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American Idol Season 8
TexasLady:
--- Quote from: tory on April 09, 2009, 10:29:36 AM ---well adam has this week in the bag. he has a hug theater resame. and he is realy good , i am wondering y they r haveing a diretor not a mentor they r realy trying to make thing different this year maby a little 2 different?
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This should be a good test for them!! :tup: Piece of cake for Adam. :lol:
TexasLady:
An Interview from Scott:
MacIntyre reflects on 'American Idol' experience
By MIKE HUGHES • For The Salinas Californian • April 9, 2009
Scott MacIntyre grants that he never quite fit the "American Idol" mold.
Many contestants grew up on rock and pop music. For MacIntyre -- who was eliminated from the show Wednesday -- that was almost an afterthought.
"I really had no idea what was going on in pop music and what was hip and on the radio until I was 14," MacIntyre, who is virtually blind, said by phone today.
By then, he was already a classical piano prodigy. He had studied intensively when he moved to Toronto (from California) with his family at 10; he continued after moving to Arizona at 14. He graduated from Arizona State, added a master's degree from the Royal College of Music in London; he also studied in Boston and Salzburg, Austria.
"I'm kind of the academic-guy-turned-pop-star," he said.
Definitely academic. MacIntyre may be the first person in "Idol" interviews to use the word "expressivity" and the phrase "vocally and pianistically."
Still, he said, his passion is now on the pop side. "I actually have a huge catalog of original (pop) songs."
In recent years, he said, he's been working on several fronts. In addition to classical -- he's won competitions and soloed with orchestras -- he's had:
-- The Glutes, a duo with his brother which he calls "punk pop power-rock."
-- Solo work. He calls it "pop, rock, singer-songwriter" music in the John Mayer vein.
-- The MacIntyre Family Singers, who do acoustic jazz, Broadway and such. It includes the entire family, except for his father. "He auditions for the MacIntyre Family Singers every year and never makes the cut."
Read the rest of the interview here: http://thecalifornian.com/article/20090409/ENTERTAINMENT10/90409035/1002/NEWS01
marigold:
An interesting article:
Ambulance Called For Frankie Avalon Prior To ‘Idol’ Performance
Pop legend Frankie Avalon surprised the “American Idol” audience Wednesday night singing his classic hit “Venus,” – but his performance almost never happened.
An ambulance was called for Frankie before he took the stage after he became shaky from having not eaten all day, the singer revealed.
“I ate a whole bag of those red candies, and all of a sudden 20 min before the show, I get the shakes,” Frankie told Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush on “The Billy Bush Show” on Thursday.
”[The paramedics] took my blood pressure and asked me questions and all that stuff,” he continued.
But Frankie told the emergency medical team that the show must go on!
“I said, ‘Hey, I am on in five minutes!’ And of course, I did the show and everything was fine after that,” he added.
“Idol” host Ryan Seacrest was busy updating fans after the incident occurred, writing on his Twitter account, “Frankie Avalon almost didn’t go on… paramedics were called. Close call but we love him!”
Despite his medical scare, Frankie turned out a stellar performance – even making judge Simon Cowell smile.
http://www.accesshollywood.com/ambulance-called-for-frankie-avalon-prior-to-idol-performance_article_16536
tory:
aww he was so cute too!!! that was a great part of the show haveing him sing simon's birth yr..i am a yr older than simon, he might have more money , but i am more fablous lol...
and ps my dad who is a hair stylest is 79 and still doing hair he loves it that genaration they r like the engergiser bunnys. my dad is going to a hair show in vegas in may. go dad go..
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