Frenchie Davis from The Voice, Rent, and American Idol and Rent, was spotted at The Grove in Los Angeles Wednesday night, July 13, 2011, for the second week of Citi Presents Summer Concert Series.
Frenchie headlined with Blake Lewis and Honor Society.
Pics of Blake Lewis coming soon. Click here for pics of Honor Society.
Entertainment Weekly reports that American Idol‘s ninth-place finisher last season, Pia Toscano, has signed a recording deal with Interscope Records.
“I am thrilled to be joining the Interscope and 19 Recordings family. [Interscope Geffen A&M Chairman] Jimmy Iovine was an amazing mentor during my time on ‘Idol’ and I’m looking forward to working with him and everyone at Interscope Records and 19 Recordings. This is a dream come true,” Toscano said in a statement.
GREAT NEWS! We don’t have to speculate for months as to who will judge the next season of NBC’s hit show, The Voice, like we have been with American Idol recently. Season 1’s Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green will all return next season!
Paul Telegdy, Executive Vice President of NBC, said: “Our fantastic coaches were integral to the tremendous success of The Voice this year and we are thrilled that they are all returning. We look forward to building season two and making The Voice an even greater experience for fans.”
Javier Colon was The Voice‘s first winner and the show will return in January to go head to head with American Idol for its season 2.
Two American Idol judges have signed on to come back on season 11 next year!
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| Lauren and me 🙂 |
American Idol runner-up Lauren Alaina is quickly becoming an established artist. Like My Mother Does, her debut single, has already sold 121,204 digital downloads and entered Billboard’s all-genre Hot 100 chart at No. 20.
The sales mark the highest debut for a second place finalist in six years. The number 1 runner up is Clay Aiken’s This Is The Night / Bridge over Troubled Water which sold 393,000. Bo Bice’s Inside Your Heaven / Vehicle has a total of 121,423 downloads and Adam Lambert’s debut single Mad World sold 114,763.
In case you’re wondering, Idol winner Scotty McCreery sold 171,000 downloads of his debut I love You This Big —A song which debuted at No. 32 on Billboard’s Nielsen BDS-based Hot Country Songs chart. THAT may not sound so impressive until you also take into account this little fact: NO new artist’s first single has debuted that high since Jan. 20, 1990.
Congrats Alaina and Scotty.
Scotty McCreery fans, rejoice! An unreleased track sung by our latest American Idol, and called Out of Summertime, has leaked online and has created lots of buzz that perhaps maybe, this banjo-fueled tune will be the sophomore follow up to McCreery’s first hit single, I Love You This Big.
Sure, Scotty McCreery was crowned the American Idol winner exactly a week ago, but can the 17-year old country singer actually accomplish what counts in the music industry: Sell his music post-Idol?
I should also mention that Scotty’s single reached #1 in its first week on the Country Digital Songs chart, making it the 300th #1 song on the Billboard charts by an Idol alumnus.
What’s Scotty’s take on his quick success? “I am humbled and shocked by this news! I can’t tell you what it means to me to be on the same charts as my musical heroes. I want to thank my fans and especially country radio for their support.”
CONGRATS!
Jennifer Lopez has had a great year – She just ended a successful run as a judge on American Idol. Her sixth studio album was released earlier in the month. And she was named the World’s Most Beautiful Woman by People magazine last month. If all that weren’t enough, she ended up stealing the show with her butt shaking during the Idol finale this week.
We don’t know if the footage includes any nudity – all we know is that it was shot while the two were married in 1997 and it’s bad enough that J.Lo has been fighting her ex for years to keep the tape private. Apparently, a confidentiality agreement signed by Noa did just that until he found a loophole: J.Lo’s ex has recently sold the video to his current girlfriend, Claudia Vazquez, who is making plans to sell the tape through a distributor. And, per RadarOnline.com, a judge in the case has ruled that the plan is somehow legal.
SPOTTED: American Idol runner up, Lauren Alaina, was at The Grove in Los Angeles Thursday for an interview with Mario Lopez of Extra.
Lauren was there the morning after the finale. Mario asked Lauren what she whispered in Scotty’s ear before Ryan Seacrest announced the results. She said I asked him, “Are you ready to win? Cause you’re gonna win!” She also said the Idol process was a lot harder than she expected but it has prepared her for whatever lies in the future for her. For those of you wondering how her voice is, she said she is hoarse but other than sounding like a man for now, she’s doing great and will be fine.
I asked Lauren the big question on everyone’s mind: Is she dating Scotty McCreery? Here is her answer in this video:
Watch for her full interview on Extra Today!
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| Lauren’s mom joined in for the fun |
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| Lauren Alaina and me 🙂 |
Right after Scotty McCreery was crowned the American Idol winner, he sang his first single in front of a live audience at Nokia.
After it was all over, Entertainment Tonight asked Lauren if the two of them were involved in a romance. She answered, “he might be my boyfriend … ask him.”
So, ET did ask and Scotty said he is “still single,” although he did admit that they have “gotten really close, but I don’t know about the more than friends stuff.”