American Idol Stars

Chris Sligh has posted three new songs on his myspace. The songs are titled "Something Beautiful," "Running Back," and "Love Is Raining Down," and are demos of songs he has been working on while on the American Idols tour. It's not really my style of music but for demos, I think they are pretty good. Chris Sligh also talks about his decision to make a contemporary Christian record on his blog, if you want to find out more about why he is making the kind of music that you hear on the myspace!

Jordin Sparks released her first single today, a song titled "Tattoo." I actually really like the song, and it makes me really excited for her record to come out! You can listen to "Tattoo" by going to AOL Music which also says that Jordin Sparks's debut album will be out in November!

Both Carrie Underwood and Kellie Pickler will be featured on a new CD called Hear Something Country Christmas . Carrie recorded "Do You Hear What I Hear," while Kellie recorded "Santa Baby." The CD is set to be released on October 2nd, and features other country artists like Alan Jackson, Martina McBride and Brad Paisley.

Kelly Clarkson is on the cover of both Self and Blender this month. In the articles she talks about her battle with Clive Davis, the struggles involved with getting "My December" out as well as other things. They are both great articles and I think they both offer a lot of insight into the fued with Clive, her writing process and just her life in general. There are a lot of different rumors about Kelly out there right now, so I reccomend picking up these magazines and finding out what really happened between Kelly Clarkson and Clive Davis!

The American Idols Live tour started last week, and it looks like they are really mixing things up this year. I have gone to all of the past tours, and this one is way different, which is exciting. There is a lot more group/duet/trio type stuff which is always fun! Here is the setlist for the tour:

Let’s Get It Started - Entire Group
Baby Love and Stop In The name Of Love - Girls
Heard It Through The Grapevine - Chris Richardson and the Girls
Proud mary - Sanjaya Malakar and Melinda Doolittle
Blaze of Glory - Phil Stacey
Thanks For The Memories - Chris Sligh and Gina Glocksen
When God Fearing Women Get the Blues - Haley Scarnato
Thriller and The Way You Make Me Feel - Sanjaya Malakar
Typical - Chris Sligh
Lady Marmalade - Haley Scarnato, Gina Glocksen and LaKisha Jones
What Hurts The Most - Chris Richardson & Jordin Sparks
This Will Be - Jordin Sparks & Melinda Doolittle
Time Of The Season - Blake Lewis
She Will Be Loved - Blake Lewis
You Give Love A bad Name - Blake Lewis

INTERMISSION

Crazy - Guys (all playing instruments)
Who Knew - Gina Glockson
Virtual Insanity - Blake Lewis and Chris Richardson
Ain’t No Sunshine - Blake Lewis and Chris Richardson
Geek In The Pink - Blake Lewis and Chris Richardson
I Will Always Love You - LaKisha Jones
Killing Me Softly - Melinda Doolittle (with Blake beatboxing and Chris singing near the end)
This Love - Chris Richardson
Another One Bites the Dust - Phil Stacey and Gina Glocksen
It’s Your Love - Chris Sligh
Life Is A Highway - Chris Richardson, Sanjaya Malakar and Haley Scarnato
Natural Woman - Melinda Doolittle
Ain’t No Other Man - Haley Scarnato, Gina Glocksen, LaKisha Jones and Melinda Doolittle
I Who Have Nothing - Jordin Sparks
You Were Meant For Me - Jordin Sparks
Broken Wing - Jordin Sparks
Living On A Prayer - Jordin Sparks
This Is My Now - Jordin Sparks  read more »

Kelly Clarkson's new album My December will be in stores on June 26th, but AOL is streaming a few clips from the album now. The clips on AOL are "Maybe," "Sober," and "Can I Have A Kiss," and they all sound amazing. She actually sang Maybe on her tour last summer and it is an amazing song. Can I Have A Kiss is really good as well, but I love Sober.  read more »

Last night was the first part of the two part American Idol finale, and I thought it was one of the best finales yet. I'm gonna have to agree with the the judges by saying that Jordin really did mop the floor with Blake, at least at the end. Blake is a great performer, but he really isn't that great of a singer, so when he wasn't allowed to beatbox or perform, it was kind of like....uhhh, why is he here?  read more »

Tonight is the finale of American Idol, and I found some spoilers...yay! Jordin will be singing A Broken Wing, Fighter (by Christina Aguilera) and the new coronations song. Blake will be singing She Will Be Loved (Maroon 5) and You Give Love A Bad Name, along with the winner's song. I am very excited for Jordin's choices and am glad she is doing an upbeat song amongst the ballads!  read more »

Carrie Underwood won three Academy of Country Music awards last night. She continued her awards show sweep by taking home awards for top female vocalist, album of the year and video of the year (for Before He Cheats). She has won awards for this album for the past two years now, so I'm glad she is recording a new album because she can't keep winning for the same album!

Congratulations to Carrie Underwood for adding a couple more awards to her collection!

Last night on American Idol, Melinda Doolittle was eliminated, leaving Jordin Sparks and Blake Lewis as the final two.  read more »

To decide who gets to sing last in the finale, every year there is a coin toss, and the winner gets to choose when they perform. Blake Lewis won the coin toss, but, he let Jordin choose. After winning Blake said that it didn't really matter to him, so he asked Jordin if she wanted to go first....she said no, and so Jordin will be singing second next week. This might not seem all that important, but 4 out of 5 years the person to go last wins....Anyway, I think that as sweet of Blake to do, even if it does make his chance of winning even slimmer.  read more »

Kelly Clarkson's new CD, My December, comes out on June 26th and we finally have an official tracklisting for it:  read more »

Last night on the Academy of Country music awards, Kelly Clarkson and Reba McEntire debuted their highly anticipated duet. Kelly and Reba originally recorded a song titled "A Lot Like You," but after singing Because Of You with Kelly at the Crossroads taping, Reba decided she wanted to do Because Of You instead.  read more »

Last night on American Idol, the final three took the stage and gave very good performances. This year is very weird, because it is honestly the first year where there wasn't an obvious person going home.  read more »

The top three American Idol contestants took trips home last weekend, and while they were there, they learned one of the songs they will be singing this week. At the top three, each contestant sings three songs. They choose one, one of the judges chooses one and Clive Davis chooses one.  read more »