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Friday, August 17, 2007
8/17: Jordin signs contract & other news
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I hope you all have a great weekend!
Here are some random bits:
It took seemingly forever for this to happen but 19Recordings/Jive Records has finally signed Jordin Sparks to a record contract. Here’s the press release. Last year at this point, at least four people (Taylor, Kat, Chris, Kellie) had contracts from season five. Jordin is the first from this season with an announced deal though Billboard.com says Blake Lewis is signed to BMG, too. The final 12 will be freed from 19 Entertainment obligations at the end of the month, Brandon Rogers told me Tuesday.
Last night, during “So You Think You Can Dance,” was an extended promo for “Search For the Next Great American Band,” another “Idol” spinoff, which is to air in late October/November/December. Are any of you interested/excited/indifferent to this? It looks intriguing to me as a nice fill-in before regular “Idol” shows up.
And USA Today’s Idol Chatter compiled more than 400 votes for “revisionist Idol” season three. Fascinating results. Fantasia won again, which is well deserved. Diana, with a contingent of fans coming in late to save her, kept her at second. LaToya London had impressive support and moved up to fourth while Jennifer Hudson jumped from seventh to fourth, not surprising given her post-Idol career. George Huff stayed in the same place: fifth. Amy Adams, who I really liked and came in 10th, jumped to sixth in revisionist Idol, surprising blogger Ken Barnes, who barely remembered her. Camile Velasco surprisingly landed in seventh, up from her real finish of 9th. I thought she was downright awful, far worse than Jasmine Trias, who finished a very weak eighth (compared to third in real life.). Jon Peter Lewis landed in ninth, slightly worse than his actual eighth place finish. Leah LaBelle, another forgettable presence, jumped to 10th from 12th. Matt Rogers finished 11th, same as the real result. Poor John Stevens, sixth in real life, fell to 12th here.
Constantine’s first CD sold a modest 9,000 copies, debuting at No. 75. (Thank you Idol Chatter here, too.) Eight other Idols are in the top 200 this week:
Kelly Clarkson 21-26, 23K 585K
Daughtry 27-30, 21K for the week, 3 million total
Carrie 32-37, 17K, 5.85 mil
Elliott 62-82, 9K 353K
Mandisa 8K, 25K total
Bucky 93-97, 8K 247K
Kellie 108-118, 6K 606K
Fantasia 170-184 4K 455K
Others:
Kelly’s Breakaway 6K, 5.83 mil
Kat 1,500, 351K
Taylor 500, 694K
Ruben 400, 233K
Clay 300, 516K
Kimberley L. 300, 15K
Paris, 300, 18K
And Ruben is planning a nightclub in Birmingham.. The working name is Ruben’s Club 205. Taylor Hicks is considering a club, too.
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