Broadway Sings for Pride will kickoff NYC Gay Pride 2013 by celebrating with their third annual Gay Pride benefit concert. The special one-night benefit entitled ' Unite' with join forces with American Idol and Billboard recording artistic Kimberley Locke, Broadway powerhouse Eden Espinosa star of Wicked, Rent, Brooklyn The Musical, American Idol and Rent star Anwar Robinson and over 20 members of the Broadway community. The concert will benefit the Hetrick-Martin Institute and Broadway Sings for Pride. There will also be special speakers including a message of hope from Steven Guy and James Clementi of the Tyler Clementi Foundation. The night will be hosted by award winning host from the hit show 'truTV Presents the World's Dumbest' Scott Nevins with staging by Rachele Rommes Minnesota Timberwolves choreographer. A live auction will happen before the show.
- 6/24/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Broadway Sings for Pride will kick off NYC Gay Pride 2013 by celebrating with their third annual Gay Pride benefit concert. The special one-night benefit entitled ' Unite' with join forces with American Idol and Billboard recording artistic Kimberley Locke, American Idol and Rent star Anwar Robinson and over 20 members of the Broadway community. On June 20, Broadway Sings For Pride hosted a cocktail press preview, featuring songs from the upcoming program. Click below for a sneak peek at the show...
- 6/22/2013
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Broadway Sings for Pride will kickoff NYC Gay Pride 2013 by celebrating with their third annual Gay Pride benefit concert. The special one-night benefit entitled ' Unite' with join forces with American Idol and Billboard recording artistic Kimberley Locke, Broadway powerhouse Eden Espinosa star of Wicked, Rent, Brooklyn The Musical, American Idol and Rent star Anwar Robinson and over 20 members of the Broadway community. The concert will benefit the Hetrick-Martin Institute and Broadway Sings for Pride. There will also be special speakers including a message of hope from Steven Guy and James Clementi of the Tyler Clementi Foundation. The night will be hosted by award winning host from the hit show 'truTV Presents the World's Dumbest' Scott Nevins with staging by Rachele Rommes Minnesota Timberwolves choreographer. A live auction will happen before the show.
- 6/11/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
There’s this weird part of the week — from Friday morning till Monday evening — when not a single major TV network airs a reality singing competition. It’s terrible, I know, but it also gives me a lot of time to ponder American Idol history. (Everyone does this in their free time, yes?) And my latest flight of Idol fancy got me mulling this question: Was Season 11′s Top 10 the strongest — top to bottom — in show history? Let’s examine:
For starters, I’d automatically rule out the five seasons with three or more Top 10 contestants who probably wouldn’t have outlasted Season 11′s No.
For starters, I’d automatically rule out the five seasons with three or more Top 10 contestants who probably wouldn’t have outlasted Season 11′s No.
- 3/26/2012
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
Brace yourselves for some tough choices, Idoloonies! Day 5 of TVLine.com’s American Idol All-Time Greatest Performance Bracket Tournament has arrived, and we’ve got a lot of vocal adrenaline on display.
Yes, folks, we’ve returned for the second half of the Power Vocalist/Soul Males division in our 64-player tourney, which is composed of the most electrifying moments in the 10-season history of Fox’s ratings juggernaut. It’s your job to vote in these single-elimination faceoffs, and decide which 32 Idol Moments advance to Round 2.
‘American Idol’ All-Time Greatest Performances (Day 3):
Bo, Blake, Cook, Lee, and More Compete!
Yes, folks, we’ve returned for the second half of the Power Vocalist/Soul Males division in our 64-player tourney, which is composed of the most electrifying moments in the 10-season history of Fox’s ratings juggernaut. It’s your job to vote in these single-elimination faceoffs, and decide which 32 Idol Moments advance to Round 2.
‘American Idol’ All-Time Greatest Performances (Day 3):
Bo, Blake, Cook, Lee, and More Compete!
- 4/30/2011
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
The role call of seventh-place finishers on American Idol ranges from the back-to-back eyes-wide-open nightmares of Sanjaya Malakar and Kristy Lee Cook in Seasons 6 and 7 to the remarkable success story of Season 3 Wild Card Jennifer Hudson, who overcame the Pepto-Bismol Dress From Hell to scale Oscar- and Grammy-winning heights. In between those two extremes, though, the not-so-lucky No. 7 spot has been occupied by singers who showed early promise, then flamed out (Anwar Robinson, Kimberly Caldwell) and those whose “package artist” good looks carried them further than their vocal abilities might’ve otherwise suggested (Ryan Starr, Tim Urban, Ace Young). (Nope,...
- 4/22/2011
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
Emotional gentle giant Jacob Lusk took to the stage for the "American Idol" Top 12 men Tuesday night (March 1). The night was definitely split between ballads and up-tempo songs and Lusk completely owned the ballad side of things.
His song was "A House is Not a Home," originally a hit in 1964 by legend Dionne Warwick. The song was covered in 1981, however, by great R&B singer Luther Vandross, who tragically passed away in 2005 at the age of 54.
Interestingly, this was the fifth performance of the song in "Idol" history. Tamyra Gray, Ruben Studdard, Anwar Robinson and Elliot Yamin all performed it before. Funnily enough, we had only remembered Anwar doing it.
What did you think of Jacob Lusk? ...
His song was "A House is Not a Home," originally a hit in 1964 by legend Dionne Warwick. The song was covered in 1981, however, by great R&B singer Luther Vandross, who tragically passed away in 2005 at the age of 54.
Interestingly, this was the fifth performance of the song in "Idol" history. Tamyra Gray, Ruben Studdard, Anwar Robinson and Elliot Yamin all performed it before. Funnily enough, we had only remembered Anwar doing it.
What did you think of Jacob Lusk? ...
- 3/2/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
It's been six years since Anwar Robinson made his debut on "American Idol." He landed at number seven, but that didn't stop him from leaping into a multi-faceted career, tapping into acting, charity work and more. Today he's back with his debut CD and he's stronger and more passionate than during his "Idol" days. Check out what he had to say about his new album, "Everything," plus making an impact after "Idol" and more...
- 1/25/2011
- Essence
The Season 10 premiere of "American Idol" is less than a week away and to make the days go by a bit faster, Zap2it decided to take a stroll down memory lane and re-evaluate the previous nine seasons.
Each day leading up to the premiere on Wednesday, Jan. 19, we will post a retrospective on each season. We're breaking it down into four categories: Best Performance, Worst Performance, Most Underrated Idol and most Overrated Idol. At the end, we will decide how the season stacks up against the rest, rating it as great, good, or not-so-good.
We've looked back at Season 1 (yay Kelly!), Season 2 (aww, Clay and Ruben!) and the black hole that was Season 3. Now it's time to take a look back at one of our favorite seasons.
Season 4 contestants in order of elimination:
Lindsey Cardinale
Mikalah Gordon
Jessica Sierra
Nikko Smith
Nadia Turner
Anwar Robinson
Constantine Maroulis
Scott Savol...
Each day leading up to the premiere on Wednesday, Jan. 19, we will post a retrospective on each season. We're breaking it down into four categories: Best Performance, Worst Performance, Most Underrated Idol and most Overrated Idol. At the end, we will decide how the season stacks up against the rest, rating it as great, good, or not-so-good.
We've looked back at Season 1 (yay Kelly!), Season 2 (aww, Clay and Ruben!) and the black hole that was Season 3. Now it's time to take a look back at one of our favorite seasons.
Season 4 contestants in order of elimination:
Lindsey Cardinale
Mikalah Gordon
Jessica Sierra
Nikko Smith
Nadia Turner
Anwar Robinson
Constantine Maroulis
Scott Savol...
- 1/16/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Alex McCord attends 9th Annual GLAAD OutAuction.Photo copyright Bernadette Giacomazzo/PR Photos. Anwar Robinson attends 9th Annual GLAAD OutAuction.Photo copyright Bernadette Giacomazzo/PR Photos. Jill Zarin attends 9th Annual GLAAD OutAuction.Photo copyright Bernadette Giacomazzo/PR Photos. Cindy Barshop attends 9th Annual GLAAD OutAuction.Photo copyright Bernadette Giacomazzo/PR Photos. Jensen Atwood attends 9th Annual GLAAD OutAuction.Photo copyright Bernadette Giacomazzo/PR Photos. 11/21/2010 - Amanda Lepore - 9th Annual GLAAD OutAuction - Arrivals - The Metropolitan Pavilion - New York City, NY, USA © Bernadette Giacomazzo/PR Photos 11/21/2010 - Mike Ruiz - 9th Annual GLAAD OutAuction - Arrivals - The Metropolitan Pavilion - New York City, NY, USA © Bernadette Giacomazzo/PR Photos 11/21/2010 - Amanda Lepore - 9th Annual GLAAD...
- 11/23/2010
- by Michelle Wray
- Monsters and Critics
Oh, Chris Sligh. I remember when you first graced my TV screen way back in 2007, a breath of fresh air amongst a crop of season six Idol lookers like Haley Scarnato. Oh, how silly you were, bouncing into that Idol audition room in Birmingham like an ever-huggable Teletubby, spouting off funny-isms like, " to make David Hasselhoff cry." But now, Chris Sligh, you're making me cry. And not in a good way. This past Saturday, you took to your blog to give season 8's top ten Idols some advice following their final tour date. And though you make some valid points throughout your rant (and yes, I will qualify it as a rant), most of your blog post just reeks of arrogance and negativity. So let's take a look, and refute -- and support when necessary -- some of your points, shall we? Note: This blog post was written prior to...
- 9/23/2009
- by Kate Ward
- EW.com - PopWatch
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