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Idol Billboard Update for Issue 12/01/07

Published by mj November 25th, 2007 in American Idol, Charts, Bo Bice, Carrie Underwood, Jordin Sparks and Blake Lewis. 6 Comments

I’m getting this up late, so it will be a quickie.

Here’s your Idol Billboard Chart for this week.

Highlights:

Blake Lewis’s new single “Break Anotha” debuts on the Billboard Pop 100 at #85
Jordin Spark’s single “Tattoo” debuts on the Canadian Hot 100 at #74 and the Hot Canadian Digital Singles Chart at #72. “Tattoo” climbs from #18 to #16 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Carrie Underwood’s “So Small” hits the #1 position on the Hot Country Songs chart.
Not on the Billboard Chart this week–but a special congratulations to Bo Bice for his video “Witness” taking the Number #1 spot on this week’s VH1 Top 20 Countdown. That’s a lot of pointing and clicking, fans…

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Jordin Sparks Album Clips and Other Odds and Ends

Published by mj November 13th, 2007 in American Idol, Record News, Elliott Yamin, Bucky Covington, Bo Bice, Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler, Kimberley Locke, Josh Gracin, Mandisa, Chris Sligh, Melinda Doolittle, Jordin Sparks and Phil Stacey. 22 Comments

Hear a preview of Jordin Sparks’ upcoming album in 30 second sound clips here. I’ll reserve judgement until I hear the full album.

Kimberley Locke’s new Christmas album is available on iTunes. I love Christmas music. I have to drop by Target sometime to pick up Elliott Yamin’s Christmas EP…

Mandisa just posted a blog on her My Space

Mandisa is featured in the latest edition of People magazine! The article titled, “Idols Down Home,” features an interview with Mandisa and a few other of her Idol pals, who have moved to Nashville since the show.

Here is a list: Mandisa, Josh Gracin, Carrie Underwood, Bo Bice, Bucky Covington, Kellie Pickler, Chris Sligh, Phil Stacey. Melinda Doolittle already called Nashville home…

Am I missing anyone?

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Billboard Idol Update for Issue 11/17/07

Published by mj November 10th, 2007 in American Idol, Charts, Katharine McPhee, Bo Bice, Carrie Underwood and Jordin Sparks. 7 Comments

Check out this week’s massive Idol Billboard update!

The highlights:

After the Eagles managed to sell 700K of their latest album “Eden” through a record deal exclusive to Wal-mart, Billboard decided to revise their chart policy that kept Bo Bice’s new album (also a Wal-mart exclusive) off the Billboard 200 last week. This week, Bo’s latest effort, “See the Light” “debuts” at #150 on the Billboard 200. It would have debuted at #89 last week if it had been eligible. The Eagles’ “Eden” debuts at #1, Britney Spear’s “Blackout at #2 and then…
…Carrie Underwood’s “Carnival Ride” drops 2 spots to #3. She’s #2 on the Top Country Album chart, displaced from the #1 position this week by the Eagles. Her sales dipped 68% this week, to 170,100 from 527,101 last week. Her total so far: 697,626.
Katharine McPhee’s “SOTR/My Destiny” re-enters the Hot Singles Sales chart this week at #48
Jordin Sparks continues her climb up the charts. She could hit the Billboard Hot 100 Top 20 next week if the trend continues. Her album drops on November 20.

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Billboard Idol Update for Issue 11/10/07

Published by mj November 2nd, 2007 in American Idol, Charts, Chris Daughtry, Bo Bice and Carrie Underwood. 1 Comment

Here it is. This week’s big Idol Billboard Update…

Highlights:

The major highlight this week? Why, of course, Carrie Underwood’s “Carnival Ride.” It debuts on the Billboard 200 at #1. It’s also #1 on the Country and Digital album charts. “Carnival Ride” sold 527,101 units this week, 44,928 were digital. Arista shipped around 1.4 million copies–it’s already gone platinum.
Carrie’s debut album, “Some Hearts” shoots back up the charts–from #81 to #60.
Her single, “So Small” climbs from #36-#20 on the Billboard Hot 100, #83-#43 on the Pop 100, #4-#3 on the Hot Country Songs chart, and it re-enters the Hot Digital Tracks at #16. “Before He Cheats” re-enters the Hot Digital Songs chart at #67. Another cut off the new album, “Just a Dream” debuts on the Pop 100 chart at #96 and #55 on the Hot Canadian Digital Singles chart.
Bo Bice, Carrie’s season-mate and runner-up, released his sophomore CD, “See the Light” exclusively through Wal-mart. The exclusive deal makes it ineligible for the Billboard 200. However, it charts at #91 on the Billboard Comprehensive Albums chart.
Jordin Spark’s single “Tattoo” continues to inch its way up the charts. Here are the stats: Billboard Hot 100#39-#34, Hot 100 Airplay #74-#61, Pop 100 #24-#22, Pop 100 Airplay #26-#20, #19-#17 on Hot Digital Tracks, and #22-#19 on Hot Digital Songs. It has sold 31,141 digital copies this week for a total of 160,711. The video for “Tattoo” has been leaked. Watch here…
Daughtry’s “Over You” debuts on the “Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks” chart at #28.

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Idol News For You!

Published by mj October 22nd, 2007 in American Idol, Bo Bice and Carrie Underwood. 6 Comments

Aren't they CUTE? A few bits and pieces…

Blake Lewis just posted a new song on his My Space. The song is about… Blake’s My Space! Check it out. It’s cute.

Season 6 Top 11 contestant, Brandon Rogers has made his pre-idol CD of tunes available available again at CDBaby.com. That boy was eliminated too soon.

Diane DeGarmo is set to star in a new reality show, produced by CMT. The premise is to take a bunch of performers from different genres, and turn them into country singers. Eh. Dee Snyder from Twisted Sister and Carnie Wilson are also in the cast.

Are the producers of Idol planning some sort of Las Vegas Spectacular? Hmmm.

By now, you’ve all figured out that the Season 4 winner and runner up, Carrie Underwood and Bo Bice, are both dropping albums tomorrow. You can listen to Carrie’s album “Carnival Ride” at MSN. Bo’s effort, “See The Light,” available exclusively at Walmart tomorrow, can be heard at AOL. And if you’d like, you can host a
Bo listining party right on your blog! Oh right. Or I could. You wanna?

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New Bo Bice Video! Clay Aiken Joins the Cast of Spamalot! (Holy Crap!) And other Odds and Ends…

Published by mj October 16th, 2007 in American Idol, Video, News, Bo Bice, Kelly Clarkson, Chris Sligh and Clay Aiken. 32 Comments

Check it out! Update: Check it out tomorrow. It looks like Yahoo put it up early by mistake…

Also, his single “American Blood” is now available on Napster…

Bo Bice radio tour dates…

Bo’s album “See The Light” drops 10/23…

LATE BREAKING NEWS! Thanks to Connie from Idol Stages for this tidbit!

Clay Aiken is joining the cast of Spamalot, the musical based on Monty Python sketches, playing to full houses on Broadway right now.

Clay Aiken, who became a music superstar following his success on the American Idol television series, will join the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Monty Python’s SPAMALOT, making his Broadway debut in the role of Sir Robin, at the Shubert Theatre, New York, from January 18 to May 4, 2008. Tickets are available online now at telecharge.com or by calling (212) 239-6200/(800) 432-7250

Read the entire press release…

Director Mike Nichols says, “Clay Aiken is amazing beyond that glorious voice. Turns out he is an excellent comic actor and a master of character…”

David Hyde Pierce orginated the role of Sir Robin in Spamalot.

Congratulations Clay! There will be more deets to follow…

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Check out Chris Sligh’s My Space to hear some brand-new demos. He’s also re-worked “Love is Raining Down.” In Chris’s latest post on his blog he says that he’s found a label, and will be announcing a deal fairly soon…

Laytoya London has shortened her name to London. I’m not kidding.

And, according to peeps who were there, Clive Davis was in the Beacon theater audience last night to see Kelly Clarkson perform in concert…

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Billboard Update for Issue 10/13/07 and Idol Record News

Published by mj October 6th, 2007 in American Idol, Charts, Record News, Elliott Yamin, Chris Daughtry, Jon Peter Lewis, Bo Bice, Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler, Kelly Clarkson, Jordin Sparks and Blake Lewis. 6 Comments

It’s YOUR Billboard Idol Update, right HERE!

Highlights

…And the Idols who still have a presence on the Billboard 200 have seen their albums dip even further this week from last week’s lackluster showing. The highest charting CD is Daughtry at #41. Carrie Underwood’s “Some Hearts” follows at #75, Kelly Clarkson’s “My December” at #99, and Elliott Yamin at #122. Upcoming new releases from Elliott Yamin (10/14), Carrie Underwood (10/23), Bo Bice (10/23), Jordin Sparks (11/20) and Blake Lewis (11/27), should soon add a little Idol heat to the Billboard 200.
With the release of Jordin Sparks’ single, “Tattoo” to iTunes last week, comes its debut to the Billboard Hot 100, at #58. “Tattoo” also debuts at #21 on the Hot Digital Tracks and #22 on Hot Digital Songs. It climbs from #70 to #32 on the Pop 100 and #40 to # 36 on the Pop 100 Airplay charts. The digital single sold 33,780 copies its first week.
My Bad. Daughtry’s rock single “Crashed” debuted on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart LAST week and I inadvertently left it off. Sawry. The good news is that it debuted at #32 last week and climbed three spots to #35 this week…

Idol Record News

Check out Kelly Clarkson’s new video for “Don’t Waste Your Time” at Ricky.org. Anyone still under the impression that “My December” is full of depressing pop dirges, needs to check this out. This song, or the bright and poppy “How I Feel” would have made good first singles from “My December” in my very humble opinion.
Idol Christmas music coming your way: Elliott Yamin releases a Target exclusive Christmas album on October 14 as part of the NBC Sounds of the Season music collection. Check out the track list here. Carrie Underwood and Kellie Pickler are featured on “Hear Something Country”. Carrie Underwood sings “Do You Hear What I Hear” and Kellie Pickler? “Santa Baby.”
Jon Peter Lewis has teamed up with Authentic Records out of Des Moines Iowa. Not only will they be distributing his debut CD “Stories From Hollywood,” JPL will also have the opportunity to tour with bands from Authentic’s roster, like The Nadas and the Josh Davis Band. Without label support, it’s been nearly impossible for Jon to get together any kind of a decent tour. Authentic’s roster is comprised mostly of rootsy folk, rock and blues and will introduce him to an entirely new audience. That’s a good thing.

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Billboard Update: Issue date 09/29/07

Published by mj September 22nd, 2007 in American Idol, Charts, Record News, Jennifer Hudson, Chris Daughtry, Bo Bice, Carrie Underwood, Mandisa, Kelly Clarkson, Jordin Sparks and Clay Aiken. 17 Comments

This week’s Big! Idol! Billboard! Update! WHEE! Right here.

Highlights (and random music news):

Not Idol related but interesting: Kayne West’s CD “Graduation” debuts on the Billboard 200 at #1, posting the album chart’s largest sales total in more than two years. He handily won the well-publicized ~~pr stunt~~ feud with Fifty Cent, whose album “Curtis” debuted at #2 selling 691,000 copies. Here’s the big news–The Top 4 sellers on the Billboard 200, West, Fifty Cent, Kenny Chesney (his album debuted at #3 selling 387,000 copies) and Hanna Montana (133,000 copies) together totaled 2.2 million units, more than all titles combined on last week’s entire Billboard 200. Wow. Back to Idol…
Fred Bronson of Billboard’s Chart Beat reports that Carrie Underwood’s huge hit single, “Before He Cheats” is now, after 55 weeks on the chart, in the top 10 longest-charting songs in the history of the Billboard Hot 100. If it hangs on another 5 weeks, it will be in the top five. This week, “Before He Cheats” dips a bit on the Hot 100, from #32 to #39.
Season 5’s Mandisa had a good week on the album charts. Her CD “True Beauty” climbed from 195 to 143 on the Billboard 200, from #12 to #6 on the Top Christian Albums chart, and #13 to #7 on the Top Christian and Gospel albums chart. For more on Mandisa’s post Idol journey, read here.
All the Idols, except for Mandisa (23% increase) and Daughtry who climbed one spot, from #22 to #21 (11% increase) suffered declines on the Billboard 200 this week.
On the song charts, Daughtry’s “Over You” continues its climb, from #38 to #37 on the Hot 100. Check out the video for “Over You” at VH1 VSpot. I can’t figure out if the chick in the video killed her boyfriend or not…and who is getting over who?
Jordin Sparks’ “Tattoo” climbs the pop charts (from #84 to #75 on the Pop 100, from #45 to 40 on the Pop 100 Airplay). Carrie Underwood’s single “So Small” takes a hit on the Hot 100–from #17 two weeks ago, to #25, to #44 this week. The surge two weeks ago was due to her single being made available on iTunes. Her video just debuted on CMT this week. Why is it that cars are always being destroyed in her videos? heh. I expect the song to climb next week. It did climb a bit up the Hot 100 Airplay chart–from #52 to #45.

Much, much more after the jump! So CLICK!

Continue reading ‘Billboard Update: Issue date 09/29/07′

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Billboard Update: Issue 09/22/07

Published by mj September 15th, 2007 in American Idol, Charts, Elliott Yamin, Chris Daughtry, Bucky Covington, Bo Bice and Jordin Sparks. 1 Comment

This week’s Idol Billboard Update!

Here are the highlights:

Bucky Covington’s new single “It’s Good To Be Us” debuts at #54 on the Hot Country Chart.
Elliott Yamin’s “Wait For You” debuts on yet another chart. It debuts at #42 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.
Moving up the charts this week: Jordan Sparks’ “Tattoo” moves from #88 to #84 on the Pop 100 and from #45 to #48 on the Pop Airplay chart. Daughtry’s “Over You” moves from #44 to #38 on the Hot 100, #53 to #47 on the Hot 100 Airplay, #27 to #22 on the Pop 100, #20 to #16 on the Pop 100 Airplay, #13 to #11 on the Hot Adult Top 40, #48 to #36 on the Hot Digital Tracks and #54 to #40 on Hot Digital Songs.
Not only did all of the Idols’ sales numbers decrease this week, but it was the worst week for album sales in the history of Soundscan. Downloads were up 5%.
Check out Bo Bice’s My Space page for music clips from his upcoming album, “See The Light” due to be released October 23.

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Billboard Update: Issue 9/15/07

Published by mj September 9th, 2007 in American Idol, Charts, Record News, Bo Bice, Carrie Underwood, Kimberley Locke and Jordin Sparks. 1 Comment

Here is this week’s Idol Billboard Update. Just for You!

Highlights:

Jordin Sparks’ debut single off her forthcoming album (due to be released November 20), “Tattoo” debuts on the Pop 100 at #88 and the Pop 100 Airplay at #48.
Carrie Underwood’s new single “So Small” shoots up the Billboard 100 from #93 to #17, thanks to the digital single being released on iTunes last week. Some interesting information via Fred Bronson’s Billboard Chartbeat column: “One effect of Garth Brooks’ receiving so much airplay this week is that other artists received fewer spins than they would have if radio wasn’t devoting so much time to “More Than a Memory.” That helps explain why Carrie Underwood’s “So Small” (Arista) dips 11-13 in its fifth chart week on Hot Country Songs. The track should rebound, but meanwhile the availability of a digital single sends “So Small” soaring up the Hot 100, with a move of 93-17. That’s the second biggest jump on this chart in 2007, topped only by the 94-3 rocket ride of Beyonce and Shakira’s “Beautiful Liar” the week of April 7.” “So Small” debuts on the Pop 100 at #23, and the Hot Digital Songs at #6.
Kimberley Locke’s “Band of Gold” moves up from #20 to #19 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. She’ll be featured on the Dave Koz and friends Christmas Tour starting on November 26 in Baltimore MD.
Not on the chart–YET: From Bo Bice’s My Space, “Bo Bice’s new record “See the Light”, due out October 23 as the first release from his newly formed $ugarmoney/StratArt Records, teamed Bo up with producer Frank Liddell. The result is a fresh and soulful take on Bo’s Southern Rock roots; it’s the album he was born to make!”

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More Idols Dropping Albums Soon

Published by mj June 1st, 2007 in American Idol, Record News, Ace Young, Bo Bice and Constantine Maroulis. 12 Comments

I’m pulling this out front from another post where I had it buried after a jump. Just in case y’all didn’t see it.

Season 5’s Ace Young has been signed to S Curve Records. His CD is set to drop in September with a single released in July. The album is being executive produced by Desmond Child, with songs written by Diane Warren (who has written for many Idols including Taylor Hicks and Carrie Underwood) and Andreas Carlson. Ace says he is writing or co-writing all the tunes on the album. All Top 9 Idols from Season 5 have signed record/distribution deals at this point. Taylor Hicks, Katharine McPhee, Elliott Yamin, Chris Daughtry, Paris Bennett, Kellie Pickler and Bucky Covington have all released CDs. Mandisa’s album is due out later this year.

Bo Bice and Constantine Maroulis from Season 4 are both working on new albums.

Bo Bice is recording the album with country producer Frank Liddell, and features Rolling Stones keyboardist Chuck Leavell, Black Crowes drummer Steve Gorman, legendary session guitarist Waddy Wachtel and bluegrass icon David Grisman. It features songs co-written with A.J. Croce (son of Jim Croce) and Chris Tompkins (Carrie Underwood’s “Before He Cheats”). Bo wrote 31 songs for the album and is narrowing down the list to 10-12.Rumor has it that Bo has left RCA. It looks like Bo has gone back to his Southern rock roots with a vengeance and is doing his own thing.

Bo recently cancelled 3 shows in order to make a mid-September release date. “In order to make the now scheduled mid-September release date for his forthcoming CD, BO BICE will immediately return to the studio to complete recording.”–from a press release.

Unfortunately, Bo cut his Tuesday night Anaheim, CA show short due to illness. I hope it’s something innocuous and not a flare-up of the intestinal troubles he’s battled the last few years.

Constantine Maroulis’s album “Constantine” will drop August 7th on his own label with distribution from Sony/Red (distributors of Elliott Yamin’s CD). The album features songs co-written with Matchbox Twenty singer Rob Thomas, and Nashville songwriter Angie Aparo. Two songs, “Everybody Loves” and “A Girl Like You” are being featured on “The Bold and The Beautiful.” Constantine currently has a recurring role on the CBS daytime soap.

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Published by mj May 27th, 2007 in American Idol, Charts, Record News, Ace Young, Elliott Yamin, Chris Daughtry, Bo Bice, Carrie Underwood, Fantasia, Kelly Clarkson, Blake Lewis and Constantine Maroulis. 11 Comments

Here is your Idol Billboard Update. Better late than never.

The Highlights:

Elliott Yamin’s appearance on the Top 3 Results show to sing his single “Wait For You” paid off in a big way. His album Elliott Yamin climbed from #67 to #20 on the Billboard 200. It also climbed back to the #1 spot on the Independent Albums Chart, from #49 to #20 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart, and re-entered the Top Digital Albums chart at #14. The single, “Wait For You” climbed from #80 to #31 on the Billboard Hot 100, entered the Hot 100 Airplay at #72, climbed from #45 to #23 on the Pop 100 and from #28 to #24 on the Pop 100 Airplay. The single also entered the Hot Digital Tracks and Hot Digital Songs charts at #19 and #26 respectively.
As Clive announced on the American Idol Finale, Carrie Underwood’s album “Some Hearts” has gone 6x platinum. The album has shipped 6 million units. Good for Carrie. The album charts at #8 on the Billboard 200 and #2 on the Top Country Albums chart.
Daughtry’s single “Home” continues to climb the charts, from #13 to #5 on the Billboard Hot 100, #26 to #21 on the Hot 100 Airplay, #11 to #7 on the Pop 100, #12 to #9 on the Pop 100 Airplay, #7 to #4 on the Hot Adult Top 40, #10 to #4 on the Hot Digital Songs, and #7 to #3 on the Hot Digital Tracks chart. Daughtry’s appearance on the finale could bump the single into the #1 position on key charts next week.
Reba McEntire’s duet with Kelly Clarkson “Because of You” enters the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart at #42. Her single “Never Again” is stalling on the charts. Her appearance on the Idol finale should give her a bump next week.
Fantasia, who is currently winning rave reviews on Broadway in the “The Color Purple” also has a single out that’s currently climbing the charts. “When I See You” has climbed from #71 to #62 on the Billboard Hot 100, from #46 to #36 on the Hot 100 Airplay, from #14 to #8 on the Hot R&B Hip Hop Singles and Tracks chart and from #14 to #8 on the Hot R&B Hip Hop Airplay chart.
Maroon 5’s “This Love,” sung by Blake Lewis on Top 3 night, has re-entered the Hot Digital Tracks and Hot Digital Songs charts, both at #41. Maroon 5’s album “Songs About Jane” re-enters the Top Pop Catalog chart at #5.

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Published by mj March 3rd, 2007 in American Idol, Ace Young, News, Jennifer Hudson, Elliott Yamin, Bucky Covington, Jon Peter Lewis, Bo Bice, Carrie Underwood, Josh Gracin and Kelly Clarkson. 14 Comments

Elliott Yamin is on a roll. His debut CD drops on March 20. He debuted his single “Wait For You” on Ryan Seacrest’s radio show. Check out a clip from his upcoming video here. You can listen to “Wait For You” at Elliott’s My Space. Good stuff.

Jennifer Hudson was the recipient of an NAACP Image Awards Friday night. Jennifer won Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for her role in “Dreamgirls.”

Ace Young will be the spokesman for the next two months for the Dreyers Ice Cream American Idol campaign. He’ll be doing radio spots, TV Ads and personal appearances promoting Dreyer’s American Idol Ice Cream Flavors.

Bucky Covington new video debuted ”…in the #1 position atop CMT’s fan-voted CMT Pure Country video playlist. Additionally, the video debuted this week at an impressive #36 on Yahoo Music’s all-genre video chart, putting Covington in the company of fellow American Idol alum Carrie Underwood as the only two country artists with videos in Yahoo’s Top 50.”

You can now download Jon Peter Lewis’s excellent self-released CD, “Stories from Hollywood” at Americanidol.com. This CD is my favorite ex-Idol album release of all time. No lie.

Carrie Underwood, Josh Gracin and Bucky Covington are among the performers of this summer’s CMA music festival. The festival runs from June 7-10 in Nashville, TN.

Great news for Bo Bice fans. Bo will be singing the theme song to the new Will Ferrell movie Blades of Glory. Producer Ben Stiller has been a fan of Bo’s since his Idol run and invited him to work on the song. You can listen to the tune at the official Blades of Glory My Space.

Kelly Clarkson announced on her website that she just finished recording her latest CD “My December.” No word yet on a release date.

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Published by mj February 25th, 2007 in American Idol, Ace Young, News, Jennifer Hudson, Elliott Yamin, Katharine McPhee, Chris Daughtry, Kimberly Caldwell, Mikalah Gordon, Bo Bice, Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler, Anthony Fedorov, Mandisa, Kelly Clarkson and Matt Rogers. 8 Comments

This Just In: Carrie Underwood will perform on the March 8 results show…

Don’t forget! The Academy Awards are tonight at 8 PM on ABC. Our girl, Jennifer Hudson is nominated for Best Supporting Actress and is the favorite to win. Jennifer and the other “Dreamgirls” will be performing a song from the film. Beyonce who?

Also, it’s been reported that the Academy has changed things up a bit this year. Traditionally the best Supporting Actor and Actress awards were presented in the first half-hour of the show. This year, all of the acting awards will be presented later in the evening.

Additionally, Jennifer sat down for an interview with Barbara Walters. Walter’s Oscar special will be broadcast at 7 pm, right before the Oscar telecast on ABC.

UPDATE:

Check out the Idol Appearances page. I’m doing my best to keep it accurate and complete. You can help. If you know of an Idol appearance or tour not listed, email the info to mjsbigblog@gmail.com. Thanks.

You can finally download Elliott Yamin’s digital tune “Movin’ On” from iTunes. Just click here. According to Elliott’s My Space, his debut album will be available at Target with 2 extra bonus tracks. Elliott is also set to tape performances for Rehearsals.com and the AT&T Blueroom. His first single “Wait for You” will be released to radio soon. Elliott’s album drops March 20.

Katharine McPhee debuted her video for her single “Over It” on TRL. You can check it out here. A few weeks before her album dropped she changed management–from John Baruck of azoffmanagement to Guy Oseary. No word on why she switched horses midstream…

Listen to Ace Young perform a few acoustic tunes at Billboard Underground.

Bo Bice is re-emerging after spending a few months recovering from surgery. He’s setting up a tour, performing acoustic versions of some new music he’s written recently. You can check out some videos from a recent Nashville gig at Bonafide Bice.

Mandisa guests on tobymac’s latest release ”Portable Sounds”. She and Kirk Franklin add vocals to the last track on the CD “Lose My Soul.”

Kelly Clarkson recently filmed an episode of CMT Crossroads with Reba McEntire at the Ryman auditorium in Nashville. The show will premiere in late 2007, coinciding with the release of McEntire’s upcoming duet’s CD, which includes a track with Kelly.

American Idol vocal coach Debra Byrd has a DVD called “Vocal Help Now” due March 5. Kelly Clarkson, Kimberly Caldwell and Anthony Fedorov appear on the video.

Reported earlier but it doesn’t hurt to repeat: Kellie Pickler will appear on this Thursday’s results show to sing her new single “I Wonder”. A list of upcoming guest stars was announced on last Thursday’s results show, they include, Jennifer Lopez, Gwen Stefani, Jon Bon Jovi, Martina McBride, Diana Ross, Barry Gibb and Lulu and Peter Noone. Lulu and Peter Noone’s appearance ties into that week’s ”British Invasion” theme.

And, more on the whys and wherefores of the Chris Daughtry penned “Home” being chosen as this year’s boot song. It just makes sense financially to keep it all in the family, doncha think?

In the Powers That Be Department: Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick have been asked to oversee the 2007 Emmy telecast. The show will air September 16 on FOX.

Finally, American Extra will be back for a second season on Fox Reality. It premiers on Thursday March 15 at 6:30 pm ET with an encore performance at 10:30 pm ET. The show has a new host this year, JD Roberto who previously hosted the reality shows “Outback Jack” and “Shop ‘Til You Drop.” Mikalah Gordon and Matt Rogers return to conduct behind the scenes interviews.

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