Who needs to wait until the end of the “American Idol XIII” performance show to find out the theme for next week? Thanks to one of the current contestants, we may already have an idea of just what the contestants are all going to be belting out. In an interview with AfterBuzz TV that took […]
The “American Idol XIII” top 9 went on the stage Wednesday with a bigger challenge than ever before: Trying to rock out to a performance that featured a full band right on stage with them. This meant making a more intimate connection, having energy, and also making sure that you were never quite completely drowned […]
Tomorrow, the top 9 artists on “American idol XIII” all are going to be ready to his the stage to perform under what is a unique, potentially-interesting theme: “I’m With the Band.” This could yield some great performances if the contestants feel comfortable surrounded by a group of supportive band members … so long as […]
It has been a little while since we have unleashed a version of “American Idol” notes, but given what we have to talk about this time around, this was the time to bring it back, starting with the big news surrounding David Archuleta. He’s back! We remember writing about two years ago about his departure […]
MK Nobilette was easily the most high-profile contestant to leave “American Idol” so far this season, at least when it comes to generating headlines. In her case, not all of them were about her singing. Earlier this season MK became the first contestant to publicly acknowledge her sexuality during the course of the competition, and […]
Were there some surprises when it comes to the “American Idol XIII” results tonight? The first thing is that we were surprised that America didn’t exactly respond to the country singer in the same way that they have in the past. Dexter Roberts was the first person in the bottom three tonight, and he was […]
While not every theme for “American Idol XIII” so far has been our favorite, we’ll give them credit for one thing: Actually allowing the contestants to take on a variety of different songs that could all work for them for a change. There has been nothing restricting them to Stevie Wonder or Whitney Houston hits, […]
For the top ten on “American Idol,” isn’t it fair to ask for a ton of memorable performances? The show tonight was good at times, but also pretty bad at some other points. Nobody had a performance that we would consider to be altogether mind-melting. As per always when we do these reviews, we’re going […]
Just when it starts to feel like “American Idol” is painting a slightly clearer picture for how the rest of the season is going to go, we have an episode like the one we had this past week to enter the equation and stir things up. Previous favorites were in the bottom three, and for […]
There are few times that we would ever use the word “adorable” to describe a music video, but for those of you questioning the word choice in this context, we have one piece of advice for you: Just watch what Lee DeWyze did with “Fight” below! You’ll understand so much better where we are coming […]
