Published by mj July 31st, 2007
in American Idol.
The Idols play Salt Lake City, UT tonight. Blake Lewis has extended relations in the Utah/Idaho area, so last night’s show in Idaho, and tonight are a homecoming of sorts for him.
Peeps who attend these shows–come by and tell us about them! I’ll also accept pics and recaps at mjsbigblog@gmail.com.
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Published by mj July 31st, 2007
in American Idol, Record News and Mandisa.
Today is the release day for “True Beauty,” Mandisa’s, (9th place Season 5), new album on Sparrow records, EMI’s Gospel imprint. Right now, the single from the album “Only the World” sits at #3 on the Hot Singles Sales chart and at #6 and #8 respectively on the Hot Christian Adult Contemporary chart and Hot Christian songs chart.
Mandisa has also released a book, “IdolEyes”. More information about her book and new album can be found on her MySpace.
Here’s an interesting piece of news from Entertainment Weekly, Season 6 Top 24 contestants Sabrina Sloan and Sundance Head, both signed to Universal, will be recording an album of duets together.
More after the jump
Continue reading ‘Happy Mandisa Day! Also: Sundance Head and Sabrina Sloan Set to Record an Album of Duets’
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Published by Lisa B July 31st, 2007
in American Idol and Headlines.
Published by Kirsten July 30th, 2007
in American Idol and Charts.
Published by mj July 30th, 2007
in American Idol and S7 Auditions.
Season 7 auditions begin today in San Diego Ca. Would-be auditioners battled it out in traffic this weekend as they began lining up at 6 am Saturday morning at Qualcomm Stadium to receive their wristbands for today’s auditions.
San Diego is the first of 7 audition cities. For more details, photos and video check out the American Idol website.
Sidenote: The Season 6 Top 10 offer advice to auditioners in this USA Today article.
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Published by Lisa B July 30th, 2007
in American Idol and Headlines.
Published by mj July 29th, 2007
in American Idol, Chris Sligh, Chris Richardson, Melinda Doolittle, LaKisha Jones, Gina Glocksen, Haley Scarnato, Phil Stacey, Sanjaya Malakar, Blake Lewis, Concert Recap and AI Tour 2007.
Mini Recap: Concert was great. Traffic was awful. PJ, Sarah, Erinn, Boomerang and Danjaya are fabulous dinner and concert companions. Melinda is AWESOME.
Overly Verbose Recap:
Others have already covered the blow-by-blow recaps of the concerts. We already know who sings what when with whom. So I shall concentrate on my impressions.
More of Kirsten’s recap after the jump…
Continue reading ‘Kirsten’s Tacoma, WA Recap’
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Published by Lisa B July 29th, 2007
in American Idol and Headlines.
Published by mj July 28th, 2007
in American Idol, Chris Sligh, Chris Richardson, LaKisha Jones, Jordin Sparks, Gina Glocksen, Haley Scarnato, Phil Stacey, Sanjaya Malakar, Blake Lewis and AI Tour 2007.
The Pacific Northwest tour continues on to Portland, OR tonight…
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Here it is–this week’s Billboard Update
- It’s official. Bucky Covington takes the lead as 2007’s best-selling debut country artist. Yay Bucky…
- She’s charting at #6 and #8 on the Hot Christian Adult Contemporary and Hot Christian Songs charts (Only the World). And charting at #3 on the Hot Singles Sales Chart. That’s Mandisa, whose debut album “True Beauty” will be released on Tuesday. Check out her my space to hear some samples and buy her singles…
- “Now 25″, the latest Top 40 compilation album, debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200. Carrie Underwood (Before He Cheats), Daughtry (Home), Kelly Clarkson (Never Again) and Elliott Yamin (Wait For You) all have cuts on the album. It’s an Idol Bonanza! Yee haw…
- Bucky Covington and Kelly Pickler both move up the charts this week. The other Idols either stayed about the same, or fell down the charts a bit. Not counting compilations, there are no Idol albums in the Billboard 200 Top 10 this week…
- Chris Daughtry (Home) and Fantasia (When I See U) hold on to #1 positions on the Hot Adult Top 40 and Hot R&B Singles/Airplay charts, respectively.
- Taylor Hicks (Heaven Knows) climbs from #23 to #22, its highest chart position so far.
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Published by mj July 28th, 2007
in American Idol, Video and Paula Abdul.
In last week’s episode, Paula Abdul becomes hysterical when she receives an email from the Bratz movie producers telling her that they no longer need her services. This Page 6 item cites a “source” that says, “Paula was not ever really a part of the movie, and she was a nightmare to deal with. There was no way that was going to work.”
However, Paula’s peeps tell US Magazine that she was not fired from the Bratz movie, but left on her own due to scheduling conflicts. As far the Bravo footage? Her peeps say, “Very creative editing.” O rilly?
This week’s clips of breakdowns and hissy-fits has Paula giving her hair stylist and “best friend” the authority to re-decorate her rental house, then TOTALLY flipping out when she finally sees it. Mind you, she could have met with the designer herself in order to impart her “vision” but she choose to go to an Oscar swag party instead. Here is an old item that I found in the TWOP’s Hey Paula forum thread:
More after the jump….
Continue reading ‘Hey Paula: Episode 6′
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Published by Lisa B July 28th, 2007
in American Idol and Headlines.
Published by mj July 27th, 2007
in American Idol, Chris Sligh, Chris Richardson, Melinda Doolittle, LaKisha Jones, Jordin Sparks, Gina Glocksen, Haley Scarnato, Phil Stacey, Sanjaya Malakar, Blake Lewis and AI Tour 2007.
UPDATE: Sarah posts in comments:
Just added a bit of a teaser to the Tacoma entry at Team Plaid. There are a few pics to whet your appetite. :)
Blake Lewis and Sanjaya Malaker perform for their hometown peeps tonight in Seattle, WA. Lucky for us, Sarah, PJ, Kirsten, Erinn and Boomie will be at the concert tonight (I am a jellus h8ter…).
Look for re-caps later!
In the meantime, blog regular, Sarah, (who also helps to administrate the cool Blake Lewis blog, Team Plaid) will be sending me text messages throughout the concert tonight.
Check back for updates starting around 7 pm PST….
- Update (7:38 PST) - HA HA Blake Lewis is dressed as a Pop Tart in the opening!!! His friend Ethan is up front taking pictures, so there should be some good ones…
- Update (7:41 PST) - A little girl just gave Sanjaya a rose…
- Update (7:48 PST) - Blake’s mom is dancing in the aisles to Chris Sligh’s solo…
- Update (8:01 PST) - Time for Blake! The whole place is up…
Update (intermission) - I spoke with Sarah on the phone and she tells me:
- When Blake started to perform the entire audience stood, and stayed standing for the entire performance. He gave a very heartfelt thankyou to the peeps in his hometown.
- Blake’s DAD wore a black shirt bedazzled with Blake’s nickname B shorty.
- Washington loves them some Sanjaya, too, but Blake took first place in the applause-0-meter tonight.
- The sound was much better tonight than it was at the beginning of the tour.
- Gina was cracking up during her duet with Chris Sligh: “Thnks Fr Th Mmrs.”
Second Half
- Update (9:02 PST) - Phil Stacey and the girls give Sarah goosebumps singing “America, the Beautiful”.
- Update (9:02 PST) - The guys number is fantastic! No backing instruments, just the guys playing guitars, keyboards and drums…
- Update (9:21 PST) - Chris Richardson and Blake did a little beatboxing battle at the end of their duet (Ain’t no Sunshine/Virtual Insanity/Geek In Pink)
- Update (9:23 PST) - Phil tried his best to crack Gina up during their duet. He got down on one knee to hug her…
- Update (9:29 PST) - Sarah is trying to get a picture of Blake, but he won’t look her way…and Melinda Doolittle just reminded everybody that Jordin Sparks is OMG Only!1! 17!11! OMG!
- Update (9:35 PST) - Melinda sounds even better than she did in Tampa, FL at the beginning of the tour. How did she not win? She got huge cheers from the crowd.
- Update (9:38 PST) - Jordin is finished with one song, and she’s already sucking down a bottle of water…
- Update (9:49 PST) - Jordin sounds good, but a little strained. Most folks have been sitting through her set.
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Published by Lisa B July 27th, 2007
in American Idol and Headlines.
Published by Lisa B July 26th, 2007
in American Idol and Headlines.
Published by mj July 26th, 2007
in American Idol, Chris Sligh, Chris Richardson, LaKisha Jones, Jordin Sparks, Gina Glocksen, Haley Scarnato, Phil Stacey, Sanjaya Malakar, Blake Lewis and AI Tour 2007.
Published by Kirsten July 25th, 2007
in American Idol and Charts.
Published by Lisa B July 25th, 2007
in American Idol and Headlines.
Published by mj July 24th, 2007
in American Idol, News and Nigel Lythgoe.
Oh well, at least Nigel didn’t deflect blame and succumb to making the Reaganesque “mistakes were made” excuse, although that would have made for some pretty awesome snark material. TPTB appear to be taking at least some responsibility for the latest less than buzz-worthy season. (Though, I still maintain there is a boatload of talent present in the S6 bunch…)
Nigel Lythgoe, the executive producer of both shows who also serves as a sharp-tongued judge on Dance, said there’s plenty — and that we should all expect some changes on Idol next season. ”We realized we made mistakes on Idol last season,” he said. ”We were so engrossed with the mentors and didn’t really focus on the Melinda Doolittles of the show. We didn’t know them as much as the Kellie Picklers of last season.”
Continue reading ‘We Made Mistakes, Says Nigel Lythgoe’
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Hang on to your hats, kids…
Carrie Underwood, who’s sophomore album will be released October 23rd, opened the TV special, which featured country artists who appeared at the CMA Music Festival. Watch her perform Before He Cheats. Later on in the show she performed Wasted.
Kellie Pickler surprised a fan with a tour of Kellie’s tour bus and a trip to her record label.
And, Kelly Clarkson performs Because of You with Reba McEntire. That song was made to be a country song…
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