American Idol #7: 16 januari beginnen we weer!

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Op dinsdag 7 november 2006 15:47 schreef CrazyDutchPunk het volgende:
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Carrie wint een Country Music Award en Faith Hill vind het niet leuk

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Op donderdag 9 november 2006 17:24 schreef CrazyDutchPunk het volgende:
Fox is developing a half-hour comedy revolving around American Idol sixth-place finisher Kellie Pickler, Variety reports. Pickler will play a naive, small-town Southern girl – stre-e-e-etch them acting chops – who discovers that her biological dad is, no, not a rehabilitating ex-con, but a well-respected state governor. Hilarity ensues. Hey, what about Kevin Covais as her wacky sidekick?

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'Idol's' Yamin a Snaggletooth No More
Singer has a new reason to smile

December 8, 2006

Elliott Yamin may have been disappointed when he was eliminated on "American Idol," but he just can't help smiling nowadays.

The buttery-voiced singer has received a $50,000 dental makeover to fix the unfortunate crossbite that plagued him during the run of the show and prevented him from smiling fully in photos, reports People.

"I've always wanted to have a nicer smile," admits Yamin, 28. "I used to look at old pictures of myself, and I figured out how to kind of smile without displaying all my teeth."

Beverly Hills dentist David Frey, who provided the dental work and porcelain veneers free of charge, says that the new look will help Yamin's career beyond just his image.

"It is going to help muscle function, it is going to increase the volume [of his voice] maybe," says Frey. "So if anything, he could become an even better singer."

Yamin agrees, adding that the straight teeth might allow him to "express my emotions better" during performances.

More importantly, his girlfriend, model Jaime Paetz, approves. "He loves to laugh, he loves to smile," she says. "I liked his old teeth, but if [the veneers] make him happy, then I'm happy."

In recent photos, it appears that Yamin has also grown out his hair, making him look more relaxed. Perhaps this whole rejuvenated image is a symptom of his latest good news: He's signed a songwriting deal with Sony's publishing division, and his debut album is due in early 2007.

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Op dinsdag 21 november 2006 15:30 schreef CrazyDutchPunk het volgende:
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Simon Cowell bied bij Oprah z'n excuses aan tegen Jennifer Hudson

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Op vrijdag 15 december 2006 22:18 schreef CrazyDutchPunk het volgende:
Best verkopende albums van 2006 i/d USA:
#10 Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway

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Op zondag 17 december 2006 00:53 schreef doeka het volgende:
Er is een nieuw Kellie Pickler filmpje bij de Tonight Show van Jay Leno; Taylor Hicks zit er ook in; erg leuk. http://www.graycharles.com/index.php/2006/12/15/all-those-years/

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Op donderdag 21 december 2006 00:35 schreef CrazyDutchPunk het volgende:
Jennifer Hudson schittert niet maar KNALT echt van het scherm af in Dreamgirls.

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Op woensdag 13 december 2006 16:30 schreef Kantar het volgende:
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Cover van Kat's album. Wel aardig opzich, niet echt speciaal.

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'Idol' Winner Hicks Settles for No. 2
Debut album falls short of Daughtry's first-week sales
December 21, 2006


Taylor HicksTaylor Hicks' album sold a lot of copies last week, but he couldn't quite crack the top of the charts. Nor could he claim the title of best-selling "Idol" debut of 2006.

The "American Idol" winner's debut moved 298,000 copies in its first week of release, a pretty strong debut. It was good enough for the No. 2 spot on the Billboard 200 album chart, behind rapper Young Jeezy's "The Inspiration," which sold 352,000 copies its first week.

Hicks is the second contestant from "Idol's" 2006 season to see an album hit No. 2 in recent weeks. Daughtry, the band fronted by fourth-place finisher Chris Daughtry, entered at No. 2 in late November. No "Idol" contestant who didn't finish first or second has ever had as strong a debut.

Daughtry's first-week numbers are even a little better than those of Hicks; the self-titled "Daughtry" moved 304,000 copies in week one and has since gone platinum (1 million units shipped); it sits at No. 7 this week.

It was a good week for other former "Idol" contestants as well. Carrie Underwood's "Some Hearts," which has now a quadruple-platinum seller, is one spot above Daughtry at No. 6 on the Billboard 200, and season three winner Fantasia's self-titled second album is at No. 19.

Additionally, season two contestant Kimberley Locke is No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary singles chart with her rendition of "Jingle Bells," and season three's Jennifer Hudson is at No. 93 on the Pop 100 with "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going," from the "Dreamgirls" soundtrack.

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CBS' Holiday Adoption Show Gets a Case of McPhee-ver
By Jay Bobbin, Zap2it
December 22, 2006

Katharine McPheeEven if you finish "American Idol" in second place, life gets very busy very fast. Just ask Katharine McPhee.

The FOX singing competition's runner-up from last season is in high demand for Christmas appearances. One program she agreed to do is "The 8th Annual A Home for the Holidays With Rod Stewart," the latest edition of the CBS special that advocates adoption. Airing Friday, Dec. 22, it also features tunes by title star Stewart, John Legend, Five for Fighting and gospel's Mary Mary.

Angie Harmon and current CBS series stars Melina Kanakaredes ("CSI: NY") and Jeri Ryan ("Shark") introduce stories about youngsters whose lives have been bettered by the families that took them in.

During the hour, McPhee reprises her version of "Over the Rainbow" that brought her toe-to-toe with eventual winner Taylor Hicks in last spring's "American Idol" final.

"You get offered to do something," she reflects, "and people ask, 'Why did you want to?' First, they asked me to, but I really get connected when I get the information about what it is. They gave me the facts about how many kids get adopted after it airs. It's so amazing, it makes it something really special."

McPhee is pleased to croon "Over the Rainbow" again. She explains, "I have music in my family, so I grew up on the old standards. Of course, I still listen to contemporary pop and R&B, but I remember watching 'The Wizard of Oz' over and over again. I was always scared of the Wicked Witch of the West, but I loved Dorothy. She was such a great character, and Judy Garland was amazing."

Laryngitis forced McPhee to miss some early dates on last summer's "American Idol" concert tour, but her schedule has made up for it since.

"You'd think things would slow down a little, but I'm pretty much busy right up to the end of the year," she reports. "I speak to Chris [Daughtry] and Kellie [Pickler] a lot, and they're busy as well. Luckily, I have so many great people around me who take care of things, I don't have to remember it all. I just focus on what I have to do for the day."

Keeping clear vision was a near-constant challenge for McPhee while in the throes of "Idol" competition.

"Looking back, people ask me if I'd do it again, and I'm always like, 'No!' I'm half-joking when I say that, but I almost didn't make it through a lot of it. I remember calling my boyfriend before one of the shows, or after a rehearsal that didn't go so well, and crying hysterically.

"I'd be going, 'I don't want to do this anymore! I hate this!' He would say, 'Just get through this show, then tomorrow, you can decide if you want to keep doing it.' I really had sincere feelings of not wanting to, out of complete fear and nerves. I had looked at 'American Idol' as, 'Oh, that's not so bad; I can do that,' and I was so lying to myself. I had no clue. It's more pressure than you could ever imagine."

Still working on her debut album as of this writing, McPhee doesn't mind taking longer to turn hers out than other "Idol" veterans did.

"I get to make all the decisions in my own time," she reasons. "I'm going to put out the album when I think it's ready, even though the record people might want it at a certain time. I'm trying to be in control of things as much as I can, and that's the difference between being on 'American Idol' and having a career after it."