American Idol 2010 Hollywood Week Round 1 Tonight

Get ready, American Idol fans! Tonight we’ll be introduced to the newest judge for American Idol 2010, Ellen DeGeneres, who replaced Paula Abdul.

This will be the first of three Hollywood Week rounds with the pressure building to the big reveal of the season’s Top 24 Idol contestants. Of course, if you don’t want to wait for that episode next week then you can check out the Top 24 Idol spoilers right now. Be ready tonight when the episode airs from 8-9PM (ET/PT)!

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February 7, 2010

Is Howard Stern Heading to American Idol?

Tagged: American Idol, Howard Stern, Simon Cowell
Posted by: Ashley

As rumors abound all over the internet about the possible Simon Cowell replacement in Howard Stern, my husband is jumping for joy while I am absolutely horrified. Surely this is all just a ploy to keep people talking about the situation.

Last week Jamie Foxx was at the top of the list and the week before that it was Tommy Mottola. For a show that should be all about finding the ”best” singer in America, this year all the focus is on the judges/guest judges.

In several articles found on the internet, Howard Stern is being courted by Idol executives who would love for him to come on board and replace Cowell. Really? I just don’t see it. How could they possibly want a guy like Stern? We would then have two judges on the panel who know absolutely nothing about the music business. And with Stern, wouldn’t you have to worry about him constantly criticizing contestants on the size of their boobs?

Not to worry, sources close to Stern claim he doesn’t want to travel around the country to the audition cities or live in Los Angeles for the majority of the year. He is hoping Sirius will renew his contract when it comes up January 2011. Stern already makes 100 million dollars a year for his radio show so why would he give that up? I don’t see it happening. Just my opinion.

How would you feel to have Stern sitting at the judges table next season?

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February 5, 2010

Ellen Degeneres Premieres on American Idol 2010

Tagged: American Idol, American Idol 2010, Ellen DeGeneres
Posted by: Ashley

Next week we have our first glimpse of new American Idol judge Ellen Degeneres. Finally Idol goes to Hollywood so no more guest judges, no more bad auditions, only great singers looking for a break. Here is a small preview of what is to come:

We don’t see much of the new judge but I’m wondering by what we do see if she is going to have a problem giving criticism. What do you think? Can Ellen give the contestants the critiques they need to improve their performance?

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February 4, 2010

American Idol 2010 “Road to Hollywood” Episode Hits Dead End

Tagged: American Idol, American Idol 2010, auditions, guest judges, Season 9
Posted by: Ashley

The “Road to Hollywood” episode for American Idol Season 9 felt to me like they just needed to fill an hour of time and threw this together.

It griped me that for the first half hour it was all Victoria again. We saw brief peeks at the other guest judges but they are sure making it a point to show Posh in that purple dress an awful lot. I’m not into her or her judging ability or the, all about how the contestants look, attitude she brings to the table. I mean look at Susan Boyle. No one would say she was amazing to look at but what an incredible voice! She has sold millions of albums so in my opinion, everything Posh has represented at these auditions is a load of crap.

The highlight was seeing all the hopefuls who actually made it into the Top 24. First up was Lee DeWyze whom we saw for all of 5 seconds and the same with Crystal Bowersox. Then we had Lacey Brown who sang “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and Michael “Big Mike” Lynche that was almost disqualified from the competition because his father squeeled the news to a local newspaper that he had made it to the top 24. We Also saw Aaron Kelly, a 16 year old who was adopted by his aunt. He sang “The Climb” and had a good voice.

My favorite of the night was Didi Benami who sang “Hey Jude.” She said she was singing for her best friend Rebecca who had passed away. She kind of sounded like Nora Jones and I hope she does well.

How did you like this episode and which of these contenders do you want to see more of?

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February 3, 2010

American Idol 2010 Episode 8 – Road to Hollywood – Open Discussion

Tagged: American Idol, American Idol 2010, auditions
Posted by: Matt

American Idol is bringing its ninth season of auditions to a close tonight with a look back at the past four weeks of star searching. If you’re watching this episode then you’re probably thinking about all of the great performances like those ones from yesterday or six days before that or maybe even eight days ago. Has it been that long already? Thanks for the refresher, Fox!

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