Kelly Clarkson has had a fabulous time lately. The singer got engaged last year, sang at President Obama’s inauguration, totally live we might add, and now, has been named as Forbes’ top-earning American Idol contestant.
The magazine compiled earnings for all Idol alum from May 2011 to May 2012, and the original Idol champ came out on top for taking home $8 million.
Here are the top 11 Idol money makers for the same time period: Continue reading
Dick Clark passed away this morning after suffering a major heart attack. Clark had been sick for a longtime and had been in St. John’s hospital in L.A. for an outpatient procedure last night.
“America’s Oldest Teenager” was 82. Continue reading
When American Idol judges used their one save of the season on Casey Abrams, Abrams was mystified and asked them, “It’s top 11, why would you do that?!” Well, Jennifer Lopez provided an answer to Abram’s question on Ryan Seacrest‘s radio show Wednesday.
The problem with using the one save of the season is that the full decision of who will be crowned our Idol winner will lie in our collective hands.
And well, America, we haven’t always been right. Or even close to right. Do the names Jennifer Hudson and Chris Daughtry and what we did to them shake your nerves..even just a little bit?
Lopez is not worried. “I really feel we put 11 amazing contestants in front of them, and now it’s [about] who their favorite is, who’s going to be their American Idol. I didn’t realize I was going to fall in love with the contestants the way I have and feel for them the way I do.”
OK fans, let’s do this. Let’s get this right starting tonight….
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American Idol 10th Anniversary – The Hits spotlights some of Idol’s most successful contestants like Kelly Clarkson’s #1 Billboard Pop 100 hit “Since U Been Gone,” Carrie Underwood’s Grammy award-winning “Before He Cheats” and rock super group Daughtry’s #1 ballad “Home.” Other tracks include season 6 winner Jordin Sparks’ collaboration with R&B’s Chris Brown on “No Air,” heartthrob David Cook’s platinum single “Light On” and Fantasia’s #1 Hot R&B/Hip Hop song “When I See U.” The compilation also highlights Ruben Studdard’s soulful single “Superstar,” Taylor Hicks’ esteemed performance of “Takin’ It To The Streets” and Broadway star Clay Aiken’s 2003 hit “Invisible.” Adam Lambert soars on this years Grammy-nominated “Whataya Want From Me” while current American Idol Lee DeWyze closes out the album with his chart-climbing single “Sweet Serendipity.”
Since its debut in 2002, American Idol, created by Simon Fuller, has become one of the most popular shows in the history of American television. Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler and global superstar Jennifer Lopez help kick off a second decade of Idol as new judges this season. Together they join twenty-year music industry veteran Randy Jackson and media mastermind Ryan Seacrest for the 10th anniversary season. Throughout the show, contestants will face new and exciting challenges as they compete to become the next American Idol.
1. Kelly Clarkson – “Since U Been Gone”
2. Ruben Studdard – “Superstar”
3. Clay Aiken – “Invisible”
4. Fantasia – “When I See U”
5. Carrie Underwood – “Before He Cheats”
6. Taylor Hicks – “Takin’ It To The Streets”
7. Daughtry – “Home”
8. Jordin Sparks (duet with Chris Brown) – “No Air”
9. David Cook – “Light On”
10. Kris Allen – “Live Like We’re Dying”
11. Adam Lambert – “Whataya Want From Me”
12. Lee DeWyze – “Sweet Serendipity”
Chris Daughtry is quite smitten…with his newborn twins.
The American Idol rocker tweeted this photo with the caption “I’m SO in love!”
The twins, Adalynn Rose and Noah James, were born via surrogate last month and were welcomed additions to Chris and wife Deanna’s two other kids, Hannah and Griffin. Congrats Chris and Deanna!
