On Sunday night, the finale of “Rising Star” aired on ABC, and it contained a number of surprises. For us, one of the biggest ones was how in the world Kesha managed to get over here so quickly after just being at the VMAs moments before. Nonetheless, there were four performers in Jesse Kinch, Audrey Kate […]
Are you still watching “Rising Star“? The singing show has seen its numbers dwindle over time, mostly due to the fact that the singers are not entirely impressive, and the format has not quite worked describe fantastic host Josh Grabon and an interesting premise. (We in part blame Kesha for being the most vanilla judge […]
Another new episode of “Rising Star” aired on ABC Sunday night, and there was some very good news: It ran for only an hour! We mean that as partially a slam of this very-formulaic show, but also as a chance to celebrate the fact that there was an episode with very little filler built into […]
We want to sit here and say that we were thoroughly impressed by tonight’s episode of “Rising Star,” but we weren’t. It was the Top 13 performance show, but there were at least a few performers in here who wouldn’t have made it out of the first round of a lesser singing show. Just think […]
We’re back with another take on “Rising Star,” at least for all of you who are still hoping that this show evolves into something. We’re going to be going through all of these battles once again with our take, and also whether or not there is anyone at this point who we are actually excited […]
We are closing in on the final rounds now of ABC’s “Rising Star,” and the show is probably only getting messier rather than more consistent. There were some major controversies that happened tonight with the voting, but the saddest thing of all is that there continues to be nothing that remarkable about the vocals. One […]
On tomorrow night’s “Rising Star,” the show is once again live as the contenders all square off in what is a series of Duels that actually puts “The Voice” to shame. It may be one of the only things, but still… In case you missed the first week, the premise here is simple: Each contestant […]
The first night of the duels on “Rising Star” was Sunday night, and there’s a little bit of irony in it. If we were still using the same criteria that we had during the auditions, only two of the singers tonight would’ve technically been good enough to advance to the next round. The other thing […]
Since the entire first season of “Rising Star” needs to come with some sort of instruction manual for how most of the parts of it work, we thought that we would do you a favor right now in trying to at least explain the Duels portion that is starting up on Sunday night. Here is the […]
Three weeks into “Rising Star,” we do still wonder how much of America is actually still watching. This show is a bit of a mess. There are good performances in here, but boy, were there some duds in here. There were at least a few performances that we hope someone will come and wash away […]
