Our writer and Idol expert, Andrew Rogers is back this season covering the popular FOX reality show, “American Idol”. The pressure is on and the stakes are high as the musical competition searches for a real superstar in its fourteenth year. With weekly recaps discussing the contestants’ performances and choices, Rogers looks ahead at what’s in-store each week in his exclusive Idol recap series.
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Re-Gifting Christmas with The Girls with Glasses
We’ve all done it. Whether it be a birthday present, something from that aunt who won’t stop treating you like a piece of taffy and tearing at your cheeks, or from your Secret Santa at work, we’ve all re-gifted. Re-gifting is when we take a gift we’ve received and give it to someone else in the […]
Brooke White Gets By With a Little Help from Her Friends
Brooke White is truly a jill of all trades. Upon launching her musical career on Season 7 of American Idol, the Arizona born-and-bred and now California-based artist has constantly been on the move, keeping herself busy by dabbling into various creative outlets—singing, songwriting, acting, painting, blogging, and even hosting an online web-series. In every endeavor Brooke takes on, a common purpose […]
Michael Johns: Commemorating Our American Idol
The Hudsucker is a true testament to the power of dreams, dedication, and friendship. Our site owes a lot to the late, great, Michael Johns because of the influence he created and the bonds of friendship he shaped. To celebrate and honor his memory, our team shares with readers how this extremely kind, thoughtful and warmhearted soul impacted our lives in a piece commemorating his life.
Caleb Johnson Wins American Idol XIII
Caleb Johnson auditioned for American Idol in two previous years and got cut both times. On Wednesday, the 23-year-old rocker from Asheville, N.C., won the show’s 13th season, beating out 17-year-old Jena Irene for the title.
American Idol XIII: Top 2 – The Sleeper Vs The Rock Viking
In case you haven’t checked the polls from my previous article, it turns out that literally everyone who voted had already decided which team they were: Caleb or Jena, before even seeing the performances. Which is part of the reason I feel like the finale performance night doesn’t actually matter in the grand scheme of […]
Album Review: Phillip Phillips Shines Bright from “Behind The Light”
Phillip Phillips has just released his sophomore effort, Behind the Light. The album’s title is derived from a lyric in “Alive Again” (“I see myself again / Behind the light I flicker”), which speaks to the notion of re-discovering yourself from the shadows, or in Phillip’s case, allowing fans to uncover a side of his musical identity that hasn’t been revealed before.
American Idol XIII: Top 3 Performance Show, Three’s a Crowd, Two’s a Finale…
It’s hard to believe that we’re already just a few days away from the big Idol finale. Season 13 has been a wild ride filled with inconsistent, but generally good performances and inconsistent, but general good judging and, well… inconsistent, but generally good results and all of those things held true during our Top 3 […]
American Idol XIII: Top 5 Choose Not To Stay Alive, Top 4 Are No More
The Top 5 show featured the contestants picking from a list of songs chosen by the twitter verse. Needless to say, I had high hopes because I figured the Idol audience could pick some really great songs that would push the contestants out of their boundaries. Let’s see if I was right…
American Idol XIII: Top 7 and Top 6 Performances – “Choose Wisely America”
After losing Malaya the week after the save was used, I didn’t know what to expect going into these next two weeks of performance. Would another frontrunner botch a performance and end up having their journey cut short or would the Idol audience finally banished the underperforming pair of CJ and Dexter? I like to […]
A Track-By-Track Review of Blake Lewis’s “Portrait of a Chameleon”
It’s hard for me to believe that it’s been seven years since Idol’s sixth season aired. I say that with a great deal of fondness because Season 6, for me, was where I really took notice of the show. It was where the show transitioned from one of old-school singers to new-school artists and one […]
American Idol XIII Double Feature: Crazy (Top) Eights
Given the use of the save, I thought I’d review both of Top 8 weeks together. So, spoiler alert: in case you didn’t know, someone gets saved. I’ll talk about the merits of that save later, but for now, let’s get to the first of our Top 8 nights. The theme was audition songs and […]
American Idol XIII: Top 9 Band Together
Last week we saw the Top 9 take on the theme “I’m With The Band”. I’m still unclear what this theme meant for song choice, but I did enjoy having Rickey Minor and the band up front with the contestants. For some, it brought out the best in them and for some, it did nothing […]
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