Today’s Idol headlines after the jump…
Z100 Jingle Ball Rocks NYC
Every year, tens of thousands of lucky fans get to see a who’s who of bands perform for the Z100 Jingle Ball. And this year was definitely an early Christmas present to those lucky enough to nab a ticket to the Madison Square Garden gig.
On the vocal/pop end of things, fans were treated to performances by the Backstreet Boys, “American Idol” Jordin Sparks, and Alicia Keys……..
TV exposure cuts both ways for Duran Duran
Nick Rhodes and John Taylor of Duran Duran are talking about celebrity, specifically the differences between the teen-pop machine that plucked them from art-rock obscurity and thrust them into megastardom in the early ’80s and the same machine making stars of blemishless youngsters today. And then Taylor makes an extraordinary complaint.
“Now it’s all ‘American Idol,’” he says, nearly sneering. “It’s all about TV.”………..
Will Give-Backs Become Contagious?
Buyers Say More Networks Will Need to Pay Cash to Underserved Advertisers
….Fox was the only network not facing a ratings drop-off, posting a 3.4% uptick compared to last year. And the network is headed into January with American Idol — which has the potential to be an even bigger ratings juggernaut than usual since it will face little competition. Fox will also get a monster ratings draw in February with the Super Bowl….
Gospel singer Grant coming to Longview
…Also performing will be Mandisa, who was placed ninth in “American Idol” last year, and Daniel Kirkley, described as a “classical/pop” artist…
Daughtry came ready to rock
It was apparent that Chris Daughtry was feeling much better than he was in April when he last played Charlotte following a show in Florida that he’d canceled due to illness.
“I’m not sick this time, so it’s all good,” he said a few songs into the set Saturday at Ovens Auditorium. He was physically and vocally stronger and more outgoing than at the spring show, which made the entire performance better…….
The pace of fame: fleeting and frenetic
The need for a constant feed of gossip and what’s new cheapens the nature of celebrity and what’s of lasting importance.
….Strangely enough, penguins, as in “March of the Penguins,” “Madagascar” and “Happy Feet,” seem to be hanging on. Perhaps they could offer a few tips to former “American Idol” darling Sanjaya, who was reduced to a has-been mere moments, it would seem, after the pinnacle of his fame….
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The Asian Idol results show has started and so far, Australian Idol Guy Sebastian has performed. Taylor will probably perform just before the announcement of the results/winner.
Shameless plug—-since thier is a countdown for Jordan just want to add mine had reached 0 today and on idol it would be “just a geezer”
Better to give than recieve so enjoy this Christmas song it may sound familar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yon2YuXssvo
For the Soul Patrol and other interested parties:
Taylor performed Heaven Knows on Asian Idol (he played his harmonica). It was a pretty good performance. The DIMYP number with the finalists, though, I thought was a bit of a mess. In between the two songs, he was briefly interviewed by two of the hosts and asked to play his harmonica to “officially close the voting.” (The hosts did the “Taylor dance” with him).
I hope this show ends soon and the winner revealed already. I’m pretty much bored to death. :s
Taylor already performed. He sang Heaven Knows, and then the Asian Idols joined him for DIMYP. It was streaming on TV, and I was able to watch on my computer screen.
The Singapore Idol won. That was a surprise. None of the judges named him as the potential winner. I myself was (naturally) rooting for my country rep, but was thinking either the Indonesian or the Malaysian would take it. Oh, well…at least it’s over. LOL
Taylor’s Manila shows was repeatedly advertised during the commercial breaks. Also, Daughtry’s What I Want is apparently the music being used to promote the shows of the station that broadcast Asian Idol.
Taylor looked great as usual and I loved
his performance. Just great to see him
on TV anywhere !! Hope he’s having a blast !!
Jordin is so cute and she seems to be having a ball with all the attention and the shows she’s in.
Do we know who manages her? She’s in a lot of TV shows.
Jordin’s managment is Stirling McIlwaine/19 Ent.acording to Hits Daily Double .
For interested parties — here’s a link to Taylor Hicks’ performance on Asian Idol.
http://www.ampmvideo.com/video.php?id=317
Asia all set to select region’s first singing champion
….”This is an interesting competition because you have each of the countries with their respective diversity which is really cool,” said Taylor Hicks, the American Idol Season 5 winner….
Channel News Asia
So when Taylor sang Heaven Knows it said underneath it Clive Davis and when he sang Do I Make You Proud it said Tracy Ackerman, Andy Watkins, Paul Wilson…..So when exactly did Clive write this song…
Taylor Hicks performs Ti2TS on Asian Idol for interested parties.
http://www.ampmvideo.com/video.php?id=317
I just posted my NAGB recap. Just in time–we’ll know who won in a few hours.