Idol Headlines for 12/27/07
Todayà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Idol headlines after the jumpà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦
Clay Aiken & Family Celebrate Christmas With Survivors of Mexico’s Floods
UNICEF Ambassador and critically acclaimed recording artist Clay Aiken today wrapped up the first leg of his trip to the flood affected areas of southeast Mexico by participating in a gift exchange and “sing along” with over 300 children and their families at a camp erected for flood victims. Aiken, who is traveling in the region with his mother and younger brother, a Marine on leave from Iraq, will also be part of a UNICEF delegation scheduled to visit the state of Tabasco over the next two days.
Bulldogs spread Christmas cheer at Liberty Bowl
Both teams are scheduled to make trips to the hospital on Friday and the St. Jude patients will have an opportunity to take pictures with the players and get autographs.At halftime of Saturday’s game, several St. Jude patients will join American Idol alumnus Taylor Hicks during his performance.
Year-end Hot 100
Two Pink tracks–”Who Knew and the oft-censored “U & Ur Hand”–placed in the top 10, as did Nelly Furtado’s “Say It Right.” Also, Elliott Yamin wound up being the highest-charting American Idol alum of the year who wasn’t Daughtry*, with “Wait For You” (No. 19) just nosing out “Before He Cheats” (No. 20).
Looking to 08
Since there is virtually no news going on in à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ land, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll post a question: what are you hoping for most in à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ land in 2008, either for the show or for its alums?
Ad biz down despite Web
n terms of product placement, Nielsen reported an increased number of placements in primetime broadcast programming — 22,046 occurrences compared with 19,125 in the same period last year. Fox’s “American Idol” again was the top show in terms of the number of placements, with 4,349 occurrences. Coca-Cola, primarily through its association with “Idol,” was the most-placed brand with 3,111 occurrences.
Blake Lewis Talks About Getting Screwed on American Idol
BW: When you first heard à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“This Is My Now,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ the ballad you had to perform during the finale, did you think you were toast?BL: Oh, totally. Me and Jordin went in a room with some guy who was producing that song and I was like, what the fà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ is this? This is a piece of sà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ . And youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re not going to let me arrange it? OK, cool. Thanks guys. I didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t want to win American Idol anyway; I wanted to get second. Then we found out we had to learn it in, like, three days or something ridiculous. It was dumb. [Laughs.] It was just like, are you kidding me? It was really a piece of crap song. And the guys who wrote it were like, weà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re sorry, dude.
Top Stories of 2007: Sanjaya
If you’re scratching your head and asking “Sanjaya Who?” then you probably don’t own a TV, or a computer for that matter. For two months, Sanjaya-hysteria ruled our television airwaves (sometimes three times a week). Thanks to a little show called American Idol, Sanjaya became one of the breakout reality TV stars of 2007.
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38 Responses to “Idol Headlines for 12/27/07”
I guess I’ll join in the amazement at Daughtry’s sales. An 80% increase is incredible.
I think it’s a little early to place either Jordan OR Blake in that ‘powerful’ Idol category frankly.
ETA: And certainly while I’m no fan of Katharine McPhee, to place Blake HIGHER than her – what the heck is up with THAT?! While her cd wasn’t successful, she did chart pretty well with her first single, plus she’s been squatting & blowing kisses on the red carpet and on every teen and men’s magazine since the end of AI5.
I tell ya what , though….. Jordin kicked arse at that Kennedy Center Award-u-r-so-great-and still-alive Show-thingy. She did Diana Ross’s song ! But then Rowlanda Adams(sp?) blew the house down. Oh…..and …. how the hell are ya’ all ?????
I think the problem with the song this season was that it was one song for both of them instead of individual picks that would suit each one more. Probably the intent was that the final 2 would both be big voice singers so it wouldn’t have mattered. I can’t think of one of the songs that I actually liked from any of the seasons and this one’s no different.
Wow for Chris’ numbers. :thumbup_tb:
PROBABLY? I think they cemented that fact beginning with the early weekly reminder that Jordin was ONLY! 17!
The point that I got from the article was that Blake was not allowed to arrange the song however he might have wanted to, and THAT is why he felt screwed. Yeah it was a sucky song to begin with, and he acknowledged that, but the big point to me was the rearrangement issue. Which, by the way, is something that TPTB didn’t seem to have a problem with the whole rest of the season – at least not until it really mattered.
Maybe Blake got screwed by not being able to rearrange the song but I disagree that winning “really matters.” Other than probably some more $ spent on her video, what did Jordin get that Blake hasn’t. They get similar promo,top producers on the album, etc.
However, since Break Anotha looks like its flopping and Jordin looks like she’s got more Top 40 hits coming, the different treatment may start pretty soon. They’re pretty cold hearted in Idol world.
I tell ya what , thoughà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.. Jordin kicked arse at that Kennedy Center Award-u-r-so-great-and still-alive Show-thingy.
Really? I didn’t think her song was very good at all. I guess I just compared it to the original.
Although Jordin is talented I find her singing to be boring. I guess one man’s trash is another’s treasure or whatever that saying is.
I hope Season 7 is even half as good for me as Season 5 but frankly I won’t hold my breath. I still watch videos of Season 5 and never seem to tire of them.
Blake said the song was crap and agreed that after he heard it he thought he was toast, especially since he wasn’t allowed to re-arrange it. However, unless he wrote the headline, I fail to see that he said he felt screwed by the show.
Anyway, I’m not one for conspiracy theories. I don’t really care who they wanted to win (if they indeed wanted Jordin). That really doesn’t matter once the show is over. I think Blake is getting good promo. He’s not getting great airplay. Is that the fault of the label or the fault of the song? He and Jordin are on two different labels. Is Jordin getting payola and Blake not? Who knows? No way to tell, really.
As for the idea of integrity of the show, that just makes me laugh. They’ve signed the runner-up since season one. I don’t see why any subsequent seasons are any different.
I really did expect Blake to do better initially on radio. However, for me, the last couple of weeks before the holidays are a wash. Our local pop stations play a hella lot of re-runs and other holiday filler. If radio play doesn’t pick up by mid-January (after the Fox NYE gig,Leno and Kimmel), I’ll be more worried.
TPTB always give the advantage to the person they want to win with the coronation song.
Season 1 that song was so obviously written for a female that Guarini had no shot.
Season 2 I actually thought was pretty fair- they had 2 different songs and I thought they both did well.
Season 3 definitely favored Fantasia- the style of the song was written specifically with her mind. The full gospel choir definitely got waaaaaaay more into than they did for Diana’s performance. And of course her singing the song very last and Diana singing it first were just a few ways that they made sure that song won the competition for Fantasia.
Season 4 definitely favored Carrie. The song suited her style more and since it wasn’t her best song- they put her performance of it in the middle leaving “Angels Brought Me Here” for the end. Thus, voters of course remembered that version of the song that made her get teary and she won easily.
Season 5 I think they wanted a male winner so badly- they couldn’t have them both sing the same song because when that happens the girl always wins. Note that this was the ONLY time that male vs. female had DIFFERENT coronation songs and it was the only time that the male has beaten a female in an opposite gender finale. Both of the songs really sucked- but there is no question that Taylor got much a better song that was much more suited to him.
Season 6 the song was obviously suited for Jordin. Granted it was chosen by the viewers but that type of song was clearly better for her.
So really what happened in season 6 is really just history repeating itself like it has done almost every season.
Some meaningless trivia.. Taylor’s coronation song started out belonging to Elliott. Taylor didn’t like his chosen coronation song so when Elliott got the boot, he asked to have his song. Somewhere in the AI archives lurks Elliott’s version of DIMYP. I must admit as a hardcore Elliott fan, I’d love to hear his take on it but I’m sure I never will.
XO, I think we get our Kat/Elliott duet in January. I’m looking forward to hearing how it sounds!
I stand by the probably. None of us truly know what TPTB wanted. It’s likely that they wanted a Jordin win, but I can’t read minds yet, so I say “probably”.
If there has to be a coronation song, I’m in favor of ONE song for both finalists (separate songs seems like bet-hedging on the part of the “powers”). I think it would need to be a song that is, you know, actually GOOD (i.e. a well-constructed song that stands on its own in verse/course/brige, etc. and doesn’t require a lot of melismatic runs, wailing, scatting, glory notes or other fillers), and the two finalists would need to be allowed some liberty in arranging their performances (no major changing of lyrics or melody, but give them enough freedom to shine or enough rope to hang themselves) then I think it’d be fair.
…verse/CHORUS (etc.), that is.