Idol Headlines for 12/26/09
TV’s Best of the Decade: No. 7 – ‘American Idol’
I wrote my first “American Idol” recap for Zap2it in February of 2003, reporting on the performances by the second semifinal ground of the show’s second season. That semifinal group included Hadas Shalev, Jacob John Smalley and a couple other singers doomed to only be remembered by “American Idol” obsessives. Then again, the top three performers that night were Kimberley Locke, Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard, who would go on to spend a lot of time on America’s television sets that spring.
More Idol Headlines after the JUMP…
Dave on Demand: Vacuum tube
It was a little pitchy, dawg. At least TV’s No. 1 show, American Idol, had an eventful year, adding one judge, the bland Kara DioGuardi, and cashiering another, colorful space case Paula Abdul.
Paula and the show parted ways over contract negotiations. Apparently, she had gotten tired of being paid in Hello Kitty stickers.
The winner of the singing contest’s eighth season was pretty boy Kris Allen. No sooner were the results announced than Allen vanished from sight so thoroughly that Anthony LaPaglia couldn’t find him.
The most shocking reality TV moments
1. Susan Boyle Dreams a Dream …
… And dreams really do come true when you’re given the thumbs up by Simon Cowell. The dowdy Scottish 48-year-old stood before the judges on the April 11 episode of Britain’s Got Talent and proceeded to belt out the most glorious version of Les Miserables’ I Dreamed a Dream. Along with the rest of the world, the notoriously bitter Cowell ‘†who had been snickering with buddy Piers Morgan at the sloppy sight of Boyle minutes earlier ‘†was shockingly impressed, and the clip of her performance became an overnight YouTube sensation. Never before had reality TV made someone so famous, so fast. Boyle came in second on BGT, but copies of her debut covers album, I Dreamed a Dream, are selling like hotcakes. Now that’s 15 minutes well spent.
3. America Goes Gaga for Glambert
Kris Allen who? The real winner of American Idol’s eighth season was Adam Lambert ‘†the glamorous guylinered fan fave who rocked pretty much anything he touched (notably Tears for Fears’ Mad World) on the Fox singoff. Despite coming in second, the openly gay San Diego native has managed to keep his interest levels’ up since the competition wrapped in May. But I guess that’s what happens when you shove another guy’s crotch in your face during an American Music Awards performance.
5. Paula Abdul Eliminates Herself
After eight seasons and countless incomprehensible ramblings, Paula Abdul gave up her prime spot next to Simon Cowell on American Idol’s judging panel. And since it was 2009, she announced ‘†sorry, Tweeted ‘†her departure via Twitter: ‘With sadness in my heart, I’ve decided not to return to Idol,’ she wrote. Instead of seeing Abdul critique songs that haven’t been sung (lest we forget that Jason Castro confusion in Season 7), fans will now get to watch Ellen DeGeneres provide her musical expertise (assuming she has … some?). And, sadly, now we’ll never find out what Paula really put in her Coke cup.
Faces to watch in 2010: Entertainment
She’s not a new face by any stretch, but when Ellen DeGeneres takes over the “American Idol” judging position vacated by Paula Abdul, the Emmy-winning talk show host and comic is sure to become the most scrutinized TV personality of the new year.
Bucky Covington To Hold Special Event
Nashville’s Hard Rock Caf is hosting a countdown to the reopening of its doors with a series of special events. The next one will feature Bucky Covington. It is set to take place on December 29.
Tickets for the show are $10 in advance or $12 at the door, which open at 7 pm. All proceeds from the show will benefit the Tennessee Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation.
Hudson, sister split on selling home where mother, brother slain: report
t’s a forlorn house — empty, boarded up and set upon a weedy lot.
Now comes word that Grammy- and Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson is considering selling the Englewood home where her mother and brother were slain in October 2008.
Hudson wants to sell the property on South Yale, but her sister Julia Hudson isn’t ready to move on, the National Enquirer has reported.
“Jennifer still breaks down at the thought of her mother being shot and dying on the living room floor,” a source told the Enquirer. “But Julia has told Jennifer that she has nothing left and no one left in her life to hold on to, and she’s just not ready to let go of the house.”
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Ha! You guys are too funny!
I don’t think it’s worth being upset over that some people stopped liking Adam because of the “outrageous” AMA’s and some stopped because of the “lifeless” WWFM performances… And I’m not questioning anyones motives here- I mean, you could be right, Tess, it may be for the hits, but it also may be people’s honest opinion- and I say- if you can be so offended by outrageous Adam, or can even think of Adam as being “lifeless” (???!!??!?), then I guess he’s just not “it” for you, and you can happily move forward with your life…
I think Adam is talented enough, and creative enough, and yes, charming enough, to survive the “quitters” and gain more new people onto his bandwagon
And I never see the point in comparing Adam and Kris either- they really couldn’t be more different.
Kris doesn’t interest me musically, but I certainly wish him the best, because he seems like a cool dude, a real music lover and a hard worker.
If last year’s model holds, album sales will drop 70% after Xmas. That would put FYE at around 12K for the first week of January. I actually think because WWFM is moving up the Top 40 chart, FYE sales should do better than that but January is horrible for album sales. So the more album sales for everyone this week the better. After Xmas albums are lucky to sell in a month what they can sell in a week before the holidays.
For idols or for everyone?
POP:
36 34 ADAM LAMBERT Whataya Want From Me 1372 1155 217 9.695
+17 Spins
-81 Bullet
+0.236 AI
HAC:
44 45 ADAM LAMBERT Whataya Want From Me 237 260 -23 1.269
-2 Spins
-17 Bullet
+0.021 AI
Tess
I think many AI bloggers are upset with Adam at this point. Many of the negative album reviews and the biggest outrage from his live performances have come from this segment of the online ‘media’ (though I wouldn’t, myself, give bloggers that title).
^^Tess, I disagree with this. I don’t post to often here because I think to much is focused on Adam rather than the actually winner of AI S8. When it comes to Adam rather you hate him or love him you just can’t ignore him so I get why he gets all the attention. I read EVERYTHING on Adam good and bad and I can tell you that 85% of it is all good. For the rest of your post I agree with you. As for AI bloggers, they have no say on Adams success one way or another. They do not matter in the grand scheme of things. The “real” journalist are what matters, the mainstream media that are writing about Adam is what matters because the people that read them are so far removed from the AI bubble. I never went on an AI blog until Adam came along and there are millions of people out in the real world who don’t hit the internet to see all the drama that goes on here. Adam is not for everyone and he himself has said so. He will lose some AI fans and than he will gains some. Adam fans know that most of his fans never really watch AI and some hated the show before they heard about him so the fans that he will gain will be the ones that are not into AI to begin with. As for the AMA fiasco, some people that I know where like what the hell is Adam doing LoL, and some were like Adam’s got a lot of balls I love that guy, so you win some and you lose some. For those who call him a faker, a poseur a wanna be don’t matter neither. Everyone has their own opinion. There are idols to me that does nothing for me, it is all a matter of your own personal taste. Adam touches MY heart, he make ME smile, he is the one that entertains me so he is the one that I will spend my money on. The same goes for other fans, I am sure their Idol touches them the same way. The music world is big enough for all of them. Adam will prevail and he will find his way and be successful in whatever makes him happy
sweetni4-
Well said (written)!
Saga-
the numbers you just posted- do they mean Adam went down one spot on the HAC stations?
Maybe those people who aren’t happy with their Christmas gifts can donate them to a shelter where many get nothing for Christmas. Hopefully they have something to play the unwanted SuBo cds on.
I think he’s been down one spot for a week now. Adam doesn’t have many adds in HAC yet so there is not much to gain momentum by. He is doing a lot better on pop. His momentum slowed down a bit over the christmas days as Z100 played 2009 charts but since yday Z100 seems to have put WWFM in even higher rotation than before christmas, playing it every 2-2.5 hours. WWFM also got 2 (I think) spins on OHP last night. So it’s looking good I think.
Looking at the pop chart I don’t really see any threat coming from behind and I don’t think he will move up the charts yet. Just ahead of WWFM is Timbaland and BEP and they are both gaining spins faster than WWFM. A little further ahead we have Daughtry and Nickelback gaining spins at slower rate. Then there is one track dropping down called Heaven Can Wait. If HCW drops a lot he might pass it. Or if he gains spins a lot faster than Daughtry and Nickelback he might pass them but theere is quite a large jump in spins before he reaches their level.
There is also movement around top20 that is interesting. Rihanna is moving up fast and hopefully she’ll surpass KOL and Miley in one day or two. If Miley and KOL drop below 20 they go recurrent. But for that to happen we need tracks coming from below 20 pushing up (Rihanna is alreeady in top20), and I only see one track with enough momentum to do that during the freeze (Bieber). A lot of the tracks in 20-30 are going down instead of up. This will ofcourse change after the freeze when all the moving uppers in 30-40 gain spins.
Kris will also gain from possible tracks going recurrent. Colbie Caillat goes recurrent one week after the freeze and if KOL and Miley drops Kris could move up the charts.
ETA: This is the chart I am referrring to;
http://pulsemusic.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=pop&action=display&thread=62030&page=84
thanks Saga- you seem to have become quite an expert!
I’m still in the “numbers- phobia” state, so I’m sure glad so many others understand it all and can give articulate explainations
Waiting for the freeze to end… and GRIDLOCK!!!
I’m happy with the Pop position for WWFM, but I hope after the chart freeze that HAC gets off their butts and starts adding it/spinning it more – it’s doing so well on Pop, I hope that momentum is picked up by HAC. Imo WWFM fits just as well on that chart as Pop.
Replying a little late to this but I agree, fluffybunny. The critic didn’t become a Kris fan just because he took a dislike to Adam. Saying Kris was the rightful winner in that context isn’t any endorsement of Kris. But the original poster was just trying to give an example to dispute the notion some writers have that “everyone” thinks Adam should have won. So I agreed that other opinions can be introduced to counter that notion.
Er, it goes BOTH ways. We publicize that silly little show and it’s contestants.
Uhm. The mainstream media has always been crazy about all things Idol. Nothing new there. Adam has received more attention than most contestants in the past, but it’s not like the mainstream media hadn’t been paying attention to Idol…and now suddenly they are.
Oh, we get plenty of hits. Don’t worry about that! As the tide rises, we all benefit. This notion that bloggers are resentful of mainstream media because they are stealing our hits is….nonsense.
Wow. That’s quite a theory you have there Tess. But it’s a pile of conjecture not grounded in facts.
Oh boy! Fan wars!
For those of you hoping this will stop when the new season starts up, you might as well stop hoping. Invested fans will never give it up.