Category: ‘American Idol ‘

Clay Aiken Talks Gay Rights

Clay Aiken recently returned to his hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina to speak at the Human Right Campaign Carolinas gala this past weekend. The former closeted American Idol alum delivered a speech concerning gay rights alongside Meredith Baxter, who just recently revealed that she was a lesbian. Clay wrote his own speech after the remarks [...]

Simon Cowell in secret talks for American X-Factor

Simon Cowell is in top-secret talks with Fox to export X-Factor to the US, while keeping his judge’s deal on American Idol.
Cowell’s UK contract on X-Factor is in its final year and the just-turned-50 star judge has made no bones about his desire to turn a page in his life and launch his own venture.
Fox [...]

Victoria Beckham rules out more kids

Victoria “Posh” Beckham, whose career is soaring with American Idol, has admitted she doesn’t want any more children.
Speaking with American Idol host Ryan Seacrest, the mother of three boys said: “I get up early in the morning, get the kids ready for school, take them to school. Then while they’re at school I manage to [...]

Cheryl Cole ‘turns down 4m American Idol deal’

Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole has reportedly turned down a £4m deal to star as a judge on American Idol to be closer to husband Ashley.
Cole, 26, is said to have declined the job on the panel alongside Simon Cowell, 49. She is already a judge with Cowell on British show The X Factor.
However, it [...]

Woman given 100 by Simon Cowell after purse was stolen says he’s a ‘big softie’

The woman who was given cash by Simon Cowell after her purse was stolen at an X Factor audition has said Mr Nasty is a “big softie”.
Lynn Phillips, 38, was in the crowd at the Glasgow auditions for The X Factor when she believes she was pick-pocketed.
Mum-of-three Phillips was said to be upset at the [...]

FOX Slams Idol Voting Controversy

FOX has released a statement regarding the accusations of voting irregularities during the American Idol finale which declared Kris Allen as the champion as opposed to fan favorite Adam Lambert. Sources say that show sponsor AT&T provided phones for texting at finale parties in Arkansas supporting Kris. FOX said “Fox and the producers of ‘American [...]

Bikini Girl returns to American Idol only to be upstaged by DioGuardi

"Bikini Girl" Katrina Darrell was given a run for her money by American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi during the reality show’s finale.

Darrell returned to the show after being awarded the audience favourite award on Wednesday night and took to the stage to collect her trophy.

After she kissed him, the show’s host, Ryan Seacrest, cheekily commented [...]

Michael Johns to Perform on The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Former American Idol finalist, MICHAEL JOHNS will be performing his new single “Heart on My Sleeve” on The Ellen DeGeneres Show next Monday, May 25th. The Aussie vocalist will be releasing his first post-Idol solo album, Hold Back My Heart on June 23rd. Encouraged by his mentor David Foster, who invited Johns to appear on [...]

Simon Cowell used to sport a number of dodgy haircuts including a perm, his brother has revealed

Simon Cowell used to sport a number of dodgy haircuts including a perm, his brother has revealed.
The music mogul’s brother, Nicholas, said: “He always had the most ridiculous fashion.”
Simon, 49, is known for his high-waisted trousers and neat hair-cut as a judge on shows such as The X Factor and American Idol.
Nicholas added: “When it [...]

Simon Cowell says ex-girlfriend Terri Seymour “can’t keep away” from him

Simon Cowell says his ex-girlfriend Terri Seymour “can’t keep away” from him and has been at his new $22 million mansion every day since he moved in.

The American Idol judge told TV reporter Terri he “loves” his new Beverly Hills pad – which he spent two years having built – when she interviewed him for [...]

Simon Cowell too busy for Barack Obama

The “American Idol” judge recently passed up a dinner invitation from the US President. On Jay Leno, Simon Cowell explained his decision: “He wanted to have dinner and our diaries didn’t quite match. We just didn’t quite connect.” However, Simon Cowell probably wants to make it up to the President by making a show featuring [...]

Kelly Clarkson Talks Lesbians

Kelly Clarkson apparently kept being asked about whether she was a lesbian or not because the original American Idol is talking about it now. She said “People are like, ‘Are you secretly a lesbian? Because I’d really love it.’ Lesbians tell it to me all the time. I’m like, ‘I’m glad it works for you [...]

Simon Cowell’s rodent obsession

The “American Idol” judge is supposedly obsessed with hamsters as he himself recently admitted: “I had 18 hamsters when I was growing up. I loved watching them run on their wheel. One could even swim under water.” Simon Cowell also told the story of how he used to teach his little rodent army to do [...]

Simon is a “God”

It seems that in the UK, Simon Cowell is actually more famous than God. A recent survey showed that the British kids rated the judge of mean to be more famous than God or even the Queen of England. The annual survey consisted of 1600 children under the age of 10 in the town of [...]

Kara Dioguardi needs confidence

Lara Dioguardi needs all the confidence in the world as she joins Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson at the judges’ table on Fox’s hit series “American Idol”. She officially joined the trio on 26th August 2008.
During a red carpet press event at Chelsea Piers in New York City, the American Idol judges posed [...]

Sanjaya’s Status

Infamous American Idol contestant Sanjaya Malakar recently revealed in an interview that he’s dating a girl. One, who would want to interview him? Two, he dates girls? When asked whether he has a girlfriend, the pony-hawk starlet said “Ummmm, yes. She is supportive and understands that I am not always going to be in the [...]

American Idol Chooses Kids Over Baseball

Kansas City Royals fans can stop worrying about guilt as there won’t be 25 crying kids in the crowd when David Cook gets back into town. The American Idol contestant was approached by the baseball team to sing the national anthem at a game on May 9. The thing is 25 elementary kids were already [...]

American Idol Stage Dad Denies Being Stage Dad

I’ve written about how Jeff Archuleta, American Idol contestant David’s dad, is the worst kind of stage dad there is. Jeff recently had an interview with Us where he fires back about there being no truth in the stories of him yelling at David Archuleta or withholding water. The funny thing is, he doesn’t even [...]

Jordin Sparks Can Still Breathe

Whether you choose to listen to her or not, Jordin Sparks’ singing career isn’t losing any air as it isn’t anywhere near over. Alarms sounded when the American Idol champ had to cancel gigs this weekend because of what was described as “acute vocal chord hemorrhage” which led to speculation that her career is over. [...]

Simon Cowell on the American Idols

Variety recently had a sit-down with Simon Cowell and he was asked to pinpoint a collective flaw in the cast of this year’s American Idol. Simon replied with “Personality. They are giving very safe answers to questions, making safe song selections. We are not getting a sense of who they are. We have to try [...]

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