Just Sam was named the winner of season 18 of American Idol on Sunday during a remotely-filmed finale that featured a performance by pregnant judge Katy Perry. The 21-year-old subway singer from Harlem, New York City took the title following viewer voting during the two-hour live show on ABC. Sam in Los Angeles celebrated away … Read more
MasterChef star Reece Hignell is awkwardly left starstruck and unable to speak as he meets singer Katy Perry By Caleb Taylor For Daily Mail Australia Published: 10:08 BST, 14 May 2020 | Updated: 10:08 BST, 14 May 2020 MasterChef fans have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of superstar singer Katy Perry on the reality cooking … Read more
Katy Perry dressed up as a giant roll of toilet paper on Sunday’s episode of American Idol as the field narrowed to the top 11 after Makayla Phillips was saved. The 35-year-old pop star opened the season 18 show filming at home wearing the in-demand commode commodity amid the coronavirus pandemic. ‘Just wanted to make … Read more
American Idol‘s first remote episode earned the show its lowest ratings of the season. While the show’s numbers were mediocre, Katy Perry‘s costume choice certainly had people talking. The expecting star, 35, dressed up in a giant hand sanitizer costume for the entirety of the show. Slump: American Idol’s first remote episode this Sunday earned … Read more
In the midst of COVID-19, American Idol premiered its first ever virtual episode, where the judges and contestants all participated via webcam. And Katy Perry, 35, attempted to be ‘as safe as possible’ during Sunday evening’s broadcast by appearing on screen dressed as a bottle of hand sanitizer. Before jumping into the show’s plethora of performances, … Read more
Lionel Richie embraced working from home as American Idol‘s top 20 performed remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic on Sunday’s episode of the ABC show. To make the show work, the top 20 contestants had to rely on ‘groundbreaking technology’ to transmit their sound, though all used the same ring lights and microphones when they … Read more
Kelly Clarkson is taking on the world with her new song. The original American Idol champ and Grammy winner, 37, dropped her new song I Dare You on Thursday, and with it revealed five alternative duets with multinational singers which produced versions of the song in French, Arabic, Spanish, Hebrew and German. Clarkson, who is also … Read more
Katy Perry‘s advice led an American Idol contestant to change her stage name… but in a completely different way than Katy intended, it was revealed on Sunday’s show. Sophia Wackerman, a 20-year-old college student from Long Beach, California, was so good at her audition, singing Bishop Briggs’ Water, that Katy, 35, suggested she change her … Read more
Katharine McPhee takes a trip down memory lane as she models her American Idol wardrobe 14 years later during quarantine By Glenn Garner For Dailymail.com Published: 02:00 BST, 7 April 2020 | Updated: 04:38 BST, 7 April 2020 Katharine McPhee found fame in 2006 when she came in first runner-up on season five of American … Read more
American Idol‘s Top 20 finalists turned into the Top 21 on Sunday’s show as judges could not decide between two similarly stellar contestants. Instead, they left the vote to America, telling fans to decide which one would go through by voting either online or by text message before next weekend’s episode. Country singers Grace Leer, … Read more
American Idol working on ways to deliver upcoming season amid social distancing … while America’s Got Talent accepts auditions for its 15th season this summer By Adam S. Levy For Dailymail.com Published: 05:53 BST, 1 April 2020 | Updated: 08:17 BST, 1 April 2020 As the coronavirus has brought Hollywood to a screeching halt, two … Read more
Grammy nominee Jordin Sparks glammed up for a red carpet date with her husband Dana Isaiah Thomas at the Hollywood premiere of Disney’s live-action Mulan remake on Monday. The 30-year-old American Idol 6 champ and the 27-year-old A Higher Calling author will celebrate their third wedding anniversary on July 16. Posing outside the Dolby Theatre, … Read more
Katy Perry learned that fiancé Orlando Bloom was her ‘soulmate’ on Sunday’s episode of American Idol and shared her pregnancy news with her fellow judges. The 35-year-old pop star was about to listen to musician Jimmy Levy, 21, try out in Savannah, Georgia, when he mentioned that he ‘grew up in a psychic family’ and … Read more