Today’s Idol headlines after the jump…
Packing up, moving out
As the fair comes to a close, vendors say they’ll be back
….The biggest one-day draw was Saturday, when 170,000 people showed up for an on-stage performance by former “American Idol” finalist Kellie Pickler.
“There’s no doubt that Kellie Pickler packed the house,” said Frenkel, who noted that this year’s event drew attendees from Florida, Alabama and Georgia……
Bucky Covington & Jason Michael Carroll
Bucky Covington of American Idol fame and Jason Michael Carroll who’s known for such hits as “Alyssa Lies” both performed in Tulsa at Cain’s Ballroom Sunday.
FOX23’s Justin Wilfon sat down with both of them for an exclusive interview.
Just hours before the show it’s time for a sound check on one of country’s music’s hottest tours…….
Cheery Clarkson sings her way out of rocky summer
Kelly Clarkson hasn’t had a great year. The first season “American Idol” champ was taken to task over the direction of her new album in a very public dispute with record industry head honcho Clive Davis, and her summer tour was sacked due to lagging ticket sales.
But Clarkson weathered the storm Sunday with a strong, confident performance at a near-capacity Fillmore Detroit……
The English beat: They kick our butt on the national anthem
OK, I had to switch over to the Giants-Dolphins game on Fox to see the intro. The Star-Spangled Banner was nice and respectful (which is a small victory owing to our friendly relations with the Brits, because we might not get such a warm reception in other countries).
Then it was time for God Save The Queen, by none other than Paul Potts, the first-ever winner of “Britain’s Got Talent,” the forerunner to “American Idol.” Wow. I wasn’t even moved by his performance but by the 90,000 or so singing along. I know, they wouldn’t know the words to our anthem. But it reminded me of the kind of passion that makes the World Cup the best spectacle in sports. And it also struck me that we never, ever hear a crowd sing-along of our anthem.
I am waiting for the first spontaneous song to break out in the middle of a drive, and for the coaches to turn around with their What’s that? look
Pictures Of American Idol’s Diana DeGarmo Performing At The Wildhorse Saloon In Nashville
…It was obvious that John Rich sees a lot of promise in Diana DeGarmo. He talked her up big time (not that she needed it), and the big-wigs in the balcony seemed to be overwhelmingly receptive of her as a performer….
Lewis storms to top of charts
X-Factor winner Leona Lewis went straight to the top of the singles charts with “Bleeding Love”, the Official Charts Company said on Sunday.
“Bleeding Love” outsold Take That’s “Rule the World” by more than two to one, ensuring last week’s number two was a non-mover and making Lewis’s record — with sales of 218,000 — the fastest selling single in 2007 in its first week of release…..
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*shameless NOLA bait*
“I miss NOLA.”
“I wonder where NOLA has been?”
“NOLA, come to chat.“
For all you DWS fans I sure you are all familiar with Bruno and Len they had a bust up on SCD this weekend.
Bruno: Judge or Joker? - Strictly Come Dancing
Hi Lisa,
It says that video is “unavailable”. Bad link or operator error on my part?
A little off topic, but, is anyone watching Australian Idol? (I’m only on the top 5 episode so don’t ruin it for me! lol). It completely blows it’s American counterpart out of the water in terms of talent and fostering of the contestants.
And get this: the judges actually CARE about the contestants!
It works for me Carie.
I couldn’t get it to work either, Lisa. It says “this video is unavailable”.
It’s a BBC video maybe it’s not available Stateside sorry.
I think this is what Lisa was trying to share. It’s quite funny!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kt5Fflrut3E
No that’s not it.
A couple put in an extra lift the pro dancer concerned breaks the rules every year. All the judges penalised them bar Bruno who gave them a perfect score.
At the results show Len was yelling at Bruno. Bruno is defintely not flavour of the month with the rest of the judges.
Apparently, the Grammy Nomination lists have leaked. These nominations will be narrowed down to the set of 5 (or so) names that will be announced in early December (6th). Of course, the lists are thick with Idols, here are some of the ones they are up for (I’ll include the links in case people want to search for more names/titles):
Best New Artist (347 nominees)
Bucky Convington
Daughtry
Taylor Hicks
Katharine McPhee
Elliott Yamin
(Paris, Mandisa and Kellie are not listed)
http://www.freefilehosting.org/public/46305/best_new_artist.pdf
Record of the Year (661 Nominations)
Kelly Clarkson: “Never Again”, “Because of You (with Reba)”
Daughtry: “Crashed”, “It’s Not Over”
Fantasia: “When I See You”, “Put You Up On Game (with Aretha)”
Taylor Hicks: “Just To Feel That Way”
Katharine McPhee: “Over It”
Carrie Underwood: “Before He Cheats”, “So Small”
Elliott Yamin: “Wait for You”
http://www.freefilehosting.org/public/46310/record_year.pdf
Album of the Year (610 Nominations)
Kelly Clarkson: “My December”
Daughtry: “Daughtry”
Fantasia: “Fantasia”
Taylor Hicks: “Taylor Hicks”
Katharine McPhee: “Katharine McPhee”
Kellie Pickler: “Small Town Girl”
Elliott Yamin: “Elliott Yamin”
http://www.freefilehosting.org/public/46304/album_year.pdf
(continued in a later post)
There are 347 nominations for best new artist. I guess this list isn’t very selective. Some of these nominations
Okay, I’ll be serious. The only name on that list I expect to see nominated for Best New Artist is Daughtry. I don’t think any of those albums will be nominated for Album of the Year with the possible exception of Daughtry.
Welcome back Kirsten!!!!!!
Song of the Year (673 Nominations)- Songwriter award
Kelly Clarkson:
“Never Again” - Kelly Clarkson and Jimmy Messer
“One Minute” - Kelly Clarkson, Kara DioGurdi, Chantl Kreviazuk and Raine Maida
Daughtry:
“Crashed” - Dana Calitri, Chris Daughtry, Nina Ossoff and Kathy Sommer
“It’s Not Over” - Chris Daughtry, Gregg Wattenberg, Mark Wilkerson and Brett [Ace] Young
Carrie Underwood:
“So Small” - Luke Laird, Hilary Lindsey and Carrie Underwood
Fantasia’s “When I See You” and “Put Up Your Game” is nominated, but she was not a writer. Ditto with Taylor’s “Just to Feel that Way”, Katharine’s “Over It”, Carrie’s “Before He Cheats” and Elliott’s “Wait for You”
http://www.freefilehosting.org/public/46311/song_year.pdf
I don’t think Daughtry stands a chance against “The Hairy Aureolas” for best new artist.
Welcome back, Kirsten…you were missed!
Hits Daily Double has revised its estimates regarding Carrie’s first week sales:
Arista Nashville’s Carrie Underwood is in line to debut at #1 this week on the HITS’ Album Sales chart, with Carnival Ride looking at somewhere in the vicinity of 525-530k after a very active weekend.
Nope. These are the names put forward by the artist/label/whoever. You can’t win if you aren’t nominated. Obviously, there will be a major cull. It is kind of interesting which songs/arists are being put forth in each category though.
Pop Awards:
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (163 nominations)
Kimberley Locke: “Band of Gold”, “Change”
Katharine McPhee: “Over It”
Jordin Sparks: “Tattoo”
(oops, forgot to check for Kim in the previous categories, sorry)
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance (144 nominations)
Taylor Hicks: “Just To Feel That Way”
Elliott Yamin: “Wait for You”
Okay….William Shatner is also nominated in this category for “What Kind of Fool Am I”…hmmm….
Best Pop Performance By a Duo or Group with Vocals (104 nominations):
Daughtry: “Home”
Best Pop Vocal Album (264 nominations):
Taylor Hicks: “Taylor Hicks”
Kimberley Locke: “Based on a True Story”
Katharine McPhee: “Katharine McPhee”
Elliott Yamin: “Elliott Yamin”
http://www.freefilehosting.org/public/46308/Pop.pdf
So cool seeing the nominations. Thanks Kirsten! I would think Daughtry is a shoo-in for a best new artist nom with the biggest-selling album of the year. I expect Carrie’s Before He Cheats to land in some category. And maybe Elliott in Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for Wait for You. Those all seem to have a broadbase of critical and commercial success enough to get a nomination somewhere.
R&B:
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (31 Nominees)
Fantasia: “When I See You”
Best R&B Song(90 Nominees)
Fantasia: “When I See You” (songwriter award, she did not write it)
Best Contemporary R&B Album (26 nominees)
Fantasia: “Fantasia”
http://www.freefilehosting.org/public/46309/r-b.pdf
Holy Milli Vanilli Batman! Never thought of that. Great question. Since that award is for the artist and not the album, I assume it would go to the current lineup. But that’s just a guess.
Supposedly ballots “must be received (Not Postmarked) by November 7, 2007″ so whatever is on the charts in October will probably be influential.
Country:
Best Female Country Vocal Performance (54 nominees):
Kellie Pickler: “I Wonder”, “Red High Heels”
Carrie Underwood: “Before He Cheats”, “So Small”
Best Male Country Vocal Performance (83 nominees):
Bucky Covington: “A Different World”
Best Country Collaboration with Vocals (54 nominees)
Kelly Clarkson (with Reba McEntire): “Because of You”
Carrie Underwood (with Brad Paisley): “Oh Love”
Best Country Song (126 nominations) Song Writers
“I Wonder” (Kellie) - Chris Lindsey, Aimee Majo, Kellie Pickler and Karyn Rochelle
“Red High Heels (Kellie) - Chris Lindsey, Aimee Mayo, Kellie Pickler and Karyn Rochelle
“So Small” (Carrie) - Lu8ke Laird, Hillary Lindsey and Carrie Underwood
Songs sung by (but not written by Idols: “Before He Cheats” (Carrie) and “A Different World” (Bucky)
Best Country Album (79 nominations):
Bucky Covington: “Bucky Covington”
Kellie Pickler: “Small Town Girl”
http://www.freefilehosting.org/public/46306/country.pdf
I’m not checking for Rap, Dance, Alternative, Traditional Pop, Latin, Alternative, Reggae, Folk, Comedy or Spoken Word because I’m thinking that there aren’t too many Idols showing up in there. Here is the link to the list of linksif you are interested:
http://pulsemusic.proboards48.com/index.cgi?board=gmn&action=display&thread=1193675191
Here is the one for Music Videos:
http://www.grammy.com/PDFs/entry/Music_video.pdf
Technically, these are Grammy ENTRIES, not nominations.
I saw this list on another site
Kelly Clarkson- 8 Possible Nods
*Best Country Collaboration (”Because of You”)
*Best Short Form Music Video (”Because of You”)
*Best Short Form Music Video (”Never Again”)
*Best Rock Solo Performance (”Never Again”)
*Best Rock Album (My December)
*Record of the Year (”Never Again”)
*Album of the Year (My December)
*Song of the Year (”Never Again”)
Kellie Pickler- 6 Possible Nods
*Best Female Country Performance (”I Wonder”)
*Best Female Country Performance (”Red High Heels”)
*Best Country Song (”I Wonder”)
*Best Country Album (Small Town Girl)
*Best Short Form Music Video (”I Wonder”)
*Album of the Year (Small Town Girl)
Fantasia- 9 Potential Nods
*Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (”When I See You”)
*Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group (”Put You Up On Game”)
*Best Contemporary R&B Album (Fantasia)
*Best Gospel Performance (”Endow Me”)
*Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (”Hood Boi”)
*Best Short-Form Music Video (”When I See You”)
*Record of the Year (”When I See You”)
*Record of the Year (”Put You Up on Game”)
*Album of the Year (Fantasia)
Bucky Covington: 3 Nods
*Best Male Country Vocal Performance (”A Different World”)
*Best Country Album (Bucky Covington)
-Best New Artist
Katherine McPhee: 5 Nods
-Best Short Form Music Video (”Over It”)
-Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (”Over It”)
-Best Pop Vocal Album (Katherine McPhee)
-Best New Artist
-Record of the Year (”Over It”)
Jordin Sparks: 3 Eligible Nods
-Best Short Form Music Video (”Tattoo”)
-Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (”Tattoo”)
-Record of the Year (”Tattoo”)
Carrie Underwood: 8 Eligible Nods
-Best Country Female Vocal Performance (”So Small”)
-Best Female Country Vocal Performance (”Before He Cheats”)
-Best Country Collaboration (”Oh Love”)
-Best Country Song (”So Small”)
-Record of the Year (”Before He Cheats”)
-Record of the Year (”So Small”)
-Song of the Year (”So Small”)
Mandisa- 2 Possible Nods
-Best Gospel Performance (”Only the World”)
-Best Pop/Contempoary Gospel Album (True Beauty)
Daughtry- 11 Possible Nods
-Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group (”It’s Not Over”)
-Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group (”Crashed”)
-Best Rock Song (”Crashed”)
-Best Rock Song (”It’s Not Over”)
-Best Rock Album (Daughtry)
-Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group (”Home”)
-Record of the Year (”It’s Not Over”)
-Record of the Year (”Crashed”)
-Best New Artist
-Album of the Year (Daughtry)
-Song of the Year (”It’s Not Over”)
Jennifer Hudson- 1 Possible Nod
-Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance (”Love You I Do”)
Kimberly Locke- 3 Possible Nods
-Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (”Band of Gold”)
-Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (”Change”)
-Best Pop Vocal Album (Based on a True Story)
Taylor Hicks- 5 Possible Nods
-Best Male Pop Vocal Performance (”Just to Feel That Way”)
-Best Pop Vocal Album (Taylor Hicks)
-Best New Artist
-Record of the Year (”Just to Feel That Way”)
-Album of the Year (Taylor Hicks)
Elliott Yamin- 5 Possible Nods
-Best Male Pop Vocal Performance (”Wait for You”)
-Best Pop Vocal Album (Elliott Yamin)
-Best New Artist
-Record of the Year (”Wait for You”)
-Album of the Year (Elliott Yamin)
So glad to see you made it home safe Kirsten! You were missed around here! :)
A trailer for Blake’s album, “Audio Day Dream,” has been posted on youtube and his official site. In the background, you can hear parts of “Know Your Name.” Josh Hoge wrote the song and confirmed to Sarah after the Elliott Yamin concert last night that it would be a one of Blake’s singles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9-cECS7yUQ
In the meantime, Ken Barnes got to listen to a preview of the first single which is called, “Break Anotha.” He says it goes to radio tomorrow.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/idolchatter/2007/10/blake-sets-albu.html?loc=interstitialskip
I’m not sure why Ken doesn’t realize Blake’s album is entitled “Audio Day Dream” since it’s listed as such on Blake’s official site.
It would be great if Elliott scored a nomination. If Kellie, Daughtry, and Bucky possibly got one too, would that make them the first non-winners to score nominations?
As for possible Idol nominations, I think the following are good to excellent possibilities:
Kelly
-Best Country Collaboration (”Because of You”)
Fantasia
-Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (”When I See You”)
-Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group (”Put You Up On Game”)
Carrie Underwood:
-Best Female Country Vocal Performance (”Before He Cheats” and/or “So Small”)
-Best Country Song (”So Small”)
-Record of the Year (”Before He Cheats”)
Daughtry
-Best Rock Album (Daughtry)
-Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group (”Home”)
-Best New Artist
Jennifer Hudson
-Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance (”Love You I Do”)
And Elliot has an outside chance for pop male vocal.
That’s a nicely formatted version of the information. Thanks for bringing that over.
This song should also be included under “Ace Young” since he is one of the listed authors of that song.
Ooops! Yes, that is much less confusing.
Any thoughts on why Kellie managed to get so many nominations but not for BNA? Was somebody asleep at the wheel?
Okay, I suck at grammar/spelling, but even I am starting weep for the future generations. What’s wrong with “Break Another”? In other news…chanting? I’m envisioning Gregorian Chants…LOL…I’m sure they mean something else.
Thanks for all the warm welcome backs (on this thread and the other thread)!
Oh, and thanks for the list, Kirsten.
Aside from Daughtry, I could see nominations for Before He Cheats, Fantasia and Elliott (keeping fingers crossed here.) Maybe Pickler and that’s about it. Best new artist for both Daughtry and Elliott would be a dream come true for me but not really possible in a year with many stong new female artists.
intresting that Jordin’s video is nominated when it has yet to be released . hopefully she can get nominated for Pop female . not sure why she is not listed for new artist which might come next year even though she had a single out this year before the deadline .
BREAKING NEWS
Never one to let a little cribbing of artistic ideas slow him down, upon hearing the leaked lyrics to Bucky and Elliott’s soon to be hit, Honky Tonk Chanukah, little d™ has leaked the lyrics from his own Christmas song. Inspired by his recent trip to Australia, here is the single, My Own Kangaroo, from little d™ ’s upcoming holiday album…. “A Very Aussie Christmas.”
**strangely, it sounds much like “On Top of Old Smokey,” if you ask me**
My Own Kangaroo
ETA:
Welcome back Kirsten, eh. :)
Daughtry’s My Own Kangaroo should be a late entry to the Grammy offerings - I can see it completely dominating every category
MOKWD!!!!!
KIRSTEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That’s not NOLA bait…this is NOLA bait:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7W1s-g6MSxE
From the Hits Daily Double Building Chart with 45.27% reporting:
1 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 329,918 CARNIVAL RIDE
37 DAUGHTRY RCA/RMG 9,563 DAUGHTRY
Carrie’s first week sales for “Some Hearts” were 314,549, so she’s cruising along at a higher altitude already…
Kellie Pickler got beat by Taylor Swift.
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Clay may have been nominated and is doing quite well.
Yes I give more credit to artists who can wrtie a whole song than not..
Bruce Springstien and Paul Pott rules them all.
BEETLEJUICE
I really hope that Carrie and Brad Paisley get a nom for “Oh Love” I love that song so much and it was a great colloboration.
There are several means of baiting a NOLA… ;)
A myspace update bulletin from Katharine McPhee thanks her fans for their support and says: “This next year is going to be amazing musically and I look forward to sharing with you all very soon.”
I’m excited!
WAHOO!!!! Fresh snark for the new year.
I guess that means Kat’s “movie career” hit a wall. I thought she was filming a few movies this year. .
Wonder if it has to do w/ her working w/ David Foster (according to posters)
She has finished the first movie jp and I believe she is filming another movie but I don’t really know when. I haven’t followed her movie career much as I am more interested in her music.
I’m excited to hear what projects she will be working on. I look forward to new Katharine music and I’m also looking really forward to the Elliott/Kat duet- should be good!
Maybe she’ll be singing lullabys for the first of her 15 child…ya know, one of the two which will be coming from her own vagina. (** yes, her words**)