See the Season 11 Top 10 on the American Idol LIVE! Tour 2012 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX.
Lauren Alaina performs at the Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, FL.
Daughtry performs at the Celebrate Virginia Live event at the Job.com Pavilion in Fredericksburg, VA.
Phil Stacey performs at the Sandusky Community Church of the Nazarene in Wooster, OH. – Via AmericanIdol
Joshua Ledet tweets “Working on the album (: http://instagr.am/p/NoozcDqHnS/.” I wonder if UMG has signed him!
Skylar Laine’s pre-concert message to fans: ‘Get rowdy and prove me right’ – Skylar Laine already has told peers on the American Idol Top 10 tour: Jackson will be the loudest, wildest, most fun audience they will perform for on the 46-show run across the U.S., Canada and the Philippines. “Hey, I’m serious about this,” says Skylar, the feisty 18-year-old from Brandon who is ecstatic about Tuesday’s 7 p.m. concert at the Mississippi Coliseum. “The home folks can’t let me down. I want the people on their feet – clapping, stomping, yelling, screaming. I’m asking them to get rowdy and prove me right on this.” – Read more at Clarion Ledger
Birmingham’s Taylor Hicks to appear with Paula Deen on the Food Network – The 2006 American Idol is next in line to be Birmingham’s latest star on the Food Network. Hicks will be in the kitchen with Southern food queen Paula Deen on her show “Paula’s Best Dishes” Saturday, Aug. 4, at 9 a.m. On the show, Hicks and Deen will make crawfish rolls, a customer favorite at his Birmingham restaurant Ore Drink and Dine. (See the recipe below) “It’s kind of a Cajun take on an egg roll,” Hicks said from Las Vegas, where he is performing at Bally’s Indigo Lounge this summer. “That’s kind of our signature appetizer (at Ore).” – AL.com
Katharine McPhee: ‘Smash’ In Times Square! – Katharine McPhee blows on her nails after getting them painted while filming scenes for Smash on Thursday (July 26) in New York City. The day before, the 28-year-old actress was spotted working in the same areas with co-stars Jack Davenport and Megan Hilty. – See the photos at Just Jared
TV Ratings Saturday: XXX Olympics Night 1 A Decisive Victory for NBC and Ryan Lochte – From 8-11PM, the XXX Olympics averaged a huge 8.2 among adults 18-49, though the telecast aired from 8PM to midnight. For comparison, that up 6% among adults 18-49 from the 8-11PM fast nationals for the first night of the Beijing Olympics, on Saturday August 9, 2008 which scored a 7.7 rating among adults 18-49 and were watched by 24.10 million total viewers. – Read more at TVByTheNumbers
