Archive for July, 2008
American Idols Live! 2008 – Newark, NJ – Part Deux
ETA:
The Idols play another show in Newark, NJ tonight! You all know the drill. And a special request: I’m dying for some recaps here! If you attended the show tonight, drop by comments and tell us about it. Or you could email your stuff to me (Re-caps, photos, videos) and I’ll post them on the front page. Thank you!
Watch this space for updates!
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So You Think You Can Dance – Top 6 Results – Recap
Moving on to the finale: Katee, Joshua, Courtney and Twitch. Eliminated tonight: Chelsie and Mark. - VIDEO
Group Dance: by Mandy Moore – Song: “The Rose” by Bette Midler – VIDEO
More declareyouself.com pimping! Folks signing up to vote through the website rose by 400% last week.
The winner of the competition will win a featured role in Adam Shankman’s next movie, in addition to the $250,000 prize… – VIDEO
The judges speak to the six contestants one last time before the finale. Nigel’s talk is a little pep talk about rejection. Each of the contestants polled over 1 million votes last night. Mary gets misty as she tells the Top 6 she’ll be proud no matter who wins. Adam Shankman quotes “Magic Rainbows” as he tells them to remember everything. Adam gets a little misty too! – VIDEO
The entire Top 6 dance solos tonight.
- Courtney – Song: “Almost Lover” by A Fine Frenzy – Mark – Song: “Wind it Up” by Gwen Stefani (Neptunes mix) – Katee – Song: “Beautiful Disaster” by Jon McLaughlin – VIDEO
There were over 11 million votes last night.
- Josh – Song: “I Can Make You Dance” by Zapp – Chelsie – Song: “The Girl’s Gone Wild” by Travis Tritt – Twitch – Song: “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin – VIDEO
Lil Deamon dances. He’s a wee little Hip Hopper. He’s 6 years old. Song: “Planet Rock” by African Bambaataa and Soul Sonic Force - VIDEO
Eliminations!
- Girls: Cat begins with Courtney. She moves on to Katee’s recap. And then Chelsie. Katee is SAFE. – VIDEO
- Boys: Cat begins with Mark. She moves on to Joshua’s recap. And then Twitch. Joshua is SAFE. – VIDEO
Lady Gaga performs “Just Dance”. – VIDEO
The Final Cuts:
- COURTNEY IS SAFE!!!!! MY GIRL IS IN THE FINALE!!!!! Chelsie is ELIMINATED! Chelsie sheds some tears… Twitch is SAFE! And surprised! Mark is ELIMINATED. And I get 0 points in the pool! – VIDEO
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David Cook – My Space Update – New Band Member!
A David Cook update via his My Space. And there’s some news! He’s begun to put his band together:
Hey guys. Sorry for the delay in updates. It’s been difficult finding the time to get a new Vlog put together, so I thought I’d write a quick blog instead.
We just wrapped another successful show in Pittsburgh, PA. The crowds have been great. Very responsive. VERY loud. I love it.
We’re neck deep in this record. Mr. Rob Cavallo is pushing all the right buttons and turning all the right knobs to make this record great. Just as importantly, I’m proud to announce the first addition to my band, Mr. Neal Tiemann (hereafter referred to as “Doctor”). Doctor was the chief songwriter/lead guitarist in MWK, the band I played with in Tulsa. He’s one of my closest friends and I am absolutely stoked to have him on board.
Also, he assures fans that he’s not behind the rip-off prices some distributor is charging for his record from his old band. I say, why buy when you can download for free? Heh. He also pimps the upcoming singles of his fellow Idols David Archuleta and Kristy Lee Cook…
Idol Headlines For 7/31/08
Concert Review: The two Davids salvage American Idols Live
With a wave of the “American Idol” light sticks, Mellon Arena was transformed into “AI-7″ central Tuesday night as the tour steamrolled into town — and all but fell flat on its face.
This year’s show featured a cheaper stage than last year’s and brought each performer out for a three-song set, in the order that they were eliminated from the show. And they all — with the exception of “The Davids” (Archuleta and Cook) — did a note-for-note copy-cat performances of top 100 songs that were fan faves on the show.
More Idol Headlines After the Jump…
American Idols Live! 2008 – Newark, NJ
photos by Cindy
ETA:
- Livehead’s Videos
- Rickey is escorted out of the after-party ??!!!?!
- Mavid: Newark Edition. Sunglasses!!!
- Arca’s Videos!!!
Here’s tonight’s concert thread. Please send your stuff–re-caps, photos, videos to mjsbigblog at gmail.com!
Watch this space for updates!
Concert Statistics: July 9-18
Stats from the Sacramento, Tacoma, West Valley City and St. Louis concerts after the jump.
So You Think You Can Dance – Top 6 Performance – Recap
Adam Shankman is the guest judge this week.
- Courtney and Mark – Viennese Waltz by Jason Gilkison – Song: à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Time of My Lifeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ by David Cook – VIDEO
- Solo: Chelsie – “When I Grow Up” by Pussycat Dolls – VIDEO
- Solo: Twitch – “Midas Touch” by Midnight Star – VIDEO
- Katee and Joshua – Contemporary by Tyce DiOrio – Song: à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“All By Myselfà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ by Celine Dion – VIDEO
- Chelsie and Twitch – Mambo by Tony Meridith and Melanie La Patin – Song: “Ahora Me Toca a Mi” by Victor Manuel – VIDEO
- Solo: Katee – Song: “Can’t Stop” by Maroon 5 – VIDEO
- Solo: Josh – Song: “Like That” by Memphis Bleek – VIDEO
- Courtney and Mark – Jazz by Sonya Tayeh – Song: “The Garden” by Mirah – VIDEO
- Katee and Joshua – Paso Doble by Jason Gilkison – Song: “Filet” from Le Reve (soundtrack) – VIDEO
- Solo: Courtney – Song: “Rock Your Soul” by Elisa – VIDEO
- Solo: Mark – Song: “Bum Like You” by Robyn – VIDEO
- Chelsie and Twitch – Hip Hop by Napoleon and Tabitha – Song: “Control” by the Vitamin String Quartet – VIDEO
Idol Headlines For 7/30/08
Thousands jump on the ‘Idol’ express in S.L.
Several thousand young people got a chance to be part of “American Idol” on Tuesday à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ and for most of them it was short and bittersweet.
Out of the estimated 4,000-6,000 who showed up to audition at the EnergySolutions Arena, only about 200-400 were expected to make it to the second of three rounds. Those who did, however, could hardly contain their excitement.
“I was freaking out. I was so nervous. I started shaking like crazy,” said 18-year-old Skyler Holman of Salt Lake City. “I was so happy, because I’ve dreamed about this forever. Ever since the show came on.”
Celebrities vow to conquer cancer with ‘Stand Up’ performances
Jennifer Aniston, America Ferrera, David Cook, Casey Affleck, Meryl Streep, Lance Armstrong, Scarlett Johansson and Forest Whitaker are just some of the celebrities who are taking a stand against cancer during a one-hour television special to be aired on ABC, CBS and NBC on Sept. 5 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
Stand Up to Cancer has attracted A-list names to participate in the broadcast.
More Idol Headlines After the JUMP…
Idol Sales News – Week Ending 07/27/08
Idol Related Sales Numbers after the jump (Billboard issue date 08/09/08)
American Idols Live! 2008 – Pittsburgh, PA
ETA:
- Arca’s Videos!
- Livehead’s Videos
- Mavid: The Pittsburgh Edition
- The chick who asked David Cook out on a date on AI meets him
The Idols are in Pittsburgh tonight! If yinz are goin’ send a homegurl yer recap! Pichers (photos) and videos also welcome. Heh. Email to: mjsbigblog at gmail.com…
Watch this space for updates…
America’s Got Talent – EP 7
I’m WAY over these auditions. Thankfully, this week is the last. Vegas week begins next Tuesday with a Two Hour special, and then the Top 40 are revealed on Thursday.
This week, auditions submitted via My Space are featured…
Recap and Videos After the JUMP…
“Canadian Idol 6! Episode 20 – Top 8 Results – VIDEO”
ETA: Sebastian Pigott is eliminated. Mark Day and Mookie Morris are in the Bottom 3.
Who is going home tonight? I would not even venture a guess… The video should be available HERE by around 8:30 ET. I’ll put it up as soon as it’s available…
Tonight’s group song, The Who’s “My Generation” had just enough of the tongue-in-cheek to make me laugh. But there was also plenty of good singing. The AI producers really need to take a clue from CI for their group numbers. CI does an awesome job.
Nice acoustic performance from Gavin Rossdale. The recorded version of this song is a bit too poppy for me, but I do like some of his stuff with Bush.
Sebastian Pigott’s elimination doesn’t surprise me. Sure, there were singers who could have gone first, but Sebastian had a couple of trainwreck performances that would have been difficult for any Idol contestant to overcome. His OK performance this week, coupled with performing first wasn’t enough. Plus, he had that whole Toronto-doesn’t-vote-for-Idol thing working against him.
Sadly, I’m not sure that Mookie Morris is long for this world, as he keeps landing in the Bottom 3. Although the good news is that Mark Day FINALLY hit B3. The end is in sight! Heh.
Next week: Tom Jones!
Video is up…After the JUMP…
David Archuleta has a Fun Filled Day in Pittsburgh – “Crush” to premiere on Z100 Friday Morning
Ha ha, Yes, the river is called the Monongahela, the name is a little long, but the locals are used to it.
Hear all about Archie’s day in the ‘burgh in his latest vlog–working out, kayaking the Mon with Jason Castro, eating dinner with Jason and Brooke White. Kristy Lee Cook, Michael Johns and Carly Smithson caught a Pirates game at PNC park. Picksburgh. ha ha.
By the way, David Archuleta’s upcoming single “Crush” will premiere on New York’s Z100 on Friday morning. Here’s the website.
Check out the vlog after the JUMP…
