Move over, SuBo: Jackie Evancho, the 10-year-old prodigy who wowed audiences on America’s Got Talent last Augut with her powerhouse operatic vocals, will release her first EP album through a newly-minted deal with Columbia Records on Nov. 16. The holiday-themed O Holy Night will feature four audio songs from the young soprano as well as a DVD that will include an interview with Jackie and her video performances of several classical crossover songs.
Jackie Evancho, the 10-year-old opera-singing prodigy with the vocal prowess of a woman twice her age, may have lost the grand prize during the fifth season of America’s Got Talent, but she won the hearts of millions scored a recording contract in the process!
Wednesday was anything but a “Perfect Day” for talent show sensation Susan Boyle.
The “Wild Horses” hitmaker, who shot to fame after appearing on Britain’s Got Talent last year, was due to perform Lou Reed’s “Perfect Day” — accompanied by a 100-piece children’s choir — on Wednesday night’s telecast of America’s Got Talent. However, when she arrived to soundcheck the tune at the show’s Los Angeles studios on Wednesday, Boyle learned Reed wasn’t a fan and pulled the plug on the performance at the last minute, refusing Boyle, 49, permission to cover the song.
Alice Tan Ridley’s dreams of a snagging a recording contract and a million-dollar cash price on the sixth season of America’s Got Talent have been dashed.
On Wednesday night, the velvet-voiced New York City subway performer and mother of Academy Award-nominated actress Gabby Sidibe was eliminated in the final stage of this year’s competiton — leaving Talent fans, in a word, speechless. Last night, it came down to Alice and the Studio One Young Beast Society hip-hop dance troupe vying for the final spot in next week’s America’s Got Talent finals and the last shot at the $1 million prize. The decision to send Alice home was made by judges Piers Morgan and Sharon Osbourne, who both felt the young dancers should advance instead.
