshine at #37. The Season Eight Miss American Idol 1st runner up, Adam Lambert, was able to sell 115,000 copies of Mad World for it to land at #19.
Last year's winner, David Cook, performed his new single, Permanent, on the American Idol finals and it propelled the song to debut at #24 this week. Kelly Clarkson is continuing to enjoy success with the singles from her latest album, All I Ever Wanted. Her former #1 smash hit, My Life Would Suck Without You is still at #30 this week, while the follow up single, I Do Not Hook Up is at #32.
It may come as a surprise that Adam Lambert, who many regarded as the finalist with the most potential, only had one song in this week's top 40, but there's one other bit of information that cannot be overlooked. An i-tunes album called Season Eight Favorite Performances was made available for both Kris Allen and Adam Lambert. While Kris' collection of songs made it's debut on the album chart at #50 (10,000 downloads), Adam's collection came in all the way at #33 (16,000 downloads).
In the weeks ahead we'll see if their songs drop off the charts quickly or if they have some staying power....
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
The Season 8 American Idol is....
We've known for a full week now that Kris Allen managed to capture the Season 8 Miss American Idol crown. It was quite the unexpected surprise, but the dust has settled and I finally have some free time to review the fun musical festivities that lead up to his coronation. It was jammed packed with ten big #1 hits!
The season 8 top 13 finalists opened the show with a preview of what they will bringing on tour this summer. They brought an exuberant version of Pink's #1 smash from earlier this year, So What, to the stage to get things started with some energetic fun. Last year at this time, the audience was surprised to hear that the Season 7 Miss American Idol crown was being awarded to David Cook. In the 12 months that have followed David has struggled to make a dent on the Billboard Hot 100. He started out strong with his winning song, The Time Of My Life peaking at 3, but none of his other singles, Light On or Come Back To Me, came close to matching that success. So he is here tonight trying again to see if donating the proceeds to finding a cure for cancer will help make a hit out of his new song, Permanent.
Season 8 finalist, Lil Rounds then took the stage and never sounded better as she belted out like the true R&B diva that she is along with Queen Latifah. If Lil had done more performances like this every week, she might have made it to the finals. This amazing performance was followed by Jason Mraz singing his recent top 10 hit, I'm Yours, with finalists Alexis Grace and Anoop Desai. It just reminded us that Alexis and Anoop never really were that good anyway.
Awesome country music superstar, Keith Urban joined Kris Allen on stage to perform his latest single, Kiss A Girl. While Keith was incredible as always, nothing about this duet indicated that Kris was about to take the title. Kris was drowned out and overshadowed by Keith the whole time. Kris simply doesn't have the voice or the stage presence to hold his own next to a truly accomplished professional.
The string of #1 hits went into high gear when the top 5 girls then had some fun singing the song that Fergie took to #1 for 2 weeks in 2007, Glamorous. They followed it, along with Fergie herself, on her other #1 song from 2007, Big Girls Don't Cry. After such a hot solo album, Fergie has gone back to the Black Eyed Peas and now they are currently in their 7th big week at #1 on the Billboard HOT 100 with party anthem Boom Boom Pow.
The party then went back to 1984 for a some classic #1 hit duets with the original artists! Season 8 Miss American Idol 3rd Runner Up, Alison Iraheta, gave a heartfelt rendition of Cyndi Lauper's #1 song (2 weeks) Time After Time. The time warp continued as Season 8 Miss American Idol 2nd Runner Up Danny Gokey butchered Lionel Richie's classic ballad, Hello (2 weeks). Lionel then joined him on stage to prevent his tropical dance jam All Night Long that spent 4 weeks at the top of the charts from falling victim to Danny's inability to sing.
The crowd then got their money's worth when Adam Lambert took the mic and showed off his vocal skills with the 1976 top 10 hit power ballad from Kiss, Beth. The stage then erupted in an explosion of high energy fire and power as the classic glam rockers themselves showed up in full make-up to back up Adam singing Detroit Rock City and Rock and Roll All Night. Everything that Adam did on stage exclaimed WINNER and hit maker, but we all know how that ended up turning out....
There was then this weird banjo collaboration that put finalists Michael Sarver and Megan Joy along with comedian Steve Martin. Thankfully it was followed by more #1 hits courtesy of guitar legend, Carlos Santana. Finalist Matt Giraud didn't completely destroy Black Magic Woman, but knowing that it was inevitable if he kept singing solo, the rest of the top 13 joined him on the mega huge smash from 1999 that spent 12 weeks at the top, Smooth. The top 8 boys had some fun with the song that Rod Stewart took to #1 for 4 weeks in 1978, Do Ya Think I'm Sexy. Rod then performed his very first chart topper that spent 5 weeks at #1 in 1971, Maggie May.
Kris Allen and Adam Lambert then took the stage together to declare that We Are The Champions. This outstanding song by Queen went all the way up to #4 in 1977 and the band joined the top two finalists for an exceptional rendition. Seriously, though, Adam completely owned this song while Kris almost disappeared into the background. This is a fact that Kris openly admitted just after Ryan read his name as the winner of the Season 8 Miss American Idol crown. Kris stated, "Adam deserves this" while he was in disbelief with the rest of the audience.
Kris then struggled his way with his limited vocal abilities through the winning single, No Boundaries. For the first 5 seasons of American Idol, they were able to generate a #1 chart topper on the Billboard HOT 100, but that changed with seasons 6 and 7. Does Kris or Adam have what it takes to turn things around and have Season 8 hit the top again? We'll know soon....
The season 8 top 13 finalists opened the show with a preview of what they will bringing on tour this summer. They brought an exuberant version of Pink's #1 smash from earlier this year, So What, to the stage to get things started with some energetic fun. Last year at this time, the audience was surprised to hear that the Season 7 Miss American Idol crown was being awarded to David Cook. In the 12 months that have followed David has struggled to make a dent on the Billboard Hot 100. He started out strong with his winning song, The Time Of My Life peaking at 3, but none of his other singles, Light On or Come Back To Me, came close to matching that success. So he is here tonight trying again to see if donating the proceeds to finding a cure for cancer will help make a hit out of his new song, Permanent.
Season 8 finalist, Lil Rounds then took the stage and never sounded better as she belted out like the true R&B diva that she is along with Queen Latifah. If Lil had done more performances like this every week, she might have made it to the finals. This amazing performance was followed by Jason Mraz singing his recent top 10 hit, I'm Yours, with finalists Alexis Grace and Anoop Desai. It just reminded us that Alexis and Anoop never really were that good anyway.
Awesome country music superstar, Keith Urban joined Kris Allen on stage to perform his latest single, Kiss A Girl. While Keith was incredible as always, nothing about this duet indicated that Kris was about to take the title. Kris was drowned out and overshadowed by Keith the whole time. Kris simply doesn't have the voice or the stage presence to hold his own next to a truly accomplished professional.
The string of #1 hits went into high gear when the top 5 girls then had some fun singing the song that Fergie took to #1 for 2 weeks in 2007, Glamorous. They followed it, along with Fergie herself, on her other #1 song from 2007, Big Girls Don't Cry. After such a hot solo album, Fergie has gone back to the Black Eyed Peas and now they are currently in their 7th big week at #1 on the Billboard HOT 100 with party anthem Boom Boom Pow.
The party then went back to 1984 for a some classic #1 hit duets with the original artists! Season 8 Miss American Idol 3rd Runner Up, Alison Iraheta, gave a heartfelt rendition of Cyndi Lauper's #1 song (2 weeks) Time After Time. The time warp continued as Season 8 Miss American Idol 2nd Runner Up Danny Gokey butchered Lionel Richie's classic ballad, Hello (2 weeks). Lionel then joined him on stage to prevent his tropical dance jam All Night Long that spent 4 weeks at the top of the charts from falling victim to Danny's inability to sing.
The crowd then got their money's worth when Adam Lambert took the mic and showed off his vocal skills with the 1976 top 10 hit power ballad from Kiss, Beth. The stage then erupted in an explosion of high energy fire and power as the classic glam rockers themselves showed up in full make-up to back up Adam singing Detroit Rock City and Rock and Roll All Night. Everything that Adam did on stage exclaimed WINNER and hit maker, but we all know how that ended up turning out....
There was then this weird banjo collaboration that put finalists Michael Sarver and Megan Joy along with comedian Steve Martin. Thankfully it was followed by more #1 hits courtesy of guitar legend, Carlos Santana. Finalist Matt Giraud didn't completely destroy Black Magic Woman, but knowing that it was inevitable if he kept singing solo, the rest of the top 13 joined him on the mega huge smash from 1999 that spent 12 weeks at the top, Smooth. The top 8 boys had some fun with the song that Rod Stewart took to #1 for 4 weeks in 1978, Do Ya Think I'm Sexy. Rod then performed his very first chart topper that spent 5 weeks at #1 in 1971, Maggie May.
Kris Allen and Adam Lambert then took the stage together to declare that We Are The Champions. This outstanding song by Queen went all the way up to #4 in 1977 and the band joined the top two finalists for an exceptional rendition. Seriously, though, Adam completely owned this song while Kris almost disappeared into the background. This is a fact that Kris openly admitted just after Ryan read his name as the winner of the Season 8 Miss American Idol crown. Kris stated, "Adam deserves this" while he was in disbelief with the rest of the audience.
Kris then struggled his way with his limited vocal abilities through the winning single, No Boundaries. For the first 5 seasons of American Idol, they were able to generate a #1 chart topper on the Billboard HOT 100, but that changed with seasons 6 and 7. Does Kris or Adam have what it takes to turn things around and have Season 8 hit the top again? We'll know soon....
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