Originally posted Mondahy, October 29, 2018 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog
Last week, "Idol" showed up in Louisville, Ky. for auditions with Luke Bryan, Katie Perry and Lionel Richie, along with Ryan Seacrest.
Earlier, Denver auditions were held at Wings over the Rockies, Air and Space Museum. In Idaho earlier this month, the producers chose Lake Coeur d'Alene. This time, they held auditions at the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville.
Georgia's Caleb Lee Hutchinson, season 16 runner up, and top 24 finisher Layla Spring and her sister Dyxie came by Louisville to hype up the contestants. The episodes will air sometime in 2019 but dates have not been officially announced.
The judges became firefighters just because...
And Perry celebrates her birthday again while working “Idol,” this time turning 34 on Wednesday.
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David Cook's latest single is "Death of Me."
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Credit: Katherine Bomboy
Credit: Katherine Bomboy
Kellie Pickler will star in "Christmas at Graceland" November 17 on the Hallmark Channel in her first big starring role.
It was shot in Graceland and is filled with music from Elvis Presley.
Pickler plays Laurel, a Chicago-based business executive who travels to Memphis to secure one of the city’s oldest family-owned banks. She (of course) reunites with an old flame Clay (Wes Brown), a local music producer. He reminds them about the time they were a performing duo on the brink of stardom. She considers going back to music but wait, she has that job back in Chicago. Whatever will she do?
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Credit: David M. Russell
Credit: David M. Russell
Maddie Poppe seems like the last person to get involved in any controversy but she has because she liked a Tweet that sounded transphobic.
But her reaction didn't do her any favors either. She unliked the Tweet, blocked people who criticized her and didn't apologize in any way, according to MJ Santilli of MJ's Big Blog.
Not a good look. Interestingly, Ada Vox - the first drag queen to make it to the top 10 on "Idol" last season - defended her.
Santilli also noted that she liked all sorts of Tweets that mocked liberals.
Anyway, she appeared on "Live with Kelly and Ryan" Friday to play her new single "Keep on Movin' On." It has a light country-folk feel. Early reaction on MJ's Big Blog? Pleasant but not hit material.
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Clay Aiken took last week off from Twitter and Instagram but I forgot to include this hilarious Halloween-themed video he and Ruben did last week:
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