Believe it or not, Quentin Tarantino – the director of “Kill Bill,” “Pulp Fiction,” “Death Proof” and the highly-anticipated “Inglourious basterds” is a fan of American Idol. The obsessive kind of fan. In fact, he will be appearing on tonight’s (April 14) episode of the singing contest as the guest mentor for “Idols at the Movies” week.
Last year’s American Idol champ David Cook has canceled two of his shows for his national university tour – one scheduled at the Colby Sawyer College in New London (Monday) and the other at the Connecticut University in New Haven (Tuesday).
The contestants of American Idol’s season 8 headed to Studio A, the room at the Motown Historical Museum, which used to be the Motown Records hit-making factory. Since the contestants will be singing Motown classics on Wednesday, March 25, they worked with label founder Berry Gordy Jr. and legendary singer Smokey Robinson on their chosen songs.
Last night, the Idol hopefuls took a shot at country music and majority of them sang their pieces real good. Two surprising performances were Anoop Desai and Megan Joy, who both sucked last week, but proved they’re worthy of the top 10 last night.
In American Idol, it’s not just all about singing, regardless of how many times the judges say it is. What American Idol is looking for is a package artist – someone who can sing well, perform great and be able to capture the hearts of the audience, thus selling millions of albums. Adam Lambert is one of the leading contestants on Idol, and here’s 10 reasons why he has a chance of winning this year.
Last Thursday, American Idol semi-finals closed after the wild card round saw four – not three – additions to the 6 top contestants voted earlier. For the first time in American Idol history, thirteen contestants will compete for the spot of the next “idol.”
Adam Lambert, the guy who sang the Rolling Stone song “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction” last week and got into the Top 12, has some controversies to face. Apparently, votefortheworst.com found Lambert interesting, so the people behind the website dug up his dirt and revealed photos of him kissing a guy.
This week was the second week of the Top 36 performances and TWO is the magic number because ONLY TWO contestants sang it really well. Here’s a quick recap:
