Idol Headlines for 10/12/08
Reba & Clarkson: Double the pleasure for concertgoers
Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson entered EnergySolutions Arena on Friday night singing “Sweet Dreams Are Made of This” – and the country diva’s earthy twang and the young rocker’s soaring vocals often melded into dreamlike harmonies throughout the night.
Clarkson brought a slightly harder edge to the two hours of duets while McEntire added her sweet country charm.
“We’re tickled to pieces to be here in Salt Lake City,” McEntire told the packed arena. “We hope y’all have half as much fun as we plan on having up here.”
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Music Review: Elliott Yamin – My Kind of Holiday
A holiday album jam-packed with upbeat yuletide tunes, Elliott Yamin hits it on the head with his newest release, My Kind of Holiday.
When someone hears the name Elliott Yamin, many people automatically think à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“former American Idol Season Five contestantà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ and singer of the hit slow-tempo ballad à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Wait For You.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ One of the hottest acts coming out of the hit TV Show, Yamin delivers a stellar album well in time for the upcoming holiday season.
Elliott Yamin “My Kind of Holiday” Review: My Kind of Christmas CD
October may mean Halloween for most of us, but for the record industry it means time to release Christmas CDs and Idol alumni are well represented this seasonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦
This week, Elliott Yamin released à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“My Kind of Holiday,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ which combines last yearà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Target exclusive à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Sounds of the Seasonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ release with two new tracks.
Country: Kristy Lee Cook
With Kristy Lee Cook, Nashville’s corporate tastemakers have once more turned to their cost-effective marketing tool, television’s “American Idol.” There, they’ve found a singer who is marginally talented but young and attractive. If you think otherwise, consider that the 24-year-old crooner managed only a seventh-place finish in the series’ seventh season.
Cook’s Arista Records debut, “Why Wait,” is an uninspired mash of song mill fare presented in a pop style one might expect from a singer whose role models include Shania Twain, Faith Hill and LeAnn Rimes. With her indistinct voice and mediocre songs, Cook doesn’t measure up.
Reality check for ‘Bees’ stars
For The Secret Life of Bees, director Gina Prince-Bythewood had to help her cast understand the realities of life in the American South some 45 years ago. The film is set at a time when African-Americans were considered to be second-class citizens, and those who tried to register to vote were often beaten or worse.
For Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson, who plays Dakota Fanning’s housekeeper in the movie, Prince-Bythewood came up with a unique way to illustrate history. She told Hudson, 27, and Fanning to meet her at a certain location, but she didn’t tell them why.
Tom Bergeron is the host with the most to say
Turns out à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Dancing with the Starsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ co-host Tom Bergeron isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t always the Mr. Nice Guy you see on TV!
Bergeron, who is in the process of writing his memoirs, said he will dish on how he keeps his cool in the face of a lot of Hollywood aggravation.
à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“The subtext is a lot about the years of meditation Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve done to keep the hot temper – which I hope is never on display on camera – in control,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ said Bergeron, a Haverhill homey and the ex-host of WBZà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“People Are Talkingà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ and the MAGIC 106.7 morning show.
Mary Murphy & Nigel Lythgoe on the 2008 Really Awards Red Carpet
Reality Star interviewer extraordinaire, Albert Lawrence sent me the tip about these terrific red carpet interviews he did at this yearà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s FOX Reality Channel Really Awards. In this first clip, Albert talks to Mary Murphy, judge for So You Think You Can Dance about her dance number on this summerà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s season finale. She told him she thinks sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s still got everythingà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ 
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40 Responses to “Idol Headlines for 10/12/08”
Hey, give the kid a break, he is heartbroken because Kristy Lee Cook was voted off… his poor teen age heart is broken how you spect him to sing well… lol this thing is funny…
Camp Shoulda Been is fun! Thanks Folkfan!
even stupider…SOME contestants get to sing songs not even related to the beatles theme at all. lol..and how do we know robbie didn’t get up there and forget every single word to the soviet union national anthem? huh?
I don’t think it’s meant to be taken that seriously. It’s just for fun.
From what I can tell, they just have fun with selecting the songs for the “holdover” contestants. So, with LaKisha in Season 6, they had her sing songs identified with past Idol contestants, just as she did earlier in the season when she sang “Jesus Take the Wheel” and “I Believe.” But the numbers are the same regardless of what song they are attached to—they are somehow calculated based on past performance for each contestant, with a deterioration based on their database.
Top 8 (Innocent) would definitely seem to be the test for David C.
I just spent an hour reading all the reviews they had for the season. I think it’s hilarious. I was disappointed that they didn’t have the entire season reviewed. It’s all hypothetical but being that Kelly is the only winner who Should-A Been according to them, it has me a bit nervous for David Cook’s chances.
I think I’ve figured out their system, and the fact that Carly got an even worse score Top 8 night means Cook should be okay. (Remember Carly and the Queen song where she was all cranky and screamy? On Inspiration Night? It was kinda cool.) If I’m right, MJ lasts till Top 3, Syesha will be F2 with Cook, and Alaina Whitaker, of all people, may be around till Top 5. I wonder what songs they’ll pick for Alaina. I find it very funny and besides, I like fantasy leagues. What can I say?
Meanwhile, my faves like Elliott and Melinda won their Camp Should-A seasons, and J-Hud is third her season behind Fantasia at #2 and LaToya at #1, which is kind of awesome.
A list of songs selected by David Archuleta:
Music you should hear in Amazon
Smartcookie, I was pondering how whatnottosing satsifies that same love of stats that baseball does. Looking at it, I think that you’re right in your final three.
It’s interesting that Syesha makes it Top 2, given that some people have questioned how Syesha stayed so long, given that there has not been a very visible showing of her having a big fanbase. But playing with camp Should A Been might just give us the answer—Syesha may never have had a huge performance, like Imagine, Billie Jean, Let It Be, or Hallelujah, that drew raves throughout the internet. But she never had a train wreck either.
cruzceleste, thanks for posting that song list by David A. My morbid sense of curiousity made me take a peek. Wildly eclectic with some respectable choices. Led Zeppellin and Joni Mitchell…this kid is full of surprises, and I meant that in a good way.
^^ lol you are welcome, IÂ ´m surprise myself, love it most of the songs that he likes…
That’s a really interesting list, cruzceleste. Some good stuff, some great stuff, some unfamiliar stuff (for me) that I have to go check out!
This is random speculation, but looking at that list made me wonder what types/mix of songs would be on Archie’s first album, and I wonder if it’ll be mostly pop/R&B (like Crush, or Jordin’s album), or mixed with some of his more eclectic music tastes as well. Based on the fact that he’s been trying to write and get some original stuff on it, I’m beginning to lean towards the latter, provided Jive permits it. I’d be more likely to pick up the album with the latter, too, rather than cherry picking the catchy/fun pop singles. I wonder if he’ll put a full length version of Imagine on it, since fans never got a studio version.
^I really clueless but excited at the same time about what kind of music the album will have, hopefully we will see some of his originals works… I don ´t think Imagine will be in the album… there is rumors about him reocrding Angels and Crush in spanish, I really hope the later one is not true…
Wow that song list DA had on Amazon is so diverse. I’m impressed. I’m going to have to check some of that out, there’s a few i’ve never heard before!
David Archuleta has exquisite musical taste. Natalie Cole, Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell, Queen. Wow!