Chikezie Eze-related stories
Posted Mar 31st 2008 5:21PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: American Idol, Alumni, Performances, News and Gossip
Welcome back to "AI Aftermath," where we explore
Idol's past. Each week, as one more
American Idol hopeful is eliminated from the competition, we take a look back at contestants past who were eliminated in the same week. We'll examine how they did on the show and what they've been up to since their elimination. In honor of Chikezie's elimination last week we'll be looking at other tenthth place finishers.
And for the first time, we'll be able to look back at Season One as well. This week: 10th place finishers, featuring EJay Day (Season 1), Julia DeMato (Season 2), Amy Adams (Season 3), Jessica Sierra (Season 4), Lisa Tucker (Season 5) and Chris Sligh (Season 6).
Continue reading AI Aftermath: 10th place finishers - VIDEOS
Posted Mar 28th 2008 4:21PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: American Idol, Contestants, Alumni, Performances, News and Gossip
He dropped his last name because it was constantly mispronounced, as he explained in AOL's coverage of
Chikezie's exit interview. He also took his elimination from
American Idol this past week with grace and poise, saying that he was genuinely glad nobody else was cut because the goodbyes are so hard. I'm sure once you've made the Top 10, it's a lot easier to face the axe knowing you'll still get to go on tour and record a track on the
Idol album.
Chikezie was one of those contestants who never really made a connection with the audience. Even when he had amazing performances and got heaps of praise from the judges, he still languished toward the bottom of most polls. Personally, I think he was getting stronger and better with each passing week and I was really looking forward to seeing what kind of performer he could blossom into.
Continue reading AI OD: A farewell to Chikezie - VIDEOS
Posted Feb 15th 2008 2:02PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: American Idol, Contestants, News and Gossip
So are you, like me, pissed that we have no idea who Jasons Castro and Yeager are? Upset that we've never seen Luke Menard before we saw that he was in the Top 12. Well, if you're reading this then you're online. And if you're online, then you can
run on over to AmericanIdol.com and see introductory videos of the entire Top 24, as well as a clip of the photo shoot that brought you our fantastic Top 24 gallery.
Continue reading AI OD: Video introductions to Idol's Top 24 online
Posted Feb 14th 2008 11:21AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: American Idol, Contestants
Now that we know who they are we can see how they've been cleaned up by FOX and photographed. And that crazy Top 24 promo photo featuring the contestants hiding behind Simon masks has been replaced with the above photo, minus the masks. Oh those wacky kids over at FOX. They're so creative!
Continue reading Idol's Top 24 official FOX photo gallery
Posted Feb 13th 2008 11:00PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: American Idol, Reviewcaps, Contestants
(S07E10) Looks like
Idol's getting an early start with the cheesy blatant endorsements. They opened this episode with an incredibly corny
Jumper intro featuring Hayden Christensen and Ryan Seacrest. But tonight is all about about the chair and final judgment for the contestants. No more singing; no more chances to prove themselves. It's simply a matter of sitting down and hearing if they're in the Top 24 or headed home.
Continue reading American Idol: The Top 24 Revealed
Posted Jan 28th 2008 4:22PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: American Idol, Contestants, News and Gossip
"Joe's Place"
broke the story last week and there are plenty of sites who
ran with it, so now the question becomes: how accurate is it? We're still a few weeks away from the official unveiling of the
American Idol Top 24, but apparently the final selections were made this past week, and then Joe blabbed about it to the whole world. Did he get it right?
Considering there are names that no one would know unless they were on the inside; they are from auditions yet to air, it seems very possible that his list is at least partially accurate. I'm going to do two separate posts for boys and girls as I'm gathering up available online video, some pics and what we can find so far about these possible contestants.
!SPOILER WARNING! after the jump. If you don't want to know, then don't go.
[
UPDATE - Now updated and with additional audition video! - j/h]
Continue reading AI OD: The top 24 leaked -- The boys - VIDEO
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