Today’s Idol headlines after the jump…
Gospel Music Association honors new Hall of Famers
…On hand were American Idol alum Melinda Doolittle, Keaggy’s musician son Ian, former P.O.D. member Jason Truby and Duane Allen of The Oak Ridge Boys, among others
Sentencing of former ‘Idol’ star continued
Wednesday’s sentencing of former “American Idol” contestant Corey Clark was continued after his attorney said he plans to file a motion for Clark to withdraw his guilty plea. The hearing began with attorney Richard Geller asking the judge to have the public removed from the courtroom. Saying it was a request he never made before, he told the judge the reason he was asking was because he thought the case was unique in many ways. He did not say in what ways……..
Kelly Clarkson Warns Lewis To ‘Fight’ Cowell.
Kelly Clarkson Warns Lewis To ‘Fight’ Cowell….
Pop star Kelly Clarkson has given some sound advice to fellow reality show winner Leona Lewis - warning the British singer to stand up for herself against Simon Cowell.
The Since You’Ve Been Gone hitmaker was crowned winner of 2002’s American Idol - Cowell’s U.S. equivalent to U.K. talent show Pop Idol - but clashed with the music mogul and her J Records label boss Clive Davis over the musical direction of her latest disc, My December.
And Clarkson has urged Lewis to “fight” for what she believes in - even if her mentor Cowell disagrees………
Clarkson’s come a long way from Idol days
Judging by the sagging careers of Ruben Studdard and Taylor Hicks, being crowned an “American Idol” carries with it the curse of being a short-term curiosity with long-term irrelevancy.
Unless your name is Kelly Clarkson. The 25-year-old Texas native became the television contest’s inaugural winner in 2002 and since then managed to not just distance herself from the franchise, but to launch a career that is her own. These days, she is taking great pains to demonstrate she doesn’t work through a puppeteer’s strings. Last summer, in a highly public feud, she fired her management company and minced words with label boss Clive Davis over the direction of “My December” (RCA), her third album. The result was twofold: Her arena tour was canceled (originally planned at the Allstate Arena) and she earned a reputation as a feisty diva, answerable to no one’s manipulations but her own……..
Beyond ‘Idol:’ Before Asheville show, Yamin talks about writing songs, odd job and charity groups
His MySpace page tells readers, “Sing like Yamin it!” and that’s exactly what Elliott Yamin has been doing lately.
Having to quickly overcome his shyness, the former “American Idol” contestant has been touring for months in support of his self-titled debut album. His first single from the album, “Wait for You,” has been a radio hit and his second single, “One Word,” was released on radio in October.
We caught up with Yamin talk about his days since “Idol,” his new album and other things you may not know about him. Yamin will perform Saturday at The Orange Peel……
‘Don’t Let the Disease
Hold You Back’
American Idol’s Elliott Yamin reflects on his
diabetes… his music… and his true love
Elliott Yamin is proud. And he has every reason to be. The 29-year-old’s first single, “Wait for You,” just went gold; he’s still basking in the American Idol glow (he came in an impressive third in Idol ’s fifth season); he’s learned to manage his Type I diabetes and, as spokesperson for the American Diabetes Association, help others do the same.
In an exclusive interview, Yamin spoke with Parade.com’s Caitlin O’Toole about his illness, his fame, Idol …and the love of his life………
American IDOL’s Mandisa will ring in the holiday season with Christmas EP
After a highly successful label debut with “True Beauty,”
American Idol’s own MANDISA will be celebrating the season with her Christmas EP featuring four
tracks available digitally today and in stores nationwide November 20th just in time for the holidays.
“Christmas Joy EP” will feature classics “Joy to the World” and “O Holy Night” as well as the Stevie………
BACKSTAGE PASS: Daughtry at ‘Home’ with new sound
Chris Daughtry says he never really worried that he had just seen his big shot at a music career slip out of his grasp when he was voted off of “American Idol” by the show’s audience last season — despite initially being considered a frontrunner for the title.
“I didn’t feel like that,” Daughtry said in a recent phone interview. “It was definitely a shock to me at that moment in time. You’re in a contest, and you get to a point where you want to win it. That’s why you got in it. And then when that didn’t happen it was like ‘Oh,’ so you have to kind of re-think your game plan a little bit.”
Maybe somewhere inside Daughtry immediately knew that all was not lost. But he certainly couldn’t have known how much good losing the way he did on “Idol” was going to do for his rock ’n’ roll career.
The dust — and the outcry over Daughtry losing any chance to win — had not even settled before it became clear just how big an impression he had made on the show.
“It took me about two days to get over it,” Daughtry said in a recent phone interview. “I was like ‘You know what, keep going with it and move on.’ Next thing you know, Clive Davis wanted to meet with me, and the rest is history.” …….
Ear Candy with Travis Hay
Bothell boy, Ear Candy homie and American Idol runner up, Blake Lewis, is prepping his debut album “Audio Day Dream (A.D.D.)” for its Dec. 4 release.
You can give the record’s first single “Break Anotha” a listen by clicking here.
While Ear Candy is definitely not a closeted Blake fan, I will say this vert Justin Timberlaked single has Top 40 radio play written all over it. Expect to hear it bumping on radios throughout the Northwest this winter. I just hope Blake doesn’t mind the “TimberBlake” nickname…….
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I like how Chris D’s family has grown lately. For some reason the writers seem to love to add 2 kids to it.
I haven’t heard Blake’s single on the radio but since I seldom listen to stations that would play it, that’s not surprising. I don’t mind the “TimberBlake” nickname if it means it will get airplay.
Daughtry’s CD debuted at No. 1? “What I Want” was a multi-format hit? Please! It wouldn’t take but just a little bit of research for the writer to find out that (1) the Daughtry CD did not debut at No. 1 even though it did make it to No. 1 several weeks later and (2) “What I Want” was released to rock-radio only; “Over You” is actually the third multi-format hit.
I listened to Blake’s new single and hey, I really do like it! Jordin’s “Tattoo” - heh, don’t care for it.
Taylor needs to have a higher profile to combat the “sagging career” tag he’s getting.Too bad he lost that World Series thing. Even a corny Oscar Meyer gig or big charity performance wouldn’t hurt. He and his fans may be fine but this is more about the general public’s view of him.
Now that Jordin has her video and Blake will be getting his quite soon, I’m even more surprised that Taylor never got one. It would have kept his image out there even if cost some $. If that was his label’s decision, they screwed him.
Emily axed from the X Factor
X FACTOR finalist Emily Nakanda has left the show after being caught in a second shock video — beating up a teenage girl.
“She has chosen to withdraw herself from the competition with immediate effect,” said a show spokesperson.
Sharon Osbourne, Emily’s mentor on the show said: “I am deeply saddened by this whole situation.”
The happy slapping video — sent via mobile phone to kids near Emily’s home — shows the 15-year-old launching an attack in her school uniform………
The Sun
Did anybody watch Clay Aiken last night on “Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?”
I didn’t watch it but I caught the end of his segment while flipping channels. He won $300,000 for his charity.
I did, mj. He did great! First time I ever saw the show and even tho the questions seem really easy sitting at home, I’m sure they can be intimidating while you’re there. Mostly trivial facts you learn in school and don’t retain. But his foundation got $300,000!
I also watched Clay. Thought he did a great job but he did work with handicapped children before auditioning for idol.
Uhhhh–I think the questions are hard as crap…and I was an A-Student (30 years ago!)
Clay was very entertaining on 5th Grader. Him saying the “Mark Twain” answer freaked him out was hysterical — I’d have wondered about that kid getting the right answer, too.
Too bad he bowed out with the right answer. He could have gotten $500,000 with his James Madison answer. But he showed himself to be very smart and funny.
Video for Carrie’s new Disney track:
http://disneymusic.disney.go.com/albums/enchanted.html
People’s “2007 Sexiest Men Alive”:
http://www.people.com/people/package/video/0,,20154290_20154496_20154498,00.html
Only one AI repeat from last year, at least that I can find…
Obviously, I think it’s far too early to say Taylor’s career is sagging. His album did well (not by Carrie standards, but Fantasia also hasn’t sold like that) and his concert tour went well too. I do think the single choice was bad & late, and it affected airplay, etc. Hopefully his 2nd album will be better/do better much like Kelly Clarkston’s 2nd album did. Still, in the long run, I don’t think that matters so much to Taylor. I think he has the money to do what he likes now, he will hopefully create that which suits him & his career, big or small, is far bigger than it ever was or more than he’d hoped for.
Okay, that sexiest men vid was too fast. I didn’t see any AI people. Who did I miss?
I think I saw a short bald guy from last year. Taylor’s sagging career is media spin (not my opinion) because he has low visibility. But again, that perception may not be a problem for him or his fans.
Go Phil! Though he’s not that short…wait a minute, I’m already onto season 7 speculation (that Cody that’s been creating so much buzz sounds like he’ll be giving Josh Turner a run for his money in the looks department)…surely old sex-on-a-stick isn’t still inexplicably turning heads is he? Takes all types I guess.
I’m truly surprised that Constantine’s armpit sniffing picture didn’t make the cut. If that’s not hot, nothing is (Ack! Barf! as my friend Bill the Cat used to say).
So, who has the list of questions that Clay got asked? I love triva and want to know if I’m “Smarter than an Idol Runner-up”. When is Kellie on the show? Let’s find out just how deceptively intelligent that girl is.
Yeah, I think that was Chris for a nanosecond, just before Clive Owen. He should probably be up for “Most Virile Man Alive” instead, given his ability to father 2 children with a wife who had a hysterectomy while he was on Idol. Heh.
I wonder how many more newspapers are going to report that Chris has 4 children or is it six? The Cody guy sounds very cute. :)
Here’s a clip of Clay on “5th Grader”. He’s pretty endearing, actually.
http://www.rickey.org/?p=6225
ETA: AND, he won $300,000 for charity. Nice going!
The first time I read that sentence, my brain froze at the name “Clive”. “Oh, no” my panicked brain thought “Not pictures of Clive Davis in a speedo”. Whew. I need to stop hanging around AI sites before the name “Clive” is permanently ruined for me.
BTW, for those that need it, Walmart has the economy-sized Brain Bleach on special this week.
LOL, Kirsten. I did the same thing. I had to read it a second time.
I think that I’m one of the 5 left in the world still watching ER…snark if you must.
Anyway, Kelly Clarkson got a mention on the show last night. One of the patients had been to one of her concerts, caught a cold and died. So, not a ringing endorsement of her concert, but nice to get a mention in pop culture anyway.
At least the patient was a teenager. If it had been a senior expiring from old age, they would have just attended a Taylor concert.
Okay, I just laughed out loud (which I needed, cause I’m home with a cold.) I think each episode of ER should have a patient with some Idol related ailment.
On a downer note, this Yahoo news looks like things to come as EMI threatens to cut low selling artists from its music roster.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071102/ap_en_mu/britain_emi
I can’t help but notice that the article is by a guy I’ve read in the past — Mark Guarino.
This guy, for some strange reason, specializes in taking gratitious swipes at former idols, Taylor Hicks being his favorite pet peeve.
I suspect (but cannot prove) that it’s because he wants the article circulated among members of the Soul Patrol so that he can get more “hits” for it.
Loved Clay on AYSTAFG.
Plenty of Claymates there. Pretty funny when Jeff was teasing Clay. Definitely some tension in the air.
So far, today, I’ve mentioned Season 1,2,4,5,6 and 7 in my posts. I guess Season 3 needs some love.
Er….Fantasia’s duet with Aretha “Put You Up on Game” is up to 16 on the UAC chart.
Okay, back to news about Season 6…here is the track listing for Jordin’s CD:
1 Tattoo
2 One Step At A Time
3 No Air duet with Chris Brown
4 Freeze
5 Shy Boy
6 Now You Tell Me
7 Next To You
8 Just For The Record
9 Permanent Monday
10 Young And In Love
11 See My Side
12 God Loves Ugly
13 This Is My Now
From the Barnes and Nobles site.
I see that they have sagely put the Idol coronation song back on the winner’s CD this year. I’m sure that it’s absence last year was the reason Taylor’s CD sold so relatively poorly (Ack! Barf!)
Let me annotate my first impressions:
1 Tattoo - 19E’s ode to Daughtry
2 One Step At A Time - One Day at A Time….anybody remember that show? I’m so old.
3 No Air duet with Chris Brown - No Soup for You. This reads like we don’t get the duet
4 Freeze - 19E’s ode to Canada
5 Shy Boy - He’s not arrogant, he’s just shy (use for any Idol or Mr. Darcy you know)
6 Now You Tell Me - That I have to pay recoupment on every last little thing
7 Next To You - An update of “Close To You”. Really, I have no comment.
8 Just For The Record - [Jordin]: I DID win. I am the technical and the real winner. And Season 6 does not suck
9 Permanent Monday - 19E’s ode to the day before the show airs
10 Young And In Love - Wait, is she 17?
11 See My Side - Why do I think Doubting Thomas and the recently risen from the dead are involved with this song…
12 God Loves Ugly - Well, well, well….this is intriguing. I’m sensing a “Very Special After School Song”
13 This Is My Now - Ack! Barf! I hope this shows up on Blake’s album too. All the Blaker Girls will have to scratch that track of the album with a paper clip.
Ok…call me clueless, but why would there be tension between Jeff and Clay? I thought the program was delightful….Clay was very funny and I thought very at-ease. (Just for info, I had never heard of Clay until season 5…my first exposure to AI!) Those questions seemed easy but if I have any money possibly to lose…..well, I wouldn’t have gambled past the first question….and I knew the answers! LOL
Forget tattoos, branding is the hottest new trend
….Insurance clerk Paul Doling, from Eastbourne, East Sussex, had eight circles in two lines burnt onto his forearm, which took an hour to complete.
The 29-year-old said: “It was an incredible experience. There was smoke coming out of my arm and my burnt flesh smelled like a cross between chicken and bacon…..
Daily Mail
It’s the brand new body craze - and it hurts
FORGET tattoos or piercings. The latest trend for body decoration enthusiasts is to have their skin branded in the style of a Texan prize steer.
Red-hot metal brands or cauterising pens, which burn at more than 1,000C, are used to sear a design permanently into the flesh.
Historically, slaves and dangerous criminals were branded and it is still used as a form of torture in Iraq.
In Britain, the hot branding of livestock is outlawed by animal welfare legislation - but there are no rules to stop humans voluntarily having their skin burnt as a fashion statement.
The procedure, which costs about £70, is painful and can be dangerous because of the risk of nerve damage and infection…..
Times Online
Article about - Branding
Warning: This article is was submitted as one individuals experience, Tattoo Info cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information provided, we strongly urge you to get experienced professional advice before even thinking about such practices…….
Tattoo Info
BRANDING??????NOOOO!!!!!!
Flesh Branding
OMG! There’s no way in hell…..
Takes tattoos and body piercing to the next stage.
Fantasia and D might be interested.
Frankly, I’m quite surprised. I would have expected Nigel to have branded the kids with “Property of 19E” when they made the final 12….and then Clive to add his own brand when he signs them (the symbol he uses is not part of the ASCII character set). Isn’t that why Daughtry had to switch from briefs to boxers?
Or is that just another one of those Idol Myths?
I remember meeting an ex-boyfriend of a friend who belonged to an African American fraternity back in college–prolly some time in the 70’s and he had this HUGE symbol of the fraternity’s insignia branded on his arm.
Apparently, the branding thing was common practice in these fraternities–a nod to their ancestors who endured branding at the hand of their slave masters.
I couldn’t get over it.
LOL Kirsten!
Great thinking Kirsten!
Kirsten, you should post your list in the new thread! :)
Does this look like the face of a man getting “branded”?
http://www.bubbleshare.com/myalbum/257753.b84ccbbcb9c/editor
The WGA writer’s strike starts next week.
Carrie is supposed to be on Ellen and Letterman next week. More than likely, both shows will go dark during the strike.
The CMA’s are next week too. Kinda hard to put on a huge awards show without writers to pen all that “witty” cough banter in between awards!
That could be even more fun without writers.
I’ve read several posts about garden gnomes over the past year with some of the BEST photo shops ever! So, for those of you who have an appreciation for gnomes, here ya go:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071102/ap_on_fe_st/odd_gnomes_without_homes_3
Branding = gross(and OUCH).
As I mentioned in yesterday’s thread, at least a writer’s strike pretty much ensures that they won’t pull NGAB early because of ratings. Also may explain the weird start date for the Amazing Race this Sunday. Why replace a cancelled show with another scripted show if the writer’s are going to strike. Might as well use reality programming already in the can.
Eh, ignore my previous post. I didn’t go back and read all of yesterday’s posts and well, I posted a link to something db had already posted. As usual, my attempt to add something witty to this blog falls flat. So Sorry!
If Jordin had called Track 12 of her new Cd “God is Fugly,” even I would have had to download it.
Lol! little d™ will have kids popping up like James Brown. (My apologies to The Godfather of Soul.)
Where’s the vomit smiley when you need it?
There’s an interesting article about FOX and the pending strike - specifically, how FOX will fare best out of the major networks if the strike isn’t resolved soon:
Fox in best shape to weather writers’ strike
Did I post something yesterday? *runs back to yesterday’s comments*
LOL, no, that was dcd who posted the article, not me. For a moment there, I was extremely worried that I had completely lost my marbles…
Funny you should mention that
Boulder
YOU RANG?
Note to Self: Do not post anything which might give BS ideas that will result in self going blind.
From the Jordin thread:
Intellectually, I should be all “Ack! Barf!” as Clive’s Pretty Princess turns into a Disney Princess and spreads magic wherever she goes. But, I guess I’m not totally cold hearted and actually enjoyed that video. I do like happy endings (and I do like that Carrie is finally doing a video which is not full of angst…fire your regular videographer Carrie! See! You don’t have to keep recycling your existing videos). It’s perfect for the song and the audience.
BTW Ever After is already up to 48 on the Mediabase Disney chart:
http://www.mmr247.com/mmrweb/AllAccess/Charts.asp?format=a5m&showtopn=2000&cutoff=0
Sorry db, it WAS dcd….I have a problem with so many “d”s. You know, db, dcd, little d, dvd, cd, adhd, and my own initials of cdh. It’s all just so confusing!
I have been listening to Raising Sand, the collab b/n Alison Krauss and Robert Plant. It is awesome. I’ll be buying it. :) I know they were second behind Carrie in sales (by a long shot), but the music is fab. :)
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