American Idol 9: Top 7 Perform
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It’s Idol Gives Back week, which means the Top 7 performance round was stuffed with plugs for the upcoming event. In honor of charity week, the Idols sang “inspirational songs,” a topic so broad we were pretty well guaranteed a grab bag of styles.
Casey James picked the imminently popular “Don’t Stop,” a bit of a dangerous decision, for the first performance of the night. Mentor Alicia Keys tried to help Casey find some personality within his performance, a quality she felt was essential for the popular tune. On the big stage, Casey James was more raspy than usual, full of energy and absolutely generic. His guitar solo was pretty hot, but he’s been relying on that crutch a bit too much. All the same, James delivers consistently solid performances that the crowd seems to enjoy. I don’t think he’ll do too poorly in the industry…when he’s finally let out of his Idol cage.
“It was a good performance,” Randy Jackson told him, though he grudgingly added “every week, we’re seeing the same thing.” He asked for James to deliver “something different,” a request he’s made in the past. “We’re getting to the point to where you have to be great…and it wasn’t great,” Ellen DeGeneres expanded on Randy’s theme. “You made yourself like everybody else tonight,” Kara DioGuardi likewise expressed her disappointment. “That wasn’t particularly inspiring,” Simon Cowell noted.
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American Idol 9: Katie Stevens, Andrew Garcia Talk Elimination
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Andrew Garcia and Katie Stevens shed many tears on Wednesday night when they were eliminated from American Idol 9, but they were all smiles for the press junket the next day. Both former contestants are looking forward to the future, which will soon be filled by the Idol summer tour.
Speaking of the tour, Andrew Garcia hopes to “write a song on tour” with Lee DeWyze. The two became BFF during their time on the show.
Before she goes out on tour, Katie Stevens is going to “go back home, hang out with my friends and keep up with school so that I can graduate and get my diploma.”
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American Idol 9: Top 9 Performance - Again
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Thanks to the judges’ save, Michael Lynche is still a cast member on American Idol 9. Therefore, we were treated to a Top 9 performance on Tuesday, the second of the season. Ryan Seacrest was very energetic as he started things off for the night.
A night which was dedicated to the King himself, Elvis Presley. Though he reached his peak in the 1960s, Elvis is still widely-regarded as the best-loved rock performer in music history. He is certainly one of the most successful. It being Elvis night and all, the mentor for the week was Adam Lambert, naturally. Because that makes sense. Both men, at least, were and are incredible showmen. Lambert is the first former contestant to mentor his fellow Idols, an honor I feel should have been given to someone with better record sales.
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American Idol’s on Facebook
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Idol Fanatic is making it possible for you to vote for your favorite American Idol 9 contestant via Facebook. Each week, followers will have the opportunity to use five votes, though more can be earned if you invite friends to join the group.
The application is more or less a work in progress. Reports say that it works, but whether or not FOX will allow it to go live is a big question mark. In the past, producers have carefully controlled voting methods on the series.
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American Idol 9: Didi Benami’s Post-Elimination Comments
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“It’s not anything I haven’t dealt with before,” Didi Benami, the tenth contestant eliminated from American Idol 9, remained positive as she spoke with the press following the Wednesday results show. After all, rejection is all part of being in the industry. “You get kicked down and you gotta get back up and start over,” she philosophically explained.
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American Idol 9: Top 10 Results
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American Idol’s Top 10 results show opened with a Clash of the Titans movie tie-in. Simon Cowell, of course, was the villain, with the contestants portrayed as Titans in the opening video package. It was pretty cute, but it’s still blatant cross-promotional advertising.
Viewers were not graced with a group performance this week. To see the entire Top 10 singing together on one stage, it seems you’ll have to go to one of the summer tour shows. Though the Idols did not sing together, this particular results show was still jam-packed with stage shows, starting with one favorite AI alum.
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American Idol 9: Top 10 Perform
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Music, Prime Time, Reality, FOX, American Idol, Gossip, Video,
Ryan Seacrest started the Tuesday performance show in the backstage area, something of an unusual start for American Idol. After Simon Cowell and Ellen DeGeneres exchanged a kiss, the host walked to the big stage to soak up applause from the waiting crowd. Ellen’s outfit, by the way, was pretty weird-looking.
The Top 10 performers of this performance round will for ever be part of the Idol pantheon. This summer, they will tour the country and continue to peddle music. After that, only a few of them - if even that many - will go on to lasting recording industry success. Will your favorite season 9 contestant soon be a Grammy-winning artist? Maybe…but first, they’ve got to get through this week’s elimination.
Usher was the mentor for the week, the theme of which is R&B/Soul in honor of the star. “To be a great performer, you really have to understand what it takes,” he told the contestants upon their group meeting. “I want you to be great.”
“This is their time to shine, and this is the stage to do it on,” Usher seemed to accept his responsibility with sincerity and seriousness.
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How Do American Idols Pick Their Songs?
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Music, Prime Time, Reality, FOX, American Idol, Gossip, Rumors, Spoilers,
If you watch American Idol, you know that the judges do a lot of harping about “song choice.” We’ve seen it make or break many a contestant, and we know it’s a pretty big deal. It’s hard to vote for a song you hate, right?
But how do the American Idols pick their songs? Well, you see, they get a list every week. And we’ve got the same list of songs the Top 10 received for their R&B week performances, which will air live Tuesday. Will your favorite be one of the picks?
This week’s list includes a mix of decades and performers, from Al Green to Alicia Keys, tunes like “Can’t Get Enough of Your Love” and “My Prerogative.” You can read the entire list (122 songs in all) at Vote for the Worst.
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American Idol 9: Tuesday Performance Spoilers
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Music, Prime Time, Reality, FOX, American Idol, Gossip, Rumors, Spoilers,
UPDATE: New sources report that the theme has been changed from Teen Idols to Billboard Hits, so it looks like we’ll be hearing a random collection of chart-toppers…again. Why did they change the theme? There’s no official word from the American Idol camp, but we’re guessing the original theme was just too ambiguous.
Rumor has it that the Top 11 will be singing to the theme of Teen Idols on Tuesday, something of an ambiguous category. Are we talking early Spears, Aguilera and Timberlake? Or are we looking more along the lines of Justin Bieber? We’ll just have to wait and see - or, dig up more spoilers!
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American Idol 9: Top 12 Perform
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The Top 12 have the honor of performing on the big Idol stage, a privilege which can only be earned after three intense results rounds. Some always fail miserably the first night, while others shine like never before. Which of the contestants would tank terribly on Tuesday…and which would rock the stage?
The judges got a big intro for the episode, strolling out onto the stage shoulder-to-shoulder. Ryan Seacrest took the long walk down the stairs right after them, and suddenly the show was under way. The Top 12 had the honor of performing Rolling Stones songs for the night, truly a huge and varied catalog. First question: which one has the nerve to do “Paint It Black?” We shall see.
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