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… Read More »ABC’s American Idol pauses for puppy party to celebrate Katy Perry’s birthday
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… Read More »Three American Idol Judges meet hopefuls at auditions in New Orleans
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… Read More »Second American Idol Judge Revealed
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… Read More »It’s official. Ryan Seacrest returns to host ‘American Idol’ on ABC
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.… Read More »ABC’s American Idol launches twin audition tours in Portland, OR and Orlando, FL
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… Read More »American Idol on ABC – My prescription for a successful reboot
I hope they saved the set from the American Idol Experience at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The latest word out of Hollywood is that Disney’s ABC TV network is in late-stage negotiations to become the new home to the rebooted American Idol reality TV series. American… Read More »American Idol reboot may end up on ABC
This morning the 22nd season cast of ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” was announced on network’s “Good Morning America” show. It includes a multi-platinum selling recording artist, a Peabody Award winner, a UFC fighter, and Super Bowl 50′s MVP, to name a few. A few… Read More »Dancing With the Stars Announces Cast for 22nd Season