American Idol winner Lee DeWyze has said that his fans will be ‘surprised’ by his debut album.
The 24 year old Illinois singer is planning the release of his record in October and told On The Red Carpet that he has been allowed an amazing amount of creative control over the album. Adding that it will be a mixture of rock and folk tracks, Lee said
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For the first year in its ten year history, American Idol auditions are under way, without music guru Simon Cowell.
Thousands queued in Nashville yesterday for the chance to audition, and the PA was on hand to gauge the crowd’s reaction to Simon being absent.
One hopeful remarked that he wouldn’t miss Simon. He said, “I’m kind of glad. He could be mean, and I don’t like mean people. So, I’m glad.” Read more & comment »
We LOVE this video of the American Idol final ten rehearsing a group number for their upcoming tour.
The group will be performing their own rendition of season one winner Kelly Clarkson’s hit track ‘My Life Would Suck Without You’ and both Crystal Bowersox and Siobhan Magnus seem to have lead roles in the arrangement.
X Factor judge Simon Cowell reportedly made an extravagant gesture to all the staff of American Idol, as he moved on from the show.
Simon announced his decision to leave Idol earlier this year and last month judged his final contestant. He will now concentrate on launching his own X Factor show in the US but as he moved on, the generous star wanted to show his gratitude to all the staff who worked with him during his nine season Idol stint.
American idol winner Lee DeWyze was finally allowed to set up his own Twitter account and he joined the social networking site last Tuesday.
While the show was on air, Lee and his fellow hopefuls were forced to use a communal Facebook, MySpace and Twitter account. They took turns to speak to their fans on the official accounts, however Lee has now taken to his own individual Twitter page, which you can find here.
American Idol runner-up Crystal Bowersox has admitted that she would love to collaborate with the glamourous Adam Lambert.
The 24 year old Ohio singer told Entertainment Weekly that along with Lambert, she would also quite like to work with show winner Lee DeWyze.
“Maybe Adam [Lambert] would be down! That would be cool, that would be fun!” she replied. “He has a heck of a voice. Even Lee, we might work together too.
American Idol winner Lee Dewyze sang the national anthem at the NBA finals game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Christian Newswire have hit out at American Idol judge Ellen DeGeneres, blaming her shameless promotion of “homosexuality as a virtue”, for the ratings decline which has affected the show.
No it wasn’t due to the tired format, or the fact that some people missed former judge Paula Abdul, according to Gary McCullough, people tuned out of the Fox talent show, because Ellen DeGeneres was offending them with her lesbian jokes.
American Idol winner Lee Dewyze has failed to score a top ten hit with his debut single. In fact the 24 year old singer from Illinois failed to even get a top twenty hit with his release.
Lee did score the highest new entry in the Billboard Hot 100 with his cover of U2′s Beautiful Day, however it charted in the disappointing 24th position and if it fails to move up next week, he will be responsible for the lowest charting debut single of any Idol winner EVER.
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American Idol winner Lee DeWyze and runner up Crystal Bowersox have been hitting the promotional trail hard and the paired rolled up to NBC’s Today show earlier this morning.
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