Among the 34 items for sale at stops on this summer’s American Idols Live tour: T-shirts featuring Blake Lewis or Jordin Sparks (the other eight touring Idols are, sadly, not silkscreen-worthy); $50 hoodies that are, for some reason, imprinted with a guitar, and not the faces of the Idols; a $10… More »
From today’s Gatecrasher column: Which teenage “American Idol” reject is already cropping up on the L.A. gay bar scene? “Already,” huh? Well, that sort of makes it obvious. Somebody better buy extra Kleenex for Ashley Ferl. More »
Sure, Ozzy Osbourne may have shown off his paternal side during his MTV reality show, but he still isn’t afraid to say mean stuff about teenagers. From Page Six: LEAVE it to Ozzy Osbourne to label a ridiculous pop sensation like Sanjaya Malakar “a hairstyle-challenged idiot.” More »
– Sanjaya Malakar claims that producers of the Ford-sponsored American Idol wouldn’t let him perform Janis Joplin’s “Mercedes Benz” on the show. Why stop there? [The Scoop] – Korean pop star Rain is coming to the states; get ready for EW’s inevitable “Blame It On This Rain” headline. More »
Once again, the songs allegedly being performed on tonight’s American Idol have leaked; tonight’s country night, which should be almost as “fun to watch” as Latin night was. (At least there’s a slim-to-none chance that Gloria Estefan’s back catalogue will be trotted out.) A glance at the rumored song list has us expecting Sanjaya Malakar to once again completely charm the audience, resulting in them spontaneously getting up to line dance while he croons…
Buried in a Variety piece about an upcoming Jennifer Lopez-produced miniseries on Univision is this nugget about tonight’s American Idol, which will be “Latin Night” and feature Lopez coaching the Idol hopefuls in the finer points of turning a lousy voice into a clothing line: “Idol” viewers… More »
-Kentucky Fried Chicken wants Sanjaya Malakar to pull a Fall Out Boy. [TMZ] – Country singer Billy Joe Shaver is wanted by police after he allegedly shot and wounded a man Saturday night in Texas. More »
For luck, you know.
(And yes, he sang “Bathwater.”)
UPDATE: As requested, we’ve posted a side view. It’s after the jump.
