When “So You Think You Can Dance” airs their performance show on Wednesday night, we’re definitely going to see a little bit of a different panel than we have so far during the live shows. According to a series of posts from Nigel Lythgoe on Twitter, the first big news is that Paula Abdul will […]
Has “American Idol” found itself the ideal replacement for Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick? It’s possible, and while their work may not be done yet when it comes to finding people to run the show behind the scenes, they have clearly found one key piece to the puzzle, and it is from someone who has […]
The revolving door at “American Idol” continues prior to the start of season 13. You have likely already heard the news that the likes of Nicki Minaj, Mariah Carey, and Randy Jackson are not returning to the Fox series in the new year. Meanwhile, Fox’s head of alternative programming Mike Darnell, who is really responsible […]
For those of you out there who were worried about the future of “American Idol” — or whether or not the show was going to change too much following the talk of the revamped judges’ panel — we now have some good news. After months of negotiations behind closed doors, executive producer Nigel Lythgoe has […]
Even though there has been no official indication yet that Nigel Lythgoe has even signed on for sure to return as executive producer for “American Idol” season 12, it has been pretty much assured that he will be coming back — and with that, he engaged in a lengthy discussion on Twitter Saturday over some […]
Typically, we reserve “American Idol” stories for folks who tend to compete on the show as contestants –but given all of the current uncertainty in regards to the show’s future, we wanted to focus on some of the questions when it comes to the production of next season. According to the Los Angeles Times, Nigel […]
It’s hard enough this year that “So You Think You Can Dance” is airing only once a week, but thanks to a rather unfortunate change in the schedule last week involving the 4th of July holiday, it has now been two weeks since the entire top 20 has been announced. This delay is bad news […]
On Monday, we first posted about the rumor that is flying around the internet that Adam Lambert could somehow return to the show in “American Idol” that launched his career, and ultimately become the first former contestant to end up being the judge. Adam already holds the distinction of the first former contestant to be […]
Now that we know who the top 20 are on “So You Think You Can Dance,” we can officially kick off what is always a found tradition here at Cartermatt.com — sizing up the competition! Admittedly, ranking these dancers is harder than ranking “American Idol” singers for a number of reasons: 1. We barely know […]
The top 20 contestants on “So You Think You Can Dance” were officially set on Wednesday night, and that meant receiving the opportunity to take part in what is a time-honored tradition — the annual photo shoot to help remind people of who they actually are. We’ve identified all of the photos to give you […]
