Idol Headlines for 08/26/07
Todayà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Idol headlines after the jumpà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦
Richmond County Fair to feature a ‘big’ guest
…If you love “American Idol,” on Saturday you’ll get a chance to see finalists Kimberly Caldwell and Paris Bennett….
Shirley Bassey Hates Reality TV
DAME SHIRLEY BASSEY has fired a blistering attack against TV talent shows – insisting talent ranks second to fame for today’s celebrities.
The Welsh singing superstar has no time for reality shows such as American Idol and The X Factor, and is stunned at the lack of ‘real’ talent in modern pop stars.
She fumes, “Today people just want to get on reality TV shows and make money. Talent doesn’t matter anymore.
“Anyone can get on these shows. Tall people, skinny people, fat people – and then someone makes millions out of them and their lives are ruined. I hate it, I really hate it”.
Thousands line up in Philadelphia for a shot at ‘American Idol’
Hollywood came to town on Saturday as hordes of wannabe superstars waited hours in line for their chance to be the nation’s next “American Idol.”
Nearly 13,000 had registered for the hit Fox TV show over an eight-hour period , three times as many hopefuls as in other cities where auditions were held this season, said senior producer Patrick Lynn.
“Monster turnout , monster,” Lynn said. “Monday is going to be a long, long day.”…….
‘Idol’ hopefuls line up for chance to be next musical sensation
The Wachovia Center parking lot was crowded on Saturday morning, but the thousands of people who lined up at the entrance weren’t there to see the latest musical sensation.
These folks hope to be the next musical sensation.
“I just want to meet Simon (Cowell),” Michelle Fisher, of West Deptford, said of the sometimes ruthless judge of the hit television show “American Idol.”………..
Standing up for ‘Idol’
…Senior producer Patrick Lynn said the crowd in Philadelphia was three times the size it had been anywhere else. In eight hours, an estimated 13,000 had registered.
Philadelphia was the last of seven cities on the audition tour and the only one in the Northeast….
Summer filled with ‘Idol’ events
“American Idol” mania has been everywhere lately…..
‘Idol’ fans marking time until new season begins
It’s coming.
Again.
Who’s ready?
A new season of the highly rated reality TV show “American Idol” doesn’t begin until January, but it’s like we’re in the middle of Paula, Randy and Simon hysteria.
Auditions for the new season already are under way.
Bloggers on the Internet are working overtime, speculating the twists and turns of a new season.
And former “Idol” contestants are making the rounds, doing talk show appearances, special concerts at shopping malls and headlining solo shows to promote new albums………
Hearts throb for Constantine
With long, wavy brown hair and a ready smile, “American Idol” Top 10 season four finalist Constantine Maroulis looked the part Saturday afternoon at Woodland Mall.
And he warmed up to the hundreds of fans who came to see him perform a few songs at the back-to-school fashion show.
“I want to meet each and every one of you,” he told his audience in the mall’s food court………
Watch this!
…Tomorrow Aug. 27
Former à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“American Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ contestant Constantine Maroulis is having quite an effect on CBSà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“The Bold and the Beautiful.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ All month, the soap has been running the Boldface Challenge, in which viewers voted on their favorite duet performance by the showà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s characters. The grand prize winner of a trip to the set of the soap is announced at 1:30 p.m. on WBZ (Ch. 4)…
THE CHANGER
Daughtry
Daughtry
(RCA, 2006)
He’s got a rock sense about him.
He’s had more mainstream success than most rock bands would these days, and I believe that is because of American Idol. He didn’t have to fight the battle of people trying to figure out who he was. He’s got a great voice. It’s more of a bluesy soulful voice, and that’s what I was brought up on.
It’s bluesy, earthy and gutsy, which is what I love.
Guitarist James Young of Styx
Lousy Is the Best They Can Ever Be
….All of which raises the question: Why? Why do people love bad art? Why is there a cult museum near Boston proudly dedicated à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“to bringing the worst of art to the widest of audiencesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ? And why does history afford a special place for the creatively incompetent, from poets like William McGonagall (the immortal versifier of à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“The Tay Bridge Disasterà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ) to singers like Florence Foster Jenkins (whose inability to sing packed Carnegie Hall) and, more recently, the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“American Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ reject William Hung (whose inability to do anything of artistic note has turned him into a celebrity)? Why, in fact, is so much latter-day TV obsessed with celebrating cultural failure?….
‘Why did you cut me out of your life?’ asks the agent who made Charlotte Church a superstar
….Charlotte’s leap to fame remains an astonishing story, even now. It was the TV producer Nigel Lythgoe à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ the man behind Popstars and American Idol à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ who first told me about a precocious young girl he had met.
Charlotte had been on ITV’s The Big, Big Talent Show, hosted by Jonathan Ross, and although it had been only the briefest of appearances, Lythgoe had been impressed….
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40 Responses to “Idol Headlines for 08/26/07”
For reasons unknown, none of the Idol concert dates have been reported on Billboard Boxscore. There might be a summary after the tour has ended, but not necessarily.
We might have to wait till the end of the year totals from Boxscore or Pollstar.
Thanks for posting the UK Chart info for Daughtry, Lisa B. It’ll be interesting to see how he does there, since the British critics did not seem to like him at all.
Did the Idol concert dates show up last year on Billboard? Are they even obligated to post the concert results?
After following the Idol CDs released this year, it’s pretty clear that reviews and sales have no relation to each other. Getting a bad review for your album doesn’t mean much unlike movies/books/theatre where it seems to matter.
Ken Barnes (at Idol Chatter) had tour stats for the season 5 tour last August (August 15th to be precise).
I can hear the chorus of Tattoo if I concentrate. Like a tattoo! It’s no earworm, though.
Sarah, have fun at the Taylor concert!
I went to Flavorfest today (Whole Food sponsored event in a park where they give away lots of free food and samples) and they had kids from the School of Rock playing. They were great! It was fun and reminded me how lucky the peeps who make it on Idol really are.
ETA: Just to clarify, the local Chicago School of Rock, not the kids from the movie.
Pure Tone updated their site with Blake’s signing announcement:
BLAKE LEWIS SIGNS TO 19/ARISTA. ALBUM DUE LATER THIS YEAR! 08.26.07
Blake Lewis, the amazing performer from Botthel, Washington who America came to love as part of this past season’s American Idol, has signed a record deal with 19 Recordings/Arista Records. Pure Tone’s Pete Ganbarg will A&R Blake’s major label debut, working along side of Arista’s Clive Davis and 19’s Simon Fuller and Iain Pirie. Already on board for Blake’s debut are producers Ryan “Alias” Tedder (Timbaland, Leona Lewis), Jonathan “JR” Rotem (Sean Kingston, Rihanaa “SOS”) and the team of S*A*M & Sluggo (Gym Class Heroes, Boys Like Girls). Blake’s album is due later this year!
(hope you’re having fun Sarah!!)
http://www.myspace.com/jordinsparks
there are a few more one minute samples of her songs
Hey, thanks for the Puretone update, Star. Sounds very promising to me.
BigNLiddle, thanks for the Jordin tracks. She sounds great. Don’t care too much for the songs, though. I like “When the Pain Goes” the best. It has a country vibe. It’s still generic, but who knows?
I think those other two samples are pre-Idol…but someone correct me if I’m wrong.
I’m back. I had a blast! Taylor was in great voice, and I have some good snark too (not on Taylor, just on general things).
My seats were great! Front row, but not on the correct side for me to be able to… *ahem* admire Loren all night.
Anyway, thanks Spense for the tix. I wish you’d been able to come. I wasn’t able to find anyone else to go, but it was fine, because I still had fun and enjoyed the show.
Full recap forthcoming. I’ll send it to MJ.
hi lu
Boulder
http://thumbsnap.com/v/dnTCecgH.jpg
http://absolutist.com/cgi-bin/gametop.pl?g=bub&l=1
(Scroll down a bit til you see ME!!!)
WOW!!!!! My personal best of 118,000 looks like mere carp against these totals. LOL..CONGRATS.
Hi, janerazor. Thanks.
I don’t think it is exactly random for Elliott to choose to visit the Philippines. He must have heard a lot of Filipino AI fans rooted for him. In the etrainstation, for instance, most of the moderators are Filipinos and there are also a good number of Filipino members there (the one who actually started etrainstation is in fact a Filipino). Also, one of his best friends from AI is Sway, who is Filipino. In his CD, he thanked the “Zobel Family” and the owners of the big mall chain sponsoring his mini-tour here are the Zobel de Ayalas, who also brought in to the Philippines Constantine Maroulis a couple of years ago, so there might be something to that. Also, the Philippines is generally a big American Idol-watching (and music-loving) country.
The Philippines also does like to have foreign artists (many nostalgia acts included) visit for concerts. This year alone, we have had several of them, including Christina Aguilera. I understand other upcoming acts include Fall Out Boy, Switchfoot (?), and Josh Grobin in October.
One other motivation for Elliott’s visit, though, I speculate, is that it will give him a chance to go on a (brief) vacation outside of the US. His schedule shows a few free days, at least. He must have heard we have some beautiful beaches here and was offered a pretty good (vacation) package by the sponsors. ;-D
Elliott Yamin is not exactly a household name here (yet
), but he has gotten very good airplay in the Top 40 stations, despite his CD still being unavailable in the local record stores. The other day, I posted how one big station rated (on-air) his CD “5 out of 5″ and “6 out of 5″ stars. In the same station, his Wait For You was number one in the weekly countdown for 6 straight weeks (I understand Daughtry’s It’s Not Over was number one for 5 weeks) and remains in the Top 10 until now. Other stations are also playing his other songs, including One Word, Alright, Movin’ On, and You Are The One. In other words, he has a pretty good following here. It is perhaps modest in number as of yet, but the “rabid” ones among us are definitely delighted and will certainly give him a good reception when he comes. (An etrain moderator said Elliott himself has said he is very excited about this visit.) 
Thanks for the info, purplesmile!
I do hope that Elliott gets to relax on the beach for a couple days when he’s in the Philippines. He’s had such a full schedule!