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Vocal Masterclass Article For American Idol Season XIV Top 4 Show: Personal and Judges’ Hometowns Choice 


By: Rosanne Simunovic We are getting down to the wire now. In just three weeks, we will be crowning a new American Idol and this Top 4 are pulling out every trick in the book to be the last woman or man standing. I was so sad to see the elimination of Tyanna. Like really […]

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Vocal Masterclass Discussion For American Idol Season XIV Top 5 Singers: Personal And Judges’ Hometown Picks. 


  Picture Credit: American Idol This in from AmericanIdol.Com: “Strip the lights, kill the fog machine, back the trusses off the stage. We’re trading that extravagant arena feel for something a lot more intimate this week. The Top 5 (aka your Idol Tour 2015 lineup) will be delivering two songs each, selections that define them…and define the […]

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Song Spoilers For American Idol Season XIV Top 5 Singers


Below you will find some spoilers for Wednesday’s American Idol Top 5 Perfomance Show – with thanks once again to MJsBigBlog.Com.  I will update the rest ASAP.  Personal Choices Clark Beckham Jax – Human by Christina Perri – iTunes Nick Fradiani – Rascal Flatts – What Hurts The Most – iTunes Rayvon Owen – Believe by Justin Bieber – iTunes Tyanna […]

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Vocal MasterClass Discussion For The Voice Season 8 Top 8 Show


  Picture Credit: The Voice Yes you are seeing correctly. Former The Voice judges, Cee Lo Green, Gwen Stefani and Usher will be returning as mentors for this week’s show.  What?  No Shakira?  What’s up with that?  I guess negotiations did not go as planned because her absence in this week’s show is pretty glaring.    If […]

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The Voice Season 8 Top 8 Song Spoilers


Thanks again to MJsBigBlog.Com, who has proven to be more reliable than The Voice’s Wikipedia page. Haha And, you know the drill. Do not purchase these songs until the show has aired in your time zone or it will,not count towards the voting numbers.  Oooo I love Sawyer Fredericks song. It is going to be all […]

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Vocal Masterclass Discussion For American Idol Season XIV Top 6/5 Show: Arena Anthems


   Picture Credit: American Idol Want to be spoiled? Click HERE This is going to be a really, really tough week. The eliminated singer will not be included in the Top 5 Tour. That’s pretty sad as all the remaining singers, including many of those already eliminated, should be on that tour.  The talent is strong […]

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Vocal MasterClass Discussion For The Voice Season 8 Top 10 Show


   Photo Credit: NBC/TheVoice NB: Click HERE For ITunes Links For Tonight’s Songs We are down to this talented group of 10 singers but I am very sad to see that one of my favorite singers, Mia Z from Team Pharrell, was not voted through to the Top 10. I don’t know about you, but her dismissal […]

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iTunes Links And Spoilers for The Voice Season 8 Top 10 Show


Special thanks to MJsBigBlog For the Spoilers.  Also, remember not to download until after the show airs in your time zone. The downloads will only count as votes AFTER the show has aired.  Corey Kent White – Team Blake – Unwound by George Strait – Download from iTunes India Carney – Team Christina – Run to You by […]

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Scott Borchetta Speaks Out About The Quentin/Harry Brouhaha 


   Through all the years that I have been watching American Idol, Ihave never seen such a spectacle as what was displayed on the Wednesday, April 15th Performance show. Whether it was scripted or spontaneous, it was quite a ride. I still giggle like a school girl when I think about it.  In a nutshell, […]

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Vocal Masterclass Discussion For American Idol Season XIV Top 7/6 Show: The American Classics


   Picture Credit: American Idol This in from AmericanIdol.Com: “This week, our Top 7 will be doubling down, delivering two performances each!  What’s more exciting is this particular playlist was actually generated by YOU. We’re calling the night “American Classics”, stuffed with those iconic tracks that move you and take you back. On Wednesday, you’re getting 14 […]

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Vocal MasterClass Discussion For The Voice Season 8 Top 12: Live And In Color


This week on The Voice, the Top 12 artists perform, with two artists from each team advancing based on the viewers’ vote.  Then, I assume,  the fan save will determine the last two singers to advance to the Top 10.  I am just making this up here – can anyone confirm this “fan save” thing?  Performing […]

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iTunes Links For American Idol Season XIV Top 8/7 Performances: The Billboard Fop 100


Here are the spoilers and iTunes Links for this week’s Top 8 Performances, 7 of whom will advance to next week’s show: Joey Cook – “Wrecking Ball” by Miley Cyrus- Download From ITunes Jax – “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga- Download From ITunes Tyanna Jones – “Stay”  by Rihanna – Download From iTunes Rayvon Owen […]

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Vocal Masterclass Article For American Idol Season XIV Top 8/7 Show: The Billboard Top 100


By: Rosanne Simunovic   I was so impressed with last week’s performances highlighting the Kelly Clarkson songbook. The Top 8 added their own unique twists to Kelly’s songs, some of which were truly exceptional.  So this week I was expecting the singers to perform as well or better than last week considering they were able to […]

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Vocal Masterclass Discussion For American Idol Season XIV Top 8/7 Show: The BillBoard Top 100


  Picture Credit: AmericanIdol.Com. A picture is worth a thousand words. It appears that Clark and Jax are rehearsing their songs on keyboard, so does that mean that they will be using a piano this week?  Maybe yes, maybe no.  At any rate, after last week’s excellent Top 9/8 show celebrating the music of the great Kelly […]

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Vocal MasterClass Discussion For The Voice Season 8 Top 20: We Are Live!


  This week on The Voice, the Top 20 artists perform, with two artists from each team advancing based on the viewers’ vote, and each coach completing their respective teams with their own choice. Performing live on Monday, April 6th at 8:00 PM on NBC are: Team Blake Shelton Corey Kent White Brooke Adee     […]

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Vocal Masterclass Article For American Idol Season XIV Top 8/9 Performances: The Music Of Kelly Clarkson 


By: Rosanne Simunovic   Wasn’t it great to see Kelly Clarkson again? She is arguably one of the best natural talents discovered by American Idol and, as the original winner of this show, was able to impart valuable and life-changing assistance to the Top 8/9.   Let us move forward to my Vocal Masterclass evaluations and I […]

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Vocal Masterclass Discussion For American Idol Season XIV Top 8/9 Show: The Kelly Clarkson Songbook


   This is what is going down on American Idol this week: “Idol’s original superstar returns this Wednesday to mentor, perform, and open her catalogue of hits to our Top 9.  If you’ve ever wanted to hear “Breakaway”, “Since U Been Gone”, and “Catch My Breath” (among others) performed in rapid succession on the stage that started it all, well…this […]

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Spoiler Alert: ITunes Links For The Voice Season 8 Knock – Out Rounds Part 3


 If you want an early listen before Monday’s KnockOut Performances on The Voice, here you go. I will continue to update as the spoilers come in.  Thank you to Idolforums.Com and MJsBigBlog.Com for the reveal. Enjoy!  Team Blake Shelton Brooke Adee – Electric Feel by MGMT – Download from iTunes Team Pharrell Williams Lowell Oakley […]

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Vocal Masterclass Discussion For The Voice Season 8: The KnockOuts Part 3


Picture Credit: NBC/The Voice  I was in travel mode last week and forgot to add a blog topic for the Knock Outs – the third stage of this competition. However, I was incredibly happy to see that Sawyer Fredericks was selected to advance to the live shows. Anyone else here think that Sawyer is going to […]

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Vocal Masterclass Discussion For American Idol Season XIV Top 9 Show: Songs From The 80s 


   Picture Credit: AmericanIdol.Com The mentor for the Top 9 show will be Boy George. Remember him?  This should be very entertaining.  Also, if you wish to be spoiled before the show, I have added a blog topic HERE for your perusal.  Although 11 singers will be perched on the chairs during this Wednesday’s show, only 9 will […]

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