Simon Cowell, pushing the big 5-0, is copping some more flak.
Singer Katy Perry has lashed out at the star judge for his brutally honest approach to the would-be aspirations of the hundreds of reality TV contestants that stand before him.
Cowell must just be recovering from the comment that his fashion sense was “boring” from fellow X Factor judge and style princess Dannii Minogue.
Now Perry has told a film crew: “As much as he’s an a**hole he’s a very truthful, honest a**hole.”
Cowell, 49, was said to have reacted to the comment by saying: “She’s definitely got her own opinion. She’s a feisty solo artist and I like that.”
Brit judge Piers Morgan blasted host Nick Cannon on America’s Got Talent, telling him “You’re the mean one!” after he tricked girl group The EriAm Sisters into thinking they had been voted off the show.
Piers was – almost – speechless after Nick told the girls that they hadn’t made it through to the semis on NBC’s Tuesday night show, then told they had – causing them all to burst into tears.
Afterwards, Nick laughed as he told the girls: ?Gotcha!?
Piers then said: ?That’s a mean trick you just played, Nick Cannon.
?You’re meaner than me and you call me the bad one. My God!?
David Hasselhoff was thrilled the girls got through with fellow singer Drew Stevyns.
The Hoff stood up and shouted at Nick: ?You’re the man!?
Nick tried to defend himself saying: ?I’m just doing what it says on the cards.?
Simon Cowell says he would “absolutely not” stay on American Idol if the show slipped from its number one spot on US TV.
The 49-year-old makes his shocking admission as he tops The Hollywood Reporter’s Reality Power List.
Cowell, who heads his own company Syco Television, is just one of four high-profile Brits on the 50-person list that includes Simon Fuller, Gordon Ramsay and Nigel Lythgoe.
The TV judge says: “Being number one is verging on an obsession with me.
“I don’t accept the argument of fragmentation or declining numbers. The Super Bowl goes up every year.”
Despite this admission, Cowell still toys with the idea of leaving American Idol when his contract runs out.
“The idea that for the next five years I’d be doing exactly what I’ve been doing for the past five years … the thought is just too depressing,” he says.
“You have to evolve, you have to change.”
Cowell reportedly earns $36 million a year to do American Idol.
Last Wednesday was the end of the line for American Idol Anoop Desai and Lil Rounds. Two American Idol hopefuls were sent home following after the judges saved Matt Giraud from elimination last week. Lil Round however showed she was worthy to stay on after she sang Chaka Khan’s “I’m Every Woman” for her disco number week. Paul Abdul, who said Lil Round should have sung that way last week, said that was a classy way to go for Lil Rounds.
Lil Rounds sang her farewell song nicely that even Simon Cowell said he remains a massive fan of Lil Rounds. Anoop Desai, who sand Donna Summer’s “Dim All The Lights? was however disappointed when he was told he was going to leave the show. However, he said he was looking forward to his Chapel Hill hometown. Simon Cowell criticized Anoop Desai’s performance saying it was mediocre.
The executives over at MTV have teamed up with DJ AM to create a new reality show. The program is tentatively titled ?Gone Too Far? and it will be about staging interventions on young people who are hooked on drugs. AM, who has battled his own drug addiction in the past, will be present during the intervention process along with an addiction specialist. I?m glad that they finally have something positive to show and not just the usual fake drama on ?The Hills?. However, the show seems to be very similar to the Emmy-nominated A&E show, ?Intervention?. MTV should really just go back to showing music related stuff.
Did any of you wonder just why you had to dial Idols 36 for Alexis Grace instead of Idols 13? Apparently, the folks over at American Idol have hit a bit of a perverted snag by having a final 13 this year instead of 12. It turns out that the sequenced telephone number for the 13th performer is already in use by a phone sex company. American Idol only owns twelve numbers, 1-866-IDOLS-01 through 1-866-IDOLS-12, and the porn company snatched up 1-866-IDOLS-13. Also, Ryan Seacrest hinted at a changed rule on the elimination show. Simon Cowell did one better by saying that it involves the judges. I?m thinking that while America gets to ?pick? the bottom performers, it will be the judges who will do the eliminating. Stay tuned to tonight?s elimination to find out for sure.
Say goodbye to the American Idol Top 12 and say hello to the Top 13. After announcing the three remaining finalists at the end of Thursday?s wild card round, Simon Cowell announced that 22-year old Anoop Desai won a previously unannounced 13th spot in the next round of the singing contest. Simon said ?We decided ? recently ? we’re going to make this a top 13.? The three other wild card finalists were Jasmine Murray, Megan Corkrey and Matt Giraud. Desai, Miurray, Corkrey and Giraud join finalists Kris Allen, Danny Gokey, Alexis Grace, Allison Iraheta, Adam Lambert, Scott MacIntyre, Jorge Nunez, Lil Rounds and Michael Sarver. Do you have a favourite already?
The shady American Idol semi-finalist Joanna Pacitti has just been disqualified from the competition. Fox released a statement last week explaining the situation as to ?avoid the appearance of impropriety?. There has been speculation about the legitimacy of Joanna?s running for the Idol contest including rumors of the aspiring singer being planted in the competition due to a close relationship with certain people close to Joanna Pacitti as well as a former record deal. Did the execs really think that Idol extremists wouldn?t be able to spot her? Joanna has since been replaced in the semis by the more deserving Felicia Barton who will go on to compete in the top 36.
American Idol has even more shadiness going on. In a previous post, several showbiz failures were exposed as being part of the show this season. Star magazine has uncovered more stuff about those contestants that will make Idol purists? blood boil. Apart from once starring in Broadway show and once having a major record deal, Joanna Pacitti has very close ties to two Idol folks. A snitch told the mage that suits Michelle Young and Roger Widynowski associated with the show have personal connections to Joanna. The 3 of them even lived in the same LA apartment complex for several years. Joanna even refers to Michelle as her manager and best friend, and credits Roger with ?helping me get where I am today.?
American Idol continues on its decline as the new season premiered on Tuesday to dismal ratings. The ratings of the season premiere were down 10 percent from last year?s opening. True, the reality show still dwarfs its competition by winning the 2-hour time slow with a16.7 rating but last season?s ratings were at 18.6. This is going to be a tough season for the crew of the show. I hope the changes they planned to help with the ratings actually work. To be honest, I?m only still watching the show to see all the crazy delusional folks get their dreams crushed.
Britney Spears was all smiles when she greeted a crowd of adoring fans after taking the stage on Britain?s version of American Idol, X-Factor, last weekend. For her first live UK performance in over four years, the pop princess who?s trying her hardest to get back in the groove performed her hit single ?Womanizer? as the five remaining X-Factor competitors gave their own renditions of a couple of her classics. I didn?t even know her songs can be considered as classics. Britney made her X-Factor appearance as par of a whirlwind publicity tour around Europe for her sixth studio album ?Circus?.
After a highly interesting American Idol performance show, more because of Paula Abdul rather than the Idol wannabes? performances, another Idol gets the boot. The competition is really tight now as they go from 5 to 4. All the guys were called out first and all of them were deemed safe, leaving Brooke White and Syesha Mercado in the bottom 2. Both were in good spirits as they were asked to sit down for a bit to watch Natasha Beddingfield and Neil Diamond perform. But once it was announced that Brooke was eliminated, tears started to flow. Brooke could hardly even get through her exit song!
Tokio Hotel have just announced they will perform ?Ready, Set, Go!? on Late Night with Conan O?Brien on May 9th.
Thanks to the massive amounts of on-line votes, the diehard Tokio Hotel fans have booked the band another spot on TV with a #2 video (?Ready, Set, Go!?) today on MTV?s TRL.
Tokio Hotel will release the U.S. version of Scream on May 6th.
Chris Cornell went on the record with Billboard.com that he really liked David Cook?s rendition of ?Billie Jean? on American Idol last week ? especially because he did it first. In his interview, the rocker admits that the Idol wannabe ?sang it great? but then adds that ?it was literally a note-for-note take on what I came up with.? And they say Cook is an original. While Chris was given credit for the innovative arrangement on the show, Idol?s imitation also pays Chris off as his cover of ?Billie Jean? has jumped to #12 on iTunes. And by the way, Doxology was finally given credit for their version of ?Eleanor Rigby? which Cook also sang.
It?s not the Oscar?s but Justin Timberlake is still hosting some type of award show. It has just been confirmed recently that JT will be hosting the annual ESPY Awards show this summer. The ceremony will take place in Los Angeles at the Nokia Theatre on July 20th. The ESPYs celebrate the best and funniest moments in sports throughout the year. Of the job, Justin said ?I’ll do my best to deliver a great show, as I do not want to be roughed up backstage by these athletes who are bigger, faster and stronger than me.? I?m betting Justin was just named the host to get more of a female audience to watch.
But, hey, whatever works!
After massacring the Beatles? classic ?Eight Days a Week?, American Idol wannabe Kristy Lee Cook is surprisingly still on the show ? and her looks may have something to do with it. Sources are saying that while most of the world was convinced that she was going to get the ax last week and later surprised at David Hernandez?s leaving, the other contestants were making theories on why Kristy was saved. The prevailing theory ? it?s too early to send home a hot chick. Never mind if you can?t sing worth crap, just look hot. Can you say Kellie Pickler and Haley Scarnato?
American Idol Results on March 6, 2008 came out the following American Idol Top 12 name list.
Amanda Overmyer, Brooke White, Carly Hennessy, Chikezie Eze, David Cook, David Archuleta, David Hernandez, Jason Castro, Kristy Lee Cook, Michael Lee Johns, Ramielle Malubay, Syesha Mercado
Danny Noriega was eventually eliminated from top 16 together with Asia’h Epperson, Kady Malloy, Luke Menard
I know you were tuned in to the results show of this week of American Idol. We were down to the Top 24, and it was time for 4 of them to go home – 2 guys, 2 girls.
The first contestant to be sent home was Garrett Haley, the likeable Leif Garrett lookalike. After that, they sent out Amy Davis, a talented but forgetable singer. Next for the guys was Colton Berry, another young one who Simon told to just “get a good job”. Finally, in a surprise move, Joanne Borgella was sent home for the girls.
It is sure to be a wild season full of surprises. We’ll see who ends up at the top in the end.
Constantine Maroulis was supposed to be the next big rock star thanks to American Idol. But as we all know, that?s not necessarily the case. Don?t make me name names.
The long-haired lothario was the star attraction at the Oneida Bingo in Oneida, Wisconsin where he tried to answer questions about musical instruments. The only problem was that people kept walking in front of him with trays of food.
If you lose on Idol, you can still win at bingo. Or you can score a free mall show. Or be the headliner at a club Christmas party. Or host a balloon show. Or ? you get the idea.
American Idol is set to return for its seventh season in a special two-night, four-hour season premier on January 15 and January 16. Set your TiVos now! The Hollywood round will air on February 12 and the top 24 contestants will be announced on February 13. The first performance episode which features the 12 male finalists will air on February 19 and the first performance episode of the females will be on the following night. The top 12 finalists will then take the stage for the first time on Tuesday, March 11.
Who will be the next Carrie Underwood, Jordin Sparks or William Hung? Judges Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell will be back to help sway your opinion.
Ashlee Simpson premiered her new music video ?Outta My Head? on TRL on Tuesday (aired on Thursday) in New York City. She was also there to promote her new album which would come out in March 2008.She says about the album ?[Bittersweet World] definitely influenced by ?80s music. I wanted to do music with beats, I wanted to step outside the box. It?s where I am in my life. There?s parts of the record that are ?80s-influenced, because that?s just kind of where I?m at right now. I?m more laid-back, and I want to dance around, and I kind of laugh at things a lot, so you?ll hear that on the record.?
Fergie gave a very priceless reaction when it was announced that she got a Grammy nomination on Thursday. The singer was one of the musicians on hand to announce who got the nods. It would have been very embarrassing if she didn?t get any.
But it?s still a very bittersweet reward for Fergie as she was a big favorite to get many Grammy nominations before the nominees were announced. She was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal. But when your album has 5 hit singles, it doesn?t really matter how many nods you get. Just think about that for a good while.
While Beyonce went green, Carrie Underwood decided to go red. It?s Christmas people!
The American Idol alum showed up in a red Grecian-inspired Naeem Khan Resort gown at ?Movies Rock: A Celebration of Music in Film? which was held at the Kodak Theatre on Sunday in Hollywood.
The 24-year old singer took to the stage when she performed a Julie Andrews classic, ?The Sound of Music? from the movie of the same title. Incidentally, it?s the favorite movie of Carrie?s mom. Also, Julie Andrews is the narrator of the movie ?Enchanted? for which Carrie sand ?Ever Ever After?. What goes around, comes around.
Say it ain?t so?say it ain?t really American Idol time again. Oh, but it is. The new season airs beginning in January.
I can tell you one person who won?t be heading out on the big stage anytime soon ? Ricco Barrino, the brother of former Idol winner Fantasia. Ricco auditioned for the seventh season of the show out in Los Angeles. His song choice – ?A Change Is Gonna Come?.
No word yet on whether he?ll show up in any of the audition episodes, but he?s one to look out for. You can say you knew him when?.
Oddly enough, Fantasia isn?t the only famous person in her family. Seems her cousins are K-Ci and JoJo. You might remember them from Jodeci. Apparently talent runs through their veins in that family!
Too bad it?s not gonna hit in the very near future for Ricco.
The Victoria?s Secret Fashion Show, apart from jiggling body parts and feathers, saw a lot of musical performances on Thursday. Too bad we have to wait for about two weeks to see it all.
Will.I.Am. opened the show by singing/rapping live. He did two songs including his current single ?Got It From Your Momma?. Seal also performed a couple of songs on the show. One even featured his model wife Heidi Klum. And she sang live too!
But we all want to hear about the Spice Girls right? The show was their first performance in nearly ten years. I say, they could have done better. The girls performed ?Stop? and their current single ?Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)?. Imagine, Heidi sang live but the girls lipsynched!
Maybe having some of her girls around last week gave her some good luck. Spice Girl Melanie Brown, aka Scary Spice, and her partner Maksim Chmerkovkiy danced the Rumba on the performance show of ?Dancing With The Stars? and garnered the first perfect score of the season.
The judges also gave massive props to the dancing duo. Bruno Tonioli said ?That wasn?t a dance, it was a cliffhanger.? Carrie Ann Inaba said that she was mesmerized while Len Goodman said ?That routine was perfected, inspected, dissected, and as far as I?m concerned it won?t be rejected.?
Disney star Miley Cyrus recently got done with her sold-out opening of the Hannah Montana concert in St. Louis, Missouri this past weekend. This is what $1000 per ticket will get you. And just as she promised, she made the show worth it.
A few days ago, it was announced that her dad Billy Ray Cyrus and the piano player from High School Musical Olesya Rulin will headline Jim Amatulli?s drama ?Flying By?. It?s a story of a business man who risks his marriage, family and fortune to pursue his dream of being in a rock band. I guess now that Miley?s busy with her own music, Billy Ray has to work without his daughter by his side.
Rihanna brought the house down on Thursday night when she performed another of her hit singles ?Shut Up and Drive? on ?The Late Show with David Letterman?. Before and after the show, the singer was seen carrying her small dog DJ in and out of the Ed Sullivan theatre.
How diva-like is that? Apart from the whole pooch thing, she also had mass security, an awaiting SUV and was uninterested with fans. Fans were calling out to her to sign autographs or to even just wave in their general direction but Rihanna did neither.
A recent convert to anti-Rihanna-ism was even heard saying ?Don?t do that Rihanna! We won?t buy your CDs!? Boycott!
The judges, as well as the rest of America, have all molded fine musicians in the form of American Idol alumni like Carrie Underwood, Chris Daughtry and Elliot Yamin. Now, those same judges are setting their eyes on the train wreck that is Britney Spears.
Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul believe they have what it takes to bring back Brit?s career. In an announcement to FOX News, Simon says that to help revive Brit?s career, getting her ?away from her stupid friends? would be the main plan.
Simon continues by saying ?MTV ratings are up and all we’re hearing is Britney, Britney, Britney! She can turn it around.?
It?s unclear whether they want Britney as a guest star or a contestant but honestly, can they bring her career back from the grave she dug in Vegas?
