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American Idol Season XIII Premieres With A Two Night Extravaganza Beginning In Boston, Austin and San Francisco


Picture Credit:AmericanIdol.Com American Idol Season XIII premieres on Fox with a four-hour, two-night extravaganza on Wednesday, January 15th and Thursday, January 17th. And, I am hoping beyond hope that Executive Producer Pers Blanken and his team of Idol specialists can deliver as promised. Personally, the biggest coup in this nicely tweaked format this season is […]

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David Archuleta Retrospective Series Part 22 – Broken


By Pamela Pike and Rosanne Simunovic Pamela Pike’s Recollections As their sun sets, fear rises in Africa. “Broken” written by Jon Hunt and David Archuleta aims to draw attention to the devastation of a lost generation of children in a long civil war in Africa being abducted, used as soldiers and slaves. Jon Hunt, a […]

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Vocal Masterclass Discussion For Season 5 Of The Voice: The Top 3


Picture Credit: NBC’s The Voice This week marks the two-night finale of NBC’s The Voice Season 5. And, set to perform for your votes on Monday, December 17th are Jacquie Lee from Team Christina and Tessanne Chin and Will Champlin from Team Adam. Of the three remaining singers, my favorite is Jacquie Lee. She has […]

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Vocal Masterclass Discussion For Season 5 Of The Voice: The Top 5


Here we go! The Top 5 are set to entertain us on NBC’s The Voice Season 5 on Monday at 8:00 PM. The show will deviate from their two-hour format in favor of one hour (thank you!) in order to make room for the return of the very popular show, The Sing-Off. NBC is really […]

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Vocal Masterclass Discussion For Season 5 Of The Voice: The Top 6


Picture Credit: NBC’s The Voice Last week was the first time I was able to watch The Voice in its entirety this season. And it felt oddly strange. There was a disconnect, obviously, because I came a little bit late to the party. However, I am still drawn to Team Christina and her competitors, Jacquie […]

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Vocal Masterclass Discussion For Season 5 Of The Voice: The Top 8


Picture Credit: NBC’s The Voice It’s Top 8 week and we have seen a great deal of phenomenal talent come and go but, overall, this is pretty decent Top 8. Team Adam seems to be kicking it this season. That’s what happens when the mentor is deemed by People as the “Sexiest Man Of The […]

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Vocal Masterclass Discussion For Season 5 Of The Voice: The Top 10


Picture Credit: NBC’s The Voice Last week, Josh Logan from Team XTina and Jonny Gray from Team CeeLo were eliminated. I really liked those guys but oh well… That’s the way the cookie crumbles on these shows. Best of luck to both guys. They possess a singular style and substance that tapped in to my […]

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America’s Got Talent Stars – Forte – Release A Spanking New CD For Your Holiday Listening Pleasure


Set your Clock Alarm, Calendar or Reminder App to 12 Midnight November 12th. That is when the much-anticipated inaugural Forte CD is officially released. It seems like just a short time ago these guys were enjoying successful yet below radar careers. Then, by discovering and collaborating their enormous individual talents, they introduced an exciting new […]

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Vocal Masterclass Discussion For Season 5 Of The Voice: The Live Shows – Finally


Picture Credit: NBC’s The Voice I cannot wrap my head around this show this season. Too! Much! Filler! Although, that being said, it is a very entertaining ride and, overall, the majority of the singers are excellent. Which forces the never-ending question: why can’t American Idol tap into this level of talent? They used to […]

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The Judges For NBC's The Voice, Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Cee Lo Green and Christina Aguilera

Ranking The 4 Teams Of Singers On The Voice. Is It Adam Levine’s To Lose?


The Battle Rounds have ceased fire on NBC’s The Voice. Each of the four judges have selected their team of four singers for the live shows, which will begin next Tuesday from 9:00-11:00 P.M. At the end of the day, I always felt that Adam Levine had the strongest team and, more important, the most […]

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Vocal Masterclass Article For American Idol Season 10 Top 3 Singers: Personal Choice, Producer’s Choice, Judges’ Choice


By: Rosanne Simunovic Last evening’s performances were as good as they could be, given the song choices at the disposal of these three young singers. Some of the selections were not the most inspired and, actually, brought out the weaknesses in some of the voices. However, it was exciting to see Beyonce at work with […]

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Vocal Masterclass Article For American Idol Season 10 Top 4 Singers: Inspirational Songs And Lieber And Stoller Songbook


By: Rosanne Simunovic Last evening’s performances were actually very good. Better than I thought they would be. And how great was it to see Lady Gaga working with the Top 4?  She really brought out the theatrical side in all these singers and gave excellent ideas.  She made them aware of the words – how […]

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