American Idol Season 7 runner-up David Archuleta is headed back to Idol just in time for Disco Week.
On Tuesday, April 21 the Top 7 finalists will perform songs from the disco era. The following Wednesday, David will take the stage to perform his new single, “A Little Too Not Over You,” live.
Disco stars “KC” Casey (of KC and the Sunshine Band), Thelma Houston, and Freda Payne will also be on-hand to perform a medley of their hit ’70s songs, “Get Down Tonight,” “Don’t Leave Me this Way,” and “Band of Gold.”
Hannah Montana actress Miley Cyrus stepped on the American Idol stage for a live performance of her single “The Climb” on Wednesday night’s Results Show.
Oscar-winning singer/actress Jennifer Hudson returned to the American Idol stage on Wednesday night. Well, sorta.
Jennifer appeared in a pre-recorded performance of her current charttopper “If This Isn’t Love” on last night’s Idol Results Show.
Good news A.I. fans. The dates have just been announced for the 2009 American Idols Live! Tour. This year’s summer concert series, featuring the Top 10 finalist from the eighth season of the FOX singing competitin, will kick off on July 5 in Portland, Oregon and hit 50 cities across North America before wrapping up in Manchester, N.H. on September 5.
Tickets go on sale May 9. Visit AmericanIdol.com for more information on the tour. Read the rest of this entry »
Simon Cowell is planning to step down as judge of American Idol next year.
Simon, who also judges Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor, flies between America and the UK four times a week during the A.I. season. He also heads a record label and television production firm. Now the media mogul has revealed that he may have to leave his post at Idol once his contract expires in 2010 in a bid to relieve himself from his exhausting workload.
“I don’t want to come over as whiney because I am very grateful that I have got these jobs. But there is a point where I am not sure we can keep this schedule up. It takes longer and longer to make these shows because you have to put more into them, and I am not sure we can sustain me doing three shows…” Simon told reporters for the Daily Express last week.
“Most people do one show a year and I do three and they involve a lot of travelling. One may have to go. I don’t know which one. That is the problem, I like all of them. I can’t imagine not doing Britain’s Got Talent and I can’t imagine not doing X Factor . But I guess America is more likely to go because I have got one year under contract. Maybe that will be the end,” he added.