Ruben is not the Biggest Loser

Season 2 Miss American Idol winner Ruben Studdard has been eliminated from the show "The Biggest Loser" after failing to lose 11 pounds in a week. In just four weeks on the dieting and exercise show her lost a total of 39 pounds, but his team needed him to lose an extra 11 before Tuesday night's televised 'weigh-in', and he was asked to leave.

The 35-year-old, who, at his heaviest, tipped the scales at 462 pounds, said, "I worked really, really hard this week. I swam extra. I walked extra."

He then added, "This experience is one of the toughest things I've been through. I've been through two-a-day football practices; I've been through the 'American Idol' experience; I've been through a lot of mentally and physically challenging experiences in my life, and this ... ranks right up there at the top."

But he's determined to keep the weight off and lose more, revealing the show has given him the incentive he needed to slim down. He stated, "America, my voice may be soulful, but the next time you see me, my body will be sexy."

Seeing Scotty McCreery Tonight

The Season 10 Miss American Idol winner, Scotty McCreery, makes his debut at #6 this week on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart with his album, See You Tonight. It sold 52,000 copies in its first week. This was good enough for a #1 debut on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart this week. His rookie album "Clear as Day" opened at #1 two years ago on both the Billboard Top 200 Albums and the Top Country Albums charts. .

Scotty McCreery becomes the second solo male to debut at No. 1 with his first two sets of original material in the nearly 50-year history of Billboard's Top Country Albums chart.  

"See You Tonight," McCreery's title-cut lead single from his new set, grabs Digital Gainer honors on Hot Country Songs (19,000 downloads sold, up 94%) and jumps 36-32 on the list, its best rank since it debuted at No. 28 on the April 27 chart. The track also reaches a new peak of No. 30 on the Nielsen BDS-based Country Airplay scorecard.

American Idols nominated at the American Music Awards!

The nominations were just announced for the 2013 American Music Awards and the names of a couple of Miss American Idol winners were on the list.

Season 11 Miss American Idol winner, Phillip Phillips, has been able to stay on the airwaves for over a year with his coronation anthem, Home. It was used last year as the theme song for the USA Olympics Women's Gymnastics Team and it seems like almost every insurance company is also using it in their commercials. All of this attention has lead Phillip to be nominated for the American Music Awards New Artist of the Year.

The Supreme Miss American Idol, Season 4 winner, Carrie Underwood, is nominated for Favorite Female Artist - Country once again this year.

Voting for the American Music Awards is done online by the fans by going to https://ama.votenow.tv/

Fans can vote once a day. The show will air on ABC on Sunday November 24th.

More Ruben Studdard

It has been a decade since Ruben Studdard was crowned the Season 2 Miss American Idol winner and launched a successful music career. Now he returns to television on a very different stage, Season 15 of the Biggest Loser, hoping to lose weight and learn how to live a healthy lifestyle. 

This is not the first time a Miss American Idol finalist has participated in another reality competition show. Earlier this year, Season 5 finalist Kellie Pickler danced away with the championship mirror ball on Dancing With The Stars. Last year the Season 2 Miss American Idol 1st runner up, Clay Aiken, ended up being the 1st runner up again, but this time it was on the Celebrity Apprentice.  

Born in Germany and raised in Birmingham, Alabama with an older brother, Ruben recalls being overweight since the age of 10. He received a football scholarship to Alabama A&M University, where he studied music, but continued to struggle with his weight as an adult due to a poor diet. "When I turned 34, I realized I wasn't young anymore," he says, "and that I wanted to live a long time. It was time for a change." Now 35 years old and 462 pounds, Ruben suffers from sleep apnea and high blood pressure. 

Professionally, the Velvet Teddy Bear (as nicknamed by Gladys Knight for his smoothly soothing vocal style) is a Grammy-nominated artist with a number of gold and platinum albums. His urban radio hits include "Sorry 2004," "Superstar," "Make Ya Feel Beautiful" and "Change Me," and he also scored a No. 1 gospel hit with the song "I Need an Angel." In addition, he created The Ruben Studdard Foundation for the Advancement of Children in the Music Arts, promoting the arts in education through learning initiatives for students in the Birmingham area. 

After all his accomplishments, Ruben now hopes to achieve success in the weight-loss arena, and most looks forward to shopping for clothes and going to an amusement park after he loses the weight.

The Biggest Loser premiers on Tuesday Oct. 15th. Tune in the see if Ruben can win it all. 

CMA Nominees 2013

Country Music's Biggest Night is coming up on Wed. Nov. 6th. That's when the 47th Annual CMA Awards will be handed out. For the 6th year in a row, the Supreme Miss American Idol, Season 4 winner, Carrie Underwood, will be co-hosting the show along with Brad Paisley.

The nominations were just announced today and American Idol judge, Keith Urban, is up for Male Vocalist of the Year. He is also included in three other nominations as the lead guitarist on Tim McGraw's song Highway Don't Care which is up for Single of the Year, Video of the Year and Musical Event of the Year.

The Season 1 Miss American Idol winner, Kelly Clarkson, is continuing to be embraced by the country music community with couple of nominations. One is for her performance with Vince Gill of Don't Rush for Musical Event of the Year and the other is for Female Vocalist of the Year.

The Supreme Miss American Idol, Season 4 winner, Carrie Underwood is also a multiple nominee to go along with her hosting duties. The video for Blown Away was already recognized at the CMT Awards as the Video of the Year and now it has been nominated for Video of the Year at the CMA's. The full album, Blown Away is nominated for Album of the Year and Carrie has her eighth nomination for Female Vocalist of the Year.

2013 VMA's

The 2013 MTV Video Music Awards will go down in history as the night that Miley Cyris made a complete fool of herself. It was also a very big night for Justin Timberlake, but hidden in all of the drama was a couple of highlights from the American Idols.

The overriding theme of the night was the support for marriage equality. All of the artists from Lady Gaga to Katy Perry have been very outspoken that the time has come for change. The Season 8 Miss American Idol 1st Runner Up, Adam Lambert, has already come out as an out and proud gay man quite a few years ago, so he was a natural to be on stage as a presenter this year.

The Moonman for best Video with a Social Message was presented to macklemore and ryan for their song Same Love. When they performed the song live, the female vocalist who sings the chorus, Mary Lambert, was on hand at the beginning, but she stepped aside when the Season 3 Miss American Idol finalist and Oscar winner, Jennifer Hudson took the stage and added her amazing voice to the song.

Carrie wins Video of the Year - AGAIN!!!!

The 2013 CMT Video Music Awards was a very fun night of great music and once again, there was a parade of Miss American Idol winners and finalists.

Things got off to a great start when the Season 10 Miss American Idol winner, Scotty McCreery was paired with Season 5 Miss American Idol finalist and the 2013 Dancing With The Stars winner, Kellie Pickler to present the Buckle for the CMT Breakthrough Video of the Year. This is an award that Scotty just won last year and Kellie also won when she made her debut.

The Season 12 Miss American Idol 1st Runner Up, Kree Harrison, got her welcome to the CMT family when she performed her single All Cried Out for the crowd.

American Idol judge, Keith Urban took the stage to perform two times through the night. The first time he sang his latest single, Little Bit of Everything. Then later in the show he returned to add his extra special guitar solo flair to a great performance with Little Big Town as they sang a cover of the Fleetwood Mac classic Chains.

The best performance of the night was saved for last as the Supreme Miss American Idol, Season 4 winner Carrie Underwood graced the stage to perform her latest single, See You Again. It's an amazing heartfelt song on its own, but tonight she dedicated it to her home state of Oklahoma that has recently been devastated by tornadoes. She was joined on stage with a gospel chorus as she delivered the final verse packing a tear filled emotional punch for all of the listeners.

Shortly after the amazing performance of See You Again, the Supreme Miss American Idol's name was called to the stage to accept the biggest award of the night. Carrie Underwood and Blown Away won the CMT Buckle for the 2013 VIDEO OF THE YEAR!

This is especially impressive in that she just won this same top honor last year when her video for Good Girl won the CMT Buckle for the 2012 Video of the Year.