Idol Stalker

May 26th, 2007

Antonella, Haley and Gina - Blake Haters?

Yuck - I hope this isn’t true. Apparently, before the finale, Antonella Barba, Haley Scarnato and Gina Glocksen put messages up on their MySpace pages urging their friends to vote for Jordin Sparks. That is rough! I’m not sure why they would feel it’s appropriate to do to Blake Lewis with whom […]

By Jeanne -- 16 comments

May 23rd, 2007

This Week in American Idol Controversies

With all the chatter this morning, I thought it would be appropriate to review some of the confirmed controversies surrounding American Idol:
In an interview prior to the start of the fifth season of American Idol, Executive Producer Nigel Lythgoe revealed for the first time that Clay Aiken had led the fan voting every week from […]

By Jeanne -- 0 comments

April 7th, 2007

No Asians on Idol?

In a recent post, a visitor left me a comment that involved the racial politics of American Idol. It got me thinking about the first major accusation of racism against the show (not that I am implying that racism is present, I’m just asking an open-ended question).

When Jennifer Hudson was voted off, there was such […]

By Jeanne -- 8 comments

February 13th, 2007

Hollywood Week: 02/13/2007 - Live Blogging

Twice as many girls this year as guys.
Jory Steinberg starts off the individual performances again. No judge feedback. We just keep going. Not too bad.
Wow nobody really made much of an impression. Simon Cowell just sent the entire first set of 6 girls home. Let’s just put the pressure on the girls right out […]

By Jason -- 2 comments