American Stars in Concert for the Holidays – CBS Early Show
David Hernandez and Diana DeGarmo sing “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” on the Saturday CBS Early Show, with American Idol’s Michael Orland on piano, after the jump.
They join Chikezie and Kimberley Locke on a 3-week Christmas tour, beginning in Pittsburgh, PA tonight.
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Jason’s incredibly smart, talented, and very sweet too. People underestimate him just because he is sometimes a little shy. He was terrific on the tour.
I liked Hernandez, and he sounds good here, with Diana D. Unfortunately, David’s not a standout personality and his voice, while nice, isn’t “different”. Chickeze was wonderful on the show and his “She’s a Woman” was one of my favorite performances of the season. I hope we hear more than just stright up R&B from him… again, in that genre, he is lost in a crowd. Just the same, it’s hard to create a post Idol career, especially with a lower tier exit… so I wish them all well.
Kimberley Locke was the first idol contestant I actually voted for. I knew it was a lost cause (she was up against the Clay/Ruben machine) but I always loved her voice. Still do.
Idolfanatic, I hear what you’re saying about some of the comments made by Kim and other former contestants. You can hear some bitterness and snark in much of the comments, but I have to (respectfully) disagree with some of your comments regarding Sligh. I read his EW blogs on the show and found them accurate and insightful… yes, with snark. But that is part of his personality. I didn’t personally feel the bitterness at the same level that you did. But, that’s just my opinion.
Hernandez was “outed” when the Idol producers decided to give him a public “vote of confidence” and therefore made news out of an innocuous TMZ story that was actually quite old having been published on VFTW long before and in general circulation on the Internet boards and blogs (with pictures) for weeks. The fact is that the 19E people didn’t want a gay/bi male stripper touring…for whatever reason…nor, clearly, did they want Amanda touring. From the small number of performances that I heard from him, Hernandez was my favorite male vocalist last year. Having said that, stylistically, I feel he still goes overboard on the melisma.