Kris Allen, the ultimate underdog, has made one of the biggest comebacks in television history! After 620 million votes, 19 weeks, 100,000 auditions, an extra judge and a bikini girl, Kris Allen is your new American Idol. The all- American, married boy next door defeated the glammed-out, leather-clad rocker and is now the 8th reining [...]
The last songs have been sung and tomorrow either Adam Lambert or Kris Allen will be our new American Idol.
Round One was the contestant’s choice. Adam gave us an encore version “Mad World.” I still find myself randomly singing it. Kris shared “Ain’t No Sunshine” once more reminding us when he started to pull [...]
Adam Lambert and Kris Allen will face off next week during the eighth season of American Idol. Early on, Adam Lambert showed his fierce vocal strength and originality resulting in legions of fans; no one is surprised that he is the giant daring someone to slay him. Kris Allen started in the middle of the [...]
Tonight’s Idol gave us Danny, Kris and Adam battling it out for a spot in the final with an Idol and judge song choice. The guys took the gloves off and gave it there all. Tomorrow’s result show is going to be a nail biter!
Danny started the night off with Paula’s choice of Terence Trent [...]
T minus three weeks until the Idol finale and we are now on the hunt for who will go head to head with Adam for the crown. My pick is still Danny Gokey but Kris Allen and Allison Iraheta gave him a run for his money. Jamie Foxx surprised the Idols as the mentor of [...]
After a night packed full of show stopping performances by several contestants which included a standing ovation for Adam Lambert by Simon Cowell, there was little doubt that Scott MacIntyre and Lil Rounds would be in the bottom three for tonight’s elimination. Scott and Lil gave performances that were highly criticized by all four judges [...]
I am honored tonight to be hosting Felicia Barton (who was a semi-finalist this year on Idol) at my home with her husband and two year old son. As our kids are running around the house screaming and making messes together, she is giving me the scoop on the contestants that are still in the [...]
American Idol’s Top 10 grooved to 50 years worth of Motown hits with Smokey Robison mentoring tonight’s show.
Matt Giraud started off the night with Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On.” I loved his falsetto and soulful licks. The judges are now official fans and he joins the front-runner club.
Kris Allen impresses Smokey and the [...]
American Idol has gone country, choosing tonight’s songs from the catalogues of the Grand Ole Opry’s members. I have had the honor of singing on the Grand Ole Opry stage several times, a highlight of my career! The Opry has been very good to us Idol alumni. Carrie Underwood was inducted into this excusive club [...]
The Top 13 of American Idol took to the stage and vied for America’s votes last night sing songs made famous by Michael Jackson. The stakes are very high. Two Idols will be voted off tonight in order to compensate for the extra finalist added during the wild-card round. And to top it off, new [...]
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