What‘s happening in the world of singing shows these days? What is happening in the world of Paula Abdul? What is a dance dome? We‘ve got the answers!Crystal Bowersox‘s ‘Farmer‘s Daughter‘ Outsells Lee DeWyze‘s First Album"I knew it!" Bowersoxers everywhere are jumping up and screaming. Or maybe they‘ve just been out buying the album in support, whereas Idol Season 9 winner, Lee DeWyze, only got a record number of votes, and not sales. So the runner-up is beating the winner on the charts, but she‘s not exactly "laughing all the way to the bank." Her album debuted just ahead of Justin Guarini and Diana DeGarmo in sales. Yeah. So even Bo Bice topped Lee DeWyze. Is Idol on its way out? Or can Season 10‘s endless re-vamps save it from jumping the shark? [Zap2it]
Read more »
Welcome to The GBU, a weekly column coming every Monday where I look at the Good, the Bad and the Ugly on TV.It‘s a new year and 2011 is getting off to a fast start with a ton of new and returning shows this January. While my DVR runneth over, I urge you to pick and choose which ones to watch, and hopefully I can help by pointing out what‘s good and what‘s not.
Read more »
Paula Abdul‘s new reality show, Live to Dance premieres tonight on CBS at 8/7c and I‘m pretty excited about it. Well, I‘m as excited as I can be given what little I know about it. Based on the preview videos, the six-week series appears to be America‘s Got Talent for dancers. The competition is open to dancers of any age, in any style. Tonight begins the audition process, in which the dancers (solo acts, groups, anything) will perform in front of Paula Abdul, a former Pussycat Doll, and some other guy. Then they are placed on "the short list" or not. That is what I can gather from the previews, such as this one:
Read more »
Live to Dance, Paula Abdul‘s complete failure of a follow-up to American Idol, came to an end last night, though you may not have known it. The finale was watched by 4.8 million people, about one-fifth the audience of Idol.The Live to Dance winners were also a lot smaller than you‘d think. D‘Angelo and Amanda, a pair of kid ballroom dancers, were named the winners and took home the grand prize of $500,000. They are 9 and 10 years old.
Read more »