Cold morning temperatures don’t deter “American Idol” hopefuls
Several thousand “American Idol” hopefuls braved the chilly morning temperatures outside Cow Palace on Thursday for their shots at stardom.
The crowd began lining up about 5 a.m. and snaked in a long line through the stadium’s parking lot by the time doors opened four hours later. The 7,000-strong crowd filled half the seats at Cow Palace for a full day of auditions.
Danielle Najmeh, 25, of San Jose, who hoped her version of Oleta Adams’ “Get Here” would secure her a spot on the show that has launched the careers of the likes of Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, and most recently David Cook.
“Anything it touches turns to gold,” she said about the show. “Since the days of ‘Star Search’ we haven’t seen anything like this.”
America’s latest Idols bring their acts to St. Louis
The American Idol TV series recently completed its seventh season of competition, and it’s obvious to even the most casual observer that it has become a cultural phenomenon, tapping into the universal dream of being discovered as a “star” — and combining it with bright, shiny faces competing for that prize.
Final results of this year’s competition were revealed in May, when the two Davids, winner Cook and runner-up Archuleta, were chosen. But for many of those in attendance at the American Idols Live! tour at ScottTrade Center on Friday evening, it appeared to be a chance to relive the competition for the crown.
Pre-teen and teenaged girls (and the occasional mom) waved signs proclaiming their love for either Archuleta or Cook when those two finalists eventually hit the stage in succession starting about 9:15.
Brooke White Hates David Archuleta? LOL
You can’t believe everything you see – or don’t see – on MySpace, says American Idol’s Brooke White, who blames a technical glitch for the absence of David Archuleta as a “friend” on her page.
“Don’t fret, my dears, David is one of my favorite people on the planet!!!” she writes. “Rest assured, we all are all super-duper friends, like family, actually, enjoying this tour together.”
The 25-year-old fifth-place finalist on last season’s show says only a technical issue has kept 17-year-old runner-up “Archie” from showing up on her “top friends” box. Both are now on an American Idol tour of the U.S. with the other contestants.
Will So You Think You Can Dance Upstage Dancing with the Stars
Looks like “Dancing with the Stars” may be an Emmy wallflower again this year, at least when it comes to winning the award for choreography. “So You Think You Can Dance” took three of the five slots and “High School Musical 2″ took another, leaving Julianne Hough as the sole contender for teaching celebrities how to trip the light fantastic. (See full list of nominees HERE.)
Last year, “Dancing with the Stars” was the lone loser while the high-energy “So You Think You Can Dance” took two of the Emmys for choreography and “Tony Bennett: An American Classic” won the third. And two years ago, despite three nominations, “Dancing with the Stars” was left on the sidelines as “High School Musical” won the only Emmy awarded for choreography.
Happy birthday to Elliott Yamin! :D
Does this count as a headline? DC is up to #4 on AC (Adult Contemporary) radio play. In that category he is #1 in “spincrease,” and #3 in “taking off.” Honestly, I think he’s heading for #1.
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Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore 2 Announced/E3 2008 Screens
Live out your dream as a singing sensation
In the works at Blitz Games for Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360, Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore 2 is a new music game in which you can play with friends and family online using the brand new co-op head-to-head mode (Xbox 360 and PS3 only), or compete in front of all three American Idol judges and sing your way to stardom. Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore 2 features 40 all new hit songs from the 70’s to today, as well as 4 brand new venues, including the finals stage from the 2008 season of American Idol and a Music Video venue whose graphical environment transforms with each song. Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore 2 will be available in Winter 2008 - screenshots from the Wii and PS3 versions have been inserted in our gallery.
Pop idol exhibits genuine stage presence at Jam
On the video screen, images splayed cityscapes of Las Vegas and Manhattan. But Carrie Underwood insisted that she remains a small-town girl despite pop idolatry.
The “American Idol” winner closed the last day of Country Jam USA on a damp Saturday night just outside Eau Claire. Underwood sang 16 songs during a 75-minute concert that had been delayed 45 minutes by rain.
“Thank you so much for staying even though you’re swimming,” she told the attentive crowd.
With heavy eyeliner, the platinum blonde wore a party dress, black leggings and stilettoes, which she eventually ditched…
I continue to be mystified by the Magic Rainbow that could. Wonder what the radio success will mean in terms of continued sales over the next few weeks. Hopefully it’ll pass the 700k mark by the time the tour ends.
. . .the Magic Rainbow mystery. . .
I think it’s possible that his AI fans are harder on the song than the average listener is, don’t you? I’ve read several stories about people who aren’t AI watchers and just happened to hear it and immediately liked it. They don’t know *yet* that it’s the singer, not the song. :)
He was #8 on the AC list last week, so this move to #4 is pretty dramatic.
Just to round things out, he’s still at #9 on HAC (Hot Adult Contemporary), but it looks to me as if he could move up to #8 at any minute. Maybe even to #7. He has dropped back to #36, on Pop 40, but he still has an “up” arrow. It’s just that a lot of other songs are moving faster on that chart. That’s a really tough list to crack, from the looks of it.
I love checking those charts. Can you tell? :D
Jennifer Hudson is going to be on Good Morning America tomorrow morning.
700k by the end of the tour won’t be a problem. I’ve been checking iTunes regularly the last few weeks and he hasn’t moved below #50, in fact at one point last week he was at #43 the highest I remember in a couple of weeks. Since his iTunes rank has been pretty consist not dropping too much, and with his decline shrinking the last couple of weeks an additional 60,000 I don’t think will be a problem at all.
RCA I would imagine is happy too..
I think DC fans are critical of Magic Rainbow because it has some silly pop lyrics and we love him for the good music he has in him. Non-AI fans or casual DC fans will just hear a nice voice and pleasant tune and not be disappointed by what could have been. I’m excited that Magic Rainbow is getting airplay because it will help smooth the way for what I hope will be dynamite songs from the album to be.