Tonight, the name of the game for “American Idol XIV” was redemption. The audition episode in Minnesota was pretty terrible, save for maybe one or two singers who stepped it up. Tonight was definitely diverse in New Orleans, given that within a few minutes we went from having a pretty salt-of-the-earth country singer to a […]
We have one simple hope for the new episode of “American Idol” airing tonight on Fox: Please be better than what we had last night in Minneapolis. That may be one of the worst overall audition shows that we’ve ever seen. There were not necessarily a lot of horrible singers, but we had something just […]
Today’s ratings article is truly a case at the moment of very good news for one show coupled with bad news for another. Let’s start with what may get many people smiling, and that is the meteoric rise of “Empire” as a major pop-culture sensation. The series drew impressive ratings the first two weeks, but […]
Let’s face it: We’re not at the stage anymore where every contestant on “American Idol” can necessarily be as undiscovered as they once were. One of the best contestants on Wednesday night’s relatively-weak episode in Minnesota was Mark Andrew, and as it turns out, he has quite a singing-show history already. While Mark did not […]
For the first time in seven seasons, “American Idol” took off to Minnesota, which we feel is a pretty fun place to visit for auditions. With that being said, it’s not the best place at all for actual performances compared to New York. That audition episode was a knockout punch. This one was a little […]
After watching Jacob Tolliver’s audition for “American Idol XIV,” we admittedly do not have much of a clue as to how good of a singer he is. It is a little bit interesting that for a singing competition, the majority of his performance of “Great Balls of Fire” is spent watching him play the piano, […]
We all know at this point that there is a relentless cavalcade of contestants on “American Idol” who come into the auditions looking to impress a particular judge, but the majority of the time it’s Jennifer Lopez. You either have people who grew up on her music, or you have guys trying to become the […]
While Fox did not necessarily bring representatives from every single show on their roster to the TCA Winter Press tour, they did decide to bring over “American Idol XIV.” What’s the reason for that? To us, it is as simple as making sure that they are doing their best to make this into a solid […]
Well, that didn’t take very long at all. Simon Andreae became on Friday what we like to call the latest “Utopia casualty” over at Fox, as in his short tenure he failed to produce a new alternative hit for Fox. He was the replacement for Mike Darnell, who oversaw much of the run of “American […]
“American Idol” brought more than just talent to the table with Thursday night’s new episode. They also brought Adam Lambert! The season 8 star was one of the judges on the panel, filling in for Keith Urban while taking care of a family matter. Sal Valentinetti – We previewed this guy before the episode, and we […]
