Idol Flux

Nestor Torre of the Philippine Daily Inquirer providing significant insights on what the first localised version of the most popular singing competition in the world lacked, and thus making it flop.

MANILA, Philippines—“Philippine Idol” lasted on ABC-5 for only one season. This year, the local version of “American Idol” is resurfacing on GMA as “Pinoy Idol.” What lessons can the new show learn from the less than completely happy experience that was “Philippine Idol?” Read the rest of this entry »

Bobby Lee and Arden Myrin from MADTV interview the Idols (+Blake) on the red carpet. This is hilarious, y’all.

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FremantleMedia has given the right for GMA-7 to telecast Pinoy Idol even in its U.S. cable channels. Fremantle is the franchise owner of the Idol show. Read the rest of this entry »

Tonight’s American Idol elimination round featured the new song Fall by Kimberly Locke, who placed 3rd in AI’s sophomore season, and the typical commercial jingle. Just as important are the group performance, where the lads didn’t have a solo piece, and the live call-in. Read the rest of this entry »

Week after week, David Cook seems to be nailing his song choices and executing them perfectly to match his branded rockstar personality. Ever wonder where he gets his inspiration for crafting such unique arrangements? Well Idol fans already know that Cook’s Day Tripper last week was the Whitesnake’s version, at least he openly admitted that. But the rock-the-house quality of his previous performance such as Eleanor Rigby and Hello have actually been performed by other rockers before. The former was by an underground Seattle band called Doxology, while Incubus sang the Lionel Richie classic in one of its concerts with the same composition as David had used. So much for being “the most original” as Randy had freshly commented after DC’s performance during the Top 10 earlier tonight. Read the rest of this entry »

Tonight’s American Idol themed on music from the year the contestants were born. So while other idol-wannabes were crafting diabolical plans already, some were just teething like toothy Archuleta.

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Tonight the American Idol top 10 finalists are singing songs from the year they were born and TMZ.com posted a list of these songs on their site. Read the rest of this entry »

He’s gone from living in his car to having a record deal in the span of six months. Morristown teenager Josiah Leming — forever known as the kid living out of his car on “American Idol” season 7 — has signed with Warner Bros. records. He’s also gotten an agent and an entertainment lawyer. According to one source, the kid bought his dad a new truck recently to celebrate this upward turn of events. Earlier this season, Josiah made it to the early rounds in Hollywood, but failed to make the top 24 cut. He’s still living in M-Town, but he’s going to be going Hollywood soon enough.

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