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Posted May 19th 2008 11:04AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: American Idol, Alumni, News and Gossip
Welcome back to
"AI Aftermath," where we explore
Idol's past. Each installment, as one more
American Idol hopeful is eliminated from the competition, we take a look back at contestants past who were eliminated at the same point. We'll examine how they did on the show and what they've been up to since their eliminations. In honor of Syesha Mercado's elimination this week, we'll be looking at other fourth place finishers.
This week: 3rd place finishers, featuring featuring Nikki McKibbin (Season One), Kimberly Locke (Season Two), Jasmine Trias (Season Three), Vonzell Solomon (Season Four), Elliott Yamin (Season Five) and Melinda Doolittle (Season Six).
Continue reading AI Aftermath: 3rd place finishers - VIDEOS
Posted Mar 26th 2008 2:24PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: American Idol, Contestants, Alumni, News and Gossip
Hey all you
Idol maniacs. Want to know where your favorite
Idol contestants past and present will be making appearances? Of course you do. You've already got the RV packed, notes to the kids' schools written explaining their prolonged absences and a case of Funyuns jammed underneath the passenger seat. You're a member of the Soul Patrol, a Clayniac and are still suffering from McPheever. Oh you've got it bad.
But
MJ's Big Blog has what you need. No more aimless driving around America shouting "Can anyone tell me where Gina Glocksen is performing tonight?" or "Has anyone seen Jessica Sierra, she still owes me bail money?" Now you can go to one place and plan your journey like the Deadheads before you. Now you can follow Ace Young as he travels around various Borders signing
Chicken Soup for the American Idol Soul, and you can catch Diana DeGarmo at the Braves opener. Oh, and if you're in Atlanta at Kroger tonight, look up Melinda Doolittle, buy some ice cream and tell her I said "Hi."
Posted Aug 14th 2007 12:01PM by Liz Finn-Arnold
Filed under: American Idol, Alumni, News and Gossip
American Idol's season six winner Jordin Sparks and first runner-up Blake Lewis
are hitting the studios to record their individual debut albums. With possible release dates as early as Thanksgiving, America will learn soon enough if the latest batch of Idols are "turkeys" or not.
Jordin said, "I'm trying to mix everything together. I'm loving all the songs I'm recording, so hopefully that will come off the album when you listen to it and you'll be able to feel the emotion."
Continue reading Season six Idols begin recording debut albums
Posted Jun 1st 2007 2:03PM by Liz Finn-Arnold
Filed under: Programming, American Idol, Contestants, Alumni, News and Gossip
What would the Fourth of July be without hot dogs, fireworks, and Blake's beatboxing?
American Idol finalist Blake Lewis will be joining third place finisher Melinda Doolittle, as well as this year's reigning champ Jordin Sparks for
Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular on NBC. The special will be hosted by Natalie Morales and Tiki Barber from NBC's
Today Show. Country singer Martina McBride will also be on hand to perform "Anyway."
NBC says the fireworks display "will feature nearly 35,000 brilliant shells exploding over New York City" in the country's largest Fourth of July fireworks extravaganza. The one-hour Spectacular will be televised at 9PM from New York.
Posted May 21st 2007 1:22PM by Liz Finn-Arnold
Filed under: OpEd, American Idol, Contestants, Predictions and Trends, News and Gossip
Honestly, I have no idea who is going to win this year's
American Idol.And neither does Simon Cowell. Mr. Opinionated was uncharacteristically at a loss for a definitive prediction,
telling reporters: "I can't call it at this stage. For Blake, he's a brilliant entertainer, but the negative is he's not a fantastic singer. The advantage for Jordin is she is a great singer and the negative is she hasn't done one performance yet which I can remember as a 'wow."'
Several weeks ago, I decided that Jordin Sparks was definitely a shoo-in as this year's winner. And both
Ryan Seacrest and
the odds makers agreed with me, making me that much more confident in my pick. But after last week's results, I'm no longer so sure.
Continue reading Will Blake or Jordin become the next American Idol?
Posted May 18th 2007 1:22PM by Liz Finn-Arnold
Filed under: American Idol, Watercooler Talk, Contestants, News and Gossip
On Wednesday night, many of us were shocked to see "resident pro" Melinda Doolittle get booted from
American Idol. But more shocking than that, many of us
swore we heard Ryan Seacrest mistakenly announce her upcoming ouster prematurely.
Here's what happened. After Elliott Yamin performed, and before a commercial break Ryan said, "We've got more music coming up live from Maroon 5. Plus, more emotional results and Melinda Doolittle goes home."
Continue reading Did Ryan accidentally announce Melinda's elimination too early on Idol's results show?
Posted May 17th 2007 12:10AM by Liz Finn-Arnold
Filed under: American Idol, Reviewcaps, Contestants, Predictions and Trends, Episode Reviews
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(S06E39) Last season's third place finisher Elliot Yamin showed up to perform on tonight's
American Idol. He sounded truly grateful and sincere as he gave words of encouragement to the Final 3 contestants.
And he served as a fitting reminder that finishing third on
American Idol isn't such a bad thing. Someone has to go home tonight -- but it's not an ending for that finalist. It's really only the beginning of a career.
This time next year, I fully expect tonight's third place finisher to be on this same stage singing and promoting a CD and upcoming tour.
I just didn't expect the results to go the way they did tonight. And I never thought that this year's third place finisher would be...
Continue reading American Idol: Live Results Show #12
Posted May 15th 2007 11:00PM by Liz Finn-Arnold
Filed under: American Idol, Judges, Reviewcaps, Contestants, Performances, News and Gossip, Episode Reviews
(S06E38) Ryan tells us that the theme of tonight's
American Idol is "Three." There are
three finalists singing
three songs each. The
three contestants have
three phone numbers assigned to them. And of course, there are
three Idol judges.
Can you believe that tomorrow one of these three finalists will be leaving
American Idol? If nothing else, each of them gave stellar performances tonight proving they deserved to be in the final three. Unfortunately, someone has to go home tomorrow. And I'm not sure who that person will be.
But based on tonight's performances, I have to think that Melinda Doolittle deserves to be safe.
Continue reading American Idol: Final 3
Posted May 14th 2007 3:23PM by Liz Finn-Arnold
Filed under: OpEd, American Idol, Watercooler Talk, Contestants, Predictions and Trends, News and Gossip
We're down to three remaining challengers in this year's
American Idol, and it looks like it's going to be a very tight race for second place. But according to odds makers,
first place is pretty much a lock for Jordin Sparks -- the odds-on favorite to win this year's
Idol.Odds makers are also predicting a final showdown between Jordin and Blake, leaving Melinda as a third place finisher. But we all know that anything can happen - and it ain't over until Seacrest is out.
Continue reading Odds are on Jordin to win Idol
Posted May 9th 2007 11:46PM by Liz Finn-Arnold
Filed under: American Idol, Judges, Reviewcaps, Contestants, News and Gossip, Episode Reviews
(S06E37) The theme for tonight's
American Idol is appropriately enough -- The Fantastic Four. We're down to just four (soon to be three) finalists. And this past week the finalists were treated to a sneak peek at the upcoming movie,
The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Of course this means the viewers at home will be treated to an extended promo for the flick before the night is out.
In preparation for an appearance by Jessica Alba, Simon and Paula have apparently swapped seats. Paula says the reason for the switch is because Jessica is hot, and then she starts counting for no apparent reason.
Continue reading American Idol: Live Results Show #11
Posted May 8th 2007 11:03PM by Liz Finn-Arnold
Filed under: American Idol, Judges, Reviewcaps, Contestants, Performances, Episode Reviews
(S06E36) Ryan tells us that we're down to three girls and one guy, and I suddenly realize that we're really getting close to the end of this year's
American Idol competition.
I have to admit that right around Week 20, I thought this day would never come. Yet, after weeks of dragging this thing out, suddenly everything is happening quickly. I mean, heck,
I missed one week of recapping and both Chris Richardson and Phil Stacey went home.
"The pressure is on," says Ryan. This is where it gets really exciting (if one of your favorites remains) or really boring (if your favorite has gone home). Either way, the waiting is almost over. In two weeks, we'll have a new
American Idol.
But tonight starts pretty rough, with some uninspiring renditions across the board of Barry Gibb's greatest hits.
Continue reading American Idol: Top 4 Finalists
Posted May 7th 2007 11:21AM by Liz Finn-Arnold
Filed under: American Idol, Web, News and Gossip
We're getting down to the wire now. Twenty contestants have gone home leaving us with just four remaining contenders. Who will win
American Idol? And more importantly, what will they sing during the finale?
After receiving thousands of songs from aspiring songwriters in this year's first ever
American Idol Songwriter Contest, a "team of experts has finalized a shortlist of the top 20 strongest and most suitable songs for
American Idol," according to the official website.
If you want to help determine this year's winning song you'd better scoot on over to
American Idol and vote soon -- the contest ends tomorrow, May 8, 2007.
Continue reading Idol Songwriter contest ends May 8th
Posted May 2nd 2007 11:35PM by JJ Hawkins
Filed under: American Idol, Reviewcaps, Contestants, Episode Reviews
(S06E35) Touchy, touchy, touchy. If I learned anything from the comments on yesterday's reviewcap, it's not to mess with the readers and their Jon Bon Jovi. Holy goodness, you guys absolutely obliterated me in the comments. The strange thing is, I kind of liked it.
Fortunately, I only received one death threat, so I'm happy to be coming out of this relatively unscathed. Deep down you know you were really laughing with me, you just didn't want to admit it. What's that you say? You weren't amused? Ok, then let's just start the recap.
Continue reading American Idol: Live Results Show #10
Posted May 2nd 2007 7:05PM by JJ Hawkins
Filed under: American Idol, Contestants, Performances, News and Gossip
With 70 million votes pouring in after last week's American Idol, it's pretty safe to say that hardcore fans of the show do exist.
Luckily, the American Idols Live tour dates were released yesterday and should help to alleviate the fan depression that comes along with the shows looming finale.
The tour is slated to occur between July 6th and September 22nd and lands at 50 different locations across the country and includes a stint in Canada.
Continue reading American Idols Live tour dates announced
Posted May 1st 2007 11:31PM by JJ Hawkins
Filed under: American Idol, Music and Variety, Reviewcaps, Contestants, Performances, Episode Reviews
(S06E34) Was anyone really surprised that no one got sent home during "
Idol Gives Back"? It was a charity event. Someone having their dream destroyed just wouldn't have fit in with the show.
The fact that no one left had a profound effect on this episode as Ryan was quick to point out since two people would be going home this week.
Continue reading American Idol: Top 6 Finalists (once again)
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