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The Day After Podcast with Jeffery Austin: Week of 3/19/18 By

The Voice is back, and so is “The Day After,” featuring myself and Voice Season 9 top four finalist Jeffery Austin — now in even chattier, snarkier, shadier podcast form. But...

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The 40 Greatest ‘American Idol’ Performances of All Time By

By now, you’ve surely heard the surprising news that, two years after it was canceled by Fox, American Idol is returning to the airwaves on Sunday, March 11, courtesy of ABC....

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Lee DeWyze Talks Post-‘American Idol’ Reinvention By

Eight years ago, Lee DeWyze came to fame singing other artists’ songs on television as the winner of American Idol Season 9. But now, ironically, his original compositions are all...

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Why the Time Might Be Right for ‘American Idol’s Return By

It feels like just yesterday that a white-clad choir comprising 60 American Idol alumni stood onstage at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre and bid an emotional farewell to arguably the most game-changing,...

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‘Idol’ Star Phillip Phillips on Lawsuit, Recording Hiatus: ‘I Was in a Weird Place’ By

Five years ago, Phillip Phillips became the last major success story spawned by the American Idol franchise, when his Season 11 coronation song “Home” became the biggest single by any...

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‘The Room’ Soundtrack Writers Talk Working With Tommy Wiseau By

More than 15 years ago, a gospel singer named Kitra Williams, her son Jarah Gibson, and teen singer Clint Jun Gamboa met up with a “peculiar” black-clad man in a...

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Fantasia on Christmas: ‘Let Families Come Back Together, Because They’re Breaking Up’ By

American Idol Season 3 champion Fantasia’s life struggles have been well documented — in her memoir and accompanying TV biopic Life Is Not a Fairytale, for starters, as well as...

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Haley Reinhart on Women in Entertainment: ‘I’m Glad We’re Not Being Silenced’ By

Haley Reinhart was only 19 years old when she competed on American Idol in 2011, but viewers could tell right away that she was an old soul. Having been raised...

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Dalton Rapattoni on Mental Health Stigma: ‘I 100 Percent Blame Television’ By

Top three finalist Dalton Rapattoni stood out on the final season of American Idol – or what was supposed to be the final season of American Idol, at the time —...

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Vote in SXSW Panel Picker: ‘Now What? Life After Reality TV Singing Shows’ By

Singing competition shows are nothing new, but their popularity and permanence don’t seem to be fading any time soon. Originally hailed as a new way to break and develop undiscovered...

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