It’s back everyone. The search for America’s next superstar returns this Sunday when American Idol begins a new journey on ABC. The format still includes three judges who know what it takes to be a superstar, because they are superstars, Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie. Together they meeting…
As a kid who had dreams of one day being a professional performer on stage or film, I spent a fair amount of my time in High School in rehearsals for choir and stage musicals. Would I jump at the chance to capture some of that magic again? You bet….
American Idol auditions moved to Nashville this week and just so happened to overlap with celebrity judge Katy Perry’s birthday. So while they were in Music City, fellow judges Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie, along with host Ryan Seacrest, surprised Perry with a puppy themed birthday party. That’s one cute…
The roadtrip to find the next American Idol has officially started with the first mega-audition in New Orleans. In true New Orleans fashion, Grammy- and Emmy-nominated musical artist Katy Perry, country music superstar Luke Bryan and music icon Lionel Richie arrived on a Mardi Gras style float to judge auditions…
Auditions for the revival of American Idol coming to ABC have been underway for a few weeks. In previous seasons, you’d expect the show’s judges to make appearances at the auditions, but until yesterday we knew just one of the judges – Katy Perry. We now know the name of…
I remember the first time I saw Ryan Seacrest step on the stage for Disney. It was the farewell season of the Main Street Electrical Parade at Disneyland and Seacrest was filming on Main Street USA for a TV special. Later he would return to host both the “Disneyland 2000:…
Just when it seemed dead, ABC and the team at FremantleMedia (who are the production company behind the show) are rebooting American Idol. Fifteen years ago this week, American Idol hit TV screens for the first time, forever changing the landscape of reality competition programming. The show has just revealed…
The big news was made official yesterday on Good Morning America, the music competition reality TV show American Idol is coming to ABC with the first shows airing before the end of this year. The show is expected to get a makeover that includes new judges and even a new…