1.17.12 LENO, Kevin Hastings joins band
Jan 17, 2012 5:40:55 GMT -5
Post by clematis on Jan 17, 2012 5:40:55 GMT -5
And the AI 11 articles start.....
....guess who´s mentioned?
How to win ‘American Idol’
By Steve Tilley ,QMI Agency
First posted: Monday, January 16, 2012 03:23 PM EST
www.torontosun.com/2012/01/16/how-to-win-american-idol
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2. Be accessible. No one likes a showoff, and contestants who have had the greatest success have been talented yet humble, interesting yet not challenging (as Adam Lambert learned when he lost to clean-cut conformist Kris Allen in Season 6.) It's a tightrope walk between being a superlative singer and making bathroom ballad belters feel that if you could win this, so could they. Relatability equals votes.
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4. Don't win. They call it the Idol Curse, but maybe it's more about voters following their hearts instead of their ears. Either way, some of the biggest Idol successes haven't been winners --- Clay Aiken (runner-up, Season 2), Chris Daughtry (fourth place, Season 5), Adam Lambert (runner-up, Season 6) and Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson (seventh place, Season 3) are among the contestants who have done significantly better than their respective season's winners.
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What To Watch On TV This Week: The return of 'American Idol' and 'Justified,' and 'The Finder' '
Heroes aren't hard to find, thanks to 'American Idol,' 'Justified' and 'The Finder'
By: Craig Tomashoff
January 16, 2012
play.lifegoesstrong.com/article/what-watch-tv-week-return-american-idol-and-justified-and-finder
...Can that winning streak continue? The theory is that Idol goes up or down depending on the relative talent of the singers who make the cut. If there's an Adam Lambert in the group, people will watch. If it's…well…whoever it is who won the year after Lambert came in second, no so much. But let's face it. Watching the singers is all well and good but that's not what makes the show a big draw.....
Will 11th 'Idol' season spawn a star?
Judges, host enjoy popularity; singers more hit and miss
12:29 AM, Jan. 17, 2012
www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20120117/ENTERTAINMENT08/201170307/Will-11th-Idol-season-spawn-star-?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|p
...But can "Idol" create stars? It does, at least, do better than its competitors do.
"Leona Lewis was kind of a one-and-a-half hit star for 10 minutes," producer Ken Warwick said of a winner of "The X Factor" in England, "but there are no Kelly Clarksons, Carrie Underwoods."
He and others reel off the list of "Idol" alumni who have soared - some as winners (Clarkson, Underwood), some as mere finalists (Jennifer Hudson, Chris Daughtry, Adam Lambert and Katharine McPhee, who has stunning moments in the upcoming NBC series "Smash"). ...
....guess who´s mentioned?
How to win ‘American Idol’
By Steve Tilley ,QMI Agency
First posted: Monday, January 16, 2012 03:23 PM EST
www.torontosun.com/2012/01/16/how-to-win-american-idol
.....
2. Be accessible. No one likes a showoff, and contestants who have had the greatest success have been talented yet humble, interesting yet not challenging (as Adam Lambert learned when he lost to clean-cut conformist Kris Allen in Season 6.) It's a tightrope walk between being a superlative singer and making bathroom ballad belters feel that if you could win this, so could they. Relatability equals votes.
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4. Don't win. They call it the Idol Curse, but maybe it's more about voters following their hearts instead of their ears. Either way, some of the biggest Idol successes haven't been winners --- Clay Aiken (runner-up, Season 2), Chris Daughtry (fourth place, Season 5), Adam Lambert (runner-up, Season 6) and Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson (seventh place, Season 3) are among the contestants who have done significantly better than their respective season's winners.
....
What To Watch On TV This Week: The return of 'American Idol' and 'Justified,' and 'The Finder' '
Heroes aren't hard to find, thanks to 'American Idol,' 'Justified' and 'The Finder'
By: Craig Tomashoff
January 16, 2012
play.lifegoesstrong.com/article/what-watch-tv-week-return-american-idol-and-justified-and-finder
...Can that winning streak continue? The theory is that Idol goes up or down depending on the relative talent of the singers who make the cut. If there's an Adam Lambert in the group, people will watch. If it's…well…whoever it is who won the year after Lambert came in second, no so much. But let's face it. Watching the singers is all well and good but that's not what makes the show a big draw.....
Will 11th 'Idol' season spawn a star?
Judges, host enjoy popularity; singers more hit and miss
12:29 AM, Jan. 17, 2012
www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20120117/ENTERTAINMENT08/201170307/Will-11th-Idol-season-spawn-star-?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|p
...But can "Idol" create stars? It does, at least, do better than its competitors do.
"Leona Lewis was kind of a one-and-a-half hit star for 10 minutes," producer Ken Warwick said of a winner of "The X Factor" in England, "but there are no Kelly Clarksons, Carrie Underwoods."
He and others reel off the list of "Idol" alumni who have soared - some as winners (Clarkson, Underwood), some as mere finalists (Jennifer Hudson, Chris Daughtry, Adam Lambert and Katharine McPhee, who has stunning moments in the upcoming NBC series "Smash"). ...
