Jessica Sanchez, seen here with Idol boyfriend DeAndre Brackensick, debuted her new single Fairytale at the iHeartRadio American Idol tour stop in New York City Wednesday night.
But that wasn’t the big news of the night…last season’s American Idol runner-up also announced that she has a brand new record deal with Interscope Records. Continue reading
The Dawg is no more at “American Idol“. Per TMZ, Randy Jackson, the last-standing sitting original judge of the Fox show, is leaving his role from behind the panel and will from now on serve as mentor to the contestants.
Mariah Carey is still the only confirmed judge on the American Idol judges table for one!
Katy Perry who was “hotly pursued” by the Fox hit show is now reported by TMZ for having turned down a $20 million offer to judge the show.
How could Perry turn down such a seemingly lucrative opportunity? In July, the singer told The Hollywood Reporter: “People have reached out to me about the possibility of being involved, and it’s not right for me yet.” Insiders also blame Perry’s busy schedule in addition to her belief that it simply not a good career decision as the reasons for the rejection of the offer.
Nicki Minaj, an American Idol judge? That’s what a source told Us Weekly. “I’m not sure the deal is completely done yet, but yes, she is definitely doing it. A few more slight things to sign off on but it is happening.”
A second insider told the mag that Minaj was “100% confirmed to judge American Idol.” Continue reading
Scotty McCreery fell off the stage during a concert Friday night while opening for Brad Paisley in Bethel, N.Y.
Nick Jonas confirmed rumors which developed over the weekend that he is actually being considered as a judge on American Idol by Tweeting:
SPOTTED: Superstar American Idol alum Jordin Sparks performing at an outdoor concert at The Grove in Los Angeles, August 1, 2012. The event was part of the outdoor mall’s Summer Concert Series, sponsored by Citibank.
The sexy songstress and star of the upcoming movie, Sparkle (co-starting the late Whitney Houston), showed off her sizzling new toned-down body as she performed to one hit after another. Continue reading
Now that Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler has permanently left the “American Idol” building, he has come clean and admitted that working on the Fox hit show was not all fun and games. It was the money and ability to hang out with Jennifer Lopez that kept Tyler interested in the gig.
In his interview with “Rolling Stone”, Tyler admitted: “It was something to do while the storm blew by, to be honest…not my cup of tea. I loved it and hated it. It was a great job, I sat next to J. Lo and I made a ton of money. It was a moment in life and it became larger than life.” Continue reading
Kellie Picker looks mighty patriotic covering the latest issue of Maxim. The former American Idol contestant who has already traveled abroad five times with the USO says she wants to find even more ways assist our military. And there is good reason for it.
That didn’t take long. Less than two weeks after Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler announced their departure from American Idol, we can now confirm that one of those judges seats left vacant has now been filled.