HollywoodWeek-related stories
Posted Feb 12th 2009 1:14AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: OpEd, American Idol, Judges, Reviewcaps, Contestants, Performances, Predictions and Trends, Episode Reviews
Hollywood Week continues, and the field has narrowed to 54 contestants, all vying for 36 spots in the official Season 8 lineup. But the
Idol peeps switched things up by putting the judges in this giant house called "The Judge's Mansion" (???), and forcing contestants to take the long walk through the mansion and face the judges in a European parlor-type room. It's all very Vanity Fair-meets-
Dallas. Anyhoo ...
Anoop Desai was first up, and the judges quickly moved him into season 8. "Love that kid," said Paula.
Von Smith addressed Simon's remark about his Hollywood Week song being "self-indulgent nonsense." But the pressure is off, at least for now, because Von made it through to the next round. And his mom couldn't be happier.
Continue reading American Idol: Hollywood Round #4
Posted Feb 5th 2009 1:30AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: American Idol, Judges, Reviewcaps, Contestants, Performances
It's group night in Hollywood, and frankly, I don't really get it. I mean, when the contestants get to
American Idol, they don't perform as groups that often. And when they do, they're coached and have someone else doing all the choreography and such. Is it that important for them to do it at this stage of the game? Because what usually happens is that some contestants with great voices end up going home because of their awful group.
Anyway, there were plenty of tears, drama, and all-night rehearsals, but it's all good for the ratings.
Continue reading American Idol: Hollywood Round #2 (Group Night)
Posted Feb 4th 2009 12:02AM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: American Idol, Judges, Reviewcaps, Contestants, Performances, Host
It's Hollywood week! We open up with Seacrest explaining that this is the biggest season of American Idol ever, which is weird, because I could have sworn that last season was the biggest season ever; or maybe it was the season before that; or the season before that one. Huh. So, in this, the biggest season ever, we have 147 hopefuls who have made it to Hollywood.
The contestants are on the stage at the Kodak theater, when Simon comes in and tells them that hands down, this is the most important day of their lives. As someone who just gave birth to another human being, I find this laughable; but at the same time, I like to think that there's at least one person on that stage, who, when faced with the birth of his or her own future child takes one look at the baby and says, "yeah, you're okay-- but you're no first night of Hollywood week."
Continue reading American Idol: Hollywood Round #1
Posted Feb 13th 2008 1:34AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: OpEd, American Idol, Reviewcaps, Contestants, Performances, Episode Reviews
(S07E09) "Welcome to a brand new Hollywood Week. This is
American Idol." - Ryan Seacrest
Can I just go on record here as saying that I love love love LOVE love love (did I mention love?) the changes
American Idol has made to "Hollywood Week." Gone are the forced group performances, the "When Contestants Go Wild!" bits and the breakdown at the end into three rooms, two of which move forward and one of which goes home.
Instead, every contestant gets at least two chances to make it to the third and final round. In the first round they can choose to perform with an instrument, and in the last round, they get to perform in front of the band with back-up vocals. It felt so much more like a real audition process that I'm still coming down from the high it gave me.
Continue reading American Idol: Hollywood Week
Posted Nov 6th 2007 10:21AM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: Industry, OpEd, American Idol, News and Gossip
Is it ever too early to talk about
American Idol? The next season won't start airing until January, but the rounds of auditions have already swept the country. And, it seems there will be some changes to the format of the show. In
an interview with
The New York Post, executive producer Nigel Lythgoe said things are being shaken up a bit this season.
In the upcoming season, if a contestant plays a musical instrument, they will be allowed to show off their talents in addition to singing. That's a big change from the past.
Continue reading Changes in store for the next season's American Idol
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