Britney Spears might be taking the American Idol stage by a lip synched storm in the Adam Lambert and Kris Allen showdown. Adam pretty much has it in the bag, but we will pretend Kris has a chance for funsies. Spears might join Lionel Richie, Carlos Santana, Cyndi Lauper, Queen Latifah, Black Eyed Peas and Keith Urban , as well as Carrie Underwood and David Cook on the A.I. stage in this year's finale. She already made one appearance on Britain's " X Factor " so I [...]
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Much like fans of "Jate," "Jam," and all these people , there are certain denizens of the Internet who get chills when they think about "Kradam," a.k.a. the pairing of American Idol contestants Kris Allen and Adam Lambert. And oh boy now that those two men are headed into battle in next week's finale-and painting their nails in each other's honor along the warpath!-the fan fiction fur is flying. This Kris Allen & Adam Lambert community that I found on Livejournal had a lot of fanfiction involving the [...]
Kris Allen is in ! Adam Lambert is in ! And Danny Gokey is out ! And now... American Idol is actually a race? All the conversations I've had about last night's American Idol results-in which Ryan Seacrest made Danny Gokey's hopes of bringing his "movement" to the masses via a cheesy Kara DioGuardi song go kablooey-have focused on the fact that Kris Allen's dark-horse ascent, aided most by him rising to the Top 3 show's occasion with a well-placed cover of Kanye West's "Heartless," has [...]
Here is American Idol's Kris Allen covering Kanye West's "Heartless". This cover has been getting a lot of positive responses. I try to stick to the "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all" rule, and I don't want to burst anyone's bubble. So... it's raining here. And... I just ate some potato salad. PigeonsandPlanes
This dashing young man is Kris Allen (affectionately known as Kris with a K, 'round here), and he is my choice Idol, despite some early reports claiming that he's getting the boot tonight. Yikes. If you watch Idol then you know by know that there's no chance in hell that the Adam Lambert machine is going down, and rightfully so - that guy has pipes(!) - but I'd like to see Kris in the finale with him instead of whatshisface. While Adam may have made this season somewhat interesting, Kris Allen was always the quiet guy in the [...]
We draw ever closer to the end of the season. The final 3 is usually fun because they get two songs, including choosing any song they like (provided it gets cleared for use) Join us after the jump to find out how the three amigos did JB* Hometown Heroes are different from Higgleytown Heroes, just to be clear. This is the week of the most fluff of all, Danny Gokey - "Dance Little Sister" by Terrence Trent D'Arby In his home [...]
Only three people left on American Idol ! And it was the 300th episode! And there was a shoutout to "Idol Gives Back" even though that episode was canceled last year! And the judges spent way too much time fighting, because they are a bunch of children who can't stand the idea of their time in the spotlight coming to an end next week. Ratings and reactions after the jump. 3. Danny Gokey. Bringing the wedding-band vibe to the night with his soul-yarled version of Terence Trent D'Arby, who, if he was [...]
In the Gotty™ household, everyone except Gotty™ watches American Idol . Around dinner time, the television switches to the show and I switch rooms. I won't front like I don't listen to it because the sounds of classics being alternately butchered & beautified waft their way upstairs. So when I heard Kanye's tune come on during last night's broadcast, my brain signals got jumbled & I thought "Oh, it's just his 'Amazing' commercial ." Then I realized, a.) that commercial would've been on during a basketball game and b.) the sound I heard wasn't "Amazing" [...]
The final four were given the theme of Rock (\m/) this week. Did they rock out, or fall flat? Join us after the jump to find out. JB* There is a whole lot of leather on our Top Four with rock week. On top of that, apparently we are getting duets this week for the first time this week. As another first, Slash is the mentor - and the mentoring is in a club. How did Alison get in? Also - is [...]
Kris Allen has just released a song called "Wipe It Away" and I wanted to share it with all of his American Idol fans out there. Check out Kris' new song: [See post to listen to audio] Also, just in time for Mother's Day, Taylor Swift released another video ( first one here ), titled, "The Best Day". The video is compiled from all of her home videos and it's [...]
A little late, but nonetheless witty, charming, and most importantly, accurate, this… is your DeadOn American Idol Round Table for the Top 5 - Rat Pack Week. Farewell, TimberLite. May your jaunty hats serve you well in the future. JB* Following week after week about artist relevancy, of course it makes sense that the Top 5 would be performing songs of the Rat Pack. No doubt they are great and classic standards, but radio-playable, as Kara often references? I am going with a not really. Plus, I [...]
You know who's coming back to perform on tonight's American Idol ? Taylor Hicks, the season-five winner whose and angered Simon Cowell for his lack of "bona fide recording artist" credentials. But you know who one of Cowell's top picks to go all the way is this year? Danny Gokey, whose overall stage presence keeps reminding me of Hicks-only Gokey has a little less polish, a lot more smugness, and a super-extensive eyewear collection. Last night's parade of Rat Pack songs was no exception, yet Cowell seemed in the tank for Gokey anyway, continuing his [...]
Slash let it slip on his Twitter that he's been approached about serving as mentor for an upcoming episode of American Idol -it'll be "Rock Week," which means that an upcoming episode may actually have the potential to feature songs that were first written during Allison Iraheta's lifetime. (Maybe.) But the possibility of Slash helping out this year's Idol contestants got me thinking: What if the person who performed best that evening was rewarded, as a bonus, with the lead singer slot in the top-hatted guitarist's notoriously frontman-bereft outfit Velvet Revolver? After the [...]
After saving Timberlite last week, we have another week of 7 performers. 7 performers doing disco. Was it the trainwreck we expected? Join our motley crew (not crue) after the jump and find out. JB*: This may sound repetitive, but it is Disco Week - this should be a disaster. What I cannot believe is they did not make a bigger deal about the whole "two people will be eliminated" thing. Lil Rounds - "I'm Every Woman" Looking bootylicious and dancing [...]
Well, that happened, didn't it? I'd also like to echo the comments of the blogosphere when I say that the two judges at once thing sucks. Hire a director who can reign the show in, ok? And stop pissing off my fellow "Fringe" fans - that's a show we should have been recapping since the start - and no more running late! Speaking of running late, the Roundtable isn't! We're up and live in plenty of time yet again. So jump with us for the Tarantino night recappage [...]
I stopped posting about American Idol here years ago, mostly because they obviously don't need my support to gain viewers and partly because I've been mostly bored by the show since the Jennifer Hudson days. But I must admit to liking Adam Lambert - his cover of "Mad World" last week was taken from the Gary Jules version on the Donnie Darko soundtrack . Though I'm not into Kris Allen as much, I was excited that he chose to sing "Falling Slowly" last night. For those that aren't familiar with the song, [...]
YAY! I managed to get a Roundtable up this week afterall! You have no idea the amount of amazing one-liners and zingers that just sit in my inbox when I lack the ability to get one of these things up in time. If you watched last night's performance show, then you probably have an idea of where we're going with this. Especially if you tuned in for the liveblog. The steaming cowpie awaits you... JB* We've got family interviews and kid pictures to open tonight, but it is only [...]
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Last night's American Idol ran so far overtime, thanks to more silly playfighting between the judges during their critiques and the producers inexplicably deciding that the viewing public needed to see lots of video of Matt Giraud portraying an angel when he was a kid. So in honor of the judges' inability to keep it short, I'm limiting my judgments of this week's performances to eight words. The rundown after the jump! 1. Anoop Desai : "True Colors." Absolutely [...]
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