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Simon Cowell’s ex-girlfriend Terri Seymour has been talking to the Press Association about the terrifying attack on her that took place outside the studios where American Idol was being filmed.
It seems that a “crazed fan”, Janice Thibodeaux, launched herself at Terri and tried to strangle her, apparently in retaliation for Terri playfully pretending to throttle judge Paula Abdul a week prior to the attack. Read more & comment »
Former American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson has said that lesbian rumours are hindering her love life.
Clarkson has been surrounded by rumours about her sexuality since winning the show and says that it has put potential boyfriends off.
Female First reports Kelly as saying:
American comedienne Ellen DeGeneres has revealed that she is proud of American Idol runner up, Adam Lambert.
Adam outed himself (not that he was really ever in the closet anyway) in last months Rolling Stone magazine, DeGeneres similarly admitted to being a lesbian in Time magazine back in 1997.
She told TV Guide: “I’m proud of him, and I’m happy for anyone who has the guts to actually tell the world who they are and not fear they are going to lose their career or alienate anybody.”
American Idol singer Allison Iraheta has become the third contestant from this years show to sign with 19 Recordings and Jive Records.
17-year-old Allison, follows in the footsteps of Kris Allen and Adam Lambert. She finished in fourth place and will release her debut album in the autumn.
Simon Cowell is said to be planning a remake of classic movie Saturday Night Fever.
The Sun reports that the American Idol boss is chasing High School Musical’s Zac Efron, for the lead role of Tony Manero.
The original movie, controversial for its time, starred John Travolta as Manero and featured many Bee Gee’s tracks in its soundtrack.
Kris Allen has signed his first record deal after winning American Idol.
Billboard reports that Kris has signed with 19 Recordings, a division of Jive Records, and his album will be released later this year.
Kris released a statement saying: “As exciting as the last few months have been, I’m really looking forward to what is next.”
He revealed that his album would contain tracks “definitely in the pop/rock genre”.
As one small town reality TV star to another, former American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson has offered some words of wisdom to Britain’s Got Talent’s Susan Boyle.
“She’s from a small town, I’m from a smaller town, it takes time to be like, ‘Wow, some people are really mean’,” Clarkson said on a GMTV interview.
“But you have to focus on the people that are really positive around you.”
Simon Cowell’s right hand hag Sinitta has claimed that she bullied him into losing weight because she was worried about his health.
Sinitta told Metro: “At one point I said to him: ‘You are going to have a heart attack, you need to sort yourself out.’
“In the last two years, he has lost over a stone and he is looking really fit now. He’s not got his man boobs any more and he looks really fresh.”
American Idolw inner Kris Allen has revealed that he and his wife are not ready to start a family.
The man who doesn’t even look old enough to be married, told People that “now would not be a good time” to have children.
“We do not have any plans to start a family,” he said. “Right now would not be a good time – I don’t think that I would ever be around, so we are definitely gonna hold off on that for a while.”
American Idol runner up Adam Lambert has admitted that he is unsure about joining rock band Queen.
The group’s guitarist Brian May has said that he would love to work with Adam but the singer is unsure that he could commit to the band full time Pop Eater reports.
He said: “How do you say no to being in Queen? I mean, that’s unbelievable. But at the same time, I do have my own thing to do right now, and that’s my goal.”
American Idol runner up Adam Lambert has insisted that his debut record won’t be “one specific genre”.
Lambert told E!:
“Obviously, we want the album to have a cohesive sound, but I think it can kind of be a collection of different styles with me at the centre as the common thread,” he explained.
When asked if the LP would have any of the the ’80s glam rock sound he showcased on Idol, Adam said that “little bits” of the genre would be present.
“If anything, I’m more fond of the ’70s glam feel than the ’80s, even though I have that vocal style,” Lambert added. “There are a lot of pop artists using the glam kind of vibe in their music. So I think I’m part of a wave, and there just happens to not be many guys doing it right now.”
Susan Boyle came on to the stage on tonight’s Britain’s Got talent semi-final to a rapturous applause. The audience were delighted to see her and if we are honest she was probably the main reason most of us tuned in.
So when she launched into her performance of ‘Memories’ from Cats I found myself beginning to wonder what all the fuss was about. I’m not sure if it was just a bad song choice or if the Susan Boyle phenomenon was always about the story and not the singer. Susan hit more than few flat notes during the song and was so unimpressive that I was shocked and very disappointed when Simon and Co gushed over her so enthusiastically.
Former American Idol contestant Clay Aiken has admitted that he didn’t think much of this year’s runner up Adam Lambert.
Now I don’t pay $29.95 a year to read the ramblings of Mr Aiken but some of you do and thanks for emailing me the following quote from his blog. He said:
I couldn’t be happier with the way AI ended this year. I only turn the show on once a season and only to see what the set looks like. This year, I happened to turn it on during the minute that Adam Lambert was singing “Ring of Fire,” and, at that moment, thought my ears would bleed. Contrived, awful, and slightly frightening! I wasn’t really a fan and found myself surprised whenever folks told me that they liked him.
Gene Simmons has invited American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert to join KISS on tour.
The big tongued singer performed with Lambert during the Idol finale and told Extra that he is a big fan of the 27-year-old singer.
“Adam was fantastic. What a powerful and attractive man he is,” said Simmons.
Kris Allen has admitted that he was shocked when he won American Idol on Wednesday night.
“I feel great but I’m just shocked,” he told People.com.
“Adam deserved this just as much as I do,” he said. “He’s an amazing performer, a gifted guy – an amazing guy.”
Adam took the news on the chin and congratulated Kris on his victory.
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