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The Voice – Season 4 – Bloopers via Rickey.org Here are the bloopers from The Voice Season 4! Omigosh, Christina Millan is cute here. Watch the video here: The Latest on The Voice The Voice – Season 4 – Bloopers‘The Voice’ Original Cast Returns for Season 5The Voice – Season 4 Top 10 PreviewCee Lo, Shakira, and Usher are Officially Returning to ‘The Voice’Ratings: ‘The Voice’ wins Tuesday, ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ down 21% – 5/15/2013 All posts on The Voice Follow me on Facebook! • Follow me on Google+ The Voice • American Idol • The X Factor

American Idol Live! 2013 Tour – Ticket Giveaway via Rickey.org Rickey.org and AEG Live are giving away a pair of tickets to the American Idol Live! 2013 Tour. Joining is easy: just leave a comment here saying how much you love American Idol Season 12 and I will pick a winner next week. Meanwhile, Lazaro Arbos, Janelle Arthur and Amber Holcomb gave a shoutout to us! Woohoo! We also asked them what they would bring on the tour with them. Interesting responses! Lazaro Arbos, Janelle Arthur, Amber Holcomb – American Idol 2013 Tour The Latest on American Idol 12 American Idol Live! 2013 Tour – Ticket GiveawayAmerican Idol 12 – Office Pool WinnersCandice Glover – I Am Beautiful – The Tonight Show with Jay Leno – VideoKree Harrison – All Cried Out – Full Studio Recording ListenAmerican Idol 12 – Finale and Winner Results – Live Blog and Recap – 5/16/2013 All posts on American Idol 12 Follow me on Facebook! • Follow me on Google+ The Voice • American Idol • The X Factor

American Idol 12 – Office Pool Winners via Rickey.org Congratulations to the Rickey.org American Idol 12 Office Pool winners and Top 10. We have two first prize winners this year as Lynda and Raj tied at #1. It was another come from behind victory as they were both outside of the Top 10 leading into the final week. Congratulations. They both chose to get a Google Nexus 7. The rest of the Top 10 win consolation prizes. 1 Pyar23′s picks – 243 1 idol_fan1′s picks – 243 3 luckynorris123 – 237 4 Patroo’s picks – 234 5 Cassy’s picks – 232 5 phlyingphil’s picks – 232 7 izzitme’s picks – 229 8 lasoxgirl’s picks – 227 9 dogncatmom’s picks – 225 10 chessguy99′s picks – 223 10 blkeener – 223 Follow me on Facebook! • Follow me on Google+ The Voice • American Idol • The X Factor

‘Star Trek’ does $70.6M but falls short of studio hopes via Rickey.org ‘Trek’ does $70.6M but falls short of studio hopes; ‘Iron Man 3′ tops $1B worldwide LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Star Trek: Into Darkness” has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it’s not setting any light-speed records with a debut that’s lower than the studio’s expectations. The latest voyage of the starship Enterprise fell short of its predecessor, 2009′s “Star Trek,” which opened with $75.2 million. Since premiering Wednesday in huge-screen IMAX theaters and expanding Thursday to general cinemas, “Into Darkness” has pulled in $84.1 million, well below distributor Paramount’s initial forecast of $100 million. The film has added $80.5 million overseas. The “Star Trek” sequel bumped “Iron Man 3″ down to second-place after two weekends on top. Robert Downey Jr.’s superhero saga took in $35.2 million domestically and $40.2 million overseas to shoot its worldwide total to nearly $1.1 billion. Copyright (2013) Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium. Neither these AP materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and non-commercial use. Users may not download or reproduce a substantial portion of the AP material found on this web site. AP will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing. The Voice • American Idol • The X Factor

I happened upon this video of Adam Lambert on this fine Sunday afternoon. He was interviewed after his amazing duo with Top 3 American Idol Season 3 Finalist, Angie Miller. The first impression I discerned while listening to and watching him speak was how absolutely grounded he appears to be while speaking about a variety […]

Kelly Rowland very close to signing on to The X Factor; Paulina Rubio in talks via Rickey.org Kelly Rowland is really close to returning to The X Factor. The “Dirty Laundry” singer is nearing a deal while Paulina Rubio is being considered for the fourth slot. The panel will be announced tomorrow. Fox’s TheX Factor is looking to have plenty of girl power next fall. The judges panel will likely consist of executive producer Simon Cowell and three female judges. One will be returning judge Demi Lovato, as the network previously announced. If all goes according to plan, another will be singer, dancer and Super Bowl halftime show-stopper Kelly Rowland. The Grammy-winning Destiny’s Child founding member has previously been floated as a potential judge in the press, but EW can exclusively report she’s firming up a deal to join the show. Rowland should feel quite comfortable at the judges table; she has extensive on-camera experience, from serving as a judge on the eighth season of the UK version of The X Factor to performing on Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance. We’re not certain who will secure the third judge spot, though we’re hearing Latin singer-actress Paulina Rubio is in talks. The deals will have to be completed soon — The X Factor starts production on season three on Tuesday. The new judges will replace season two panelists Britney Spears and L.A. Reid. What do you think of this panel? They definitely should have a gender balance. But this new panel would reflect going for a lower budget. The Voice • American Idol • The X Factor

Candice Glover – I Am Beautiful – The Tonight Show with Jay Leno – Video via Rickey.org American Idol winner Candice Glover performed her single “I Am Beautiful” on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. She also had an interview and talked about Simon Cowell dissing her in season 9! The Voice • American Idol • The X Factor

Chris Brown feat. Aaliyah – They Don’t Know – MP3 Preview via Rickey.org Photo: Valerie Macon/Getty Here’s a low quality snippet of Chris Brown‘s new song, “They Don’t Know,” which features vocals from none other than the late, acclaimed R&B singer Aaliyah I actually think this will be good! The snippet is very hard to hear because of all the people yelling in the background, but this might be a urban radio hit. Even though I can’t make out a lot of it I already think it is better than Drake’s Aaliyah song. “Fine China” is a great song as well and is doing good so far, so I don’t see why this can’t follow in its track. We’ll see in the end how it does! I’m anticipating the final version though. The Voice • American Idol • The X Factor

Kanye West – Black Skinhead / New Slaves – Saturday Night Live – Video via Rickey.org Photo: NBC Universal – SNL Kanye West performed his two new songs “Black Skinhead” and “New Slaves” on Saturday Night Live. Check out the performances and lyrics. Socially-influenced Kanye makes headlines but I still think College Dropout-style Kanye makes the best music. I guess you win some you lose some. Kanye West Twitter Kanye West Twitter The Voice • American Idol • The X Factor

The American Idol Season 12 finale aired this past Thursday and Candice Glover was pronounced the winner. Throughout this season of Idol there have been questions raised about the credibility of the judges and the transparent manipulation of the results. The finale generated a whole new set of questions and accusations and our readers in particular have had some of the strongest opinions and insightful comments to date. After reading them all as well as reports that have surfaced since the finale aired, I’ve decided to offer my opinion of the season finale. This season’s finale was one of the best I’ve seen, especially because it made me forget all about the scandalous rumors that engulfed the show this season. It was filled with performances by the Season 12 Top 10 as well as finalists from previous seasons who have gone on to very successful careers in the music industry. Even the judges contributed performances, with the exception of Nicki Minaj, a glaring omission that did not go unnoticed by viewers. Many believed this was an intentional snub by Idol producers, but as it turns out that was not the case. According to reports, Nicki said “I was supposed to premiere my “High School” video on Idol but they said it was too risqué”. If you’ve seen the video in question, then I think you’d probably agree with them. Nicki also offered this as an explanation for conspicuously remaining in her seat at the judge’s table all night, “I had already committed to the Billboard Awards to perform “High School” so I wasn’t allowed to perform it on [both]”. I know Nicki has her fans and I have absolutely no issue with them or with Nicki Minaj, but I personally don’t feel deprived of anything and that particular song really isn’t suitable viewing for younger members of the audience. Can you imagine the backlash American Idol would have suffered if they aired the video after so many complaints about Nicki’s off color remarks all season? Watch the video, than decide. Mariah Carey’s performance of a medley of her hits set off a barrage of accusations from readers here as well as on Twitter and Facebook. Fans of American Idol blasted the diva wondering how she could sit in judgment of the contestant’s live performances all season, yet couldn’t manage to deliver one of her own. Mariah’s rep immediately released a statement saying “She absolutely did not lip-sync. She performed LIVE in front of several thousands of people!” The publicist did say that Mariah sang along with a pre-recorded track recorded earlier in the day. Audience members present during the taping confirm her publicist’s statement saying she sang the songs live in front of them and she even included a few more that didn’t end up in the final broadcast. I think she only appeared to be lip syncing because the audio track was not perfectly synced up with Mariah’s movements. Mariah chose not to sing live during the broadcast and there are perfectly valid reasons for that, but unfortunately there are also consequences. It’s a live show after all and the performer’s spontaneity is going to be a factor. Ideally, every nuance of what Mariah intended to do during the live broadcast should have been synced with the pre-recorded track during rehearsal, and it probably was, but again it’s live TV. Mariah herself has so far kept quiet on the issue. The rapid elimination of the guys of the Top 10 was a hot topic this season. The skit they did claiming it was a case of sabotage by the girls was hilarious in my opinion. One by one, the reasons for their elimination were revealed. The best of the clip for me was when Janelle was seen changing the sheet music for Lazaro’s rendition of “Close To You”. For anyone who remembers that disastrous performance from Lazaro, it was the one LOL moment of the night and an inspired piece of comedy. Some of our readers thought it was somewhat hypocritical of a few of the guys to appear in the piece, considering the comments made on