Local Skater/Singer Featured on American Idol
A Schenectady man rolled into American Idol Sunday evening (literally) and even did laps around the judges during an unforgettable audition on the hit reality singing competition.
Keegan James, 21, from Schenectady, was featured on American Idol Sunday evening and while he earned some positive praise from Idol judges Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, and Luke
Buffalo, NY native Matt Wilson impressed the judges of American Idol so much, that the show created a new twist to that Wilson could move on to the next round.
Wow. I don't think any of us saw that coming. Following her strong performance of "Shallow" in round 1 of the American Idol finale, and a hometown video that gave us chills, Madison VanDenburg returned to the stage to perform a song by the artist she's been most compared to. In round 2 of the finale, VanDenburg belted out "Breakaway" from Kelly Clarkson. Luke Bryan commente
It's all come down to this! Tonight we find out who wins American Idol. Make sure you vote thirty times for our hometown girl, Madison Vandenburg, and let's hope she wins tonight! Here's how to vote.
Tuesday our American Idol, Madison Vandenburg, came home to an amazing celebration as she is one of the final three to win the show. There was a pep rally at her high school and she put on a free concert at the Crossings. Her reaction to it all was priceless.
Our hometown American Idol returns to the Capital Region tomorrow in anticipation for the show's finale on Sunday. You can catch a glimpse and hear her sing. Here are the details.
The journey started months for Cohoes teen Madison VanDenburg. Along this American Idol trek, she remained consistent humble and true to herself. While the final chapter of this story has yet to be written, she's just a few pages away from closing the book on a remarkable run that has captivated the Capital Region while building a foundation for a career that has seemingly unlimited potential. T
We had to get a few things off our chest when we spoke to Madison VanDenburg in a never-been-aired interview we did with her late Friday morning. Tonight on American Idol, Madison VanDenburg will perform three songs and by the time the show is over at 10 pm, we'll know if she's a top 3 candidate or not. We believe in our heart of hearts she will be, but Chrissy and I also felt that something nee
The first hour paid tribute to the music of the Woodstock era on American Idol Sunday night, and Cohoes' Madison VanDenburg proved once again, that she can rock out with the best of em'. But it was during her show-stopping second performance of the evening, a power ballad by Celine Dion, where the local teen brought the house down.
Girl on Fire! Madison VanDenberg our local teen American Idol hopeful, brought fire, a rockin' new look and impeccable vocals to the stage during "Queen" night last evening on another live show of American Idol. Proving once again that she literally can sing anything, the humble teen from Shaker High School now has just five other contestants to beat and a few shows left before she's of
Madison Vandenberg did not disappoint when she belted out Queen's "The Show Must Go On". After her performance, Ryan Seacrest asked her about her high school friends and her favorite teacher. Here's what she said.
Call it Maddy Mania. Here in the Capital Region, people who haven't watched American Idol in years are tuning in to American Idol to see the 17-year-old Cohoes singing star that everyone is talking about. For about a month now, Madison VanDenberg has delivered one spectacular performance after another, and we're about to find out if she survived another cut on American Idol.
Madison VanDenBerg has done it again! The 17-year-old Cohoes native had another near perfect performance on American Idol last night; once again impressing the judges (and viewers) while surviving another cut and advancing to the top 20.
This may be your one chance to get as close to Luke Bryan as you can without being arrested. American Idol just announced their audition schedule and they're coming to New York!
It looks like Ryan Seacrest will soon be the only original member of 'American Idol' left on the show. The Hollywood Reporter is saying that former judge Randy Jackson has announced that he is officially leaving 'Idol' for good.
After last year's train wreck of a public feud between Mariah Carey & Nicki Minaj, it appears the Fox network is trying to get Jenny from the block back in the judging seat of their long running show American Idol season 13.
Since the beginning of 'American Idol' this season, Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj haven’t seen eye-to-eye while sitting at the judges' table. Rumors of Mariah getting the boot and Jennifer Lopez replacing her have spread and the heat between the 'Beautiful' singer and Nicki has escalated in recent weeks. Nick Cannon, Mariah's husband, believes the producers are feeding into the whole mess.
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Nigel Lythgoe, producer of 'American Idol' (and just about every other FOX reality show), insists that smackdown between Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj was very real and wasn't conjured up by the publicity-hungry suits at the network.
Not because they'd never do such a thing, but because the timing is way off.
It was announced a month ago that Mariah Carey would become a judge on ‘American Idol‘ for its upcoming season, filling one of the seats left vacant by former judges Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez. People may still be recovering from the shock of the announcement, but ‘Idol’ winner Jordin Sparks thinks Carey will be a great fit.
Every time the judging panel for Season 12 of ‘American Idol‘ starts to come into focus, a new rumor comes along to shake things up. The latest piece of gossip? Hip-hop king Kanye West is in talks to join Mariah Carey on the show, according to sources at TMZ.
After weeks of speculation on who would take a seat next to diva-of-all-divas Mariah Carey on the revamped ‘American Idol‘ judges panel, it looks as though reigning rap royalty Nicki Minaj will be joining the show. Whoa. Mariah and Nicki? On one panel? That’s enough diva in one room to make the earth stop spinning on its axis.
Is ‘American Idol‘ about to put a rapper on its judging panel for the first time? While Nick Jonas and Pharrell Williams are among the artists being considered for the show’s last vacant judging slot, Page Six is adding a new name to the mix — Sean “Diddy” Combs.
Snoop Dogg, or rather Snoop Lion, is jumping on the ‘American Idol‘ bandwagon, adding himself to the list of possible new judges for the hit FOX series … kind of.