Daughtry pictures with tag: american idol

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Mariah Carey, Snoop, Fergie Perform on Star-Packed “Idol Gives Back”

American Idol’s second annual anti-poverty charity drive Idol Gives Back was a night for huge voices (Mariah Carey, Carrie Underwood), big emotions (a weepy Annie Lennox, a generous Simon Cowell) and sizeable mistakes (Terry Hatcher singing Underwood’s “Before He Cheats,” Ryan Seacrest inexplicably shuffling offstage along with the So You Think You Can Dance? stars). And don’t forget about the big corporate sponsors — Idol certainly didn’t. The night began with the season seven contestants singing Rihanna’s “Don’t Stop the Music” and continued with Snoop Dogg performing “Can’t Say Goodbye” with help from Charlie Wilson and a pack of kids who play in his youth-football league. Miley Cyrus took the stage twice, and Fergie sang once with John Legend and again with Heart, punctuating her contributions to the latter by writhing around the stage in leather pants and doing two one-handed cartwheels (alas, Heart devotee Carly Smithson didn’t get to join in the fun). After appearing in a moving pre-taped segment filmed in Africa, Annie Lennox played Jimmy Cliff’s “Many Rivers to Cross,” and Underwood sang George Michael’s “Praying for Time.” Sheila E. (another alum of an Idol-affiliated show, The Next Great American Band) joined Gloria Estefan for “Get on Your Feet,” and the Idol contestants returned to harmonize on “Seasons of Love” from the musical Rent. Brad Pitt introduced Daughtry’s appearance, and the night ended with Randy Jackson backing Mariah Carey on bass for “Fly Like a Bird.” Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah Silverman, Billy Crystal and Robin Williams attempted to lighten the mood, but it was hard to contend with the extremely serious tone of the show’s documentary segments, which featured Bono, Daughtry and Alicia Keys in Africa, Miley and Billy Ray Cyrus in rural Kentucky, Paula Abdul and Randy Jacks

Published: 2008-04-10
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, American Idol

Chris Daughtry Feels the Heat for Comments on “American Idol” “Decline”

As you may have read Monday, Chris Daughtry described American Idol as in a state of “decline” on RollingStone.com. Since then, a producer for the show told Rolling Stone Daughtry called to apologize and said that he was “misquoted or taken out of context.” We think Daughtry is a great guy and understand that he put himself in a tough position, but we also need to set the record straight. Here’s the interview transcript and audio from our phone conversation. ROLLING STONE: Are you gonna watch it next season, or do you even care anymore? I mean— CHRIS DAUGHTRY: You know, it’s kinda hard, to be honest with you. ROLLING STONE: Yeah, I can imagine. CHRIS DAUGHTRY: It’s gotten to a point now where it just kind of like—I don’t know. I don’t know how many people actually take it serious. And in return you have a hard time having an audience that takes it serious— ROLLING STONE: Right. CHRIS DAUGHTRY: —you know what I mean? So, you know, this—I feel like they’re gonna have to do a lot to really, you know, change the way it’s—or otherwise, I think it’s gonna end up, you know, running its course, because, you know, I think that people get tired of seeing the people that suck. It’s funny at first, but come on. You know, you spend like two whole—two or three weeks on people that can’t sing, and that’s what they’re banking it on. It’s like come on, find some people that you can really invest in. ROLLING STONE: Right. CHRIS DAUGHTRY: And even better, why don’t you give them a time to perform some of their own songs if they’re able to play an instrument? If not, you know, work it out with the band, and, you know, let’s see what kind of artists they really are, you know what I’m saying? And I think some stuff like that—people would end up taking it more serious, you know, as an audience because despite what it’s done, so many people are like—you know, there’s that stigma of like oh, it comes from

Published: 2008-01-16
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, American Idol, Daughtry

“American Idol” Adding Guitar Strumming, Subtracting Mentors

With this season’s American Idol currently taping the “Hollywood stage,” when the throng of contestants who are “going to Hollywood” gets slashed down to twelve guys and twelve girls, AI producer Nigel Lythgoe is opening up about some of the changes the show is undergoing in its seventh season. The biggest shift, one that would have benefitted Idol losers like Blake Lewis, Bo Bice and Chris Daughtry, is that contestants will be now allowed to show off their instrumental talents as part of the Hollywood portion. Lythgoe, who is also hard at work on Idol spawn The Next Great American Band, is unsure whether that aspect will carry over into voting weeks. This season will also feature fewer celebrity mentors, as having the contestants share the spotlight every week last year likely contributed to slightly lower ratings. Lythgoe tells the New York Post, “We got such good mentors [last season] that we forgot about … getting across who these kids were, their backgrounds and families. There are legends in our business that hopefully will come along as mentors on Idol this season — but not every single week.” There goes any hope of a possible Shalamar mentorship. The last potential change is the possible joint tour of Fox darlings American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance. “I’d love to see the Dance tour go out with the Idol tour and put the singing and dancing together,” Lythgoe says. There’s a lot of time between then and now however, and millions of votes to tabulate, as American Idol’s seventh season is set to premiere in January. Related Stories: Did the “American Idol” Tour Hurt More Minors Than It Entertained? Rock Reality Show Recap: Crappy Groups Galore Grace the Premiere of “The Next Great American Band” ‘American Idol’-Based Movie in the Works: “The Musical Version of ‘Rocky’”

Published: 2007-11-06
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, American Idol

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Daughtry pictures with tag: american idol

“American Idol” Winners & Losers: How Will Allen, Lambert Fare?

Daughtry To Debut Single From July LP On “American Idol”

Mariah Carey, Snoop, Fergie Perform on Star-Packed “Idol Gives Back”

Chris Daughtry Feels the Heat for Comments on “American Idol” “Decline”

“American Idol” Adding Guitar Strumming, Subtracting Mentors

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