Wow, has it been since Wednesday since I last posted on the blog? I know I have been busy, but really...there's not excuse for ignoring Idol. I heard Haley made an appearance on Jay Leno. I'll have to check T"IV"O and see if she made it to Ellen as well. Chris and Gina did.
Sanjaya's childhood story made it to Seacrest's E show today. He's had a rough life, he and his sister. But he's a tough kid, I think and it's helping him weather the media storm, that I actually feel sorry for him. I heard from someone on Friday that the advertising gurus think he is worth about 15 million in endorsements at this point, if he doesn't even win. He has such name recognition. Amazing.
Below is a little snippet of an article I found on Fox News about this week's coach, Martina McBride.
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When Martina McBride turns up in a couple of weeks on "American Idol" to coach contestants on the finer points of singing a country song, don't be surprised if she starts quoting the adage that "less is more. "
The woman who has won nine trophies from the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music, mostly for female vocalist of the year, isn't big on singers who like to showboat."There's just no need to make one word have 25 notes; there really isn't," says McBride, kicking back in a leather chair behind a large desk in the office she shares with her husband, John McBride, at their Blackbird Studio here just outside of Nashville, where they also live with their daughters: Delany, 12, Emma, 8, and Eva, 21 months. "It just is really not very soulful. Sometimes it is, like with Aretha (Franklin), but even she doesn't really do that."
If her "AI" charges on the nights of April 17 and 18 need proof that she's willing to put her money where her mouth is, she can spin them her new album, "Waking Up Laughing," which hits stores Tuesday. It does include a few wall-rattling crescendos, particularly in the first single, "Anyway," an inspirational ballad riding high on the country charts.
More often than not, however, McBride relies on restraint and an almost conversational delivery that establishes a more intimate rapport with listeners than singers who crank every chorus to 11 or torture syllables into submission because they can.
The pint-sized singer with the pipes of steel has sold nearly 12 million albums in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. She's racked up five No. 1 singles, including "Blessed," "I Love You" and her first, "Wild Angels," and is vying for yet another top female vocalist honor from the ACM, which hands out its awards May 15 in Las Vegas.
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The woman definitely has some pipes. I just wonder if she can coach like Jennifer Lopez did. Honestly, I would really just like to be a fly on the wall listening to the contestants just trying to learn who is hot in country. I heard Big $ Rich were on dancing with the stars. Lord I hope Sanjaya missed that show, or at best, things Billy Ray Cyrus is cool and sings "Achy Breaky Heart". Priceless.
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